The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-12-04

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following communication from the
Department. Of Agriculture, regard
ing the treatment of hog cholera,
which may be Of interest to our
readers;
Nov. IA, 1913.
Dear Mr.. Dillon.
Your request of recent date that the
Department supply you with specific
advice as to the best ways of coping
with hog cholera, which you state is
serious menace to swine in your dis
trict, regard as a very important one
According to the last census, hogs We're
an important feature ofthe agricultural
production ofyour section. In 1910 IN
your district there were 639, 19s swine,
valued at $6,632,o9 1t is apparent,
therefore, that unless hog cholera can
be controlled a serious loss must be en-
dured by your agricultural population.
The proverb that ian ounce Of pre-
vention is worth pound of cure'
is especially applicable to hog cholera,
and cooperation among farmers in com
batting the disease is very important.
When hog cholera breaks out on a
farm the farmers in the neighborhood
should join IN a strong effort to confine
the disease to the one farm where it
already exists, by instituting. a strict
quarantine, and also, when possible,
by the administration of the protective
serum to the droves on adjoining farms.
1t is mistake to neglect timely salli-
tary precau tions and to rely wholly on
the use of serum. The serum is useful
not SO much for curing hogs sick with
the disease as for preventing other
hogs from taking it.
Every farmer should make absolutely
certain that no dirt or implement is
brought from an infected hog lot into
another hog lot. Hog cholera can be
carried in dire on the shoes. on wagon
wheels, or on the feet OF dogs. 1T has
been proved that pen of hogs infected
with hog cholera can be kept within
ten feet of a we'll herd without COM
municating the disease. provided no
dirt or implement or other object is
moved from the former pen to the lat
ter pen. If, however, the pen with the
uninfected hogs should be cleaned with
hoe or shovel that has been used irS
infected pen, the we'll herd would be
almost certain to get the disease Dogs,
crows, and buzzards can transport par
carry the disease.
The following precautions are recon-
mended for keeping the contagion from
the uninfected drove:
% Do not locate hog lots near
public highway, a railroad, or stream
The germ of hog cholera may be carried
along any one of these avenues.
IN Do not allow strangers or neigh
bors to enter your hog lots, and do not
go into your neighbors' lots. If it is
absolutely necessary to pass from one
hog lot into another, first clean your
shoes carefully and then wash them
with percent solution of the com
pound solution of cresol (U. s. P.).
t3) Do not put new stock, either
hogs or cattle, in lots with herd al
ready on the farm, Newly purchased
hogs should be put in separate enclos-
ures well separated from the herd on
the farm and kept under observation
for three weeks, because practically all
stock cars, unloading chutes, and pens
are infected with hog cholera. and
hogs shipped by rail are therefore apt
to contract hog cholera,
quarantined for at least three weeks
after they return to the farm.
~ If hog cholera breaks out on a
farm, separate the sick from the appar-
entity healthy animals, and burn all
carcasses of dead animals on the day
of death. Do not leave them unburned
for this will endanger all other farmers
in the neighbor hood.
(6) If after the observance of al
possible precautions hog cholera APP
pears on your farm, notify the State
veterinarian, or State Agriculture
college, and secure serum for the
treatment of those affected. Th,
early application of this serum is essen
tial.
Some Of these precautions may seen
unnecessary and troublesome, bu
they do not cost much, and they ar
valuable preventive measures.
1t would be physically and fiancial
impossible to treat every hog in th
United States with the anti-hog- g-choler
serum. In many states theauthoritie
cannot supply enough serum to tres
tho in fantad ap6 ayposod bardG to en-