The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-01-30
Y CC|NATED HOGS
FATTEN ON SL0P
Inocculated With Cholera Sc
rum, Swine Do Won
drous Well.
SCIENTIFIC FEEDING.
Being Tried Out BY Judge
bearing and Jas. Thonp-
son Near Louisve.
louisville TimeS)

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The introduction of anti-cholera
serum in kentucky promises to revO-
lutionize the hog industry and to put
% profitable use millions of gallons
of distilled sop which goes to waste.
he serum prevents the development
If cholera, which is due chiefly to
the class of food furnished hogs, and
which is supposed to follow, with
lefnite certainty, the continuous
.eeding of distilled slop. The innoc-
ulation of hogs with this serum makes
hem immune and enables breeders
to use this highly fattening, finishing
product with safety and great profit.
n most instances the slop from dis
tilleries is all but a total waste, de-
spite the fact that it contains large
percentage of the most nutritious food
stuff Of corn. In 'congested communi-
ties the slop is sold in small quaint
ties to residents Of the neighborhood
of distilleries for feeding purposes
both for hogs and cows, and in some
instances herds Of cattle are kept al
he distilling plants and fed on the
slop. This latter practice, however
has been condemned so generally that
it is only a matter of time before il
Will have to be abandoned.
Stop feeding to hogs has been Gus
5omary on a limited scale for many
years, but it remained for the Glen
dear Company, composed of Judge
". G. Deering, James Thompson al(
Truman Davis, to enter the business
Of feeding hogs on a pretentious scale
The company was organized early las
year with a capital stock of $4,000
and rented Judge bearings farm O
427 acres, near Valley Station, On thu
Louisville, Henderson & st. Louis
Railroad Company's line. In Apri
The company began business with /;
few hogs, and now has approximate!
1,400 hogs from the State Experiment
Station at Lexington. These hog
were taken to the farm severa
months ago, and are among the heal
thiest specimens of hogs obtainable
They are in charge of DR.. Graham
OF the Experiment Station.
According to the statistics which
have been compiled, the hogs hav,
gained approximately one pound eacl
day since they have been put on tn
slop feed. 1t is figured that the tota
cost of feeding the 1,400 hogs on tn
| Glendear farm averages IA cents pc
| day. This includes interest on tn
| investment, help hire and expenses O
all kinds.
The company figures that each no.
| viii net SIS after feeding process o
| ninety to 120 days, and that two o
! three crops can be raised on a singh
farm annually. The Glendear farm
can accommodate 10000 hogs, an
there is sufficient slop available from
the Glenmore distillery, owned by MI
Thompson, to feed twice that man
| hogs. 1t Is estimated there is enougl
-'oD wasted annually to feed 10000
hogs.
| The company has built substantia
houses with waterproof roofs and CT
closed On all except the southern side
| The houses are provided with straw
supply of which is contained in
barn having o capacity of three ca
loads. The slop is fed to the hogs b
gravity though troughs. A large col
ton oil tank has been placed near
siding leading from the main line @
the Louisville, Henderson & st. Loui
Railroad Company 20 the Glendea
| Company's farm. The slop Is haule
from the Glenmore distillery at Ov
ensboro in tank cars by the Glendea
Company.
The tanks hold 5000 gallons eac
and are emptied as needed into tn
tank at tn siding. From this tan
the slop flows into open troughs an
is distributed by gravity force to tn
feeding troughs. Judge bearing e.
Inmates that two men can feed 10
0eO hogs. In addition to this, the hog
are fed alfalfa and sorghum, Their
being sufficient tillable land to gro,
the amount required for feeding pul
poses.
ALI of the hogs on the farm hav
been inoculated with the serum whic
! is prepared from the blood of hog
affected with cholera and treated b
some chemical process. About te
| days after the hogs have been inc,
ulated with serum they are moe,
lated with the pure cholera blood frol
hogs affected with the disease.
they Withstand this test they are co,
sidered to be immune.
| When the company first started OF
lerating they had some losses b,
cause of their failure to segregat
sick hogs, but Immediately they pr,
cured the services OF Edward Poe, a
expert hog breeder from st. JOSEPH
Mo-. who keeps close watch on til
entire drove. The temperature {
each hog is taken every two weeks
and whenever the temperature of
hog runs over 104 degrees it is place
in the hospital enclosure and trea
ed. Losses are very small. In fac
illness is rare on the Glendear farm
II is estimated that hogs weighin
| 100 pounds, il treated with the serul
and fed on slop, will develop to !.
weight of 200 to $50 pounds With
| 100 to $50 days, making fully poun
a day.
4 There is some difference of opinio
as to the quality OF fat produced b
corn and slop feed, but the gener;
impression prevails that there is r
ally very little difference.