The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1912-06-28

Losses in the United States Last
Year. Fifteen Million
Dollars.


year. principally due TO cholera.
amounted to nearly sjO.0OO.WW, ac.
cording toa recent government re-
port. The average for the whole
country was ninety per loo. or to-.
tai Of j.sJI. 40. Valued al - per
head the total loss aggregate ed $3.50
ON. Tie loss for the past ten years
has averaged tifty.one per / 900 head.
The government report In speaking Of
this disease says:
Hog cholera is caused by specific
germ: that this germ may be com.
municated from one hog TO another.
through the drinking water. the food.
and lire litter. Avoid. therefore. tie
use of running water. unless II Uriyi.
ter that comes from distance j. dan.
gerouS. especially when cholera j.
prevalent. Don't use IT. unless your
hogs have been immuniled against
cholera by one Of TIA" methods de.
scrihrd below.
\ week Ut ten days after = hog ha>
been exposed 10 cholera /, brginN to
show symptoms uf the disease The
first symp'U m~ seen are iv>~ ui ape.
lite. coughing and diarrhuea ~"
bDNuI discharges becoming grc"ui.h
In color Later the hog l. likely to
have an attack of NpaNu~ that lasts
for a Hinui, or les. \ second at.
tack usually results Ia death. TIL"
di~rdso h"iug tHr lu 4 germ. u l. cNi.
dent that r.uau.ino,. j. an iupurl ant
factor about the premises. Cholera
germs ihiiy, best IN wet. dirty. dark
surrounding, Anything ruu'ribut.
ing 10 sanitary conditions viii. IN a
measure. prevent cholera from obtain.
Ing lup',uI u doe, not g.. ,Dw. ul
cour~r. 'Il' rcgn,ino~. and sanitary
condition, vii always prevent rhu..
era, bu' sanitary measures 90" 81 Na-t
importance IN Stepping 'h, disease
away,
Whenever here /. cholera IN ancigh.
borhDud extraordinary ear" should bc
exercised IN keeping ilc premises ~
clean a. possible. Dogs from neigh.
boring farms should he kept away
from the hog lots and ones own iu..
should le kept at home. Dogs may
carry the germs on their feet from
iramping through chOlcfa.infer,ed
lots. 80. also, may people. Under no
circumstances permit "A person Ia en-
ter your hoghOusc or lots II he comes
from neighborhuud where cholera j.
known 10 exist.
See TO II thai all hogs that have
died Of cholora are either deeply bur
led or, better still, burned. IN clean.
ing up after an attack oi the disease,
pillow all infected yards and make iib.
cral Use Of lime. The houses should,
Of course. also bc thoroughly clranScd,
all bedding removed, and the i'oor>,
walls and partitions thoroughly
sprayed with a wliiicwasll containing
) per cent Of carbolir acid. \ liberal
u,e Of one of the standard dips l. also
an excellent plan.
j, Is "A well.known fact that even II
these precaulion are taken and the
hogs are KEEP, IN a thrifty rundii iona,
all times cholera may still get into a
herd and do untold damage. THERE'S
only only one way 10 insure agains,
cholera, and tina, consists IN vacci.
mating the hogs with serum and
blood cont aiming living cholera germs,
Every experiment station IN the
Middle West l. manufacturing both
serum and virus al the present time
and all are selling these products Ia
farmers Al a cost which varies from
2to2i cents per { e, cubic centime.
ten.
Both the serum'only and >erum-vi.
rus methods of incubation against
cholera have been thoroughly tested
by the experiment stations and 10y
farmers In various sections and have