Show Hog H g Cholera Disease Difficult to Control Sanitation and Preventive Serum Are Urged Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture Approximately 4 per pcr cent of ot th tM ho hogs s son on on farms farina In the United State died of hog cholera last year This appraisal al of ot the ravages of hog cholera cholera chol chol- era Is made by the bureau of f animal anIma Industry United States Department o of Agriculture for the Ilie ye year r ended April 30 SO 1923 1023 and Is based on estimates of the bureau of agricultural ral econom econom- Ics Losses were heaviest In Iowa Nebraska Indiana Missouri Illinois Ohio Georgia Minnesota and South SoutI Dakota In the o order der named Each of these states lost more than head of ot swine from the tile disease during the tile year assuming that 80 SO per percent percent percent cent of oC the he deaths from all causes cause among hogs Is due to cholera The tt total tal number of ot swine lost from hog cholera exceeded valued at approximately tely The highly contagious nature of ot hog haS cholera makes the disease difficult to tt control The preventive serum treatment treatment treat treat- ment combined with strict sanitation and thorough of premises after outbreaks are the most effective control measures The The losses reported for l last st year are not so great a 91 In 1913 and 1014 1914 when the disease appeared appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap particularly prevalent but they were larger than department experts experts experts ex ex- ex- ex consider they sho should ld have hav been c considering ing that swine growers have havea a preventive treatment which Is Is' effectual tuai If used properly before the ant mals mals- become sick |