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Show THE CONTROL OF HOG CHOLERA A farming community that knows hog cholera, tho ways in which It is spread, und tho best methods of combating it. A community so organized that every farmer will bo teady to help his neighbors by Informing them and the proper Stato officials of tho existence exist-ence or cholera whenever this may como to his notice, and whero every farmer knows whero to gut good so-rum so-rum quickly. Readily nvailublu scrum nt reasonable reason-able prices. A sufficient number or skilled inon to administer tho serum, Although hog cholera can not b completely eradicated fiom tho United Uni-ted States undor prosont conditions, losses from tho dlsoaso can bo materially ma-terially reduced by education nnd organization of hog raisers lu tho application of propc r sanitary measures meas-ures and the prop' r treatment of hogs with nntl-hog cholera cerilm. This haa boon shown by tho lesults obtnluod by tho Bureau of Animal Industry of tho United Statos Department Depart-ment of At'iioulture, In experimental work In hog cholera control carried on In a number of countlos durlug tho past four years. Tho work und ItJ roBults nro doicrlbod In Deparl-ncmt Deparl-ncmt BullKtln 084, "Tho 'Control Of Hog Cholera," recently published by the department. One of the liopoi nut results ac- cording to the bulletin, Is the rnct that tho work while urfectlvo In re duclng tho disease, was not ropio.ss-Ive ropio.ss-Ive while In progress, on tho hog falsing Indtistiy. On the contrary tho Indus) r lluived in thu experimental counties to a greater degree than in adjacuit counties In which no control con-trol work was under way. Actual statistics were taken In the u.xpcilinents counties and caicful estimates were mndo in tho adjacent counties. These show that In ono group of three counties wheio tin control woik has been under wny rour j ears, the puicentugo of loss from hog cholera Iiuh rumnliiud constantly con-stantly from 1-1 to 2-5 tho porcei.it-ago porcei.it-ago of loss lu tho fifteen surrounding surround-ing counties. In another gioup of experimental counties tho average percentage or loss as compared with that in 1-8 surrounding countlos was reduced from approximately 0-10 lu 1313 to less than 1-3 In 1914 and to nbout 1-1G In 1D1C. Specialists who havo supervised tho control work of tho department reach tho conclusion that whllo tho eradication ot hog cholera can not bo expected for a considerable time, tho material reduction by tho uso of serum of tho onormous losses which nnnuuliy are caused by tho disease, Is entirely practicable Tho essen tlals for success in combating tho disease, dis-ease, they point out, aro Interest on tho part of hog raisers and knowledge knowl-edge of tho disease; organization which will facllltato exchungo of Information In-formation as to outbreaks, and ho-curo ho-curo assistance; serum at reasonnblo prices and easy of access; and the avallablo servlco In tho community of persons skilled lu administering serum. Utah Farmer. |