784 Il(tAIM> «>|' AlilMCl'I.'n'KK. 



act no bctlcr uiult-r a iii'W. I was iiiformcil that Jlrown County day sold 

 for seventy cents jier puuiid. 



A third class of remedies is prepared by men who make a study of 

 tlie disease. Tliey constitute a very small minority. 



There is no better evidence that we have no sure remedy than the 

 fact that we have so many ou the market. In these experiments one 

 hundred and fifty-six remedies were tried and nearly 4,200 pounds of 

 drugs. All the formulae given in the patent office reports were tilled. A 

 large number of formulae were ol)tained from the owners and man\i- 

 facturers, a few by analysis, and several hundred pounds of the pro- 

 prietary remedies were used. 



The plan was to test each remedy upon at least five herds in as many 

 l)laces and at different times during the season, in order to work over all 

 the conditions. Without going into details, it may be said that none of 

 them fultilled their claims. Some were positively injurious. Many of 

 them seemingly did good upon some herds, and if a hurried conclusion 

 had been reached it would have been favorable. Tlii.s is an error too 

 often made, and no test can be considered satisfactory that it not used 

 upon a large number of hogs in different herds, in different localities and 

 at different times during the season. The good effects often reported are 

 frequently due to the better care and the better hygienic conditions in 

 following the directions. Some manufacturers accompany their goods 

 with carefully compiled directions upon care and management, and as 

 they cost considerable it insures their being carried out. It must be con- 

 fessed, however, that directions come high at fifty cents per pound. 



Very few remedies find a place upon the market for more than five 

 years. The great majority of them run their course in two years, and 

 the writer is cognizant of but three that have been sold for a period of 

 more than ten years. This is the test of their efficiency. In eveiy in- 

 stance in which an attempt has been made to take infected hogs from 

 the stockyards, treat them and fatten them for the market the result has 

 )»een a failure. 



In 1807 Mr. John Cowie. of Iowa, tested a number of the more 

 widely advertised remedies and the results were unfavorable. Dr. Iley- 

 nolds. State Veterinarian for Minnesota, after examining the matter care- 

 fully, issued a circular advising the farmers not to purchase the reme- 

 dies. 



In mild outbreaks and in very many cases much good can be ac- 

 complished by such remedies as will keep the bowels clear and act as an 

 alterative and tonic. For this purpose we have a prescription generally 

 known as the government formula, and is as follows: 



Wood charcoal 1 pound. . 



Sulphur 2 pounds. 



Sodium chloride (salt) 2 pounds. 



