Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-11-21
4 Small Item.

An annual losh i'll the United States OF
frem ten to twenty millions OF dollars
from hog cholera with u Positive cure
and prevention at hand. dlscovered hbout
ten years since, and nothing ddhe BY The
government toward officially detionstrat-
ing the fact to the general public, when
the discoverer has offered to prove az Ills
own expense it's efficiency 10 the stHts and
United States authorities; who tife paid
large salaries to investigate and demoH-
strate practical cures for contagious dis
eases.
Hoy cholera what it is and how to
apprehend it before it has made serious
inroads on the herd: The germ or para.
site, which is 16O times lesr than nothing,
Tor has to be magnifed that many times
to be seem fastens itself to the lining Of
the stomach, deposits eggs and COM
mences to live and propagate the species,
and after period of from eight to tweD-
ty days the stomach is thoroughly des-
troyed, the new supply OF blood shut of,
then 1t becomes blood disease and fin
ally settles in the weakest part Of the
body or vital organs. Hence the many
outward appearances OF the same organ
ic disease. The great trouble in stop
ping an outbreak or epidemic arises from
the fact that it is impossible to detect it
before eight days after exposure. The
first visible effect of the disease is lam
guild, sleepy disposition, with the eyes
v::..ccI-.ne more or less. .ne urine be-
comes highly eolored and the animal
walks with a languid, aimless gait. Al
ter period Of from ten to twenty days
the hog refuses to eat good solid feed and
has intense thirst which he endeavors to
qnench with cold water which only has
tens him to his long home. At this stage
OF the disease the animal will either be
badly constipated or will be badly scow-
dition Of the animal.
Why the disease has not been more
successfully handled: Many who have
spent considerable time experimenting
with cures are misled into believing it to
be a lung or kidney disease and only Civ
ing such remedies as would work ON
these organs to the neglect OF the other
organs.
What is necessary to effect cure:
First, compound severe enough to kill
the germs, to cleanse the sore, at the same
nature in. restoring the destroyed or dam
aged organ, also with harmonious epul-
sion of other chemicals that ,yill pprlfy
the blood, cleanse the system by WORKING
on the kidneys, the lungs and the liver,
using each uniformly to help the whole
system, During such treatment it js on
tirely necessary to feed soft, cooling feed
such as bran and midlings giving an op-
portnnity for the stomach to thoroughly
heal up which takes from five 10 ten days
according to diseased condition. The
effects Of such treatment is the COM
plete restoration of the greater portion Of
spread of the disease prevented.
We might classify hog diseases as fol-
lows; Hog Cholera or Hog fever which
is til most prevalent disease. Anthrax"
or lighter attack of hog cholera. Con- !
tageous pneumonia, which Is an out
growth OF hog cholera where hogs with
the disease are removed to n higher cli- |
mate or are exposed to severe storms,
while afflicted. The hogs shipped into
the state OF Colorado last year from the
burnt districts Of Nebraska which had
may be discerned by the many
sores which. cover the bodies of diseased
animals eating in many instances the feet |
or ears. off This disease being much |
harder to handle from the fact that when |
it accompanies hog cnolera it becomes a
two-fold blood poison.
.The. spread of the disease or diseases:
They man spread by being carried on the |
feed Of man or beasts, by crows, mag
pies. blaokbirds, ,or any. other carniverous
or grain eating fowls. The droppings
from diseased hogs may become dry, then
into dust, then be blownnp rum
ming water, and flow ON. for mile9. One
Of the most common methods being dis
eased cars, and it is never safe to ship
hogs except to ther packing houses.
Shipping feeders, from one station to an
other exposes them to the disease, us
nearly all cara used for this purpose are
liseased unless specially prepared with
lime and. water.
G. W. EMIaH,
H-v-