American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-09-30


Of the United State government segre-
cation known as the Minidoka project.
Later on account OF the proximity Of
the Sclmon river tract to the south
side tract II was included in the dis
trict.
Station Opened June %, 1914.
The station was formally opened
Oh June ~, 1914 anu 10y august 1914,
the survey was completed. 1t showed
that in the station as then organized
there we're 4,151 farms having a total
Of 89,430 hogs. Later the survey made
of the Salmon river tract showed on
May 1, 1915. 361 farms with 1894 hogs.
In 1914 there were reported 6,771 hogs
and in 1913 there were 1858 head Oh
the tract. Up to the time OF the es-
tablishing Of the station on June 22,
1914, there had been on cholera re-
ported In the Salmon river tract, but
in the fall of 1914 IN one farm alone
there we're lost so head OF hogs, the
infection supposed to have been car
ried either by dogs or coyotes. Since
May /, 1915 there have been but two
outbreaks reported and these we're so
well handled by the station that In one
herd there was no loss and In the other
but fifteen. In these two outbreaks
262 hogs we're treated; AZ were yisibly
sick, 30 that II will be observed the
use OF the serum was very effective.
How The Inspectors Work.
AS a general rule when one thinks
OF holding a government job he is in
clined to couple the job with the
synonym OF soft snap Well pos
sibly there may occasionally be some
thing of this kind floating around but
after spending ten days with DR.. Sui
livan's men In the field, the author
IL quite prepared to say that none OF
these soft snaps are floating around
in the general vicinity OF the Twin
ing heard the gentle tap on my
door ten mornings straight and
the porter's stage whisper an
nouncement OF six o'clock and
knowing that that meant the car
left at seven o'cock, that the only
limit to DIR. Henderson's working day,
Is daylight to dd.'t eht. The t."iee
does not believe In long distance dag
nosis. nor does It ever take the one
thcusandth chance that perhaps H. Is
hog. The mere message from The
farmer that he has a sick hog Is
enough. The mission Of the inspectors
here Ii to keep down the disease and
II possible stamp Il out and they
consider that the only way to succeed
IL never to trust that one thousandtn
chance. SO when the call comes, even
though II be but a suspicion. some In
spector IL Immediately dispatched to
the scene. II there be q dead hog he
Is Immediately disected and q careful
diagnosis made. II there he no dead
hog and external appearances indicate
the possibility OF cholera. a hog IL KILL
ed aud the diagnosis made. II
cholera Ii detected the herd Is at once
y~accinated with serum furnished free
by the government from It's own serum
plant al Ames, Iowa. No serum IL
sold and no hogs are %vaccinated until
cholera IL actually detected In the
herd. II the inspectors yaccinated
hogs each time some scared farmer
requested Il Uncle Sam would be alb
solutely unable 10 make enough serum
TO yaccinate the hogs In this one sta
tion alone. And let me say to you that
II Ii costing your Uncle Samuel a
pretty penny TO carry on this work,
lie us take for example a large hog,
one Weighing probably 26y or 300
pounds. The temperature recorded IL
los. This hog will very likely get 100
cubic centimeters OF serum. The cost
Ia placed nj two cents per cubic cent?
meter. Thus exclusive of the labor II
cost Uncle sam $500 TO vaccinate that
hog and save II to the farmer. And II
that farmer happens to have about
fifty head OF such hogs being condi-
toned for the market Il IL apparent
that fighting hog cholera Is an ex-
p%ensiye game ror the government. But
you may be inclined to ask. rs the
candle worth the gamer
What n Snes 10 the Farmer.
We can best answer that question
by relating actual occurrences while
we were with DIR, Henderson In the
field. We drove from Twin Falls