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have given to every family in the United States about 

 forty additional pounds of pork products. It is readily 

 seen that the injection of such an immensely increased 

 quantity of pork products on the market must of neces- 

 sity have produced a very great decrease in price, so 

 that the farmer probably received as much for the por- 

 tion of hogs that remained, if not more, than he would 

 have received if all of them had lived. This season 

 (1914) the hog cholera made its first appearance for 

 many years in my neighborhood. To date I have lost 

 thirty-six shoats, mostly pure bred Tamworths, out of 

 forty. Many of my neighbors have been still more 

 unfortunate. 



In spite of all the work which has been done by the 

 Department of Agriculture and the States towards se- 

 curing immunity from hog cholera, it is stated that the 

 loss in the Northern States in 1913 was greater than 

 in previous years, while in the South it was somewhat 

 less. Evidently no success of any notable character 

 has attended the expensive efforts which have been 

 made to secure immunity from this disease. Never- 

 theless the appropriations for the production of anti- 

 hog-cholera serum are made most abundantly both by 

 the federal government and the States, a far larger 

 sum being devoted to that purpose by the government, 

 and in many of the States, than is directed towards 

 saving the lives of infants throughout the country. 



The same bulletin gives the information that the 

 losses of cattle by disease during the preceding year 

 amounted to 1,737,000 head, of a total value of $68,- 

 611,000. This includes the losses from exposure as 

 well as from disease. About half of the losses of cattle 

 were due to exposure and about half to disease. In 

 regard to sheep, also, it is stated that the total losses 



