The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-10-07

Handing D1sea1ed SWINE.
Since hog cholera has again be-
come prevalent ii Bates and Cass
many farmers are ask
ing the question 4 How are wei
going to be able to raise hogs the
coming year without losing them
from hog cholerai'' This ques-
ton should interest every farmer
in the state.
In order to get rid Of hog chol-
era it will be necessary to prac-
tice good methods of sanitation.
Hog cholera should be handled
with more care than is usually
given it, as it is very contagious
and infectious. This enables il
to be transferred to different
farms through different channels.
For example, men will carry chol-.
era on their shoes after tramping
in lots where cholera exists. Pig
cons and other birds feeding in
the feed lots with cholera will
carry germs to every farm in the
community where they feed. The
germs are often carried in the
water from one farm to another,
especially is this true where sick
hogs are permitted to run on
fields where the wash goes direct
~ into the adjoining hog lots Of
other farms. The most danger
GUS ways. Of spreading cholera is
by allowing dead hogs to lie
around on the farm and sick hogs
to run over the fields. Buzzards,
dogs and crows will feed upon
such carcasses and spread the dis
ease over large territory. It is
a bad practice to leave any other
carcasses lying out on the farm or
to allow the hogs to eat these, as
buzzards, crows or dogs are apt
to feed upon them that have pre-
viously fed on cholera hogs and
in this way expose your hogs to
cholera. Since there seems to be
some confusion as to the law on
handling dead hogs, l will insert
herein a copy of the law that was
enacted at the 47th General AS
sembly, 1913, pages 222-224.
Section Swine dying Of con-
tagious diseases to be burned
warning to be given (being an
amendment Of section 1868 Of ar
ticle 8, chapter 36, R. S. 1908
The owners Of swine that die Of
any disease shall dispose Of the
carcasses within twenty-foul
hours after they die by complete
ly burning upon the premises
where they have died, unless the
state veterinarian or his deputies
shall specifically prescribe some
other manner in which the car
cass may be disposed Of. It shall
be the duty Of the owners q
swine that may be sick from any
fatal disease to give danger warn
ing by placing yellow, danger
flags in size at least 10x12 at al
gates or openings into his prem
Uses.
| Section 2. State Veterinarian
Duty of-Upon failure of any
person to comply with the re
auiremenfs of this section it shall
be the duty of any one having
the knowledge of the same to re
port the facts to the State Vet
erinarian or his deputy, whose
duty it shall be at once to inves
tigate the case and if he finds thu
law being violated he shall Al
once arrest the. offender an(
prosecute the same in any cour
having jurisdiction over such mis-
demeanors.
! Handling Diseased Swine, See
ton Prohibiting the driving
of diseased swine ON public high
ways, (being an amendment Of
article 8 of chapter SO, r. $
1909, by adding new section tt
be known as section 4868a). NJ
|person shall drive on foot an!
diseased swine, known to have
any contagious or infectious dis
ease, or disease commonly callee
cholera, upon or along any public
highway, or other public grounds
or upon any private land of an!
individual or corporation except
the land owned or controlled b,
the individual or corporation
driving the swine. Provided moth