Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1895-01-12

Tue treatment o. Uox Snotets'
In n pamphlet entitled Hog
Cholera and Swine Plague" by DIR.
ID. +. Salmon, chief of the Bureau OF
Animal Industry, recently issued
by the Government printing Office,
we find the following:
"Can hog cholera be cured and,
II so, what remedy will restore the
diseased animals to health? These
are the first questions asked by the
swine. grower, and to his mind this
should be the objective point of all
Investigations. With all diseases
of this class, however, prevention
is cheaper and in every way more
satisfactory than medical treat
ment. The great aim of the gov
eminent and the farmers should be,
therefore. to prevent the spread OF
infectious diseases. Every swine
grower should use the utmost pre-.
cautions to prevent the introduc-
ton of these plaques into his herd.
In spite of such preventive meas
ures. many herds will become in
fected. Until the Federal govern.
ment or the ind vi, ual states en-
force mea sures of eradication. II is
con scquently Legitimate to ask aud
to answer the question as to the
proper medical treatment
an many outbreaks the type OF
the innlady is less virulent, and
there is time to treat the animals
after they are sick. and also the
whole herd after some members
have shown that they are diseased.
For n long time after beginning the
of the infectious dis
eases of swine the writer was doubt
full il any remedy or combination
of remedies could he made which
would produce any marked effect.
The experiments of the last year.
however, indicate that the treat
ment if properly applied may be
successful. With the assistance OF
DR.. L. \. de Schwcini,z. chemist of
the bureau, and DIR. V. \. Norgaard,
a number of formulas
have been developed and used in
the field with good results.
THE most cfficacious formula
which has been tried is the follow
ing:
Wood Charcoal. ............ ! pound
..................l pound
Sodium Chloride. .......... 2pounds
Sodium Bicarbonate....2 pounds
Hyposulphite... pounds
Sulphate...........l pound
Sulphidc........ | pound
These ingredients should be
pulverized and thor
oughly mixed.
The dose of this mixture is a
large table spoonful for each
two hundred pounds weight of
hogs to he treated. and il should
be given only once day. When
hogs are affected with these diseas-
20 they should not be fed on corn
alone. but they should have at least
,ncca day soft feed. made Ivy mix
ny bran and middlings. or mid
llinys and cornmcal, or ground
pats and corn, or crushed wheat
with hot water. and then stirring
INTO this the proper quantity OF the
Hogs are fond al this
mixture. il increases their appetite,
md when they once taste of food
With which il has been mixed they
will eat it though nothing else
would tempt them.
animals that are very sick an |
hat will not come tn the feed should
e drtnchcd with the me liz n
shaken up with water. Great care
should be exercised in drcnching
iogs or they will be suffoca,ed.
Do not turn the hog on ills back To
trench il, but pull the cheek away
rom the teeth so as 10 form u
pouch. into which the me licins may
Dc slowly poured. 1t will flow from
he cheek into the mouth. aud when
he hog finds out villa, il is, il will
stop squcaling and swallow. In
,ur experiments hogs which were
80 sick that thcy co Id at n tn ng
nave commenced to eat very soon
,fter getting dose of the remedy.
md have steadily improved until
hey appeared pc rfectly well.
This medicine may also be used
~ a preventative of these diseases.
md for this purpose should be put
n the feed of the whole herd. Care
should of course be observed TO see
hat each animal receives it's prop
n share. In cases where il has
,een given fair trial it has appar-
,ntly cured most of the animals
which were sick, and has stopped
he progress of the disease in herds.
L also appears to be an excellent
appetizer and stimulant of the pre-
,esses of digestion and assimila-
ion, and when given to unthrii'y !
iogs it increases the appetite and
.auscs them 10 take on flesh AMI
assume thrifty appearance.
Success or failure with this REM
,dy depends largely upon the man
Ter in which il is used. II il is i'm
administered, or the hogs
eft out in cold storms and COM
,elled to remain day and night in
mud six inches or foot deep. I'M
Ter the necessity of searching |
through this mud to find an ear of
.orn in order to get anything to eat.
he farmer might rs well save his
money and let his hogs die, as no'h-
ng which we have been able to fad
will save them un1er such coali- I
ions. II. on the other hand. the
lick animals can be mads e :s1na.
by comfortable, AMI givei soft.
"A silly digested food to eat. the med
cine of which we have lust given n |