The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-01-04
attention PAID
HOGS NOT GREAT
ENOUGH IN STATE


Las Cruces, y NJ jan I've arc
losing too much money ID this uuu
TN aid Dr !. T.. Gibson ui the bur.
chu Of animal iudustr. thus afternoon,
lr addrcss'nr q congress Of New Mex
I.Iu tanners va session at lildlcs hall
at IN" college ut Agriculture ild Me
chan.c arts.
Dr. G.bsons subject was Hog
Cholera aud he brought Il down To-
a practical basis on which every farm
or who heard him could grdsp u The
zpoa ser poiuicd pst that last year tn.
larmcts aud stock rais,rs lost S.l4-
>sU.Ouu worth oi livestock - per cent.
ana more of which could have been
saved through tlt use eff Il uttlo sense
and sanitation Hog cholera alone de
miuicd $4,000. ro0 the past twelve
months and of late year, hap invaded
the pcCos Vailcy. san Miguel county.
the M'silla valley ana other places
Yet, said Dr Gibson. excepting
GOTTEN. hoEo have nuot more mort
sagos. made moro money tor ne poo.
pie nf the United states thaa any onc
other product of the arm The hog
is the best friend she pour man has
ON the farm, the American hog is the
F' on UNIV mum wv ~ NNN'l -
sDrapc an acquaintance
Dr Gibson. who has studied hog
cholera Tor forty years. gave positive"
assurance that hog cholera Vau De con.
troiled The results that have been
obtained log the Eo,crnmc1t az. little
loas than Wonderful Fortunately She
control ot the hog cholera is within
the hands OF tn" farmers themselves.
Dr Gibson explained that hog cholera
BE- caused hy a specific germ, that Il
was first observed iu the United States
IN 1888, In phiu and that - per cent
of ali deaths from disease among hogs
are caused beg H. lie showed how out
of a survey OF some zoe cases The ia
lection IA Ia cases was brought about
10y birds. In 10 CHS"s ht shoe SOlrA on
the feet OF farmers, 50 cases hN horses
ana wagons passing through an infect
ed b|arnNard. lnd 81 cases hN dogs
rhc symptoms of IA. discts" wet. Zoe
ser bed and most important ut all the
means of prevention and of stamping
% out III. Gihsol had with him larsr
photographs illustrating he method
hc described aud later gave a demon
stration on the uollcg, tatm tie ans
wered the many question, hrcd a. HIN
hN his Interested hearers ana sustained
intense interest in his topic ton over
an hour
In conclusion he waruoC against
iakirs selling hog cholera cu@cs. lie
pointed out that the farmer have been
umcrciiullN skinned b. tnkIrs hut the
government IL hshtlng them with all
the power a. It's command Incident
ally he said that the New Mcxico sun
IL The best disiuicpttnt known bat thlt
IN the shady places. In IN" pens and
clscw here where the sun does not pen
citrate continuously. 'siU.thtiun' II he
biggest word IN the Engllsh language
AT least ~ FAR as hog-riisiuS - con-
ocrncd. tie predicts that hog raising
viii he the most profitable In iustr. IN
the southwest and that dairylds nee
tssdrlly win hin with II hog tdtsius.
Unique aud novel Assembly.
bringing the Dullcgc tu the people,
that IL the novel experiment thai Dr.
Gcurg, T. Ltdd - miklug through tie
Farmers congress IN fact II b. NO
longer az experiment Tor IA" attend
aucc IN h!gscr than II was last yrnr 90
the first year lpli Mcn Z" tnan e.
ears old AVID bo,s nom years up at
tended the session tnlh att"raonn.
They came from Torrance Eddy
piero aud other counties Do had ~
their command a N,ritdhlc arm, OF
expert. who nave learned and are
teaChiug IN. sDl.n," 81 how tu ma"
things grow how 10 ieriye profit from
tho soil, the biggest work that aay