The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-01-28
SWINE DISEASES.


Modern Methods Of Feeding 20 Some Ex-
tent Responsible.
However various may be the opin-
ions among swine growers as TO the
cause or causes Of the Diseases which
carry off 50 many hogs every year
there is no question as 10 the great
losses which the diseases indicb, Many
think that breeding for curly maturity
occasions a loss of stamina which
makes the hog more readily succumb.
Others talk most Of the effects of con-
tinuous corn feeding as producing
decline IN vigor That renders swine less
able to resist disease, while others
place the whole blame on detective
sanitary conditions Additional theo-
ries exist and might BE- cited ifit were
necessary 1t is probable that the
early matured animal, al present de-
mauded, does suffer some loss OF stam-
ina, but course Of breeding that
makes hogs marketable al eight in-
stead Of Is months is not very likely TO
be gwen up. even though some loses
DO result from ID.
There is margin Of advantage sufi-
GENTLY large TO stand some loss IL is
probably quite certain, too chat con
Hnuous corn feeding, aud especially
the feeding Of new corn, occasions loss,
but here, also, IN corn country there
are gains from this course Of feeding
which 90 70 make MP for the losses.
There is MOI however, any gain til any
direction from maintaining bad SAME
tary conditions end treating the hog
upon the false theory chat he thrives
best ia the midst Of filth. There IS
never any compensation gained ia
keeping hogs in large lunches instead
Of dividing the stock up into several
small ones. If there is one thing vel
settled ia The minds Of investigators
with regard 70 the fatal germ diseases,
it is chat when hogs die Of cholera or
swine plague, tie careaaaes should be
burned
Sumo authorities, as a permissible
alternative. say that IL viii do to bury
four ieet deep, provided the careass is
covered with qaicklime, but ID how
many hundreds and thousands OF cases
all over eswiue belt has IL been the
custom To dispose 81 tire carcasses ia
the easiest possible way either not
buiying them at all throwing them
into some out-of-the-waY slough from
which Che drainage cOntaniuates the
water courses and spreads disease ID
III farms lying below; Or, X burial Is
given, it Is Of the rudest and mostcare-
less kind barely covering The carcass
and not 90 oil preventing tile subse-
quent spread 81 The disease IN cholera,
too, bow little restraint IS placed up
on visitors % herds. q man may visit
half dozen herds Ia day ia which
one bad the cholera 10 the morning,
and may plant the seeds q the disease
ID the whole Of them before nightfall
When the stock Oh q farm Is cleaned
out and IL 6 re-stoclsedt n how many
instances IS there al utter failure Is
take any adequate precautions against
the spread " the disease u tile new
stock from tie Old pens, yards, etc 10
our correspondence with inquiries iu
this situation We have been strnck
with Che number oi cases ID which
those who realize The necessity 81 ar
ing some disInfecting, seem anxious
to see how little they can possibly get
along with. There 5 hardly q doubt
that awine growers haTe been large
ly responsible in the past fer the
frequent outbreaks Of eholera be
cause q habilua neglect 70 observe
heee afy sanitary precautions itmay
bs flat d ueH cases lha ngele9l Was