The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-03-10
why There IS SO
MUCH HOG CHOLERA

few farmers have been complains
ing to me and Mr.. McFadtlin lately be-
cause l donot get arou,:L to their
places sooner than l do, and quite a
number of these same men are un-
prepared to work on their hogs when
10 come because their boys are run
ming whichever they please. And that
is one of the reasons why there is so
much cholera; tl:at, and the failure of
many farmers to think of anyone but
themselves.
All over the county l find or hear of
mon, both white and colored, who do
not bury or burn their hogs when they
die Of cholera, but drag them out in
the woods for other hogs, dogs, buz-
yards or other animals to eat and
spread the germs all over the COM
munlty. | have also heard of a num-
Der of farmers who have hogs of their
own going to see another farmer who
has sick hogs, walking all around in
his lot where there are cholera germs
by the millions and then going home
to their own feed lots and spreading
cholera there. Is it any wonder there
is as much cholera as there is? The
wonde" is that there is not more.
Another thing that helps hog chol-
era IS the unsanitary condition of
many barn lots. have seen some lots
III this county in which the mud was
SO deep That I, hog had to run in order
to get across the lot. Many other lots
have a foot or two Of manure and lit
tor all over them and when we have
some rain YOU have to wear boots to
geo across them. Such conditions are
just right for cholera and when hogs
| ff, nj
their systems becomes weakened and
when they come in contact with chol-
era they ave not able to even give the
disease fight and the cholera has an
easv time with that hog.
Now the thing for every farmer to
do is to keep their hogs in & sanitary
place and make shelter for them in
bad weather. Drain your barn lots
and keep the litter and manure in one
part of the lot and have the rest Of
the lot clean and dry. Keep your
hogs II: your own pastures and in or
der to do ,hat you must fence your
pastures. That fence will keep other
peoplc's sick hogs away from yours.
When your hogs get cholera make
other people keep out Of your lot and
also keep all dogs out Of the lot. If
YOU hear of any Of your neighbours
hogs having cholera keep away from
his place until be gets it cleaned up
and danger of spreading the cholera
is past. Likewise if your hogs get
sick notifyryour County Agent at once
and except at times when cholera is
SO generally spread over the county
he will come at once and see what is
to be done.
Also, you farmers are entirely too
easy with your ncighbors, or else you
don't care whether you lose your hogs
or not. But, if I were farming and
my neighbors threw their dead chol
era hogs out in the woods instead of
burying or burning them there would
be trouble ut once and plenty of it..
There is law in this county against
such practice and if your neiehbor
refuses to take the proper care of such
carcasscs notify DR.. r. O. Fcclv,
State Veterinarian. Clemson COLLEGE,
and he will see that your ncirhbor
does bury or burn his hogs. or make
him wish he had
! am getting around as fast DIS
can but don't forget cannot work on
| hogs when it is raining, also that
| when tn" roads are in bad shape it is
! lmnossible to get around very fast.
| AID that You are only one of MANY
who wants their hogs treated. am
doing all can to stamp ont the cbol-
era but 1t will be imnossible for me
TO accomplish that until I have more
cooperation with your farmers.
A. NJ. MUSSER,
County AGENT