Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-15
IOWA PROCURING ALL AVAIL.
ABLE SUPPLIES FROM OTHER
STATES TO MEET DEMAND.
DOZEN PLANTS WORKING
OVERTIME INADEQUATE
Or STANCE Issues Statement Defend.
ing Work Of Laboratory and Telling
Of Enormous Requirements to Mest
Present Epidemic Among Iowa
Swine Herds.
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| An1es. Aug. l5.-If all the hog chol-
era serum plants in the midwest were
working full time and sending their
product into Iowa. there wouldn't be
enough to vaccinate all the hogs in the
state that ought TO be vaccinated
Yet" says Dr.. C. II. STANCE, director
OF the new state laboratory, at Ames,
there are men who are complaining
because the single new plant at Ames,
established late in its session OF the
! legislature, is unable 70. meet every
demand made upon il Al the present
time the new plant, ,fo in temporary
quarters, is actually producing several
times as much serum as the capacity
OF the ola one and before snow flies
il will have produced several ,imes as
much as the old plan, produced If all
its four years
With its wide prevalence last year
and its big start this year. hetore rha
legislature acted. cholera has the up
Per hand il Iowa Just now. DR.
STANCE estimates ina, one hog out Of
ten ought 10 be treated, and that
means that 5o.o0o.o0o cubic ceatimeters
OF serum is needed to- a bout 100000
animals.
Dozen Plants Neeeed.
a dozen big plants says D-
STANCE. all working overtime and
averaging ESQ, 900 cubic cenumeteTs
Per week, which IS high average
could not meet With the Iowa ae,'lana
within 3 reasonable time. II would
take twenty average plants runr-hg
full capacity at least ten weeks 20 sup
ply Iowa with enough serum. To nee.
that demand these plants Would neeo
10000 hogs for hy'peri-ninunizing some
thousands more for producing virus
and 5000 pigs for testing. HUNDREDS
OF men would have 10 be emploEe1.
The enormous demand makes The sit
c.a.;on difficult in Iowa We are GE
ing TO meet il by forcing our new pla''.
and by shipping in serum. we nave
Just arranged FOR all the serum thai
Kentucky can spare, which may meah
about $4,000 cubic centineters Week
The plant at Ames this week is snip
ping out Ieo. 900 cubic centimeters OF
serum. Il has in test 10000 more
cenr:meters which will be ready 10 90
ON in another week. and still another
$50. 900 cen,imeters will go into test
tomorrow. About 400 hogs are now in
use and as soon as the serum is avail
able from these animals, the produc-
ton will reach 100000 cubic centime-
ters per week The permanent pant
which will be ready late in the IAN
will have a capacity OF 100000 cent?
meters a week.
I'VE are leaving nothing undone 10
meet the situation said Or. STANCE
and we are crowding our plant to us
fullest capacity. But no establishment
/ in the country could meet the present
1 needs of this greatest OF hog proouc-
I ing states. In other states, with many
hogs less, Ohio. Indiana and Minnesota
: the state plants are likewise
behind with orders. Iowa must es-
-ablish a thorough control system as
well as manufacture plenty OF serum
m fight hog cholera successfully. ser
UNI alone is not enough because IT ca..
NOT he manufactured rapidly enough.
DR.. STANCE Is approving as rapidly as
he can the commercial serums go ina
rhev may be shipped into the state Tor
use.