The log cabin Democrat., 1916-09-11
DfC|MATfS HOGS IN FAULKNER 'IS RENEWABLE DISEASE University Veterinarian Says State Unnecessarily Lost $2,O0O,O0O
 During Past Year.


 cry portion of Faulkner county, ac- cording to reports of farmers in Con- way during the past few days, and many fine herds have been decimated and in some instances practically ex- terminated by the disease within the past few weeks. County Agent J. L.. Phillips is receiving many demands for vaccination treatment and is supply ing it as rapidly as possible, but the treatment, of course, is not so effec- tive after the hogs have been infected or exposed to cholera
 w. R. McHenry of Beryl, who was in the city Saturday afternoon, esti- mated that 200 hogs had died of chol- era in his neighborhood already. They were worth an average of at least S15 each, Mir. McHenry said, thus causing loss of probably $3,0O0 in that one neighborhood from that cause.
 Twenty million. pounds of pork have been lost in Arkansas since September l, 1915, by hog cholera and all of this loss could have been prevented, ac- cording to G. l.. Caldwell, assistant state veterinarian of the College of Agriculture at Fayetteville.
 This is loss which should attract the attention not only of the farmers but bankers and business men alike, since we are making such a strenuous effort to feed ourselves" says Dr. Caldwell. Twenty million pounds of pork at the present time is worth at least $2,000,O00. This could be saved by an investment of $100,000 in se- rum, figured at actual cost of 50 cents per 100 pounds live weight of the hog, if furnished by the state serum plant at Little Rock. This hog insurance can be had for five per cent on the market value of this pork which we need for home consumption. Every business man must admit that an in- vestment of five per cent against cer- tain loss is worth while and that $1O0,- 900 spent to save 20,OO0,OOO pounds of pork or $2,000,000 certainly would be good business.
 This loss does not include the de- crease in production of pork due to the lack of increase in the number of hogs and it does not include the great discount against pork production in the state because it is unprofitable to bring in great numbers of pure bred hogs in the infested districts and grade up the animals we already have. Neither dies it include the thousands of hogs that are 'runted' as a result of cholera in the milder form. With these losses added, Arkansas annual loss from hog cholera would greatly exceed $2,000,000. The size of this loss is appalling; the figures read like fiction; however, a great many of our farmers are beginning to realize the seriousness of the condition and cer- tainly it will not be long before every thinking business man and farmer alike will take up the fight. Every hog-raiser must be enlisted in order to drive the cholera from the state. Ev- cry farmer must learn to recognize the disease and he must not be con- tent to call it worms, thumps or indi- gestion and let his hogs die.
 ''At the present time the loss from hog cholera in the United States is about $75,000,000 or about twice the loss from Texas fever and nearly equal the loss from all other livestock diseases Dr. Caldwell continues. Arkansas stands twenty second in pork production; consequently, a $2,- 000,000 loss for our state is an ex- ceedingly large proportion of the na- tioaal loss. It is hard to realize or comprehend the magnitude of the tre- mendous saving which is possible, a saving sufficient to build fine macad- amized road from Little Rock to Blytheville annually, or saving of more than $1 for every man, woman and child in the state. It is time for the farmers of Arkansas to stop this great drain on their farm resources Business men must realize that chol- era is preventable loss and should insist that those to whom they extend credit should conserve their livestock wealth. Cholera is preventable and be eradicated by the use of anti-hog cholera serum and sanitary measures and by these alone.
 There is no reason in the world | why the hogs of Arkansas should av- craze only 75 pounds per animal while those in Iowa approximate 2OC pounds. There is no reason why Ar kansas should rank twentysecond ir hog production We have the feed | and the climate. We must learn how to prevent a preventable disease ana then we will have a most profitable l cA c