Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-01

urea Ted Will have QlreCt leIatlol
| 10 the healln OF the people who nan
| Ole ana Work with them.
1t has now been well established
| that many diseases OF animals may
| be transmitted 10 people. ii tarn
( animals are healthy it is far Sa1el
10Y people to Work with them ant
! care Tor them than where they are
unhealthy. Among the diseases o.
animals which cause great losses an
nualIy and which are deVeIoped chief
ly as a result OIL uhSanlUarY conan
lblonS are Inc IolIoWlng:
Hog cholera. rms disease, ever
| with all the progress we have made
was probably responsible last veal
| lo.' the death OF 100000 head OF
swine in Georgia, .approXimatlng pos
terrible tribute to pay tor care
| lessness! Moreover, our whole hog
| industry was endangered by thu
| presence OF this disease among Sucr
a large number o. animals.
swine prague is another disease
; which develops under improper SAM
| tary conditions. Inflammation of the
| bowels and the mouth, pneumonia
| bronchitis and mango also develop
rapidly under sucl. conditions. Wher
! pigs are lousy or Wormy it is an evi-
dence that they have not been salts.
mean that every up-to date, progress
| sive farmer can prevent losses from
any or all of these causes, but l dc
mean that he can minimize them
very greatly.
Among diseases of cattle which
| may be maintained and spread by
| lnsanitary conditions are tubercu-
| losis, abortion, diseases of the udder
COW pox, mango, pneumonia, lousi-
worminess and bronchitis.
! tuberculosis alone causes millions
| of dollars loss throughout the Unit
ed States 1t is a transmissible dis
| ease and most animals acquire it
from neighboring animals If the
| diseased animals were segregated
from the others and the surround
ings properly disinfected the spread
| of this disease could be greatly
minimized. If our live stock could
| be kept under sanitary conditions
known. This is equally true of prac-
tically' every other disease mentions
ed in the above list. Almost daily
| letters are received by the editor OF
| these columns, describing some dis
| case of the udder, due j. in almost
every case to improper management
and handling of cows at periods OF
parturition or shortly thereafter. The
| losses from tuberculosis through
out the United States are said to
aggregate over. thirty-five million
| dollars year. The losses from
| ell other diseases probably equal or
surpass this figure, What a tribute
we are paying to carclessnoss! What
a shame it is that we should per
: nit animals which we're vigorous
and healthy during one period OF
their lives to become detriment to
! the healthful, conditions Of. the COM
! inunitE and to represent such a. ire
mendous loss in the. purchasing pow
CT. of our farmers through careless
| ness.
= Aside from the above there il
great danger that MAN, Of the dis
eases mentioned may be transmit
| ted from infected animals 70 hui
thus carried are consumption or tu-
| hercuIosis, hookworm, typhoid fever,
dysentery. malaria smallpox and in
sect troubles such as result from
the development of flies, reaches
hedbu~s, mosquitoes lice and other
PARASITES. Tuberculosis is one OF
the most Dire eAed. Of all human dis
eaH res. Hookwo"nn has letsened the
| ifficiercy of thousands of people.
Typhoid fever l,2S rot only destroy
cd many hundreds of ou" citizens.
hut it has let rlany others in
| wCa'-cned cOrfition. All the other
diseases ana insect pests have taken
their Toll from among our people,
ma vet a greet many Of these trou-
Ehles are ea"ily recognized and pre-
vcntab'e and can be dealt with sue
| cessfu1iy. there Is no one wa, OF
| meeting and controlling them more
ga tisfactory than through the main
| tenance OF proper sanitary condi-
! tons.
What is meant when we. speAk
kthout imp ope" sanitary conditions
These arise and fiogE}sh a. ei n fefu or
about, s{ab}es or any otHeTt Part Il
/ the farafao p4op frt 81, Occa llY me
! sec animals, liteFally .WaaIowang adn
! filth. aTheTe 7asz an impress eona0
7 the part of SOmet that hogs dm9st
| be keptq filthy tffrthey .tnrives"2 Ihe
! animal and it is only under 'dor1esti-
rat on that It has acquired rome o u
the cl1arac3 ssfsstos attributed to 1t
at the present time.
Another frequent cause of disease
! DEVELOPMENT is poor ventllatlo*---Sta;
| bles should 'beeepen so thatNresh az al
| can enter freely and so that efqnk~all
| may. find a. ready escape. Do no
! build barns, stables OF houses Sq al
| to shut out the sun. The sun, lSo ont
! of our most potent disintectant ,aGen
| cies 1t should be given free access
| therefore, not only to living rCQoAlS
| but to pens and stables. .-AI-
Remember that drainage is an I'M IN
| portant matter in preserving healtn'
| full conditionh. Any puddles, pondS
| or stagnant water should be removed
as quickly as POSSIBLE; very otIei
| it will take only a few hours of laDpl
| to remove pond of water which
| otherwise would be breeding place
| for mosquitoes and other insects, ano
/ the means off, communicating tins
| water and food supply not only OF
the human beings but of animals
maintained on the farm as well. the
| accumulation of manure in houses
where poultry. pigs, cows or. horses
are kept, should be removed. Ma
| terial of this character should be
taken out to the land. scattered there
| over, and turned into the soil as
| quickly as possible. = -, .....
| The screening of houses and barns
is a matter of the utmost Importance
and the necessity Of a clean, pure
! abundant. supply of water for botl
man, and beast cannot be emphasized
! too strongly. - ,..
Having, therefore, provided for the
! removal of all filth and manure. the
drainage of all swampy' places ant
/ property, what else can be. done tt
| bring about healthful Conditions
/ Barns, stables and out7buildings
cannot be urged toe strongly. Va,
rious whitewash mixtures may BIZ
used, but a. good disinfectant white
Take gallons Of water and add
thereto rs gallons of lime and l.
ounces of creosote. Stir well an(
see that the lime is thoroughly dis
solved. Then apply this whitewasf
by means of spray pump so that i
will be forced into all cracks ant
f., crevices where insects have hidder
or disease germs have lodged. II
this is done once or twice a year OF
! as often as occasion may arise sta
bles. yards and outbuildings. can be
kept in a wholesome condition, the
| health of the animals greatly fmprov,
ed, their life heightened and the
health of the family preserved. Sure
ly these are questions of such fai
reaching individual, state and ma
tiona1 concern as to engage the Sc
rious attention and the favorable &C
ton of every progressive citizen.
Controlling Rot In Tomatoes
W, c. T.. Lexington. Ga. Writes: Ny
tomatoes are rotting badly. They, start