Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 240, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1917 — AVOID BULL NOSE INFECTION [ARTICLE]

AVOID BULL NOSE INFECTION

Some Hog Raisers Prevent Trouble by Pulling or Clipping Tusks of Number of Pigs. Considerable loss and injury often result when y'oung plgA are feeding together. Their tusks are very sharp and while fighting over their feed they lacerate each other about the mouth. Thia would not be so serious if It were not for the “bull nose” infection in the pens. Some hog raisers avoid this trouble by pulling or clipping the tusks of a number of the pigs, but this does not always keep them free from infection. “Bull nose” is a fatal disease. I