Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-02-26
Watch Your Hogs.


town last week, being sent here tC
inspect reported case Of hog chol
era south of town. He found the dis
ease we'll developed at this particu
lar place and as result the owner
of the hogs will lose a goodly mum
Der Of them. All the porkers which
were not already infected with the
disease were inoculated with serum
1t might be we'll to state here that
after the disease has attacked hog
there is no use for the serum, as it Is
only a preventative and not a cure
for the malady. Although Mr.. Free
man went pretty well over this Sec
ton, this was the only case he found.
DR.. V. c. White, state veterinarian,
recently held meetings at Wendell
and Gooding and as a result Of these
meetings 1t was decided that the
county commissioners employ an ex-
pert to fight hog cholera in the coun-
ty, the expense to be borne by the
county and the work done under the
supervision OF Ut. Wnlte.
All authorities agree that the dis
ease can be successfully banished If
the farmers will do their share. In
this connection the United States de-
partment of agriculture gives out
some suggestions in the prevention
of this disease in the following:
1t is estimated that at least 80 per
cent of all deaths of hogs from dis
ease In the United States are caused
by hog cholera. Therefore. in the
case of any fatal outbreak, the chanc-
es are about to l that the case
is hog cholera. 1t is true that other
infections may and do frequently
cOmplicate outbreaks of hog cholera,
but in such cases the germ of hog
cholera is the primary cause of the
disease, and if we can take care of
the germ of hog cholera the pig will
usually overcome the other infec-
lions himself.
The following suggestions to farm
ers are offered as an aid to the early
recognition of hog cholera in herd
1. Keep posted on the condition
and health of hogs on other farms in
your neighborhood. Sick hogs on
neighboring farm ars a positive men
ace, for the germs OF hog cholera are
easily carried on the feet of men or
animals.
r 2. Look over your herd regularly
In order that any sick hogs may be
promptly discovered.
3. If any hogs in the herd are "off |
feed" or appear in any wise sick, sep
arate them Immediately from the |
remainder of the herd, and keep
them and the main herd under close |
observation daily. II there is a ten
dency for the disease to spread In the
herd the trouble is probably hog
cholera. This diagnosis may be con-
1rmed by killing one of the sick ami
mails and examining the organs in
he manner described in farmers
bulletin 379.
4. When the first symptoms of
r
sickness are observed an immediate
'hange of feed sometimes corrects
he trouble. This is particularly true
If swill-fed hogs.
5. If there is any tendency for the
disease to spread in the herd do not
emporize, but Immediately treat the
lerd with serum from the state COL
eye or state live stock sanitary
'oard. Prompt administration of the
erum is essential to success.
Z. Remember that hog cholera
Ills millions Of hogs where other $
diseases kill thousands. Dismiss from ;
our mind all thought of such dis L
asses as lung plague, infectious pneu- c
1onia, pig typhoid, etc., for these are q
enerally merely fanciful designa-
IONS given to hog cholera by unin-
ormed men.