The log cabin Democrat., 1914-03-26
GOVERNMENT AIDS
 HOG CHOLERA FIGHT
SERUM IS ONLY REMEDY
DEPARTMENT OF AGRlCUL- TURF REPORTS RECENT
 INVESTIGATIONS.

past year, mas DeeH cOiluuCtliS Cohi paigns in Indiana, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska to control the contagious disease of hogs known as "hog chol- era," by means of anti-hog cholera serum and farm quarantines. In one county (Pettis county. MissourD <, where there was loss of IS per cent in 1911 and 25.6 per cent in 1912 of all hogs raised, there was only loss of 14.7 per cent up to November, 1913. This decrease was due to the use of the serum, which, although not used there by the departments agents until August, 1913, materially reduc- ed the loss. About 0,000 hogs were raised during the past year and of the 10000 that died of the hog chol- era only about 1000 were lost after the active use of serum and quaran- tine measures were inaugurated. In every county where these meas ures were employed, even though be- gun after the disease had continud it's ravages for sometime, there was less loss from hog cholera than in either of the two preceding years.
 In addition to it's great function as preventive, it has been found that the anti-hog cholera serum would cure large proportion of hogs in the early stages of the disease and ren- der them immune after recovery. However, if hogs are not treated by this serum, from 75 to 100 per cent of all affected herds die. This serum, so far as is known, is the only thing that will prevent the disease.
 Of hogs actually sick when treated, the departments inspectors lost but 25 per cent during the past summer. Of we'll hogs in diseased herds, 2.8 per cent died after being treated and of hogs in exposed herds less than 1 per cent died after being inoculated with the serum. In an infected herd there is always a certain proportion of hogs that are well.
 The inspector examines the hogs when he arrives, takes the tempera- ture of alI hogr in the herd and sepa- rates the sick from the well. The temperature of sick hog, unless the hog is near death, will run above 104 degrees, and sometimes as high as 107 or 10Q doUrooc E
 Some states are engaged in the manufacture of serum to cure this disease. This serum requires special treatment to pr ,serve it's quality and qualified man to produce it. Suffi- cient serum to treat an average 1O0- pound hog costs about 30 cents at a liberal estimate. The treatment is by hypodermic injection.
 The depal tment in initiating it's campaign against the devastating hog disease has only been able to con- merce in few of the districts where the cholera was the most widespread and where the active cooperation of the state was offered in enforcing the ordinary quarantine measures, etc. The object of the department has been to endeavor to control the dis ease, and if possible, to eliminate it from the country. To secure this end the best efforts of the farmer himself are necessary. The campaign against this devastating sickness during 1913 was planned in the territory selected along three lines.
 1. The education and organization of the farmers in the districts select ed, to be carried out primarily by the state college.
 2. The enforcement of sanitation and restrictive regulations by the state veterinarian.
 8. Active supervision by the bu-
 reau of animal industry of the de- partment and the inoculation of dis eased herds and exposed herds with the anti-hog cholera serum.
 A county in each state was selected as a unit and the method of work in that county was, briefly, for the state college to secure the cooperation of intelligent, active farmers in each township in the county. These men were called volunteer assistants and they were to keep in close communica- tion with the departments inspector stationed in that area, keeping him informed of conditions and securing statistics concerning the hog indus try. In this manner conditions were pretty well learned in the territory under inspection. When an outbreak