The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-10-17
FIGHT HOG CHOLERA
Or. c. c. TRIP, OF STATE COL
LEGE, DISCUSSES THE HOG
CHOLERA SITUATION.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
from IN. Capitol City. the Various
State institutions and From
Many Different Parts Of
the Sunshine State.

brookings.-Dr. c. c. Trip. pro
lessor OF veterinary medicine at the
state college, Bookings, has the fol
loving to say regarding the hog chol-
era situation in South Dakota:
Losses-At no time within recent
years has there been such a wide
spread epidemic OF hog cholera as this
year. At no time has the loss equaled
mat sustained by the farmers in the
hog-ra!sing districts OF the United
states during the present season. This
loss has not been due to lack OF scien-
thic knowledge Of proper means OF
prevention and control, but to the lack
q ability in their application.
'onfrol-Earions remedies have
ADVISED for the control of hog cholera,
and numerous of them are on the mar
ket today. 1t has been demonstrated
time and time again that al Of them
are Worthless. Hog cholera belongs to
he class of bacterial diseases and
gees cot yield to any of the above
gtslticned cures. This is an in
tontrovertible fact. 1t may, however.
ne safely and effectively controlled
y the use OF what is known as hog
cholera serum. This is also a fact
proven beyond al! question Of doubt.
Serum Enthusiastically all states
within the hog-raising districts Of the
United States have made provision
through Legislative appropriations for
tie establishment and maintenance of
hog cholera serum plants These
pIaHts are located on the Experiment
Station farms and are under the gen
erai control OF these institutions with
ONE n member. usually their vet
~,finarian, in charge Of the manufac-
tnfe Of the serum.
scarcity Of Serum These plants are
damned to furnish the serum needed
during the average season for the
control Of the disease within the state.
Since these plants nre possible only
etc" The various state legislatures
have provided the means, their capaci-
- is frequently and most unfortunate
~ limited by the size Of the statc ap.
preparation for this specific purpose.
Another factor partly responsible
for he present scarcity of serum is
he inability Of those in charge Of
serum plants to foreee early enough
the probable needs later in the e &
on. Had ii been possible 70 antici-
ate the present demand for serum.
more could have been made earlier in
'ae season. and kept in storage for
fater demand. Last spring no one in
charge Of a serum plant cared TO take
lie responsibility 10 produce an I'M
usually large quantity. fearing the de-
mand would not be equal to the out
Ynt, and severe criticism result.
Criticism Of the South Dakota Plant
Answered Some criticism of the
State College is heard from different
parts Of the state because of its in
ability to supply serum. This criti-
cism resolves itself into a single state
ment Of fact, followed by q blunt ques-
tian. namely: The legislature granted
n3oney more thar five months ago
for the production Of hog cholera Sc
run. why haven't you got it? This
question IS a perfectly proper M to
ask and one to which 9 full and COM
pete answer is due on the ground that
tie farmers are entitled to know what
hes been done and what is being done
low With their m
What the State College Has Done
The legislature of 1911 failed to make
an appropriation for the continuation
OF serum production. This meant that
all the work begun in 1909 came TO
Il standsti,l. When the last legislature
set aside money for the production OF
serum again, work was at once begun,
building new Yards and houses. and
replacing old and inadequate equip
fnent.
About the time the above work was
we'll started. the death of DIR. Moore,
veterinarian in charge Of the work.
occurred. This gave serum prcduc-
tor at State College a setback from
which it will not recover this season.
IF DIR. Moore's death had not occur
red, work begun early in the spring
could nave continued uninterruptedly.
and resulted in the production of a
large quantity of serum.
rs soon as a competent person
could be secured. the production Of
serum was again taken up. The I'M
fortunate loss of several hogs about
this time. gave the work further delay.
This loss Was not due to lack Of care
or management on the part Of the
rerson in charge Of the work, but to
causes entirely beyond his control
ard may occur at any time. When q
large number of hogs are being bled
-he loss of one or two does not Sc
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