The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-26
shibifor to act fairly towards ali con-
sgerned. He knows better than ANYONE

Libifor to act fairly towards ali con-
hcerned. He knows better than anyone
else whether there Is cholera in his
He knows whether his swine
have been exposed or MOI whether
there Sis the slightest chance that they
may take the disease to the fair and
SO expose other swine. He Is we'll
aware Of the fact that the germ may
I exist for a time in The blood OF the
hogs without showing the character
site symptoms to the fell disease.
/ knowing all of these things then he
| should not takef his hogs to the fair.
Depend upon 1t that some one man
takes the disease to the fair grounds.
The germ Of the disease Is not there
sW hen On the show opens. Great care Is
usually taken by the management to
clean UP after each show, to disinfect
and whiteWash. This being the case
the grounds may be considered healthy
and the exhibitor cannot say fairly
that his swine contracted the disease
from germs existent In the pens. The
disease is invariably due to
contagion brought to each show
by some Of the exhibits, and
we say without reserve that in most
cases these swine might have been
Kept at home and so prevented an out.
break. It is very rare indeed when In
vestigation Of the outbreak. is made, to
| find that no trace can be found of the
district from which the disease orig
1nally came and when found there are
| usually sufficient facts to show that the
exhibitor whose swine brought in the
germs had some knowledge Of the pos
| slblllty Of contagion, but thought it
too remote to give trouble, When an
exhibitor has such information there
is. only one way for him to act, and
that is to forego the pleasure and
profit of showing for fear that he may
bring disease to his neighbors' hogs.
|; On general principles, if there is
known to be cholera present in a given
district no swine should be allowed to
come to the show from that district no
matter whether they have been exposed
or not. There is always a chance that
Wy may SoA4y CAS u4ScdS0. LIS ID
the plain duty of the exhibitor, but he
should receive equal consideration up
on the part of the management of the
fair or show. The pens provided for
| the reception Of his fine hogs should
be clean, dry, well ventilated and re-
Gently disinfected and whitewashed.
He should see to it before he starts
fhQf tho hNn
the pens for his reception, and if each
breeder would take time to write to
the secretary of the show weeks ahead
just what he, expects in this way the
management would socn see the ne
cesslty and advantage Of having the
quarters for hogs in fine sanitary con-
dition at the opening of the show. But
this is not all. When the swine ar
.rlves upon the fair grounds everything
| should be done to prevent disease from
breaking out among them. Expert
veterinarians or special veterinarian
retained for the purpose, should ex-
anime each lot of hogs before it is al
lowed to enter the pens, and reject for
cause any animal or lot of animals
that are seen to be afflicted with any
disease that is likely to spread CON
tagion among the other hogs Each
exhibitor should file an affidavit that
cholera is non-existent in his district.
Each railroad company should provide
clean, ,disinfected whitewashed cars
LOT the conveyance of swine to and
from the fair. Precautions should be
taken to keep the pens at the fair
grounds scrupulously clean, so that
bad odors may not arise to annoy the
visitors and at the same time out of
consideration for the health of the
swine exhibited. AT many of the shows
the pens are not kept clean and dis
infectants are not used or are so spar
lngly distributed that they fail to de-
odorlze and cannot possibly be de-
pended upon to kill germs of disease.
Each state agricultural association
should give some we'll known disin-
tectlng firm the contract to keep the
pens sweet and healthy during the
show, and if this we're done there
would be few reports of disease at the
fairs. -.-.A
Last week the New Jersey crop re-
port said: ''The horned, worm is doing.
considerable damage to tomatoes, whole
fields having been destroyed in some
places" This is the same insect that
we illustrated on our Agricultural page
last week. Usually these worms do not
appear In sufficient numbers to be a
menace to the crop. Hand Dicking~is
about the only method that is recon-
mended and is generally effective. The
use Of poisons on tomato vines Or to-
bacco plants can hardly be encouraged.
as tomato plants are already bearing
fruit and tobacco is used entire. When
the worms first appear they should be
all picked Off, thus leaving none as
foundation for future broods. The
worm IS familiar to most of our read
ers, being the big green horned worm
frequently seen on tomato plants.