The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1914-04-10
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intMesting md ilasszafsisa lstfFr
rslaslye To Tho prevention aIrd .ussts
lnenii pE hog cholera.
CtnazsalHaan Psaaeks had wfiss
ten Mr. GalllosaFr askialsa hsin ioF
ininrnstioa 70 that saunea nsiEha he
giyea 10 the benefit 81 the owners
OF hogs in, Mr.. Psdgett's Goa
gressipnal District.
We publish below Mr.. Galiowavs
letter In full and feel that every
reaeIess0i she Hsrsid shead read
this lssseass
DEPARTMENT or AaRaCUTLTuRR
Washington, d. G.
Hon. L r. radgast,
HDnse Of Representatives.
Dear MIR. padgett:
Your request Of seeent date that
the Department auppls yosav with
specific advice as 10 the best WAYS
Of coping with hos cholera. which
You state is nov q serious menace
to swine in your district. | regard
as a very important one. Accord.
| ing to the last census. hogs we're
an important feature Of the aaFi.
cultural production oil your section.
Ia 1910 In your district there
we.a 1881 swine. valued at
| $9l2. 44A. Itis apparent. therefore,
that unless hog cholera. can be COP
trolled, 0 serious loss must be- en-
dured by your agriculture popu'
lati0n,
The proyerb that An ounce, oI
prevention ia worth q pound, oi
cuEs' IL especially applicable to
hog cholera. and cooperation
among farmers in combssing the
diaeass ID very important. When
hox. cholera breaks out on a farm
the larmers in the neighborhood
should join In q strong effort 80 con
fine ths' disease to the one farm
wbere ii already exists, by institnt
| ing o strict quarantine. ana also,
when. possible, by the admins
tration of the protective serum e
the droves on adjoining farms. II
isa mistake to neglect timely SAM
tary precautions and to rely wholly
on the use Of serum. The serum ID
useful not SO much for curing hogs
sick with the disease as for prevent
ing other hogs from taking il.
Every farmer should make abso,
lutely certain that no dirt or nipple.
ment is brought from an infected
hog lot into another hog lot. Hos
CHOLERA can be carried In dirt on
shoes, on wagon wheels, cr on the
feet OF dogs. II has been proved
that a pen OF hogs infected with hog
cholera can be KEEP, within ten fee,
OF a we'll herd without. communi.
eating the disease, provided no dirt
or implement or other object is
! moved from the former 10 the latter
4 pen. Ii, however. the pen with thu
Unaffected hogs should be cleaned
with hoe or shovel that has peeu
used in the infected pen, the well
herd would be almost certain to ge,
| the disease. Dogs, crows, and bug
yards can transport particles OF flesh
from dead hogs and thus carry the
disease.
| The following precautions are
recommended for keeping the con-
tagion from an uniniected drove.
(l) DO not locate hog lots near
= public highway. a railroad, or a
stream. The germ OF hog cholera
may be carried along any one Of
these avenues.
| ~ DO not allow strangers OF
neighbors to enter your hog lots
and do not 90 into your neighbo.s
lots, II it is absolutely necessary
to pass from one hog lot into
another, first clean your shoes care
fully and then wash them with )
per cent solution Of the compound
solution or cresol ~. s, P.)
CD Do not put new stock, either
hogs or cattle. in lots with a herd
already on the farm. Newly pur.
chased hogs should be put in sepa-
rate enclosures we'll separated from
the herd on the farm and kept IN
! der observation for three weeks.
| because practically all stock cars.
unloading chutes, and pens are in
| feeted with hog cholera, and hogs
shipped by rail are therefore apt to
contract hog cholera.
"a Hogs sent to fairs should be
QuaFantined for at least three weeks
after they returnsto the farm.
(D, II boz. onolera breAks cut on
4 harm. ssparate, the sick from the
apparently healthy animals. and
burn all carcasses Of dead animala
on the day. OF death, DO. not LEAVE
them unburned. Tor this will en-