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Show SUN REDUCES CHOLERA BILL Unwise and Uneconomical to Depend Entirely on Serum to Protect Swine From Disease. A few days' work in the pig pens mid yards scraping, disinfecting and cleaning is pretty good hog-cholera insurance, in-surance, says the United States De "partmunt of Agriculture. Strict sanitation sani-tation is the best aid the farmer can 4 t - v - k r r , X - s s ill - l Hog Cholera Thrives in SucK Surroundings Sur-roundings as These. give to the work of the hog-cholera serum: It is unwise and uneconomical to depend entirely upon the serum to protect the swine from this costly disease. dis-ease. In 1018 the farmers paid a serum se-rum bill of over $3,000,000 and they still lost $6,000,000 worth of pigs. There can be no doubt as to the effectiveness effec-tiveness of the serum treatment, but the sensible farmer will do what he can with shovel, hoe and disinfectant to remove the cause of the trouble. The threat of cholera Is always present so long as there are undrained cesspools and wallows.' Straw stacks shoulc never be left from one year to the nest if they are where the hogs can reach them. Shelters and pens should be so constructed that they may be easily cleaned and exposed to the sunlight. A few days devoted to work of this sort in the fall when the hogs have been taken from the pens will do much to protect the herds of another year. |
