Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-29
JONAS SAX
324 EAST MAIN STREET

of what they would do in Iowa two
years ago at AmeS, and all the blow
Of what they have done, ever since
that fight was launched, the reports
show now, late in the second year of
that great campaign, that never be-
fore in any one year was there as
much serum used as has been used in
Iowa this year. Never before have as
many hogs died in Iowa as have this
year. Now, more hogs are sick in
Iowa than ever before. Tell us.
please, gentlemen, what is wrong. l
can tell you-your diagnosis is wrong
and you never will stop or prevent
cause, or, if a germ disease, find the
germ. This learned doctor at Grin
nell tells us that the treatment of
hogs as a prevention by vaccination
is not longer an experiment. Doctor,
you are certainly not posted as to
what is going on, or are trying to
suppress the facts. Last June, two
men from the bureau at Washington,
with one from Ames and one from
the state veterinary staff, were sent
into Dallas county to make expert
mental tests, so all the papers at Des
Moines read. and last weeks reports
show those men are still there, maxi
ing experimental tests. l was up in
Des Moines in October and while in
the state veterinary office asked
about the result of those experiments
in Dallas county, and was told that
no report was ready yet. But the
next day, October 9, this appeared in
The Register and Leader:
"Dr. ]. Gibson, state veterinarian,
says there has not been enough cold
weather yet to check hog cholera. The
losses this year from the disease will
exceed twelve million dollars. If the
experiments in Dallas county prove
successful, the state I department
hopes to curb the disease by next
year. The experiments have been I'M
der the direction of the national gov
eminent, the state, and the state agri-
cultural college,"
1t has got beyond the experim entail
stages, says Dr.. Talbot at Grinnell
Do the hog raisers think so? DR.. K.
w. Stouder of Ames says, "The re-
suits Of our treatment are very graft
tying but does not say who to. |
think he means gratifying to all the
packing plants who are making and
selling the stuff, and to a lot of the
young paper veterinarians who have
been reaping a harvest off the poor,
fellows who have used it. Dr..
Shoulder says he is going to give us
data as to results. Please do so, Doc
tor, and while you are giving us long
lists Of big percentage of success.
which you will do, tell us Of the thou
sands of we'll hogs this stuff has been
shot into and killed. We want the
facts on both sides, Doctor.
DR.. Parker says he is we'll acquaint-
ed with me and that am not qualified
and competent as a veterinarian. Is
that so, doctor? Well. let me see. I
hold a permit to practice veterinary
surgery and dentistry in
Iowa; said permit was granted to me
by the state board of medical examin-
c1s of Iowa; my license to practice in
Iowa is paid up until June, 1914, and
I have a receipt for same on file in
my Office here in Ottumwa. l have
been in active practice in Iowa for %
years; have been practicing in Wa
pello and adjoining counties for Is
years, and have had lots of cases up in !
the doctors county.
The state registry shows that DR..
Parker received his diploma from
Ames college in 1900, while he was |
real young man. Then, according to |
that, | had been practicing in the {,
state long before he was big enough to |,
wear long pants, and long before he |
" as made a paper veterinarian. To
,elp get all sides of this matter. will |
Or parkor nIaasa maize a roDOrt AS to !
he results of the treatment Of the 1870 |