Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1913 — FOUNDATION OF SUCCESS IN HOGS [ARTICLE]

FOUNDATION OF SUCCESS IN HOGS

Diseases Caused by Filthy Pens Quite Often Mistaken for Cholera., (By DR. F. 8. SCHOENDEBER. State Veterinarian of Kansas.) Cholera, parasites and pneumonia are sbme of the worst troubles hog breeders have to fight this tifne of year. The parasites, or worms as they are called, commonly, are always with the hogs, more or less. It will be possible to eradicate cholera from the swine Industry before the breeders will be able to rid their stock of parasites. Pneumonia may be prevented by keeping the hogs from taking cold. Hogs are kept for years on the same lot —generation after generation —until the soil becomes saturated with the different parasites and their eggs. With such surroundings a hog is certain to be affected. The animals look scrawny, and cholera is blamed for their condition. Sanitation is the foundation of successful hog rearing. A hog lot should be plowed frequently, and thoroughly disinfected. Every two or three years the lot should be changed to a new location. A hog isn’t dirty In its habits. If given half a chance it wUI keep clean.