Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-10-25
PROBABLE RELIEF
FROM CHOLERA
'lepublican Subscriber Writes Lette,
In Regard to Hog Cholera

Having seen your article on hos
cholera, it. may be interesting to youl
readers to know that there is prob
able relief in sight, after years of fu
tile effort on the part of science tt
find anything that could combat the
dread scounge.
| In Minnesota, they have just beer
experimenting with new chemical
the discovery of a professor in the
| University Of Minnesota, and so far
the tests have proved of wonderful
merit. Whole herds of hogs down
with the cholera have been treated
and they have recovered and begun
to fatten in from six to ten days.
in some cases the hogs treated were
so far gone that kick from heavy
boot would not rouse them. While Gu
ring the cholera, several cases OF
hoof rot recovered also.
The final test is now ON. Six
clean hogs have been taken from a
well herd. A carcass of hog which
died from cholera has been cut up
and is being fed to these we'll pigs.
Temperatures are being taken of the
hogs every hour to see how well the
new remedy checks the inroads of
the poison. In few days these re
cords will be ready, and will be sent
to ali stations in the country. Those
in charge are confident that they
have something far better than Sc
rum, and something that can be used
at one-tenth the cost of serum.
The new chemical, as originated by
Prof. Fl. C. Carel, is known as gly-
cerite OF napthol, or under the more
common name of Benetol. The origi-
nal discovery was very expensive, and
used in surgery for human beings
For the purpose Of treating hogs and
live stock, research was continued
farther, and veterinary benetol
produced, which is what is being ex-
perimented with. The experiments
are being carried on at St. Bonifacius,
Minnesota where there is a bad
plague of cholera.
DR.. e. w. Berg, the veterinarian
in charge states positively that there
is no question whatever but what
veterinary benetol will prevent any
hog cholera from getting into herd,
and will clean up a herd already III
fected. What is wanted now Is to
learn If it Is better than serum
Thos. Gunderson Of Adrian, Mime
sofa, who has kept his herd o. 90I
hogs immune in a hot bed Of pesti-
lence where others are dying, writes
me that he uses one half large bot
tie day for his 80 hogs. He uses
it in their drinking water. A large
pound bottle costs a dollar, but he
could have done better by getting a
gallon for IS, which would make a.
bout eight and half bottles. In get
ting benetol in that way, it would
cost about half cent a day per
hog to keep them well through epi-
denies.
Perhaps by next year, benetol will
be on the market in all the states,
and can be secured at general stores
Now few retailers have 1t, although
l believe all jobbers in drugs do. If
any stock man wants to make a
trial of veterinary benetol, they could
send direct to Prof. Carel, care Ma
tional hotel Minneapolis. Your Idaho
veterinarians ought to get busy at
once and make some tests. 1t would
only take couple Of weeks to know
all about benetol, and they owe 1t to
the farmers of Idaho not to let them
get behind the times.
0. F. G. DAY,
Minneapolis, MINI.