Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-04-05
Hog CHOLERA WORK Is
PROGRESSING IN THE COUNTY

Dr. Harrington, In charge of no
cholera control work for Dickinso
county reports that he has finishe
school house meetings in all til
townships except Grant, Newborn
Center and Logan He will be il
Abilene now, and will drive fron
this point.
Taking into consideration tn,
fact that there has been very littl,
hog cholera in the county UP t
the. present time, pr Harrington
says it is remarkable tile way thu
farmers have turned out at these
meetings AS usual thing, wher
there is not much disease preya
lent, people do not interest them
selves in control work and the fact
that they have turned out to hear
what is being done along this line
proves that the farmers of this
county are up to date and are
anxious to take advantage of the
latest developments in control OF
disease.
And not only the hog raisers but
the bankers. newspaper men, and
merchants have taken an active in
terest in the matter. Dr. Harring-
ton believes he has the most eff
cient county organization in the
state. The men composing the or
SANITATION are not only reputable
farmers Of the county; they are
men who take an interest in the
community who are devoting
their time and in some instances
to help the good work along.
Dr. Harrington reports that at
the last meeting in Holland town
ship, where Fred Meyer is vice
president, "a attended. Quite
large number of those attending
we're ladies', showing that it is not
the men alone who are interested in
he work.
upon the minds of the hog raisers
" Dickinson county the Importance
Of calling him the moment they
ind that any of their hogs are not
loing we'll AS has been stated be-
ore. he makes no charges for his
calls. He goes to the farm and
makes a careful investigation of
and of the hogs, tells the
owner what the trouble is and adj
,ises him what to do. There lis no
In the work. II the
1wner thinks the advice is good he
Fan follow 1t, but If he thinks it Is
not, then he can let it alone. 1t
simply amounts to having a man in
the county all the time who may
be called out for consultation that
Ia free of charge
1t is important to know just what
Is the matter with hogs before any
hing is done. II hogs are vaccinat
I'd with hog cholera serum when
hey have tuberculosis or pneumonia
" anything else than hog cholera
he money put into the serum is
ost because serum is absolutely no
rood for anything but as proven
ative Of hog cholera
It is also important that every
nan take upon himself the respon-
iibility Of notifying DR., Harrington
Is soon as he hears of any sick hogs
n the community, There will be no
lard feelings, because nobody ever
inows from whom the report came
And by doing this the disease can
,e located before it has time to
spread and can be corraled on the
place whore it first appears In that
way It can be kept from spreading.
Schedules for coming meetings
will be given out later. Ross Jones,
county sanitary agent.
is cleaning and disinfecting farms
where hog cholera has existed in
the last year or two and where
there are reasons to believe that
the germs of the disease still exist.
lie is busy almost every day. Some
three dozen farms have been clean
ed and disinfected and more farm
ers have signified their intention of
cleaning up in the near future.
This is an important feature of
the work, because it is from these
infected places that the disease gen
orally spreads. Hog cholera is caus-
ed by a specific germ nothing else
will cause the disease. If there are
no germs present there will never
be any cholera II the germs are
actually on place and we kill them
there will be no disease either.