Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-01-20
roo CHOLERA CURE.

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WASHINGTON. Jaa IL Thc chie, 90
the barwAa of aninal iaAassrs. nr. II
y Salmon. has Submitted 10 Secretary
Wilson a report upon the cHpcrias<nss
made Ia the ;rvatment Of hosys Tor hog
cholera with anti-toxinc seram- hi.
serum : made ugon the same prilel-
pal a. the anti-toxiae 81 diphtheria-
sscrl ,~ram has teea obsaluSsi from
,-osh horses and eattlr horse - cow
s-~inx lnoculatsi vita tho hcss cholera
vtrus IN snall qaantific, Al hs>t. and
sith larger da>~> after saitAblc later
"a. - timc- Ihe resistance OF the
~zs24l = thus raised ~ the highest
Praet4cabi~ I-sias. The bios-l q suea
an animal wh~a injected uaser The
skin u sWin- has bsea fouad - Psssess
bsth a Frsssnsive and curative aetioa-
Iai. s~ruas "a A. arst tested up-pa small
@simais Ia the laboratory. Aad h<ing
fguna eeiezeipas Nas last fall tested
ia f4-rs esuaty. Ia. oa several herbs
q sins. coataaning altogether -
aniaaais- Leaving oct one berd. from
shieh Sshnite Ssturns ~ - the
esu~~ % death coaid uct be
ob,4in-si. oniy - daesi q 3sg
znimAls trvate,i. % which ~ were
ssc<- Con~rqa~atiy S. pr cenL %
tA- aniaaais in thes< hsrts we're saved
~ untF~4tsl hsrlls kspt uuslsr ots>crva-
tlsa dariu- the r<rioj referred TO
nhsat ss P<r cent of the 4ninals died.
tir. SAimsa believes that With expert
sacr tSttsr quality % s@rum eau be
prepared And he 49, no doabt that this
per ccutage caa be maintained here
afirr-
RsfcFriag 20 this report Secretary
Ntlsga rraaarkcd that aadau bsediy
ths results rePSrte.l bT d. >4i1noa
zsre mo>t eneoaraxsur 10 hey raiSsrs-
The co.t of the s<run now. said the
secretary. j. bat ten ccats per head %
animals treated. only enc do.e beiag
rc4uirrsi.
1t :. in nv opinion. said the sccre-
tary. '-of the utmost imPprtaner that
this seran for the next year At least be
made by the burcaa under our own su-
pervixion. and distri ibutcd ia large
quantities in order - dcmoastrats its
efficacy upOu \ more extended scale.
IL - absolutely essential that during
the experimental stage ,sram Of nu-
doubted quality lie used Unless the
hog growers can obtain IL frosn this de-
PArtmen,. they will be forsed to
depend upon what eau be OBJ
tzin.d from private sources. and
owing 10 the novelty Of this prod
uet not only will riscouragiugiy
exorbitant prices be charged Zoe IL,
but ia many cases Inferior products
may b. offered This would preclude
the possibility Of making q satissae-
tory test ON a widely extended scale
] propose Ia ask congress 10 provide an
appropriation necessary Ia enable this
department To furnish e.009. 90 doses
Of serum during the neat year. aud TO
make . conside Fabie portion Of the APP
preparation Immediately available. IL
seeuns from Dr. Saimou's report. that
| u takes three or four month 10 put q
horse or cow in condition TO supply the
serum Consequently the work upon
an extended scale must be undertaken.
The losses from hog cholera are -
enormous and have weighed - oheavily
for years upon our farmers that | can
not imagine that eoIgress will for 4
moment hesitate 10 make the appro-
priatIon necessary 10 carry On this
work thoroughly Indeed. apart fron
the great stake the farmers have ia
thiS matter. to refuse 20 provide for =
thorough test of this remedy nlw
would bc penny wise aud pound foolish.
for the discovery Of this serum la, al
ready Involved many years Of work
and n very large sum % money IL
would be = Rress mistake. now that
~ great n discovery seems 10 have been
made not To haish the work by vang
!: thorough aud extensive test.