Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-28
MINNESOTA FARMER FINDS
NEW HOG CHOLERA TREATMENT

veterinary benetol is 4.6 cents per
ounce or IS q gallon. No great Difficult.
ty Is shown in the style Of treatment
with benetol, so that If it is adopted
by the department, any veterinarian
or well informed farmer can treat the
hogs, and hence the great public OK.
pense Of the present system averted,
aside from the enormous expense to
each state of the serum plants.
The report deals chiefly with chron-
ic cholera, but also goes into tests
which are beginning for acute chol-
era, by hypodermic injection of the
benetol. The report claims that much
progress has been made and that the
injections actually check the acute
form, even when given after the virus
has been injected and the hog allowed
to go without treatment until he is on
feed and has high temperature. But
the report states that there are GER
tain local conditions which will have
to be overcome before the injection
treatment Is a success. 1t says, how.
ever, that they are confident this will
be overcome in time.
Benetol, the report says, has a car
bolic acid coefficient OF 123, being %
per cent more active against germs
yet they, have injected 6 IL ounces in.
to 6O-pound pig with no bad results
It is claimed that II they can get this
bland result uniform, the chemical
checking OF germ diseases in all ami.
NAL bodies has come, and the days OF
serums are ended.
1t is claimed that the spirilla of hog
cholera is the most difficult to destroy
Of any known infection. II benetol
will handle 1t by injection, 1t is
claimed, there is no other virulent
blood germ that. cannot be much more
readily handled. Hence the gentle hog
may be the means of opening up a
field Of research which may result In
banishing many Of the terrible NAL.
aides with which humanity has sui
fered for so long.
Credit is given to Thomas Gunder.
son, farmer at Adrian, Mimi, for be.
ing the first man to experiment with
benetol for hog cholera, using it on his
herd as q preventative and saving 1t
most of their hogs. His advice to 9th.
ers and further success finally reached
the state board and the tests were
made.
veterinaries Indorse.
DR.. W. e. Berg of the Minnesota ex.
perimental farm, had charge of the ad.
ministering Of the benetol in the ex.
periments. There were 10 different
herds experimental upon and the per.
sons signing the aff1davits for accuracy
for each herd were:
James E. Glasspoole, county agricul'
tural agent; G. H. schopmeyer, D. V.
s.: DR.. Phillip Sanders and Dr. l.,
Flora, DR.. E. w. Berg and H. 2. Josh,
o. J. Lofthus and c. S. Lewis, notaries
public.
II the report received should be fol.
lowed out by experiments by the Unit.
ed States department and the results
are anywhere near as good as were Sc.
cured in Minnesota in other sections,
1t is certain that cure for hog cholera
has at last been found. But the depart
ment will investigate it very carefully
and Will insist upon very large num-
Der of cases before it finally adopts
benetol as a specific. It Is hoped,
however, that no time will elapse be-
fore the large experiments are made,
as present ratio Of losses In hog rails.
ing will very soon prevent any farm.
ers from raising pork.
II the Minnesota tests can be de-
pended upon, all that is necessary to
protect farmer from losing his hogs
through chronic hog cholera is to have
a gallon Of benetol handy on his shelf
and when he hears of the march OF
cholera coming near him, to give the
preventive dose. Or to wait until his
first hog shows signs of being sick
and give the curing dose. A very
simple solution Of stamping out hog
cholera If it is generally followed.