The Van Buren press., 1898-02-12
ss,lsG DISEASES


As49 Eses grssafa BE-
However v&r5oas saAy os She oD5n-
eEss among swine growers ~ 10 tae
cause OF causes ri ave diseases which
e4Fry on - many hogs every year.
there - ~ question - u the greag
so@ses e9Rsefs She diseases lEGieG MznF
thiGk tssas breeding far early maturity
Dee@siDns q inn 81 stamina which
makes tsss hog more readily s1ccgnig,.
Others Talk n4ost " the effects Of cOa-
tisEDpf com feeding az pro4peing q
decline III y,gOs tB&s renders sWios less
able ~ resist disease, while others
place the NhOIe blame on defective
sanitary conditions. Additional tsaeo-
Fies exist ami might he cited II il we're
necessary. lg is PROBABLE that the
early m&tgred animal, 81 present de-
faaDded, DIES suffer sOme iO4s of STAN
ina, bnt q eOBrss Of breeding that
makes hogs D&f~etaDle at eight in
stead Of - mont. is not very likely 10
be gwen ~, even though sDme loses
DO result from ".
There il a margin of advantage suEi-
GENTLY large " stand some loss. II IL
probably quite certain, TOO, that con
tinBogs corn feeding, and especially
the feeding VI new corn. occasions lOsa,
bat here, also, N a corn country there
are gains from this course of feeding
which 20 ~ make up Tor the lO8ses.
There IS moi, however, any gain IN any
direction from maintaining bad sani-
tafg conditions md treating the hog
upon the false theory that he thriyes
best in the midst u filth. There -
never any compensation gained in
keeping hogs in large punches instead
VI dividing the stock up into several
small ones. II there IL one thing we'll
settled in the minds u Investigators
win regard 10 the fatal germ diseases,
it is that when hogs die Of cholera or
swine plague, the carcaeses should be
burned.
Some authorities. as "A permissible
alternative. say that IL will. do 10 bury
four feet deep. provided the carcass Is
covered with quicIslime. but IN how
many hundreds and thousands Of cases
ali over the swine belt has IL been the
custom to dispose Of the carcasscs In
the easiest p ssible way, either not
burying them at all throwing them
into sone Out-of-the-way slough from
which the drainage contaminatcs the
water courses and spreads disease 10
all farms lying below; or IL burial is
given, u Is Of The rndest aud most care
less kind. barely covering the carcass
aud moi al Mi urpveuttt.fg fltr etfteg-
quent spread OF The disease. In cholera
too, how little restraint is placed up
On visitors 10 herds. A man may visit
half dozen herds Ia day Ia which
Que had the cholera in the morning
aud may plant the seeds Of the disease
Ia the Whole Of them before nightfail
When the stock on farm Is cleaned
opt and 10 Ia re-stociscd, a how many
instances Ia there an utter failure 10
take any adequate precautions against
tbs spread of the disease 10 the new
stock from the old pens, yards, etc. la
our correspondence with inquiries In
this situation we have been struck
with the number Of eases la which
those who realize the necessity OF do
ing some disinfceting. seem anxious
! 10 see how little they eau possibly get
along with. There Is hardly doubt
that swine growers have been large
/ ~ responsible In the past for the
| frequent outbreaks OF cholera, be-
cause 81 habitual neglect 10 observe
necessary sanitary precautions. II may
w that in most cases the neglect was