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weeks his hogs commenced dying. A little later 

 hogs previously on the farm began dying. In a 

 little while he was losing hogs at the rate of 25 a 

 day, losing a total of about 200. This loss of 200 

 hogs was scarcely a drop in the bucket — too small 

 for consideration in comparison with the loss which 

 this outbreak cost the state, for, with some others 

 coming into the state from Iowa and Nebraska, 

 this outbreak cost the state, as carefully estimated, 

 about $1,250,000 during that one year. As soon 

 as the Minnesota farmer here referred to realized 

 that he had cholera and was liable to lose a large 

 portion of his herd, he shipped out a lot of fat hogs 

 ready for market. These were yarded for a time in 

 the public stock yards of his town, and one of them 

 died while waiting for shipment. This hog was 

 left for a day or so in the yard. Later a carload 

 of feeding hogs was shipped in from a point in 

 South Dakota, where they had never had hog 

 cholera. These South Dakota hogs were unloaded 

 into the yards where the fat hog had died some 

 time before, and were sold out from there by 

 auction. 



It was a very interesting study to follow the 

 resulting outbreaks ; but a very serious matter for 

 the owner and for that entire portion of the state. 

 Practically every farmer who bought hogs at this 

 sale, and very many of those who walked around 

 the yards looking at the hogs, but without buying, 

 had hog cholera on their farms in a very uniform 

 period after the sale. Surely the moral of this tale 

 is so self-evident as to need no further suggestion. 



Cleaning Up. — Troughs and feeding floors, at 

 least, and, if practicable, the hog house also, should 

 be kept clean and frequently disinfected during an 

 outbreak. When the outbreak appears to be over, 



