Imperial Valley press., 1914-06-23
ARE WORKING FOR
HOG PROTECTION

An organized movement has taken
shape in the Imperial County to wage
for and against cholera and all other
infectious diseases to which hogs are
subject.
The movement is in hands of an
association known as, The Hog Rails
ers Association of Imperial Valley,
and Incorporated under the laws of
the State of California.
The meeting of Saturday afternoon
the Goth of June in the County Court
House at Ell Centre was the second
of its kind within this week, and is
typical of the great interest being
taken by the hog raisers of this Val
ley in this undertaking.
The membership is almost phenom-
enally growing as fifty names are sub
scribed within few days and many
are coming in every day.
Any one who is "a hog raiser or in
terested is eligible as a member. The
oiHdH Ice VI aPlV 40 a membership
fee is being made and the maximum
dues of $1.00 per month and sos cost
per head for the vaccination of hogs
to the number Of one hundred at d
time and S.03 for all where over one
hundred head are vaccinated. This
makes vaccination almost nothing in
price to the hog raiser relative to
the returns.
The main purpose of the Hog Rails
ers Association of Imperial Valley is
to stamp out cholera, which is now
prevalent n the Valley, by first pro-
curing the passage of laws keeping
out diseased hogs, such as adequate
quarantine laws, and then fighting
the cholera in the Valley itself.
The association will have it's own
highly competent veterinarian who
will work. in conjunction with the
State and County veterinarians and
officers.
Some of the purposes are:
l. TO promote and encourage hog
raising and other farming industries
necessary for the promotion of hog
raising in Imperial County by fur
nishing the means of mutual co-opera
ton among the farmers in said pur-
suits.
2. To procure and furnish the neces-
sary medical and sanitation appliances
for the stamping out of the various
diseases to which hogs arc subject.
3. To secure the passage and en-
forcement Of laws and ordinances il
the County of Imperial for the pre-
vention of the occurance and spread
Of diseases to which hogs are sub
ject.
4. To collect and diffusc among it's
members all classes of. information
calculated to assist them in the sue
cessful pursuit of the aforesaid in
dustries, to the end that the labors
Of hog raising may be lessened, and
the profits thereof increased.
S. To do general shipping, trans
portation and exporting of hogs to
any and all parts of the world
Such men as Roscoe Hazard, G.
D. Willoughby, S. P. Lyons, Ed. 4.
German and Clifford Coggins are all
big hog raisers and shippers who are
behind this and are officers of the
newly organized corporation.
DR.. Taylor and Mr.. Packard of the
experimental Station are behind it and
are giving their time and field of ex-
perience in aid of it to say nothing
of many other men whose names will
later appear who are active and en-
terprising members and are giving
all their support to this vital move
ment.
No man who is a hog raiser and
has the interest of his pocket and the
Valley at heart can afford to stay
out of this organization.
Another meeting will be held Sat-
urday, July II, 1914, at two o'clock
in the Court Room of the County
Cours House at FL Centre and the Off
GERS will be ready to answer any
and all questions concerning same,
and all are asked to show up at that
time and place In the meantime, how
ever, those wanting a membership
can send their names to S. p. Lyons
at Ell Centro, California.
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