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task, and at the same time he would have made it impossible for 

 the dog to have obtained the infectious material which he carried 

 to the second farm, and which became the source of the general 

 outbreak in the late summer. 



The dog mentioned in this illustration is only one of thousands 

 of similar worthless animals that are being kept on the farms 

 throughout the Central States. Many of these farms have as high 

 as a half-dozen of these animals, and perhaps not one in the bunch 

 is worth the feed he eats. Good dogs are valuable things to have, 

 especially on a stock farm, but worthless hounds, which become 

 neighborhood tramps, are not only worthless, but they may, as in 

 this case, result in producing a great amount of harm. If you keep 

 a dog let it be a good one that knows his place and is not found 

 wandering all over the township. 



Another example of how a perfectly valuable dog became the 

 cause of scattering cholera on a farm is to be found in the following 

 history: On a certain farm in central Missouri there was a well- 

 trained dog, which was especially valuable in driving live stock of 

 any kind. On an adjoining farm there was an outbreak of cholera, 

 and it was decided to ship the herd out to market at once. As in 

 practically all such cases the owner of the dog, with several other 

 neighbors, went over to assist in loading the animals and getting 

 them off to the shipping point. On account of his value as a hog- 

 driver the dog was taken along to help in driving the animals. 



During the herding up into the pens, and also while loading, the 

 dog was one of the most active members of the party and per- 

 formed as good service as any man could have done. When the 

 loading was all over the owner and dog returned to their own home. 

 This dog had a particular liking for live stock, and was always to 

 be found out around the feed lots. Accordingly, he was not home 

 long until he was out in his accustomed place among the cattle and 

 hogs in the feed lots. 



Ten days later the first signs of something wrong with the 

 animals on this second farm were noted, and only immediate ship- 

 ment of the herd to market prevented severe loss, as two of the 

 sick animals, which were knocked in the head and afterward opened 

 up for postmortem examination, showed typical lesions of hog- 

 cholera in both the abdominal and chest organs. 



