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★ LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY ★
TO PREVENT HOG CHOLERA.
The New Method That Will Save a Lar^e Part of Infected
Herds nnd Prevent Kitenslvo Outbreaks of This Disease.
H OG CHOLERA has been for
many years the nioBt dreaded
enemy of the hog raiser, and
tho loss It has entailed has amount
ed to many millions each year.
While proper feeding, cleanliness,
freedom from lice, and general sani
tary surroundings will do much to
ward keeping a herd In good health
and thus enabling them to resist the
disease, tho danger of infection has
remained ever present, and until
quite lately no really effective rem
edy has been found
It seems now, however, that the
disease will soon be brought under
control by the inoculation of the
hogs with a serum. This serum is
made by taking n hog that has pass
ed through the disease and injecting
this pig with n quantity of virus
from a hoe slrk with I'hnlom ami
In this way producing In this hog
a greater resistance. As a result the
serum from the blood of this hog—
hyperlmunlxed, It Is called—will
produce a greater resistance against
iho disease in another Individual
and make It proof against cholera.
This serum is then Injected Into
the hogs affected with or exposed to
i holera. In treating healthy hogs
what Is known ns the "simultane
ous" method Is used—that Is, the
hog Is Inoculated nt the same time
with blood from a sick hog and with
the serum.
In the last nnnunl report of the
IT. 8. Ilurenu of Animal Industry the
following conclusions In regard to
this treatment of hog cholera are
reached:
"1. The serum of properly hyper
Imtnunlxed hogs, when administered
In sufficient doses, will protect non
Immune hogs of all ages against
hog cholera. As Indicated In the
experiments made, the following ap
proximate doses should be used:
For sucking pigs, from 10 to 15
cubic centimeter*: for shotes weigh
ing from SO to 200 pounds, from 20
to 30 cubic centimeters; for old
hog*, from 4 0 to <50 centimeters.
"2. Healthy herd* treated by the
simultaneous method aro rendered
Immune against hog cholera.
”3. In herds recently Infected
with hog cholera, where only a few
animals have bccomo Hick, nearly
all loss may bo prevented by tho use
of scrum alone. The serum will not
save those animals In the last stage*
of the period of Incubation, but may
be depended on to protect all of the
uninfected animals and most of
those In the early stage* of tho
period of Incubation. Simultaneous
treatment In the*** herds appears to
vlehl the same result* ns tho serum
"hen given alone except that the
duration of Immunity may bo longer.
*'t. In badly Infected herds, where
the dtsenso has made considerable
headway, a number of nnlmals may
he saved by the serum, the percent
age saved depending upon tho extent
of tho Infection; that Is, upon the
number of unaffected or slightly af
fected animals In the herd at the
time of treatment.
"6. By the prompt use of hyper
immune serum In an Infected herd
and the prompt vaccination of sur
rounding herds, hog cholera may be
quickly stamped out when It first
appears In now territory. In case
the Infection has already spread
from one Infected herd to several
neighboring herds, the vaccination
«'f all herds bordering on the In
fected area will prevent further
spread of tho disease.
"6. The treatment of health;
shotes by the simultaneous methoi
very rarely causes the appearane
of the disease, and should It do s<
It may be quickly controlled by th<
subsequent use of hyperimmune se
rum alone.”
If cholera breaks out in youi
herd, or near you, write at once t<
jour State Live Stock Sanitary
Hoard, State Experiment Station
State Veterinarian, or the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture, and hav<
your hogs inoculated against the
disease.
If you keep them clean and
healthy, however, and keep straj
hogs and roaming dogs away, there
Is not much danger.
Hum or bury any that may die
with disease, and if you buy hogs
keep them in quarters of their own
for two weeks.
BETTER FARM BUTTER.
Home Details of Rattermaking
Which, If Observed, Would In
sure Good Quality.
Nearly all farm butter is of poorer
quality than It should be. By more
:areful handling and better meth
ods there Is no reason why this pro
luct should not only be Improved In
quality, but a better price should be
received for It. By carrying out the
fallowing conditions and methods, a
rery much better grade of buttei
should be produced:
Cream—Hand separator crean
produces better butter than that sep
a rated by nny other method. Th<
deep can surrounded by cold watei
Is second best; pans and crocks an
third best, and tho water-dilution
method comes last.
Ths cream should be kept In as
■early a sweet condition as possible
until enough has been gathered foi
a churning. This Bhould then be
soured or rtaened. To rlnon fhr
cream, warm It to a temperature ol
75 to 80 degrees, until It Is sour
enough; then cool down to a tem
perature of from 55 to 60 degrees,
which Is right for churning. Let It
stand at this temperature for an
hour or so before churning. If pos
sible. This will cause the butter to
come In better condition. Cream
that Is being ripened should be
thoroughly stirred several times be
fore It Is ready for churning.
It Is often advisable to save some
of the buttermilk of one churning to
be used as a starter (the same as
yeast In bread making) for the next
batch of cream. Add a small amount
of this buttermilk to the sweet
cream when enough has been gath
ered for a churning; thoroughly stir
It, and It will ripen very much more
rapidly. Caro should be exercised
to koep this old buttermilk in as
good condition as possible.
TemiMwature.—One of the main
causes for having to churn from one
to five hours Is either too warm or
too cool temperature of the cream.
With a temperature of from 55 to
60 degrees, butter should be pro
duced In from 30 to 4 5 minutes,
providing the other conditions are
right.
Churning.—Strain all cream into
the churn. This will remove all
clots and particles of curd, and
there will be no danger of white
specks in the butter. Do not fill the
churn over one-third to one-half
full. Give the cream room for agi
tation, which Insures quick churn
ing. Turn the churn just fast
enough to give the cream the great
est amount of agitation.
\\ lien to Stop Churning —The
butter should be gathered until the
grains become about one-half the
size of wheat. Then draw off the
buttermilk through a strainer and
wash the butter in cold water, two
or three times, or until the wash
f water is removed practically clear.
I la washing, care should be exercised
, not to bring the grains together in
' one mass, but rather keep it in the
, granular condition. The washing of
' the butter removes the buttermilk
and makes the butter keep for a
. longer time. It also puts it in bet
ter conditions for salting.
Salting and Working.—The but
ter should be taken from the churn
’ in the granular condition and the
’ salt sprinkled over it before it has
’ been worked together. Usually a
scant ounce of salt is added for each
pound of butter.
One working, at the time of salt
ing, is usually sufficient, providing
the butter is hard enough when re
moved from the churn. If the but
ter is somewhat soft when taken out,
it can be salted and set away for a
few hours until it gets hard enough
to finish. Butter is usually worked
t-nuufcii »iicu iuw water lias ueen
removed so that It will bend with
out breaking. Too much working
will spoil its grain and make it
salvy; while leaving too much water
in it will spoil its keeping qualities.
Packing.—Pack or print the but
ter as soon as it has been worked
sufficiently and put it In a cool place
until it is taken to market. Re
member that the appearance of the
package, as well as the way the but
ter is packed, has a great deal to do
with the selling price.—H. M. Bain
er, in Press Bulletin of Colorado
Agricultural College.
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