584 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



MY EXPERIENCE WITH IMMUNES. 



W. O. CANADAY, FHANKTON, IND. 



Mr. President and Gentlemen— Our worthy secretary informed me 

 tliat your committee tiad, in its wisdom, seen proper to select the subject, 

 "My Experience with Immunes," and had assigned the same to your hum- 

 ble servant for discussion and report. As rebellion is repulsive to every 

 good citizen of our beloved country, I accept the edict of your committee, 

 and in my feeble way undertake to discharge the duty imposed upon me. 

 I hope in the discussion of this subject to be able to say something that 

 will stir the Irish of members of this meeting, to the end that knowledge 

 and information may be gained thereby. "We gather ourselves together 

 each year for social greetings and the interchange of ideas and thoughts 

 pertaining to our business. Therefore, it is not good that we should shrink 

 from duty if these meetings are to be pleasant and profitable. The lim- 

 ited experience had with immunes and in trying to immune hogs is a 

 short story, but cannot be told without enlarging somewhat upon the 

 means used. 



I do not understand that I am to give a recitation on hog cholera, but 

 what can you say about the results obtained with the means used for 

 protection ? 



The protection here mentioned is not the kind that politicians talk 

 about, but that which stands between our hogs and danger. If such a 

 thing has or ever will be discovered, certainly the originator will be one 

 of our greatest benefactors. Hog cholera costs the breeders and feeders 

 of swine many hundreds and thousands of dollars annually. 



Because of this enoi*mous loss, scientists are ever looking for a panacea 

 which will both cure and prevent. You are familiar with the many sure 

 cures and preventives, but it is not .the purpose of this paper to dilate 

 upon any of these. 



I have looked upon the theory of immuning pigs from immune sows 

 with quite a degree of favor; yet there are shadows, doubts and uncer- 

 tainties connected with the process that must be removed, and the way 

 and means furnished that will lead to sure and satisfactory results. 



It is not the purpose of this paper to in any way discourage research 

 and investigation on the great question of how to immune hogs against 

 cholera, but rather to encourage and stimulate such effort. 



That the problem is a difficult one goes without saying, as it has baf- 

 fled the skill and ingenuity of the best minds of the country; but it seems 

 that there is no question too great for Amei-ican skill and ingenuity to 

 solve. Hence the perfecting of a system of immuning hogs is looked 

 for that will be sure and certain. 



