Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 244, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1912 — Carroll County Hogs Dying In Bunches From Cholera. [ARTICLE]

Carroll County Hogs Dying In Bunches From Cholera.

The Corroll County Press, published at Flora, in the eastern part of Carroll county, says: “Many farmers throughout this part of the county have been losing their hogs in bunches with cholera, and those who have herds of young feeders that have not showed any signs of the disease, are selling them. Several car loads of shoats, weighing from 70 to 120 pounds, have been shipped by the local buyers this week. Some farmers claim that it- is cholera that is killing the hogs while others state it seems to be some new ailment. The disease seems to start from the Jungs and settle In the spine. The fAct that so many hogs are dying and being shipped, is going to make the price of pork to the consumer very high.”