The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1902-09-12
Preventing hog Cholera.

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Introspeetlon is profitable employ
ment at any time but especially so
when year after year cholera has
descended npon the herd and raw
aged its ranks. Why Is II that
jones' hogs escape when Smiths
are taken? There is but a fence
between the farm; the hogs are Of
the same breed; the owners are
both "jusp men. The disease falls
upon the just and unjust alike!
To be sure; but then there is q way
of fooling the germ so that it pass
es over and hits whore he finds
congenial surroundings and fer
tile soil. A man may be perfectly
just but at the same time wrong
in his methods OF management,
and such a man is the one that is
sure to suffer when the cholera
germ Is out and about. And the
germ is here and there and every
where during the fan and early
winter months. There can be no
question OF this. Hogs have been
kept for generations in the agri-
cultural districts. The germ an
nually shows up here and there in
these districts. The supply q
germs never wholly dies out. Some
hogs suffer; others escape. Why
The hogs attacked are susceptible
to the disease owing to their con-
dition OF blood and body, The
ones that escape have been expos
ed to the germ but they are in q
bodily condition not conducive tC
the entrance and proliferation o.
the disease germ. Can 1t be de.
MED that all Of US occasionally
drink water in which are the germ:
OF typhoid fever, eat fruit similar
lily tainted, rub against persona
coming down with his or othei
diseases, yet escape? individuals
contract typhoid fever aad die
hundreds similarly exposed Tail I,
contract the disease. This indi
vidual offers a suitable gorminat
ing place for the disease germ tn,
other does not Arguing from
this standpoint it Is our belief
founded upon experience and th,
facts, that hogs In an ideal state 0
constitution, yigor and health ar,
not prone to be me alliic ed Will
tcholera and ..iired diseases MAJ
undermin5s the constitution OF hi
swine by misguided Management
or fails to build ~ a strong consti
tuition. He und rmines by sur
rounding the ANNALS with an un
healthy environm nj. He fails t,
build up constitution in that h
frequently breeds in and in, or tol
closely, and so feeds the sire, tn
pregnant sow aud the sucking an,
weaned pig that the requirement
of each for complete ration ar
not provided.
As to the first proposition-er
vironmeni-it may he stated tina
animal, cannot be kept yeal afte
year in the same place without ret
dering that place fitting habita
and breeding-bed for germs. Cleal
; Iiness is therefore requisite, an
that means also destruction OF TIL
matter in which germs lodge an
grow. Destruction cannot we'll |
brought about by mere cleansing
: Disinfpctauts must be freely use
every dayand the whitewash brus
should follow in the wake of Il
disinfeclng can Lime wash serve
a. q trademark for the prime
: pie Of cleanliness and once ma
adopts it he will never willing
give it up. Yards and fields ca
d not be di2infected or whitowashe
!. They become beds for germ pr
It liberation. They must be dea
e with. Flowing, seeding and occ
, sional occupancy by swine insteS
u or continuous use for that rurpo
' are available methods OF renderI
the environment heal thy. AM
ent wallows that have also ifs
like smell and are filled with {
the horrors of putrid sink hol
y cannot be disinfeeted and must
} abandoned and filed up, Sluggi
l. streams and creeks should
u avoided and ponds are not to
used as drinking places. strenr
are the most prolihc source Of /
lection. Statistics have shown,
D: some instances at least. thai whe
!" cholera is common and deadly Il
" disease decreases gradually an
surely in prevalence and virulen
= as we leave the river hehln
Water for hog should always con
from a deep, pure well never iro
surface ponds or rivers.
But cleanliness Will not suHic
We must have tho hardy, healtl
|. constitution referred TO aboy
This cannot proceed from sluggis
Inbred parents, nor from feedir
: that conduces TO slugglshness al
c unhealth, Fresh blood should
frequently infused into the ven
Of the hogs. Fresh boars shou
: be used instead of continuing We;