Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-03

Hog cholera-the symptoms. spread
of the disease and preventive treat
ment-was the subject of an hours
Of the government hog cholera expert
ment station, at Ames, gave in the
east court room, filled with farmers.
Saturday afternoon. Altho lacking
of all the phases of the disease, pr
Niles did give most comprehensive
and instructive talk on this hos dis
case that Is so prevalent just now and
has wrought such havoc among loca!
herds.
Probably $50 farmers heard him and
all remained until he was thru Dr.
Niles was brought here thru the in
fuence Of Britain & Co. and the CO.
operation of the MarShalltown Ciub,
Senator A B. Cunlmins, and Repre-
sentative James w Good. Dr.. Niles.
the officers of Britain & Co, the gov
ernment inspectors at the plant, and
few others We're guests Of the company
at lunch at the Marshalltown Club AT
noon Saturday.
Most Frequent Cause of Loss.
Saying that Invariably where an cpl
demic breaks out among hogs that the
disease Is cholera, DR.. Niles went on
to describe the symptoms. The disease
occurs in both an acute and chrome
form, and the symptoms are by no
means always easy TO diagnose &C
cura tely
He said if cholera is in the neighbour
hood, and one or two or a lew OF the
hogs on a nearby farm are droopy, eat
little, or refuse food and stick to their
nests. he warned the farmers that they
would proba ably find the herd showing
these symptoms and undoubtedly was
coming down with cholera. He urged
treatment with serum or the stimuli
taneous treatment az the first signs OF
the outbreak and even before that
time.
Delays Are Dangerous,
, Hogs that are running a slight fever,
the very first symptom of the disease,
are frequently saved by the simultan-
eous treatment. It was a waste of
money he said, to treat hogs that was
SO far gone as to refuse food. or We're
broken down in the hind legs
Where the simultaneous treatment
with cholera serum and blood from a
cholera hog failed, it was generally due
to the fact that the serum was not
potent enough to counteract the dlsea Sc
germs injected with the cholera blood,
or the diseased blood used was too
strong for the serum. or not enough or
the serum was used. He urged me
farmers not to stint on the amount or
serum used in the simultaneous treat
ment A dollar saved that way was
likely to cost the farmer the hog.
Disease Easy to Spread.
He assured the farmers that cholera
germs will not fly thru the air, but
that they must be carried in some man
ner from infected premises. The ways
in which this can be done are numer-
Gus The germs can be carried on the
feet or clothing of men, or the hoofs OF
coats on any animals, or in the claws
and the bills Of birds that have fire.
uuented pens where cholera has
broken out. Germs cling in stock cars
and cattle shipped in from distant
points in cars containing litter tina
was under hogs with the cholera. may
easily carry It to the farm premises
He named scores of other ways, ant
urged the utmost precautions In pre-
venting the spread of the disease. The
government has a tried and. PROVED
serum that will prevent the disease
but it has no means of preventing thf
spread of It. The farmers must do tina
he pointed out to them.
DIR. Niles answered all sorts Of ques'
tons about the disease, and when tn
meeting broke up. crowd OF farmer!
fiocked around him to get advice aoou
particular cases.