The Prescott daily news., 1914-10-26
.CAMPAIGNERS TO URGE
 FIGHT ON HOG CHOLERA
Would Cut Down Tremendous Losses by Methods of Prevention- Prompt Action Often Effec-
 tive--Urge Publicity

Cholera destroyed nearly $70,00O,0 ,000 worth of hogs in the United States the past year. So tremendous have been these constant losses from hog cholera that the United States Department of Agriculture, the farmers, Agricultural Colleges, and business men are arous- ed to the necessity of checking the ra- wages of this disease. The hog chol- era germ has never been discovered. and consequently it has baffled the foremost veterinarians in this country But investigations show that there are effective methods of preventing chol- era from spreading in a community and ways of saving a large part of the herd if cholera strikes it. Con- gress has appropriated $5O0,OOO for use this coming year in checking and stamping out hog cholera.
 In the agricultural campaign to be carried on in this section by the peo- pie with the cooperation of P. G. Holden, director of the Agricultural Extension Department of the Interna- tional Harvester Company, stress will be laid on hog cholera, and the people urged to adopt effective methods of prevention. How It Spreads Hog cholera is carried in many ways-by owners of diseased hogs vis- iting other farms, or by the purchase of new stock; by dogs, cats, and other animals, and by pigeons, crows, bug zards, and other birds; by pasturing well hogs close to sick ones; by infect ed streams; by hunters, careless hog buyers and visitors, and on the wheels of vehicles. Methods of Prevention.
 The methods given for preventing hog cholera from reaching a herd are based on common sense sanitation. The first thing to do is to clean up the hog pens. Experiences show that the hog is just as clean as most any other animal if he is given the chance, and he is as dirty as you allow him to be. There is no reason for his having dirty pen. After cleaning up the pens, purify them with lime. Then keep them pure and clean, and pro- vide wood ashes and slack lime, coke or coal for the hogs to eat.
 If your hogs have cholera, stay at home. If your neighbors' hogs have it, stay away Keep the hogs from running streams when cholera is in the neighborhood Have dipping vat aud use it regularly; there is no great CT safeguard for the hogs health. Have a bath for the hogs, too. Hogs prefer bath to the wallow. A platform bath tub six feet square and six in- ches deep is best, for it can be moved from place to place as needed. This bath will do away with the wallow- something not needed by any hog. Hog cholera germs live from year to year in the wallow, and often make it a deadly place.
 Kill First Sick Hog. If a hog is sick and cholera is sus- pected, get him away from the well hogs at once; kill him and have a veterinarian examine him and deter mine definitely whether he has chol- era. No time should be lost. If it is cholera, burn the remains. Then turn your attention to the rest of the herd. Send a wire to your Agricultural Col lege, or to some reliable Government inspected firm, asking for enough ser um to vaccinate the hogs. Have this serum injected by a veterinarian don't try it yourself unless you are eX- perienced at it.
 Double Treatment" Risky Extreme caution is urged in the use of the double treatment''-that is, serum and virus together. Virus is condensed hog cholera, and when you inject virus you give the hog cholera. The use of serum at the same time counteracts the effects of virus. But if the serum is weak, the virus may prove deadly. This double treat ment" is prohibited by law in some sections. Some veterinarians permit it's use only when there is danger of the whole herd being stricken with cholera.