Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1913-10-09
Crusade Against
Hog Cholera
State Officials Send Out Appeal to
Farmers to Enforce Every Precau-
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In an appeal sent out to the hos
raisers of the state through the
press, DR.. V. C. White, state yeterin
arlan, makes the following sugges
tions among others for the prevention
Of the spread of hog cholera and fol
the treatment of the disease where
it is known to exist:
Keep Your Dog Tied.
do not visit your ne;ghbors' pens
or Enclosures, nor allow any unauth-
orized person to so into your pe-s or
Enclosures. Keep your dog tied. Con-
fine your hogs to small dry pens or
Enclosures, in not over 10 to is in a
bunch. Disinfect troughs and pens
daily with a per cent solution Of
creolin or carbolic acid. Hogs recent
ly purchased for breeding purposes
should be kept isolated for at lsast
IA days before being placed with 9th
er hogs. Hogs sold for breedipg pur-
poses should be Grated and expressed
and not allowed in stockyard.
Intelligent prevention is much
more satisfactory than treatment.
Keep Hogs in Their p ace.
do not allow hogs to run all over
your place, as is customary in the
fall of the year, especially if cholera
is present in your community. Dust
from the public highway may be it,
fected. Keep hogs away from ditch
es and canals. This is very import
ant, especially il the canal is large
one, because you will not know if it
has run through an infected pace be-
fore reaching your own. Feed good,
wholesome feed. If your hogs are IN
good condition they are less likely to
contract the disease. 1t would be
well to give a mild phys:c cccas onal-
ly in order to clean out the system.
Beware of hog cholera remedies.
Many remedies have been given as
"sure cures" but as yet no cure is
known.
Good Advice From Washina ton.
Taken from report of bureau OF
animal industry:
DO not locate hog lots near pub
lie highway, railroad or a stream.
The germ of hog cholera may be car
ried along any one OF these avenues.
do not allow strangers or neigh
bors to enter ycUr hog lots, and do
not go into your neighbors' lots. The
germ of hog cholera may be readily
carried in a small amount CT dirt on
the shoes.
do not put new stock, either hoss
or cattle, in lots with the herd al
ready on the farm Newly purchased
hogs should be put in separate in
closures, well separated from tie
herd on the farm, and kept under cb.
sersation for three weeks, be a3se
practically all stock cars, unloading
chutes and pens are infe-ted with
hog cholera, and hogs SHIPPED by
rail are therefore apt to contract hog
cholera.
Hogs sent to fairs should be quar-
antined for at least three weeks a.
.er they 1o,urn to the farm.
When Cholera Breaks.
'If hog cholera breaks cut en- a
farm, separate the sick frcm the ap-
parently healthy animals, and burn
all carcasses of dead animals on the
day of death Do not leave them
for this will e2dangec all
other farmers in the neighborhood.
Dogs, crows or buzzards may traas-
port particles of flesh from dead hogs
md thus carry the disease.
'If after the observence O. all roc-
S BILE precautions hog cholera arp 8
IN your farm, notify the state vete--
marian and secure serum for the
treatment of those not affected, The
carly application Of the serum is
Men Who Will Help.
Following is list of assistant
state veterinarians in the state of
Idaho:
''Dr. ]. H. Weber, Boise; DR.. Rob-
ert P. Smith, Wendell; DR.. R. p.
Hurd, Payette; DR.. /. D. Southworth,
Blackfoot; DR.. F. E. Freeman, Buhl;
DR.. S. E. Nelson, Preston; DR.. ]. d.
Lee, Salmon; DR.. ]. w. Akin, Nez
Perce; DR.. E. T. Baker, Moscow;
DR.. A. ]. Powell, Coeur d'Alene."