Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-01-11
Pork Raising In the East.
IT Is SURE To BE PRoFITABLE-THE
DREAD OF CHOLERA REMOVED.

1t Is very evident that the continued
high price of market hogs and the cor
responding high price of bacon, pork
and hams will cause swine growing In
the east to be more engaged in next sea
son than this. In fact, more meat and
chicken will be raised throughout the
whole United States within the next two
years than ever before in the history Of
this country. In the New England and
other eastern states there never have
been any serious outbreaks Of hog
cholera, or anthrax, among swine, and
there probably never will be such sweep
ing destruction of these animals as has
been in the middle west, where swine
growing has been one of the greatest oil
animal Industries. But these facts fur
nish no security for the future OF swine
growing in the east. The fact OF there
never having been any serious outbreak
furnishes one of the chief sources OF fu-
ture danger.
Our federal government, under the
Animal Husbandry Department, has
now in print bulletin on the subject OF
hog cholera, written by DR.. NJ. Dorset,
which consider one of the most COM
prehensive, plain, common sense bulle-
tins that has ever been published by the
Department Of Agriculture. 1t is free
from scientific terms; not word in the
whole twenty-four pages that any school
boy ten years old cannot we'll under
stand the meaning Of. Furthermore,
DIR. Dorset evidently knows in prac-
tical way whole lot about swine and
swine management. 1t should be in the
hands of every farmer from Maine to
Texas and from Oregon to Florida, as, If
its teachings are followed, in my judg-
ment this dread disease (which has
caused more loss to farmers in one year
than bovine tuberculosis ever has caus-
ed) can now practically be exterminated.
More especially should the farmers OF
the east who are proposing to engage In
swine breeding on small scale, oy
keeping from one to three or four brood
sows with their annual crop of pigs, be
interested in starting right. What do
you mean by right? you may ask.
mean fright" First, don't buy brood
SOW from outside your own state, or
county even, unless she has been render
ed immune by the serum DR.. Dorset
mentions and tells you in the bulletin
how to get In short, allow noswine to
come on your premises that have not
been rendered immune, as no man
knows how soon person may come to
your premises with the germs OF hog
cholera on his garments or shoes, car
ried perhaps from an infected farm in
the middle west, or perhaps brought to
the farm on the feet of cattle or other
1t is easy for any farmer to keep prac-
tically free from hog cholera, but far
from easy to get rid of 1t after be has his
pens and yards infected with it. DR..
Dorset we'll makes his knowledge of the
disease known in his bulletin, and the
Department of Animal Husbandry will
willingly, for the outlay of one cent in
vested in a postal card and request
written upon it and directed to the Hon.
A. D. Melvin, chief of the Bureau Of
Animal Husbandry, Washington, send in
return a copy of the bulletin mentioned.
l will close by saying, send for II;
word to the wise is always sufficient. 1t
is the fellow who knows but little that
requires multitude of words to con-
D. Smead, V. s., in Tribune
Farmer.