South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-07
MORE AND BETTER
HOGS IN INDIANA
Urged as Duty Of Every Farm
er During War'by State
Veterinarian.

90 tile war as the duty of every
Hoosier farmer and stockman as
heir contribution 20 national eff
oleucy, was The sense ~ the adj
dress Of Dr. Z. r.. Northrup. state
eterinariau. before the meeting OF
The Poland China swine Breeders
essociatiou lt the Silver Brook
farm north OF Nuucie.
Tn answering The call for more
hogs. said Dr. NOrthr1p. Indiana
marching g@lor.ously up 20 the
front line. Hog production is not
All Conservation OF hos life is inn
portaut The Indiana farmer is be-
ug educated 90 the proper health
measures. lie has seen how import
ant it is tina his own hogs as well
as those OF hts ueighbor. he kept
healthy how important il isl that
health measures Doe provided ia or
der that disease shall be confined
10 the infected herd; that the QUAR-
lutiue shall be established early
and maintained until the possibility
~ disease spreading is e~Ii.ninated
chat adjoining farmers be notified
hat the animals shall De KEEP.
away from line fences and run
ming treams So that Infection can
not DC carried.
Sanitary measures are necessary
20 preserving hog life. as we'll as
.u preserving human life. And
hogs. Iet us not forget, are even
more susceptible 10 disease than
the human. The hog benefits by
better sanitation. he viii lie down
n uusightly waIlcws. but If given
better and cleaner places he win
improve physically
"In Indiana during the past year
Ve have been growing mere hogs
Do still have lowered the mortal
luy rate. 7 think YOU men know
uo1v 10 was done. Farmers were
asked not TO sell brood sows when
prices were tempting They were
asked TO fee hogs. and hogs for
feeding purposes found places TO
tatteu on Indiana farms
Indiana has not lost over so
hogs per thousand this wear the
state over. the lowest mortality
record iu 80 years. with over 30
per cent more hogs IN the state.
Comparing this with 11S.9 per
thousand in 1919 and the normal
loss OF 90 hogs per thousand makes
this years mortality rate easily 90
per cent under any year in the past
20 years. The approximate NUM-
Der OF hogs ON hand In the United
States Jan. I. 1915. was 71.37J,000.
The loss of f2.1 per thousand In the
United States, as reported 10y the
department OF agriculture. repre-
sents approximately 5000. 600 hogs.
which Is equivalent TO the consump-
tion of the entire United States FOR
- days.
Hog cholera is 10y no means
conquered. but we have in our
hands the instruments by which it
is possible 10 conquer il. I can say
20 amy individual breeder that he
does not need 10 lose his hogs. We
have lost less than two per cent OF
the hogs shipped from the public
took yards in Indiana. shipping
seven 20 ten Thousand per month.
with practically no loss from chol-
era when we We're ,o1d a year ago
that it could not be done with safe
tv This information should go
'-' ~ every ''4"ieI a. q PROOF Oh
What pfoperN cohuueled disease
-hould ne the duty Of every stock
pen. .'rh'eF- teeoer ana county
Ut NoflAflp attacked the So
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results eAtept ollef IMAM super
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spent '"'"'"N ," ."u'AH0 LOT pro
niieI''. eN'-uieS ''"l are OF srea'
Ialn"E III many cases 20 the Po'-
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