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Tubercu- 

 losis and 

 cholera 



the wall if they happen to be behind her when she lies 

 down. 



Tuberculosis and cholera are the diseases most to be 

 feared in hogs. Hogs (or cattle) that may be tubercular 

 or otherwise diseased should be promptly sold to a 

 meat-packing establishment. Parts of any carcass 

 that the government meat inspectors find infected will 

 be condemned as unfit for human food, and the seller 

 will have to stand the loss, if he has sold subject to 

 inspection. But by disposing of infected animals in 

 that manner, a farmer will do much toward stamping 

 out disease among men as well as among domestic ani- 

 mals. Epidemics of cholera among hogs have been the 

 cause of great loss to farmers, but the danger from this 

 source has been lessened by the inoculation of hogs, a 



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FIG. 222. Milch goats in stalls. The white goats are of the Saanen breed. 



