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the home. Let us, then, take stock of ourselves and see if we cannot help 

 make the school the center of life, for is not the whole community interested 

 in the public school, and is it not the natural organic center of country life, 

 and should it not organize all the social forces of the community? 



OUB FUTURE. 



Much has been accomplished by these yearly meetings, and friendships have 

 been made that will last for years. Shall we not plan larger things and go on 

 to a greater usefulness, receiving inspiration by our commingling and becom- 

 ing a great force in the agricultural upbuilding of North Carolina? Should 

 not this great institution be the yearly mecca of thousands of farmers bent on 

 discussing and helping to work out the great agricultural problems of the day? 



PBOGEAM. 



Your secretary is to be congratulated upon the program that he has pre- 

 pared for us. Such a splendid array of speeches has probably never appeared 

 at a meeting of an agricultural organization in this State, and we trust that 

 every one present will enter into a full discussion of all questions that will 

 come before us. 



Wednesday, August 28, 1912. 



Mr. Siiuford : The Convention will please come to order. 



We have with us this morning Dr. Flowe, Assistant State Veterina- 

 rian of Xortli Carolina, a boy raised in this State, who is going to speak 

 to US on the subject of "Hog Cholera and Its Prevention." I beg to 

 introduce Dr. B. B. Flowe, of the State Department of Agriculture. 



HOG CHOLERA SERUM. 

 B. B. Flowe, N. C. Department of Agriculture. 



I want to speak to you for a few minutes on hog cholera and its prevention. 

 I will endeavor to state the symptoms as briefly as possible. It is very unfor- 

 tunate that the symptoms are not uniform. It is seldom that we see. in the 

 same herd, two hogs showing like symptoms. For this reason it is sometimes 

 rather hard to make positive diagnosis. But, as a rule, if we make a 

 thorough examination and inquire into the history very closelj', we are able to 

 state in nearly every instance whether the hogs are affected with hog cholera 

 or something else. 



Among the first symptoms we notice, in the beginning of an outbreak, is 

 the refusal of one or more hogs to eat their food ; if they are noticed very 

 closely at this time, it will be seen that they are greatly depressed and are 

 shivering as though they were having a chill. If they are forced to walk, they 

 will apiiear sore and stiff; there is nearly always a tendency of the sick ones 

 to hide in the bedding or in some secluded place. At first, the bowels become 

 constipated ; later, this is followed by diarrhea, which may continue until the 

 end. In other cases, constipation continues throughout the disease. In most 

 all cases there is a watery discharge from the eyes. This is a muco-purulent 

 discharge, and very often glues the eyelids shut; there is also a dry. hacking 

 cough noted in some cases. Just before death, or shortly afterwards, red and 

 purplish spots may be seen along the belly, in the armpits, and on the inside 

 of the thighs. 



The duration of cholera varies considerably, but the average may be put at 

 about two weeks. If the chronic form is developed, it may last much longer. 



