The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-05-05
Hog Cholera--A Crusade and q Cure.

The new Secretary or Agriculture ap-
pears to be of q practical turn OF mind.
One of the first matters taken up by him,
it is reported, is the question of curing
hog cholera, and be has determined to
make an extensive experiment with q
view of DISCRIMINATING" the disease. TO
this end he has invited the cooperation
of the Governors of Iowa and Tennessee
to ascertain how economically the disease,
which is devastating the swine inter-
ests'' in these States can DO stamped out.
If they will corporate he will send ex-
perts of the department to u or two
counties which they have been asked to
designate as particularly subject to out
breaks Of cholera, and the results Of the
investigation will be reported immediate
ly. If the two States named will not CO.
operate with him the Secretary will try
others, 80 that a satisfactory experiment
can be made.
The outcome, as stated, is expect, d to
be a s'system," economic in its operations
for stamping out tho disease by united
and we'll directed efforts, and keeping the
territory clear from it's outbreaks. The
interest of tho States, as well as OF the
National Government, 1t is we'll said, "are
involved in the saving Of hogs, and the
result is expected to be satisfactory and
to be followed by a general extension ofthe
schelne.'
The popular idea of the disease in ques.
ton is that it can ''originate," strictly
speaking, anywhere, and spread from
such source until all the hogs directly ex.
posed to the contagion are Killed, or until
all the sick ones are cured, only for it to
"break out in q fresh place" somewhere
else, without any traceable connection be-
tween the different outbreaks. Secretary
Wilson's idea appears to be that the
germs of tho disease are always in exist
epce somewhere, and are conveyed from
place to place like those of various dis
eases to which mankind are subject, and
that by stamping out" the disease
promptly wherever it appears it will SOON
or or later be ''eradicated" everywhere
alike, and q final end be put to it. At
any rate, his scheme contemplates such
| general and effective measures for its con-
troll as are taken in cases of smallpox.
yellow fever, etc. etc., among people, and
as will serve greatly to reduce it's destruc-
tive ravages. All the farmers in the
country are interested in this experiment,
and will commend him heartily for his
intelligent efforts in their behalf.
The disease is q serious drawback to
the prosperity of the farmers of South
Carolina, as we have learned from pub
lished and private correspondence since
we undertook to promote the hog-raising
industry in the State by special methods
during the past three or foul years. 1t is
very destructive Of the bogs in almost ev-
cry part o. the State, by .urns, and whole
districts are swept by it every summer,
as is shown in the published letters OF our
county correspondents. We are told by
a young and progressive farmer of
Charleston County, q few days ago, that
his losses on this account have been 80
severe as to discourage him from trying
to raise pork for his " use or for sale,
and to seriously reduce his possible in
come. With hundreds of acres OF waste
land available for range purposes, and
capable Of supporting hundreds of hogs
almost without cost for their food and
care, he said, he could not count on rails
ing half a dozen. Cholera appears SUD
denly, without warning, and the animals
are found lying dead all through the
woods until few are left. His expert
ence, we are assured. is a familiar one.
Any plan, therefore, that will surely
eradicate the disease in tho State, or any
large part of it, will be oflmmense service
to thousands of our people who are de-
pendent in part on stock raising for
their living.
While our farmers are awaiting the re-
suits of Secretary Wilson's Investigations
and experiments, however, they will be
glad, doubtless. to hear Of a new cure and
preventive of the plague, which comes
highly recommended. The last number
of Home and Farm prints a letter from
Mr.. Philip Major. of Brownsville. Miss,
in which he says that he has fused blue
stone as a preventive for thirteen years,
and has never lost a hog" lie "gives it
to the hogs every ten days or two weeks"
but does not say how much to give further
than is indicated in the assurance that 'if
you give enough they will never have
hog cholera" He also employs it to cure
the disease, and on this point he says:
"Ifyour hog is sick and won't eat, drcnch
him. Make the water as blue as blue
stone will make it, and give one hog a
teacup halt full, and in twelve or twenty
four hours repeat the Dose" The remedy
is simple and cheap. 1t is worth trying.
-NcwS and Courier.