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capable of yielding no less than 1,000,000 average doses of serum 

 annually. The Dorset-Niles method is employed in producing the 



serum. 



Reports from numerous swine owners and others who have used 

 State-made serum would indicate that they were almost unanimous in 

 attesting to its great value. Of course, as we fully expected, a few 

 failures have occurred and some mistakes have been made. Enough 

 work has already been done in Tennessee with "State-made serum" to 

 convince us that this serum possesses as high a degree of potency as 

 any serum yet produced. When we pause to consider results from 

 every angle we feel much encouraged with what has already been 

 accomplished, and the outlook for the future is exceedingly bright. 

 We positively know that more dollars' worth of hogs have already 

 been saved in Tennessee by serum treatment than the plant cost the 

 State. Since November 1, 1913 we have produced over 3,000,000 

 cubic centimeters of serum. This serum has been shipped out on 

 1,950 different orders and has been used in over 1,500 herds of hogs, 

 by 1,200 men who have visited the plant and there received the neces- 

 sary instructions to entitle them to Virus Permits. 



Our object in publishing and distributing this illustrated Bulletin 

 is to acquaint Tennesseans with hog cholera in all its phases, also the 

 facilities which have been placed at our disposal by the General As- 

 sembly for the purpose of combating the ravages of that great scourge 

 to the swine industry in the Volunteer State. 



Every swine owner and all other persons who are interested in 

 the protection and development of the swine-raising industry are 

 cordially invited to visit this plant and become familiar with the 

 methods here employed in the manufacture and use of anti-hog- 

 cholera serum. 



Five thousand copies of a somewhat similar bulletin to this one 

 has already been printed and distributed. This, the second edition— 

 5,000 copies — has been revised in many material respects, and we 

 offer it with the hope that our efforts will meet with the approval of 

 a majority of the Tennessee swine owners, and that the publication 

 will, in a measure at least, assist them in solving this, the greatest 

 economic problem confronting them today. 



Geo. R. White, M.D., D.V.S., State Veterinarian. 

 State Capitol, Nashville, Tenn., August 10, 1914. 



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