The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-05-06
Summary of the Hog Cholera
Work in Bates County

Work IN baCeS county
When the anti-hog cholera cam
paign was started in Bates county
few months ago, cholera was pre-
valent over nearly the entire county.
The situation looks very good at
present, as there are very few cases
OF cholera in the county,.
twill require concerted effort of
all hog raisers to prevent another
serious outbreak Of the disease the
coming season. There are several
reasons for the wide spread of hog
cholera in the county the past season,
viz: that some parties did not prop
erly dispose of the hogs they lost,
others failed to confine their sick
hogs, or disinfect their premises and
some used the simultaneously or
(double) treatment of vaccination,
thus starting cholera in communities
where there was no disease. There
are only two sources of cholera-the
sick hog and the dead hog, and by
giving the proper attention to the
handling of these, the disease could
be controlled and eventually eradi-
Gated.
To eradicate cholera it requires
both cooperation and sanitation. In
order to get cooperation, it was nec-
essary to form organizations through
out the county. Since the campaign
started there has been twenty-six
anti-hog cholera clubs organized in
the county with a membership of
eight hundred and ten farmers.
Meetings have been held where
clubs were organized discussing hog
cholera and its control and at most
places second meeting was held and
better methods of feeding and the
growing of forage crops were dis
cussed. During this work I vacci-
mated twenty-nine hundred hogs on
one hundred four farms and santa
ton was particularly emphasized
where vaccination was done. There
has been several car loads of lime
used in the county for disinfecting
purposes. Arrangements were made
with some firm in nearly every trad
ing point to handle reliable remedies
to rid hogs of parasites.
The farmers are cooperating very
readily with the work and it has only
been necessary to, use drastic meas
lres in two cases during this time for
the law as we'll, as good
of sanitation in not dispos-
ing of cholera hogs. In one case the
party was fined ten dollars and costs,
which amounted to 1885, besides
his attorneys fee. Since that time
another party near Rich Hill was
fined $1,000 and costs, which amount
ed to $500. 1t should not be neces-
sary to have to use these draftlc
measures in Graduating hog cholera,
but there is one occasionally who
will not be convinced any other way}
Had this campaign been put on
year ago and Bates county organized
Is it is today, the loss from cholera
would have been very small as COM
pared to what it was.
Over in johnson county where we
against cholera the loss for
three1years previous to the year that
The county was organized amounted
10 $38. 90 per farm per year, or to-
tai loss Of $97, $500. This loss &C.
Cured on 1886 farms out Of the $685.
farms in that county. Since the CAM
paign the loss has been reduced to
b6. 25 per farm per year. The coun-
ties joining johnson County on the
north and on the west suffered the
heaviest losses from cholera they
,ver had. The fact that johnson
county was well organized and had
county agent, Mr.. C. M. Long, who
ed the fight against the disease re-
'ulted in saving of thousands of dol
ars to the farmers in that county
Turing the past season. This, how
'ver, was only one Of the many lines
# work he is carrying on.
Since there is very little cholera in
he county at present the extension
department. feel that they have done
bout all they can do in this county
or the present and will not leave me
ere much longer. In case any one
rants my services, or should know
{ any matter that l might attend to
efore leaving the county, it would