The Greeley tribune., 1908-01-16
AND THEIR WIVES LEARN MANY
THINGS OF GREAT VALUE
Potatoes, Stock, Grains and Domestic Science
Leading Topics at the Two Days Sessions.
Professor Carlisle Talks Horses and
Pigs. New Feeding Expert
ment Of Great Interest.

good results from using the same
seed year after year without renewal.
C. 4. Fitch uses methods of his
own In the matter of selecting seed.
He goes through potato field and
picks out the healthiest looking tops
and from these selects the potatoes
he thinks best suited to his wants.
He also takes into account the class
of soil and the handling, In his esti-
mate of the proper seed to use each
season. He is doing we'll with seed
of his own growth.
The Afternoon Session.
At the afternoon session DR..
George Glover, veterinarian at the
Agricultural college, took up the
discussion of swine diseases. He said
that be had not fully determined
to his own satisfaction that the
swine disease now prevalent in Colo
RADIO, and pronounced by some to be
'snecrOtic stomatitis, was not regu-
lar hog cholera. He had certainly
fpnna holera germs In some of the
animnIsthat had died from the dis
ease On the other hand, the symp-
, toms of the necrotic disease, as it is
known In the east, were also present.
If it is only the necrotic disease, it
is much more virulent than 1t has
ever been known in the east, and
whatever the disease is, the death
rate from 1T is about 80 per cent.
and there seems but very little rem
edy. Prevention is the best cure.
Removal of the well animals from
the sick ones, putting the former
into clean, new quarters, with clean
troughs burning up the bodies of the
dead ones, disinfecting the old pens,
dipping the animals, etc, are all
preventative measures that might in
time bring a check upon the disease.
Speaking further upon the subject
of hog cholera, DR.. Glover stated
that it was here in the state and had
been for many years, the testimony
of others to the contrary, notwith-
standing. In the vicinity of Denver
they have had hog cholera for years,
but had finally succeeded in breeding
strain Of hogs there that were prac-
ticaly immune from the disease.
When small the pigs are exposed to
the disease, and when they have
stood the test, or have had the dis.
ease in mild form and recovered
they bring uniform price OF s6 a
piece The hog raisers there are In
sort of union and will buy pigs
from nobody but members OF their
organization who have the immune
stock. These hogs are fed largely
upon swiN and garbage gathered at
the hotels which is said to be a pro-
life source of hog cholera. Dr.
Glover stated that cholera was trans
mitted to the hogs near Denver by
pork rinds and entrails OF chickens
thrown into the garbage barrels.
These fowls are most of them shipped
in from the east where they have
been feeding about the hog pens. eat
ing cholera germs In the refuse.
Later in the afternoon Prof. WI
Carlyle also spoke Oh the same sub
ject and somewhat elaborated, upon
the plan of sanitation for the hogs
He stated, that in as much rs the
inner organs of the hog came nearer
being like those in the human being
it was only reasonable to suppose
that the animal should have some
thing like an approach to decent cart
in order to keep the animal healthy
He criticised strongly the care usu
ally given to hogs by farmers. Lei
out Of doors in all kinds OF weather
with no shelter whatsoever, com
PEELED to huddle together in we
straw stacks or dirty manure pile
for protection against the elements
fed only on rough and often rotte'
food, and still expect them to b
, we'll and vigorous was too much t
require of tha animals.
On the other hand, IL the animal