Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-28
SEEK SERUM WITH
WHICH TO BATTLE
CHOLERA PLAGUE
County Farm Advisor Palmer r. Edg-
erton Making Frantic Effort to
Secure Fluid to Treat Hogs.
MANY sUCCUMBING TO DISEASE
Dozen Swine Already Dead in Coe
Township Others Are Vaecina-
ted-Farmers Alarmed.

With dozen hogs already dead
aud more expected 10 die hourly,
County Farm Advisor Palmer r, Edg-
nrton is making frantic efforts 10 Sc
cure enough serum, Of which there
IN an apparent shortage, to combat the
cholera epidemic In Coe township.
Mr. Edgerton returned from the IN
fected area this morning after having
been there for two days enforcing
measures Of precaution to prevent fur
Their spread Of the disease that is now
confined to two farms. MIR. Edgerton
stated today that the situation IN Coe
township Is very alarming and that
while measures had been taken in the
hope of keeping the plague confined
10 the farms Of Earl Flickinger and
Mike Murphy, upon whose premises
The cholera first developed In a ship
,neut OF hogs from Wisconsin, there
was no reason for believing that the
disease would not spread to other
farms in the same neighborhood and
township.
The first real blow in the battle to
combat the cholera, which has gained
a Arm foothold on the two farms, has
been taken with the vaccination Of the
entire shipment Of 244 hogs. The vac
cinstion was done by DR.. A. Barber Of
Princeton and Dr. c. r. Reynolds OF
C?rdova, veterinarians.
Confer ON Peril.
A mass meeting of all the farmers
IN the vicinity of the Flickinger and
Murphy farms in Coe township was
held al the Fairfield school house last
night for the purpose OF comforting
on the alarming situation and to for
mulate plans for combating the dis
ease which threatens the thousands
\ of hogs in that territory. II was de-
cided at the conference 10 put into ef-
feet oil measures OF preCaution posi-
bic relative to the prevention OF fur
liner spread Of the cholera and to keeL
the group Of hogs now infected and
The others in that neighborhood under
rloss observation II was also con
fidersd likely that as a result of the
meeting all Ct the farmers in tht
eholara-thre3tened area probably viii
market an of their hogs as soon as
possible.
Mr. Edgerton was in long distance
communication today with towns in
Illinois and Iowa In an attempt TO Sc
cure serum with which TO treat the
diseased swine Because OF the fact
that there are pa among which tht
cholera has already developed anC
that there are $50 more which were
received from the same place as tht
other shipment, large quantity o
the serum will he necessary for effec
80 Ifqaucn This
Mr. Edgertun Is attempting to secure
but all the placeSthat he cOmmunicat
I'd with today reported a shortage o
she serum and none could furnish
moro than q very limited quantity
Because Of the fact that hopes for de
feating the cholera in Coe township
are based largely on the serum treat
ment, should it develop that no
enough Of the product could be sc
cured to effectively cope with the sit
uation, the seriousness Of the outcom
ran only be guessed,
State Law Needed.
Mr.. Edgerton regrets very nue.
that there Is no law providing for tn
vaccination of livestock before ship
ment, and the folly of not having one
he says, can easily be seen in the CO
township situation. 1t is believed tina
the shipment of ga, among which tn
cholera has developed since their ar
rival on the farms in Coe township
were infected while in a public stock
yard in Wisconsin prior to the tim
they we're loaded to be shipped
Port Byron The other shipmen
composed Of $50 hogs, received b
other farmers in Coe township, passe
from the same Wisconsin stockyard
and are consequently believed to b
open to contracting the same diseas