The evening times., 1899-07-17

The Department of Agriculture is in re-
ceipt of advices indicating the prevalence
of hog cholera in North Carolina. To meet
the condition, the Secretary Of Agriculture
has authorized the distribution of an arti-
Gle on hog raising and the diseases of
hogs, by Prof. S. M. Tracy, who was at one
time director of the Mississippi Agricultur-
al experiment station.
1t is said that in the South more pounds
of pork are used than of all other meats
combined. In large proportion of the
country homes, beef and mutton are prac-
tically unknown, excepting occasionally in
the winter months, and pork is almost the
only meat food used by the large colored
population. In every country store, salt
pork is as staple an article as is sugar or
coffee. Its cost is an important item OF
expense to the majority of people and the
demand for it seems limited only by the
ability to purchase. 1t is said that ten
years ago, fully 50 per cent of the pork
used in the Gulf States was shipped from
the great packing houses in Kansas City
and Chicago and little attention was given
to its production in the South.
Since 1880 there has been q rapid increase
in the number OF hogs raised and a CORE
spending decrease in the amount of pork
imported and a still greater decrease in the
living expenses of those who raise their
own supply. Those who have engaged in
raising hogs for the market have found it
very profitable when rightly managed, and
IL 5 sad mat AT the present time the
business of raising hogs is increasing more
| rapidiy tnan any other line of stock rails
ing in the South. Conditions, climate,
pastures, and grain feeds are so different
from those in the older hog raising Sec
tions of the country that the Department
of Agriculture has expended considerable
effort in describing the more economical
methods peculiar to the South and in lay
| ing down the general principles OF breed
| ing and management
The outbreak Of cholera gives great con-
| Germ to the hog raisers of the South. In
describing the symptoms OF hog cholera
| and swine plague. DR.. ID. e. Salmon, Chief
of the Bureau of Animal Industry, says
! that there are first seen the signs OF fever,
shlvering, unwilingness 10 move, more or
| less loss of appetite and high temperature.
The animals appear dull and stupid and
have a tendency to hide in the litter or
bedding and remained covered by it. Their
eyes are at first congested and watery, but
soon the secretion thickens, becomes yell
lowish accumulates in the angles and
gums the lids together. The breathing Is
more rapid than usual ana may De Op-
pressed and labored in the later stages.
There is a cough, which, however, is not
very frequent and is generally heard when
the animals are driven from their bed.
1t may be single dry cough or it may
be paroxysmal. The skin is often con-
gested and red over the abdomen, inner
surface of the limbs, under surface of the
neck and on the ears. The color varies
from a pinkish red TO dark red or pur-
pie. An eruption is sometimes seen. There
is a rapid loss OF fiesh the animal stands
with arched back and the weakness and
exhaustion increase till death results. The
symptoms of swine plague in many cases
are not noticeably different from those of
hog cholera.
mends the use of the following medicine
| One pound of wood charcoal, one pound of
| sulphur two pounds of sodium chloride,
| two pounds of sodium bcarbonate, two
pounds of sodium hyposulphite, one pound
of sodium sulphate, one pound of antimony
sulphide, (black antimony). These ingre-
dents should be thoroughly pulverized and
completely mixed. The dose of this mix
ture is a large tablespoonful for each 200
| pounds weight of hog, and should be ad-
ministered once day.
1t is said that hogs are very fond. of
| this mixture. 1t increases their appetite
and when they once taste of food with
which it has been mixed they will eat it,
| though nothing else would tempt them
| This medicine may also be used as a pre-
ventive OF disease and for this purpose
| should be put in the feed of the whole
| herd, care being taken that each animal
receives no more than his share