Evening journal., 1915-10-13
make Good
FOOD FOR THE HOES
4 IL Bushels Will Add as
Much Fat as BuShel
of Corn
CONTINUE CAMPAIGN
AGAINST CHOLERA
BY lFhe United Press.

Blythe United Press.
WASHINGTON. Oct t3- Potatoes
as profitable feed for hogs are receiv-
ing attention from agricultural eN-
ports Department Of Agriculture
experiments indicate that TO 4 IL
bushels Of cooked potatoes (1S 70 20
cents husheD will add as much
weight TO hogs as a hushel Of corn
$50 cents busheD.
During surplus production and
consequent low prices IL may be ad-
vantageogs FOR the farmer TO feed po-
tatoes 10 his hogs rather than haul
them 10 market.
Potatoes are fed 10 best advantage
when cooked or steamed and mixed
with other feeds Raw potatoes. fed
alone. often cause "scours." On the
other hand. in small quantities they
add succulence 10 the diet and may
be beneficial 10 the pigs.
In cooking potatoes for feeding
hogs. only enough water should be
used TO make q mealy mash 10 pre-
vent burning. The meal should also
he mixed with corn meal or some
other grain SKINNED milk. tankage,
or meat meal probably adds 10 the
usefulness of the feed.
In its campaign against hog
cholera. which annually destroys live
stock 10 the value of many millions
Of dollars. the Department Of Agri-
culture has issued suggestions TO hog
owners 10 aid them avoiding infec-
ton. Hog cholera is most prevalent
in late summer and fall. These sug-
gestions deserve particular attention
now. They are.
TO keep hog cholera out OF the
herd
I. Locate your hog lots and pas
lures away from streams and public
highways. and do not allow the hogs
TO run free range.
2. DO not visit your neighbor or
allow him TO visit you, II either Of
YOU have hog cholera on your
premises.
3. DO not drive into hog lots when
returning from market or after driv-
inc on public highways.
4. DO not use hog lots for yarding
wagons and farm implements.
S, DO not place newly purchased
stock. stock secured or loaned for
breeding purposes or stock exhibited
AT county fairs. with your herd. Keep
such stock quarantined at least two
weeks. and use care to prevent carry
ing infection from these to other
pens in feeding and attending stock
g. Burn to ashes or cover with
auicklime and bury under four feet
of earth all dead animals and the
viscera removed from animals a
butchering time. They attract tn
attention of buzzards. dogs, etc
which are liable to carry hog choler
infection.
Z. Conhne your dogs and do nc
keep pigeons unless YOU connne then
II hog colera appears In you
herd
Treat your hogs Immediately wit
anti-hog cholera serum. after whic
they should be kept on a light die
and pure drinking water and con
fined 10 limited quarters that ma
be cleaned daily and sprayed thre
times week with one pound o.
compound cresol solution TO thirt,
parts of water until the disease hal
ahatod in the herd.
To rid the premises Of Infection
remove an MANURE anu rttuidi'
with quicklime.
Burn all litter, rubbish. and ole
! hog troughs.
After the premises are thorough,
/ cleaned spray walls. floors. and
other surfaces with disinfectant q
part compound cresol solution to %
! parts waterl. Where hog houses arr
small. turn them over. exposing in
| terror 10 sunlight
Wallcw holes and cesspools shoul'
be filled in. drained. or fenced of
All runs underneath building
should be cleansed and disinfecte'
and then boarded MP
Destroy hogs that do not fully re
cover. as they may be carriers O
cholera infection