Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-04
]. LOSERS
.+tx DESTROYS ONE MILL
ON HOGS DURING PAST 1#,
# YEAR.
FARMERS TO ASK FOR APPROPRIATION
W.. J.. Kennedy, Director of Extension
Department Of Ames in
i Statement.

Ii S& Statement.
The farmers OF Iowa are stirred up
/ over the enormous loss of hogs by
cholera, and will appeal to the Iowa
Legislature this winter for an appro-
/ prIation Of $25, 900 a year to check
CHS disease. Vetinarians over the
state are OF the opinion that with
sufficient funds from the state the
disease can be checked, and in a
very brief space of time, put to
route. .
While comparatively few farmers
/ IN the immediate vicinity OF Manches-
ter suffered losses from cholera, 1t
Z is said that in the eastern part OF
Delaware county a number of farmers
!. lost nearly all Of their hogs.
Director w. j. Kennedy of Ames
estimates that the Iowa farmers have
i lost 81, 900, 900, as pork. to say moth
ing Of other millions Of value as
breeding stock and for feeding with
steers. @...y
Iowa produces one-fifth Of all the
hogs in the United States" says Mr..
Kennedy. yet It Is behind Its neigh
,rbor states in fighting this enormous
loss. Ohio, kentucky, Illinois, Mis-
4 souri, Kansas, Nebraska, California
and other states with much less at
stake are giving from $25. 900 to $780,
900 a year to manufacture serum
and distribute 1t at cost. They are
controlling the epidemic and they will
In due time stamp it out. Here we
are giving our state veterinarian a
L meager IS, O00-not enough to estab-
/ lish plant and pay one mans sal
AIRY. He can't begin to meet the sit
/ uation; his hands are tied because of
I q lack OF funds.
Must Have Serum.
I've need 5000 a year at least
to fight this $12,000,OOo loss. Iowa
must arrange for the manufacture of
serum and its distribution at cost.
There ia no question about the value
I Of serum. That has been demonstrat-
ed again and again. If State Veter
marian Gibson had been given the
money to manufacture enough serum,
cholera would have been checked in
every county In the state long ago
and stamped out. The loss, would
have been limited to few thousand
Of hogs instead Of a million.
AT the college and experiment sta
tion we are getting scores Of letters
daily asking where serum can be OBJ
tanned. We must ans wer. that it can
not be bought except from private
manufacturers, who demand three
times as much for their products as
the state could sell it for. Even then
the buyer isn't sure that the CONNER
,Cial serum is good. Much worthless
stuff Is sold for good money. It
costs the farmer his dollars and his
hogs. both. There are also fraudu-
lent preventatives and cures OF other
kinds, which are absolutely no good.
There is only one sound way to fight
hog cholera, and that is through state
aid and the Iowa farmer isn't get
ting It. He has only this alternative;
he may buy serum or let his hogs
die. He ought to INST upon getting
what is fair. His interests are not
1t stake. The state of Iowa can't
lose $4,000, 900 or more in hogs with
out suffering"
How To- Prevent Hog Cholera. i
IN a recent interview, H. H. Har-
r's Of Champaign, Illinois, one Of the
most successful farmers in the corn
belt, gave the following information
q - the reason for his success in keep
Ing his hogs free from cholera.
81 find that about all that is need
ed Ia to use little common sense
In caring for hogs A hog is good
deal like human being, it is cas-
2jer to keep him well than it is to
cure him when he gets sick. If you
keep your hogs in a small lot and
let them feed well they are bound
to have trouble with their digestive
apparatus. II a hog is we'll fed he
ought to be we'll exercised I try to
keep my feeding lot some distance
/ from water SO the hogs have to get
exercise whether they want it or not.
& u never feed hog new corn with
out having Ted him old corn first,
then gradually reduce the amount of
old corn and substitute new When
he gets on the new corn diet, I turn
4 him into corn field, after knocking
down some Of the corn, and let him
feed through the corn field and through
pasture to his water. Then al
ways keep a trough Of medicine to
prevent cholera and to help keep him
In good shape. I get simple mix
ture Of copperas, sulphur, glauber-
salts, and soda pulverized and mixed
in equal proportions, which buy
n by the ton from Wholesale druggist
II 5Chicago-this on the farm mix
with salt and some wood ashes and
put 1t along in a trough where hogs
can get to it any time they feel like
It.