288 DISEASES OF SWINE 



duly warned of the violation of law and the penalty which they 

 would be Uable to: 



WARNING! QUARANTINE LINE-danger! 



THE MOVING, DRIVING OR HAULING OFSWINE 



ACROSS THIS LINE INTO FAYETTE COUNTY IS 



FORBIDDE N °v L..A."VNr 



UKOat PENALTY OFFMOF $50.00 TO $500. OOf BY ORDER OF ACRICULTURAL COMHISSIOIIbfBHIO 



i/iscf authopity OfSurWH iios cuati caoc or oma. 



A. P. S ANDLES. PRES. I'l DR. PAUL FISCHER, CHIEF 



ACIf. COMMISSION or OHIO. Ill BUREAU OF LIVE STOCK INDUSTRY. 



READ INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION BELOW! 



THE LOSSES FROM HOC CHOLERA IN FAYETTE COUNTY RANCE FROM f 60.000 TO ^120.000 ANNUALLY 



THE LOSSES FORThE WHOLE STATE OF OHIO APPROXIMATE * 3.000.000.00 



THE 80'-' GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF OHIO HAS APPffOPPIATED *20.000 



FOP THE EXPERIMENTAL EPADICATIOH OF HOC CHOLERA FROM FAYETTE COUNTY. 



IFTHISWOIIKISSUUCSSmiTWILLOPEHTHEWAYFDRTHECONPLETEEIIADICATIOHOFTHEDISEASEINaHIO. 



THE OUTCOME OF THIS EXPERIMENT IS THEREFORE OF INTEREST TO EVERY CITIZEN OF THE STATE 



TO MAKE success POSSIBLFITIS NECESSARY TO HAVE INTELLIGENT AND WILLING 



CO-OPERA TION OF EVERY CITIZEN OF FAYETTE AND ADJOINING COUNTIES 



BULLETIN N? 10 OF AGRICULTURAL COMMISSION DISCBIBES PLANS FOR ERADICATION. 



EVERY CITIZEN OF FAYETTE S ADJOINIMC COUNTIES SHOULD READ THIS BULLETIN 



IFYimilAfEliaTBEaSIIPPUEIlfimACOPY FREE /M'm DR. PAUL FISCHER.CHIEF '""VlJS'iu^TmT'^ 



OCTOCCR 2ai>! 1913 



During the early part of the United States Government demon- 

 stration work in Missouri, this was a point which a great deal of 

 difficulty was experienced in handhng. State officials seemed 

 rather unwilling to establish a strict quarantine on shipment of 

 swine into the county. This was in a large measure due to the 

 fact that the state veterinarian at that time was about to retire 

 from office, and did not wish to do anything which might in any 

 way prove distasteful to the large stockmen of the state. As a 

 result, we had several stockmen within the county who were a httle 

 unwilling to co-operate in the work any way, who were receiving 

 repeated shipments of hogs from outside Pettis County, and many 

 of which were from questionable sources. These hogs were fre- 

 quently afterward divided up into smaller droves and sold for 

 stocking purposes to farmers who had lost their swine from cholera 

 the previous year. 



With the coming into office of the new state veterinarian a more 

 energetic campaign was outlined, and the good offices of the gover- 

 nor of the state enlisted in the campaign. As a result of this con- 



