The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-01-29
To Aid Farmers by Fighting
Hog Cholera in Lee County
Farm demonstration agent expert the treatment Of cholera BY
serm--WiI also supervise boys corn club through
out the year.

III SnOulu De especially pleasing "
the farmers of Lee county to know
that the demonstration agent Mr.
r. I'll. Kent, who Will be in Lees.
1 burg next Tuesday all day to moet
the farmers of the county at the
court house, is experienced in the
treatment Of hog cholera by The
uso of serum. Mr.. Kent offers to
trert and to immunize the hogs Of
any farmer in the county without
cost to the farmer except for the
hog cholera serum, which must be
obtained from the State Board of
Health in Atlanta. This will serve
to reduce the cost Of this treatment
to where any farmer in the county
may readily immunize his hogs and
pigs against this dread disease.
In his work at the agricultural
school at Eros, Louisiana, where he
was an instructor before he came to
Georgia, Mr.. Kent had much sue
cessful experience in inoculating
hogs for cholera, never having lost
a single case where he treated a hog.
He advocates the immunizing of
pigs, that method being the most
effective as well as the most econo-
mical. Mr.. Kent believes that if
| the farmers Of the county will CO.
operate on the question of prevent
ing hog cholera, that he can secure
the services, alse, Of DR.. Feter Fl.
Bahnsen, state veterinarian, to come
to Lee county soon and to aid in the
fight to be waged here against cho-
lera and for the increased of the rails
ing Of hogs and other live stoc.. in
Lee county.
With the aid Of County School
Commissioner Howell, Mr.. Kent
will likely commence next week vi
sitting the various schools Of the
county in order to organize the
boys corn club in such effective and
thorough manner as has never been
true Of this important organization
hitherto. He hopes not only toin-
crease the number Of members but
also to greatly stimulate interest in
the work. Every school in the
county will be visited, after which
the list of names of the members of
the club will be published in The
Journal. A large list of valuable
prizes will be offered to the young
corn growers, who will have more
careful and intelligent supervision
in their work than ever before.
Mr.. Kent is heartily in favor Of
county fair next fall to be held
here and to show in a practical man
ner what the farmers and their
wives and sons and daughters have
accomplished during the year in the
way Of growing crops and i'll accom-
plishing other things that make life
worth while on the farms of Lee
county. He believes that with a
premium list of 100 dollars with
which to begin that additional pri-
yes needed may be secured from
manufacturers of fertilizers and
agricultural implements so that a
very representative and successful
fair may be held in the county court
house here next fall. Mr.. Kent
will work in favor of fair all that
he can, and he hopes that the far
mers of the county will support the
movement to secure the funds
needed, which will not be large so
that the fair may be held here next
fall and bring to an appropriate
close the best year in agricultural
achievement in the history of Lee
county.