The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-03-05

school. This gave the farmers the
chance to have their hogs vaccinated,
free OF charge. He urged that the
farmers OF Blue Earth county take
chase of the vaccine. He said by CO.
operating they could get good quail.
ity of the vaccine at very reason.
able price. The vaccine did not
cure the cholera but prevented II.
Out of $4,000 hogs vaccinated I'm
Renville county only Is per cent
died OF the cholera. He said lie had
come to assist I'm the formation of a
club of farmers to- take action in
getting their hogs vaccinated. but.
inasmuch as the farmers already had
pure seed association. he did not
see the use of forming another or.
ganization. but advised that this as
ISOLATION take the matter up and
make arrangements for the pur.
chase OF the vaccine. He said that
during the great hog cholera cpl
demic of 1913 in Renville county he
himself had lost $4,000 worth of hogs
They got the disease through the
visit of a man and dog, that had
just come from a place that was in
fected with cholera. This was rather
an expensive visit.
Mr.. Leindecker advised the farm.
ers not to use carbOlic acid in treat
ing the hogs with the vaccine. The
carbolic acid that would kill the
cholera. germs would also kill the
vaccine He also spoke against feed
ing lye to the hogs. He said hogs
had often died through such feeding
II was found that the I've had burned
right through their intestines.
The speaker suggested that the
farmers of the Blue Earth County
Pure Seed association assess them
selves two dollars apiece for the pur.
chase of vaccine with which To rem
der the hogs of this county immune
from cholera.
There was quite a discussion of the
matter of cooperating for the pur
chase of vaccine just nj the. end of
the afternoon session but no action
was taken. II was generally under
stood. however. that the plan would
be 10 hold meetings from time to
time in various parts Of the county.
In smaller cities and in villages, as
at Mapletnn and Good Thunder, and
from such places 10 visit the meet
ings 0f IA" yarions farmers clubs
in the vicinity. Ia this way il was
thought il would be easy Ia educate
the farmers mp TO the necessity of
getting their hogs vaccinated and to
make some arrangements for the co
operative buying of the vaccine.
Professor Price Spoke.
There was another large gathering
in the Armory last evening, as 1t
has been announced that President
George T.. Vincent of the state uni
versity was To speak. John ID. Deets.
secretary OF the Southern Minnesota
Better Development league. however.
announced that he had a letter from
President Vincent's private secretary.
stating that the president on the
night before had been attacked with
spell Of bronchial trouble, and II
would be unsafe for him To do any
speaking for two or three days. Mr..
Deets remarked that this was the
third or perhaps the fifth time that
there had been an engagement with
DR.. Vincent to speak TO the league
but 1t was afterwards cancelled. DR.
Vincent extended his greetings to
the league ami expressed the hope Of
filling some other engagement Of
the kind in the future. Mr.. Deets
said the university people stated that
they would do the next best thing
and that would be to send Professor
Richard p. Price. head OF the univer.
sity extension work. to speak in his
place.
Professor Price proved himself ade-
quate to the occasion. Though there
was great disa ppointment OF course
hearing President Vincent, the lad.
dress Of Professor Price was listened
TO with great interest and held the
attention OF the audience from first
10 last. Professor Price took up the
same subject that DIR. Vincent had
intended to handle. Community
Spirit" He spoke OF the monument
that marked the place where the
Sioux Indians had been hanged and
he stated that this called to mind
the pioneer days, when each man
struggled for himself and his own
home and there was very little CO.
operation. Those were the days of in
dividuai independence. These days
that spirit was passing away, as was
always the case when the poPula-
tion became thicker. There was more
of n spirit of cooperation to take It's
place. These were the days when the
well educated man was the man who
could take his place in team work.
Things were done these days by
team work. that was. by cooperative
effort. No man tried to stand alone.
Work Like Football Team.
Mr.. Price illustrated his point by
picturing the football field with each
man ready To take his own place and
do his own part on the general move
meuts nf fha taam He said fsotha N