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

hdt NiNoN TfoSt' ~ tat y 80
when cholera IS al any moment
apt to decimate or anniliiata the
herd Of swine on every bree lc.'
farm IS fast drawing near AMI IL
will pay 10 look leedle uud3, 1t
will also pay to look good deal in!
Introspeetion is profitable employ
ment at any time but especially so
when year after year cholera has
descended upon the herd and raw
aged its ranks. Why Is II that
Jones' hogs escape when Smiths
are takens There is but fence
between the farm; the hogs are OF
the same breed; the owners are
both "just men, The disease falls
upon the just and unjust alike!
To be sure; but then there is away
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 sucha man is the one that is
sure 10 suffer when the cholera
germ is out and about. And the
germ Is here and there and every
where during the fan aud early
winter months. There can DO 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 diesout. 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 10 the germ but they are in {
: bodily condition rot conducive tt
e the entrance and proliferation o
II the disease germ. Can ii be dc
MED that all Of us oecasionali!
j drink water in which are the germ
. OF typhoid fever, eat fruit similtr
; ly tainted, rub against p4rson
Il coming down with his or othe
{ diseases, yet escape? individual
T contract typhoid fever aad die
y hundreds similarly exposed tall Z
contract the disease. This ind
! vidual offers a suitable gorminat
Il ing place for the disease germ th
: other does not Arguing from
z this standpoint it = oar belle
y founded upon experience and til
= facts, that hogs In an ideal state c
:, constitution, vlger and health ar
u not prone to be me allie ed wit
% cholera and stirred diseases, Ma
undermin5S the constitution OF hi
= swine by misguided management
y or fails to build up a strong const
tuition. He und rmines by SUI
y rounding the ANNALS with an VI
(" healthy environm nj. He fails I
:" build upa constitution in that h
frequently breeds in and in, or to
y closely, and so feeds the sire, til
= pregnant sow and the sucking an
- weaned pig that the requirement
:" of each for a complete ration al
not provided.
~ AS to the first proposition-e
~ vironment-it may be stated tn
- animal, cannot be kept yeal aft
" year In the same place without re
" derng that place fitting habit
= and breeding-bed for germs. Clea
w Iiness is therefore requisite, al
~ that means also destruction Of t
~ matter in which germs lodge al
10Y grow. Destruction cannot wen
- brought about by mere cleansin
y" Disiniectants must be freely us
" every day and the whitewash bru
~ should follow la he wake OF t
" disinfec'ing can Lime wash serv
~ a trademark for the ptin
w. pie Of cleanliness and once m
adopts it he Will never willing
give it up. Yards and fields CT
God not be diSinfeGted or whitewash
on. They become beds for germ p
but liberation. They must be de
alive with. Flowing, seeding and oc
'es' sional occupancy by swine inste
SAT- OF continuous use for that rurp,
" are available methods Of render
the environment healthy. Al
ent wallo8s that have also fl
like smell and are flied with
the horrors Of putrid sink he
'h'' cannot be disinfected aud must
ply abandonedand dlled up. Slugg
iPt' streams and creeks should
III avoided and PONDS are not to
used as drinking places, Strea
ny are the most prolihc source Of
lection. Statistics have shown
ire /: some instances at least, thai VIII
ey," cholera Is common and deadly
rkn disease decreases gradually a
surely in prevalence and vlrulel
. as we leave the river hohi
Water for hogs should AWAY co
from a deep, pure well never tr
surface ponds or rivers.
E. But cleanliness will not sum
We must have tho hardy, healt
oil constitution referred to abo
This cannot proceed from sluggI
inbred parents, nor from feed
ret that conduces to sluggis hness r