Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1897 — HUG CHOLERA IN INDIANA. [ARTICLE]

HUG CHOLERA IN INDIANA.

I’urdae Experiment Station Bulletin. According to reports leoo.vcd by the btation during tho e.uiy part oi this mouth we are »aie in saying tn.it Hero is probably more swine i incase m tne state now th in at a y .oriesponding period in recent years. Inis mus be taken us an indication of severe lo.s to iollow lai . r in_iuo season an., it should bo a warning to I'urmeis to exorcise more than usual care to prevent loss. Remedial mea ures uro costly and are not success ul: preventive measures to be oiteciUal must.be applied soon. Large herds should be divided into bunches according to size; clean pastures with u reasonable amount oi shade and an abundance of pure well w..ter are safer than puns; do not permit the use of wallows or of surface water under any consideration, ft has been found n a series of years, that the highest p.r cent Of loss has occurred along the rivers and streams to which the hogs have access Use any ration that will k . op the hog deal thy. Au occasional drink of soapsuds to to expel woiiuh and ibe use of euaicdal, salt and ashes a an alterative will prove benehcial. If the disease should brink out in the herd sepaiate the w, 11 iromthe siCk and not the «’.<•!« from the well. Ou removing the wui. ux b . from the si.k, place them on a part of the form where no diseased animal has been. Buru tho» that die as it is the only sure method '1 destroying the germs. Keep everything clean and lot the sun have a chance t_ do the dis Meeting. The fetation will undertuke a number of held experiments this year and we desire very much to have immediate reports us the presence or absence of the disease iu every locolity in. the state. It is as lui portaut to us to know whore the disease is absent as where it is present. W e therefore ask immeuia.e reports giving us as far as possible tho date ol the begin ning of an outbreak, the percentage oi loss, and any marked peculiarity of tire disease in that locality. We also solicit like information upon all fresh outbreaks us lhev occur during the season, Ad dress, A. W. BITTING, Veterinary Department, I’urdue Expetiir’l fetation, LaFuyette, Ind