Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-10-19
Advice to Hoo Growers

r. A. Craig, Indiana state VeterlIla
rian. has issued some advice to hog
growers owing to outbreaks OF cholera
in this state. He says:
The main precautions against car
rying the germs into the yards are as
follows:
i. Hogs from other, herds, or stock
shows should not be allowed to mix
with the herd until they nave been
proven free from disease.
2. All possible ways in which the
germs can be carried into the yard by
people, dogs. birds. ETC., should be
guarded against, especially when the
disease is present in the ighborhood.
8. Dipping or washing the hogs with
a 2 per cent water solution or tar
disinfectant should be practiced ana
the animals placed In quarantine for ut
least three weeks in yards that do not
communicate in any way with the
regular yards.
4. When it is necessary for/persons
to enter pens where the disease is
known to exist, they should clean and
disinfect their shoes when leaving.
{. Persons taking care of sick hogs
should use all possible precautions
against the spread Of the disease III
their neighborhood.
The Importance of clean feed, water
troughs and feeding floors must be
emphasized, as 1t is in the feed that
the germs usually enter the body. In
no other place on the farm are white
wash and disinfectants so necessary as
in the hog houses and pens. Pastures
and lots can be kept In more health-
full condition If the hogs are taken out
for a few months each year, and Tor
age crop sowed in the unused lots.
Clean yards prevent exposure to a
large number Of active germs at any
one time, in this way being an inn
portant help in preventing disease.
Pens and pastures receiving the drain
age from neighboring swine enclosures
should not be used.
Some of the necessary measures in
the treatment Of a sick herd are as
follows:
i. Disinfect the feeding floors.
troughs, hog houses and their imme-
diate surroundings daily with water
solution of tar disinfectant Qwo to
four per cent?. If this cannot be done,
remove the hogs and build temporary
quarters.
2. Feed light, sloppy diet of shorts,
bran, etc.
8. Do not leave water and slop In the
troughs for the hogs to wallow in.
a. Copper sulphate can be dissolved
in the drinking water and slop in the
proportion Of four ounces to the bar
rel.
S. The dead hogs should be burned
l., a Sryi$1 II
lime
If these precautions against the
spread and perpetuation of "hog chol-
era" were observed, it is believed that
this disease would not exist as an cpl
demic from year to year.
Twins Compared With Single Lambs.
(Prof. F. B. Mumford, of Missouli)
The twin lambs in an ordinary flock
are usually smaller than single lambs.
Whether the smaller size is due priln-
arily to the lack of proper nutrition,
after birth, or to a small size at birth,
or to both these conditions, has not
been clearly determined The difference
between the birth weights of twin
lambs and single lambs is smaller than
is usually supposed. The birth weight
Of the twin male lambs is greater than
the birth weight of the single female
lambs. The average birth weight of all
twin-born lambs is about one-half
pound below the general average for all
lambs. The single female lambs
weighed at birth only eight-tenths OF
a pound more than the twin born fe-
males. The smaller size OF twin lambs
observed in most f1ocks Is undoubtedly
more the result of insufficient nutrition
while sucking than the inferior size
at birth. Very few ewes yield sufficient
milk to properly nourish two thrifty,
early maturing lambs. If such lambs
are early taught to eat grain and hay.