Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 162, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1913 — STATE AND NATION JOIN IN DEFENSE [ARTICLE]

STATE AND NATION JOIN IN DEFENSE

Fight to Be Made Against'Hog Cholera in Montgomery County and Purdue Will Assist. Lafayette Journal. Prof. G. I. Christie and Dr. R. A. Craig, of Purdue university, returned Tuesday night from Crawfordsville, where they attended a conference with Dr. Niles, of the animal husbandry department at Washington, D. C.,. and Dr. A. M. Nelson, state veterinarian. Plans were laid- for a campaign against hog cholera in Montgomery county. The United States government has appropriated $25,000 to be used in a demonstration for the coptrol of hog cholera in Montgomery county. The work has been divided into three divisions. Purdue university, through the extension department, will take a census of each farm of the county, noting the number of hogs' deceased. The government will furnish five men to administer serum to ®H exposed animals. The state veterinarian will administer quarantine and control laws. Last year Montgomery county suffered a loss of over $178,000. If anything can be done to save a part of this amount to the farmers in that county it will certainly mean much for the prosperty of the state.