Morris tribune., 1914-09-04
USE COMMON SENSE
Advice on Cholera from St. Paul
Farmer.

The Farmer is undoubtedly correct
in estimating a strong probability for
serious prevalence of hog cholera in
1914. There will probably be an un-
precedented demand for hog cholera
serum. This demand for serum NAV
easily be in excess of the possible sup
ply of good serum from responsible
hsOurces.
The editor is undoubtedly correct
again in suggestion that the farmer is
in need just now of specific informa-
ton. But | think this information
should for the present be quite largely
along the line of old d-fashioned santa
tion and common sense prevention.
The Farmer and all similar agencies
should help in checking an immence
amount of senseless and useless spread
OF hog cholera virus and give practical
information concerning old fashioned
hygiene, disinfection, dissemination,
etc., rather than over-empasize the
use of serum. 1t seems quite the
thing for pretty nearly everybody
concerned, exempting veterinarians
who are actually on the insd5 Of hog
cholera work, to forget everything
about sanitation and prevention and
see nothing but hog cholera serum.
A state wide campaign of public
Eeducationa along these rather old-fa
shioned lines seems to be- a more
general understanding concerning the
cause, dissemination and prevention
of hog cholra, including common and
easily avoided methodssof spreading.
before we can accomplish mdeh in the
control of hog cholera in the present
4 siination. So long as thousands of
farmers snd stock buyers and others
are unintentionally or carelessy sxna-
usting every device for the spread Of
hog cholera virus, it is unreasonable
to expect the State Live Stock Sani-
tary Board and Experiment Station
to accomplish very noticeable results
| in the way of control.
I During the past year, thousands of
hogs all at the same time-have been
!. found lying unburied in gullies and
barn yards. If the Editor of The
Farmer will go to any of our larger
ckyards almost any day in the week
ION year he can see dozens of farmers
end stock buyers walking about the
pens il utter disregard of the fact that
llapract ically every foot of the yards
and alleys isH contaminated with hog
y cholera virI4s. The dozens of people
go directly home with no thought of
such matter as disinfecting their
shoes and clothing, and all the while
these same people and their neighbors
are 9lfaPm1oripg fP1r pgyt; for pffte mpre hHog cholera
4 serum. - 'oS D,''e1 1'A'la'A :,
{ Concerning Che value .6fhog eh6-
!, Ilera serum, there cangbenot reasoha-
/ ble question oftits effeiency9 if the
serum is good and Honestly and intel
Pngently aseda Goodsetdm sosused is
I reliablsfo9 everything that 6odlddbe
reasonably expected ofrgn. Nor lis
there any question bdbo fFaB both the
4 serum only method and 1.-The serum
virus method should be laccepB6das
standard andI1egitinate,' each having
: an appropriate place ausei
The : M idea seems tol s:h1avg become
quite general that hog cholera can be
controlled by hog Cholera serum with
everything else forgottenps but this is
rank absurdity and is perfectly ap-
parent to men who. see hog cholera
! controt work from the inside.
Tue thing for readersof The Farmer
to do is to prevent the bringing in of
hog cholera virus to the pens, if they
can. If local conditions are such that
they cannot do this, then use good
hog cholera serum if they can get it.
and have it properly appliAa There
q is one exception to this propositions:
serum virus treatment is very pro-
perly and wisely used for the he althyl
tterd in recently infected territory.
4 The Farmer is undoubtedly again
correct in stating that the present si-5
tuaUion is grave, but the present situ-
alton owes a large part of its gravity
4 toa constant careless. and unnecessary
spread of hog cholera virus without
which. there can be3no cholera. Il
think, without any possible question.
that the most important thing our
, farm press can do is to constantly
publish and preach prevention through
an intelligent understanding Of caues,
spread and sanitation and then give
rational information concerning the
legitimate use and place of hog
cholera serum.
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