Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1914-06-04
To Prevent Hog Cholera.

By. " Shipman-
T. To some people il seems strange
this season of the year. In fact j Is
that hog cholera should break out at
early this year, but this much dread
ed disease has been reported IN sew
eral counties of this state and vi g-nia
during the past few weeks. SO FAR no
heavy losses have been reported, bus
as the season progresses greater care
must be exercised. In the ca:c OF
swine the PREVENTION of disease
is of The utmost importance. Hogs are
indeed subject to comparative few
ailments; but these few are generally
of the most serious kinJ. When swine
are sick they are usually too sex to
eat, thus there is much difficulty II
administering the medicine.
In case there Is a su pici0- disc sc
among hogs in neighborhood the
fact should be reported promptly to
health Officers anithiS first cub eak
quarantined. We must not forget that
Hog Cholera is an infectious disease
and that the prime organ is a liviifg
germ. Many farmers ca:eleSsly m K
the mistake of visiting theirne. ghbors
hog pens, wax about among the SICK
germs ofthis. disease may be CARED
from place. to place in any way that
fine particles of dust may be carried,
as upon shoes or by wagon. Doss
frequently carry this disease. Buz
yards, because of their HABITS of feed
ing in hog lots and Oil dead an.mlis,
spread the disease. Pigeons, small
animals, and people travelling from
one farm to another may cary The
disease germs to severai ne; hbors
The buzzards should be frightened
away from the feed lots and pastures
where hogs are grazing. Bowel DIS
charges are very important sources Ct
infection and if the yards o. pc:
drain into streams o. .sha low poAds,
(of which there are far too many in
this section) these become car iers
harborng PAGES Of the infection.
Hog Cholera is themost deadly ans.
widespread disease of hogs in the
state, and for this reason all possible
precautions should be taken to pre-
vent its spread Proper houses, yards,
feeding and care must be provided to
keep the herd in healthy growing
condition.
Healthy hogs naturally resist almos.
all diseases and have slight .resis-
lance against hog cholera, but filthy
crowded pens and yards with lack Of
exercise and poor feeding CIV rccms
this resistance and are a secondary
cause of. the spread of the disease.
There are two things necessary to
keep hog cholera out of the herd.
The first is to keep away f,om the
hogs the germ that causes the d.
sease. The second is to increase the
resistance of the hog to the organism
so that if it does happen to come in
contact with the germs it will. resis'
the disease. To provide the ncces-
sary precautions, care must be given
to the foods, yards, drinking water
trough and floors. Yards that are
not well drained and become muddy
are. not fit for use after the first yea
because soil becomes SO full of or
ganic matter that It becomes filthy
! II smelling and unhealthy. Each yeal
new yards should be provided and the
old ones plowed up and sowed will
some forage crop. The wallow hole
is one of The most essential feature
of a hog lot during the summe!
months and it is Always the mos
filthy part Of the yard, The walloN
should be artifieially made of plank!
Or cement and kept well filed WI
I clean water containing disinfectan
of creo,in-one ounce to one gallon
of water. This should be cleaned
outside of the yard and refilled abou
1-every ten days.
Streams draining from los highe
up should not be allowed to rur
through the va DIS. Feed troughs ane
floors should be kept free from s.aI,
food, corn-cobs and wet litter.
| There is NO place on the farm
where dis;nfectan.s are as necessaT,
as in the hog houses and yards
1 Carbolic acid--one tablespoonful tt
one gallon of water make excellen
dis.nfe Giant Whitewash containin,
sulphur and ereolin in any proportion
desirab e, used ON the inside of thu
pen makes one of the best disinfcc
Etants.s
Hogs newly bought or coming from
other herds should be kept entireI,
separate from the home herd for a
least three weeks.
4 The question is often asked b,
farmers, hoW long before new hog
j can be safely put into pens that hav,
been infected" New hogs should no
be put on the same farm for at leas
three months aQd not in the old pen
I for one year MeM~pens and yard
should be provided at least one hun
dred yards from the cd pens. Tit
old yards should be lined, p,owec
and planted and the old pens shout,
be burned or Whitewashed and disin
/ fected as described above. Each hos
should be thoroughly sprnkled US n:
a garden watering pot of is'nfec.an-
composed of two tab espoonfuls creo
lin to one gallon of water. Til.
second essential in keeping hogs FRI,
/ from cholera is vaccination will
cholera serum before they become ex
posed to the disease.
have found thefollowing to be
very good formula as a conditonc.
for~hogs. Take an old barrel to ust
as mere form. IA Blu. air-s'acket
lime, 20 lbs. flour sulphur, 10 lbs. salt
IL lbs. Epson Salts. add enough waite
to thoroughly mix, then add II BIZ
fresh burned lump lime, and enough
sand and water to fill the barrel
some charcoal or wood ashes may
also be added to good advantage
Allow this mixture to stand for a few
days until it becomes hard then roll
out in feeding lot and hogs can worl
ON it with but little. if any loss.
Please notify Jefferson Count,
Farm Bureau of any Hog Cholcr.