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while on the show circuit. Several of his hogs were sick when 

 the herd was inoculated. Some of these sick animals died on 

 the way home, from the disease and the disturbance from shipping. 

 Those, however, which were apparently healthy when inoculated 

 did not show any evidence of the disease after their arrival home. 

 He saved his two herd boars and several sows. The show 

 herd was quarantined on arrival home, but by some acci- 

 dent the infection spread to the home herd and a few of these 

 died, the remainder were inoculated with the "immunizing serum," 

 and but few more animals of the herd died. Mr. Sturm re- 

 ported as follows : "I will give you a detailed report soon, but 

 for the present will say that the vaccination has been highly grati- 

 fying to me and everything in my herd now seems to be healthy 

 and eat good. My losses after vaccinating were very small. I 

 certainly feel very grateful to you and your Experiment Station 

 for what you have done for me." 



If further evidence were necessary to convince you that this 

 serum has practical value as a means of preventing cholera, I 

 could add reports from such men as the Harrimans, Ben Harned, 

 Judge Bavin, and many others of Cooper county; the Hughes 

 Bros, (and neighors) of Glasgow, Howard county; R. F. Aulger, 

 F. L. King and G. T. Reid of Sweet Springs, Saline county; the 

 Glendenning Bros, and John Hansbrough of Marion county; S. 

 P. Emmons, M. D. Porter and others of Audrian county; Bush 

 Rust and neighbors of Hardin, Ray county; H. H. Harshaw and 

 W. H. Charters, Poland China breeders, of Bates county; W. F. 

 Wheaton and others of Pettis county; Joseph Lynes, Matt Turner, 

 Joe Estes, John Daily, Lewis Young and others of Boone county; 

 R. T. Lindsay of Henry county, as well as one or two farmers from 

 several other counties. 



I would not have you think that we have experienced no diffi- 

 culties, and that the results were in every instance as favorable 

 as those given. In the herd of Mr. A. L. M-iller, an 0. I. C. 

 breeder of Jackson county, the hogs continued to die for a week 

 or ten days after inoculation. The form of disease on this place 

 was very virulent and no doubt some of the ani- 

 mals that were inoculated were infected at the 

 time, although not showing any marked outward 

 signs of the disease. The number, however, that died after the 

 inoculation convinced me that the serum used on this herd was 

 probably not of proper strength. We had not tested it before 

 using. Another unfavorable condition was that the weather was 



