and fully-established fact that until then the swine owners' investments 

 in hogs was at all times jeopardized by this disastrous disease. 



Long ago all well-informed individuals fully realized that every 

 medicinal treatment for hog cholera which had ever been proposed 

 was worse than worthless in "curing" this disease. The swine owners' 

 pocketbooks were continually being depleted and flattened by so-called 

 "hog cholera cures" of all kinds and descriptions which in reality were 

 nothing more nor less than "fakes" and "frauds" compounded for the 

 purpose of wrenching hard-earned dollars from the honest, though 

 gullible, hog owner. 



The press — agricultural press in particular — carried in each and 

 all issues glaring advertisements of numerous so-called "cures for 

 cholera." In spite of the large amounts of money spent for these 

 "fake remedies," hog cholera continued to spread with cyclone-like 

 rapidity. Since the discovery of the Dorset-Niles Anti-Hog-Cholera 

 Serum and its demonstrated and undisputed efficiency the "fakers" 

 have shifted their advertisements from "medicines" to so-called im- 

 potent fake serums and vaccines, for which it behooves the farmers of 

 Tennessee to be on the constant lookout. 



The Dorset-Niles Serum, when properly made by reliable and 

 well-trained men according to the U. S. Government standards and by 

 other definitely-defined technique of Drs. Dorset and Nile?, when 

 properly administered, will undoubtedly protect healthy hogs from 

 cholera. However, the field for fraud and deception is so inviting that 

 the unscrupulous fakers have already invaded it with their worthless 

 "juice" in the form of "vaccine" or "serum." Look out for them, and 

 refuse to allow them to separate you from your hard-earned dollars. 



Before purchasing anti-hog-cholera serum from anyone take the 

 precaution of determining whether or not the manufacturer is in pos- 

 session of a permit from the State Agricultural Department for its 

 sale in Tennessee. Up to August 10, 1914, only seventeen commercial 

 firms have been granted permits to market anti-hog-cholera serum in 

 Tennessee. The names of these firms will be furnished upon applica- 

 tion to the State Veterinarian. 



At the present time this State is being flooded with advertisements — 

 by mail and otherwise — of at least thirty commercial firms who have 

 something attractive— in price or otherwise — to offer the swine owners 

 for the treatment and prevention of hog cholera. Beware of these 

 and remember that all medicines advertised as "hog cholera cures" are 

 worthier and that 50 per cent of the "serums" and "vaccines" are 

 frauds and arc sold and distributed in this State in open violation 

 of law. 



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