The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-11-26
Anti Hog Cholera Meeting

Mt. Pleasant and adjoining townships
convened at the court house Saturday
afternoon to hear the university men
talk and to organize an anti-hog
cholera club. The speakers were a
little late getting in from 10 o'clock
meeting in Hudson township; but the
crowd was patient, and listened with
eagerness to all that was said. Prof.
Ginriche, the assistant in the manu-
facture of hog cholera serum, made
the first talk; he was followed by DR..
J. w. Connaway, the discoverer of
the hog cholera serum. He went in
to the methods of Graduating hog
cholera, and held to the view that ap--
preparations by the state and nation
were made to eradicate the disease
where prevalent and affecting whole
communities or sections, and not for
the purpose Of curing the herd of any
individual citizen. Indeed, he intimat-
ed, that lot of fruitless work had been
done and much money spent out of
line with the purposes of the law.
He claimed that it would be easy to
stamp out the disease in given COM
munity or county, or state, if the
farmers would organize and cooper
ate in doing the things necessary to
eliminate the disease. He discussed
the methods to be followed by the
farmers, advising the use of segre-
cation pen, the application Of air
Stacked lime, and the burning of all
carcasses, no matter what the cause
of death. He urged that every farm
err notify his neighbor promptly, when
ever he had sick hog and that dogs
and birds, even his neighbours, be
kept out of the hog lots as much as
possible, in order that the germs be
not carried from one farm to another.
He maintained that other diseases,
such as pneumonia, often prevailed
along with cholera proper, and that
the symptoms of cholera differed so
that the diagnosis was sometimes diff
ficult; and that even post mortem ex-
animation showed different condi-
tons. He did not advocate what is
known as simultaneous vaccination.
DR.. Connaway was followed by
Prof. j. T. Simpson, assistant profess
sor of animal husbandry, in talk for
organization, after which the Mt.
Pleasant Township Club was organ
lied with C. H. Argenbright as presi-
dent and W. H. Deweese as secre-
tary. This was the Goth club organ
lied in the county during the week,
and the presidents and secretaries OF
the other clubs present as delegates
proceeded to organize Central Coun-
ty Club by the election of C. H. Ar
genbright president and Jesse E.
Smith secretary and treasurer.
The organization of clubs will be
continued until there is one in each
school district.
The meeting adjourned to Argen-
bright's feed yard where Prof. M. J.
Hurley demonstrated" by killing
and carving up live sick hog. The
interest in this performance was in
tense; and the crowd asked questions
and received polite answers and sat
isfactory explanations. This particu-
lar hog had both pneumonia and
cholera, the evidences of both being
unmistakable.
Prof. Hurley will return here the
latter part of the week for an indefi-
mite stay and will have desk in the
Probate office, where he may be
found by any of our farmers. His
services will be free.
Both the national and state govern
ments are pouring out money to
eradicate hog cholera, foot and mouth
disease, and other contagious diseases
such as tuberculosis and backlog;
and surely the farmers should coop
crate in every possible way; so that
the millions of dollars lost every year
may be saved. The meat problem is
becoming acute, and the general gov
eminent is promoting an increased
production in every legitimate way.
But it is up to the every day farmer
to conquer and eradicate these con-
tagious diseases, even with the assist
ance of the best and latest scientific
knowledge on the subject.
Cnwusmon