The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-07-01
CURE Fon uoo CHOLERA.

Chief Salmon, of the Bureau of AMI
NAL Industry, in an officially pub
lished article on hog cholera and swine
plague, does not uphold the theory
that these diseases are caused solely
by germs in the food or drink. He
says swine will contract hog cholera in
this way, but also by inhaling the
virus with the air, and less frequently
by its gaining entrance through the
surface of q fresh wound. On the
other hand, "the virus of swine plague
is generally If not always taken into
the lungs with the inhaled air." The
first effect of cholera is believed to be
upon the intestines, with secondary
invasion of the lungs, but the first eff
feet of plague is believed to be upon
the lungs, and the invasion of the in.
testines a subsequent process.
One or both of these diseases gener-
ally is at work among hogs, especially
the young ones. They are estimated
to cause the loss of S10,000,000 to
S25, 900, 900 worth of hogs per year in
the United States. It is understood
that this fall the trouble is more
prevalent than ordinary, and this
fact is cited by some to explain the
phenomenal activity with which hogs
have been marketed in the last two
months, with the accompanying do
crease of not far from ten per cent. in
the average weight of the animal sent
to market. The hogs have not been
kept to fatten so long as usual, but it
is only fair to soy that this may be in
considerable part due to scarcity of
feed on account'of the paucity of the
corn crop in nearly oil the Northern
States except Illinois, Indiana and
Ohio,
Nevertheless, tho suspected preva.
lence of one or 10th these maladies
renders it of interest that the follow
ing remedy should be known by every
farmer who is hog grower, since it is
recommended by the department as
the most efficacious formula which has
been tried: Wood charcoal, sulphur,
sodium sulphate and antimony sui
phide, one pound of each, and sodium
chloride, sodium bicarbonate and
sodium hyposulphate, two pounds of
each. These are to be completely
pulverized and well mixed. The dose
is largo tablespoonful for each 200
pounds weight of hog treated and given
only once per day, being stirred into
soft feed made by mixing bran and
middlings or middlings and cornmeal,
or ground oats and corn, or crushed
| wheat with hot water
A great recommendation for this
remedy is the fact that hogs are fond
of it, and when once they taste of food
with which it has been mixed they
will eat it, though nothing else would
tempt them. They should be drenched
with it in hot water if too sick to eat,
and most OF those so treated will begin
to eat soon after. The report recon-
mends the medicine for use as o pre-
ventive of those diseases, for which
purpose it ought to be put into the
feed of the whole herd, presumably in
much smaller quantity than above
stated for sick animals. II is said to
be an excellent appetizer and stlmu.
liant for the processes of digestion and
assimilation so that it causes the ami.
mails to take flesh rapidly and cas-
sumo q thrifty appearance. Ofcours,
isolation should be attended to il
cases where infection from other ami
mails is feared. Home and Farm.