The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-05-05
road urged that farmers should quar-

ger the law by Cne display Oh pos
tiers, before their hogs became i'll.
DR.. Ward, for the livestock sanitary
board, suggested the same thing, and
in addition urged the elimination of
carriers, such as birds, dogs, and so
on He furthermore insisted upon
the burning or burying of cholera
carcasses. He intimated that this
would be required under the law. The
keeping of unimmunized hogs in
pens or houses where hogs had the
disease was also deplored, and the
cleaning up of all such places was
recommended by DR.. w. B. Niles of
the government bureau of animal hus-
bandry, who is in Renville county to
see that the campaign is well started.
Farmers Responsible, Too
In line with all of the suggestions,
it was declared that eradication of
hog cholera from the county was as
much in the hands of the farmers
themselves as it is in the hands of
the government state and local au-
thorities who have undertaken to as
sist the campaign.
Cost of Epidemic Great
An impression was made upon the
farmers as to the Importance of the
whole movement, not only to Renville
county but to the state at large, by
NJ J. Bowling. Mr.. Bowling spoke
with the reports Of four townships in
his hand. These showed that in the
four townships in question 295 hogs
had died last year. This meant cash
! loss of S4,130 or an average of 1888
to each farmer. If the same ratio
of loss held for the rest of the coun-
ty the loss to Renville amounted to
S1,03O,OOO, which was a sum equal
to one-third of the bank deposits Of
the entire county. In the light of
such facts, he said, the farmers could
count upon the hearty assistance of
the whole body of business men.
County Agents Confer
The first part of the conference
was an early morning session of the
county agricultural agents present
from several west central Minnesota
counties, under the direction of F. Z.
Balmer, supervisor of the west cen
trail Minnesota corps of agents. Mr..
Balmer announced that the Livestock
Sanitary board was taking steps to
give assistance in the western part
of the state, and it was suggested
that the county agents could be made
special officers of the board to instruct
the farmers as to quarantine their
farms.
Some talk, led by Dean A. F..
Woods, of the college of Agriculture,
was listened to as to the best system
of treatment for Renville county, the
single serum treatment or the serum
and virus treatment. No conclusion
was arrived at as to this, as further
instructions from the department of
agriculture, which is directing the
fight in Renville county, are desired.
Dr. Niles, however, outlined the diff
ference between the two treatments
and the advantages of both.
Cleaning Up Hog Houses
Then came up for the first time
the question of sanitary precautions.
DR.. Niles urged that hog houses and
yards where the disease had existed
be thoroughly cleansed, and that fol-
lowing such cleaning floors and
walls of houses should be flooded with
the cresol compound. Yards should
be cleaned and sprayed also, and then
sprinkled with quick-lime
In the same connection, the ques-
ton was raised, whether the state
had the power or the money available
: to insist upon thorough disinfection
, or to do it itself in case the farmers
{ proved delinquent.
2 Cooperation Needed
) Dean Woods later urged that there
SuOulu bS LIE ilOSl IIiOTOuSHlN dHt
: hearty cooperation of all in any way
affected. He said that the county or
e ganization for better farming, the
e Renville County Swine Breeders as
5 ISOLATION, the federated school dist
riots having agriculturists, and the
: farmers clubs should all work to
0 gether in complete sympathy with ont
e another and in entire support of the
d federal and state agencies, including
: the Livestock Sanitary board and tn.
: experiment station. H. W. Leiendeck
!. er, president of the Renville Count,
e Swine Breeders association, for tn,
: association, declared that cooperation
n was the thing needed
|, Agencies That Will Help
c Dean Woods, the first speaker o
n the afternoon reviewed the variou