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forth with a fury for which you wholly unprepared. This is an old 

 crater, which in days gone by has vomited forth great quantities of steam, 

 smoke, black mud and considerable dust, but no burning lava nor deadly 

 gasses. Of course we all know this old crater is quite active at times 

 and there are those who. thinking discretion the better part of valor, 

 have shunned the region. 



We will be glad to hear the experience of those, however, who have 

 had the nerve to explore. I have not tried to cover the ground fully, 

 because I promised the secretary when he assigned this subject to me 

 that I would merely open the subject up for the discussion of others. 



ARE LOCATIONS HEREDITARY TO DISEASE? 



<■ . II . \loore, Kansas City. Ifo. 

 All things are created for decay. Wherever animal or vegatable life 

 has existed or exists today the seeds of death are there, the one warring 

 against the other. But here is a rule without an exception. Death 

 conquers and all flesh must bow submissive to his sway. We read from 

 ancient mythology when a plague was visited upon the people by some 

 imaginary god the inhabitants would scatter and flee to the hills and 

 remain in hiding until a messenger informed them that the plague had 

 passed and all victims had died or been killed and burned, and recently 

 a writer and explorer commented upon the gods as well as the plagues, 

 raying: "The plagues were malignant fevers, cholera, smallpox and 

 deach. 



As the world advanced in learning, experiments and the knowledge 

 of nature's laws a higher civilization supplanted the old or superstitious 

 and advancement was made as rapidly as men realized that natural 

 causes produced natural results. When plagues or fevers visited the 

 valleys and plains those wise in the councils of their people advised the..- 

 followers to flee to the hills and scatter over a large area, remaining 

 until the disease had disappeared. The same was true in densely 

 populated cities, demonstrating the fact that these diseases ori- 

 ginated in the lower sections of both • country and city. 

 This is true today in Asia, India, Australia and other places that we 

 might mention, proving that locations are hereditary to diseases. 



As this is a meeting of men engaged in the culture, developement 

 and improvement in swine, the animal that has and always will add 

 to tne bank account of the man who handles him wisely and well, wiic 

 studies every common sense method of keeping their droves in a healthy 

 and growing condition, the question is asked: Are locations hereditary 

 to disease 



If hogs are housed in a damp, dark, dirty barn, shed or jog house 

 there is but one answer to the question; such locations are hereditary 

 to disease, as it is only a matter of time when disease germs will .'■ <--> •» 

 in these quarters. If hogs are allowed to sleep in old straw stacks, in 



