The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-07-03
HOG CHOLERA COSTS
0NE-TH|RD OF STATE
NEARLY 100000
LAST YEAR IN IOWA THE LOSS
WAS OVER THIRTY.rHREE
MILLION.
STATISTICS BY DR.. MURPHY
The Serum Treatment 10 Only Abso-
lutte and Sure Method of Curing
Dreaded scourse-Experiment win
Be Made In Maury County Gratis.
(By DR.. B. w. Murphy

Statistics gathered from one-third
OF the State of Tennessee show that
last year we paid nearly three mil.
lion dollars for the maintenance Of
hog cholera. Why stop when the
statistics are gathered from only
,,one-third of the State? 1t may be
that we like to take our grief I'm
small doses rather than in a lump.
whereas if hog cholera statistics were
taken all over the State, the amount
OF money lost through this source
would be SO great that concerted &C.
ton would be taken to rid the COM
monwealth Of this dreaded scourge,
and within a year, by the judicious
use of good virus, potent serum, and
the application of the rules of n.y.
giene to the hog lot, several millions
Iof this tremendous toll, which has
heretofore gone to support and main
tain cholera on our farms, could be
diverted to the use of the farmer in
countless ways.
The importance Of hog cholera
statistics became SO obvious in the
State Of Iowa, that last year 1,120
men were put in the field to secure
them. When this work was con-
pleted, the stupendous fact was
made apparent that cholera had kill
led 2,S27,907 hogs, valued at not less
than $2S,000,000. This loss is SEEM
ingly enough to satisfy any one, but
Is not the total loss, as the farmer,
when cholera breaks out in his herd,
very naturally wants to save all he
can, so ships half fat, partly grown
stock to the market Farmers feed
ing cattle were unable to get hogs
to follow their fattening cattle in the
feed lots to utilize the corn which
passes through the beef cattle. These
two added sources of loss cost an
additional $5,72O,OSO, making total
loss to the State of $33,72O,0O0.
Tennessee, not being the corn
raising state that Iowa is, can hard
ly hope to equal these figures, but it
would be most interesting and pro-
fitable to know just what our real
losses are, when one third of the
State loses nearly 100000. In
state where farming is so diversified
as it is here, the percentage of loss
is much greater than in an essential
ly hog raising state, such as is the
State Of Iowa, and it behooves US an
interested citizens to lend hand
both to aiding in the securing Of
legislation providing for the gather
ing of these statistics, and also to aid
in the eradication of cholera itself.
Reports from all parts Of the coun-
try justify the faith of those, who
are engaged in the war on cholera, in
the serum treatment as the only
positive weapon to stop the losses
from cholera. When good serum is
properly used, good results follow.
Good serum and good virus when pro-
perly administered, as in the stimuli
taneous treatment, produce good re-
suits. Statistics have been gathered
which show that when healthy hogs
are treated the loss after treatment
was less than 20. Much Of this
loss was in small number Of herds
where other factors entered into help
swell the loss to the percentage
] given. Where sick herds were treat
ed the loss was approximately be-
tween 16 and IL per cent. These
figures are based on experiences in
great many herds in many sections
OF the country.