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Show FEfl5WfflE0T0 WITCH THEIR HOGS Ravages of Tuberculosis Costing Loss of Enormous Sums Annually. With a view to increusini; tho cffi-oii'ii.-v oi' the- farm or iu raising hos t'roo of diou.o, iti eo opoi it ion with Herbeit Hoover, national food uetmin-i-itrator, tho local office of tho bureau ot animal industry of tho department of strict: It uvo is urging' upon tho county agents tho necessity of a oon-s-1 ;i 1 1 1 course of education. Attention of tho tanners is beiii drawn particit-!arh particit-!arh to measures necessary in tho prevention pre-vention of tuberculosis in lios. Ho;: tuberculosis last voar sent more than L" J'OO.OdO pounds ot hoc; moat into tho condemned tanks of only tho fed orally or-ally inspected slaughter houses. This .meat, but for tho fact that it was ii'.-footed ii'.-footed with jjornis of ti: berylliosis, otild" have been worth more than .'V 'O.OO. 1 Villi infeetod it was aluablo only for soap grease or fortilier. Hog tuboreulosis in one your sent 00,000 hoj carcasses into the fertilizer tank ami it s estimated that annually it onuses : re . tie-fourth to one-third of t he lios shipped from obtain infeetod larms to be rejected for food purposes, neeessitai in their sale at tankage prices. In badly infeetod districts many lauhterheusos " protect themselves a a i n t losses by offering lower p r i e e s for all hoes. Because of the prevalence of tuberculosis packers in some sections sec-tions refuse to accept ho shipments from certain dairy districts except as '"subject" shipments, that is subject to examination for tuberculosis after slaughter. The disease, according to the bureau of animal industry, is eau-dnu thousands of farmers to turn their :Coorl corn, alfalfa, concentrates and skim milk into low-priced soap grease instead of into high-priced pprk. Tuberuilosis in hogs is contracted hirgeiv from dairy cows, which are extremely ex-tremely subject to the disease. The disease dis-ease in a cow infect her milk system, Julias aud throat with tubercle bacilli. .Farii.ers are therefore cautioned to pasteurize pas-teurize or boil all skim milk before it is fed to the hos, and to keep their hogs away from cow lots and bn rns. and to keep dairv drainage out of hog iots. Host raisers throughout the etAte are urged to join with their neighbors in insisting that the creameries shall pasteurize ail skim milk before delivery deliv-ery for hog feeding purposes. Yho bureau of animal industry is emphasizing the necessity of Quick action ac-tion on the part of the county agent in co-operating with the government in lidding the swine of the country of tuberculosis, tu-berculosis, that tho production of healthv pork mav reach, the maximum in litlS. |