The Little River news., 1915-09-04
REPORT ON HOG
 CHOLERA HERE
DemonstratOr Tyson Prepares Report For Little River News; Report
 from July } to August 30.
(BY H. J. TYSON, COUNTY AGENT)

ing of cholera among swine in Little River County during the months of July and August of this year; and ai- sc. due to the strong efforts made by good, practical farmers of this sec- tion toward controlling the disease, it seems necessary that the public should know some facts relative as to what has been done by the demonstra- vent heavy losses by the ravages Or such contagion.
 First Let me call your attention to some statistics which have been com piled by Government Veterinarians, who have worked along such lines fer. thirty years or more with such a dis ease in different part of the United States These men have demonstrated beyond a doubt, that cholera is a dis ease that can be spread by only ci;e factor, and that is the germ, or the bac. Hi, which is the carrying agent They lave gone, even farther thar this. and discovered that it is carried by different methods of travel. No other animal of the domestic type can contract the cholera, save the Amerf- can hog. He has been subjected to the ravages of the disease since 1888; when it came to America through the transportation of a herd of swine into the state of Ohio from Europe. Every since that date we have had it to grad ually spread farther and farther, until today it is nearly over the entire re- gicn, where the swine industry is seen to flourish. Every year the United States loses from cholera, alone, $65,- 000,000 according to government sta. tistics
 In order to take steps to prevent cholera, in swine, the U. s. Depart ment of Agriculture is using an Anti Hog Cholera Serum with which to ino- culate your hogs, and thereby avoid contracting the disease. The County Agent, assisted by the farmers of this county, has inoculated 190 alimals with the serum treatment since the third day cf July. In every case where the animal was suspected of having the disease, already, the serum alone method was used. The serum, or single treatment properly given will immuniZe the animals from 75 to 90 days only. The serum and virus, pro- perlv administered, will immunize for life time, all hogs that are we'll ma tured at time of inOculatiOn. Recent visites to the different farms where the hogs were treated, show that the death rate has been reduced to mini mum. Only one man reported the far ther prevalence of the disease. Only one hog has been reported lost by the use of serum and virus during this two months period of the continuous work among the numbers of swine suits in your herd. Remember that the when using this serum, use it exactly according to directions given by the State and Government Veterinarians, else you will not get the desired re- suits in your herds. Rember that the temperature of each animal, showing symptoms of cholera. should be taken; and that temperature of 104-F. ana over. is already indicating that your hog is out of normal condition. Use double the amount of serum in tn1s case. in your efforts to save the ani- mals
 Tn addition to using this vaccination, please follow the suggestions given by your Veterinary Field Agent, Dr. J. E. Gibson of the U. S. Department of Agriculture.
 Suggestions About Hog Cholera.
 Farmers themselves can do muck toward preventing the spread of hog cholera, thus placing swine raisinS and feeding on a firmer and more pro- fitable basis. To this end the follow ing suggestions are offered:
 To Keep Cholera from Your Herd.
 Locate your hog lots and pastures away from streams and public high ways, and do not allow you hogs to run on free range.
 Do not visit your neighbor, or al- low him to visit you, if either of you have hog cholera on your premises.
 Do not drive into hog let's when re- turning from market or after driving on public highways.
 Do not use hog lots for yarding Wa gons or farm implements.
 Do net place newly purchased stock, stock secured or loaned for breeding purposes, or stock exhibited at fairs with your herd. Keep such stock quarantined at least two weeks, and use care to prevent carrying infection from these to ether pens in feeding and attending other stock.
 Burn all dead animals, or cover with quick lime and bury four feet under ground.
 Confine your dogs, and do not keep