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THE RURAL N LC W -YORKER 
July 6, 
Live Stock and Dairy 
SELLING IMMUNE BREEDING HOGS. 
In regard to the subject of vaccinated 
pigs, some good authorities think they all 
should be vaccinated to prevent hog 
cholera, etc. This makes the pig expensive, 
and I write to see if you think it would 
pay me to advertise pigs vaccinated. Of 
course that would raise the price of the 
pigs, but it might please a great many peo¬ 
ple. Do you in your judgment think it 
would pay me to go to the additional ex¬ 
pense, or is there any other remedy which 
would prevent hog cholera? breeder. 
The immunizing of hogs by vaccina¬ 
tion is practical and successful, and 
should be undertaken by every breeder 
in whose district the disease has been 
prevalent. Otherwise it is unusual to 
vaccinate, but it might prove a good 
business practice to do so. The loss 
would be slight; but there would be 
some loss, as the double method of 
vaccination would have to be employed. 
A. S. ALEXANDER, V. S. 
I think the breeders of hogs in New 
York State should go slow in regard 
to the vaccination of breeding stock 
with hog cholera serum. Hog cholera 
has gained a foothold in very few places 
in this State, usually in connection with 
a few rather large feeders who use 
city garbage, and who go to the stock 
yard centers for their feeders. There 
is little hog cholera on the farms in this 
State. As I understand the matter, 
vaccination with hog cholera serum 
causes immunity for quite a compara¬ 
tively short time, long enough to in¬ 
sure the farmer against loss in Spring 
farms died or were sold before they 
became sick, cholera immune hogs to 
restock with were much sought after 
and handsome prices offered. But few 
hogs changed hands, as the owners 
desired to retain their immune stock 
for obvious reasons. I do not know 
that any breeder of purebred breeding 
hogs is immunizing his stock as a com¬ 
mercial proposition, but where such a 
breeder is liable to cholera infection or 
desires to sell to sections where cholera 
has been rampant inoculation should 
pay well and on the other hand he 
could sell no hogs at all for breeding 
if cholera existed near his farm if his 
hogs were not immune. Inoculation of 
breeding hogs may soon be regarded 
as an actual necessity, and be demanded 
just as honest pedigrees and registra¬ 
tion are now. The serum and virus 
treatment is not so expensive that it 
would not pay where circumstances oc¬ 
casion a demand for immunity. Where 
no cholera has existed for years 
it would not pay, because the farmers 
would not be awake to the importance 
of immunity, but a cholera scare would 
quickly change matters. 
Ohio. W. E. DUCKWALL. 
THE DAIRY INDUSTRY OF STARK CO., 
OHIO. 
Ten or 15 years ago there were but 
few cows kept compared with the num¬ 
ber now. There was not one silo where 
there are 25 now, and I believe the 
number will double in the next two 
years. With the exception of what 
milk was sold in the nearby towns it 
Stockmen! Tuberculosis 
'•Will Kill Your Profits! 
STARK COUNTY, O., DAIRY STOCK. Fig. 305 . 
pigs that he fattens in the Fall or early 
Winter. h. h. wing, 
Professor of Animal Husbandry, Cor¬ 
nell. 
The plan suggested seems feasible 
and I believe that it has been tried in 
a few cases. I do not now recall the 
names of any firm or individual who 
has tried this method, but I feel confi¬ 
dent that I have seen advertisements of 
some of the Western breeders to the 
effect that their herds are kept inocu¬ 
lated and all of the stock sold is guaran¬ 
teed cholera-proof. My impression is 
that the public has been rather slow to 
appreciate the advantage of immunity 
from cholera. I do not know that the 
breeders who have followed this plan 
have found it altogether satisfactory or 
profitable. The use of such animals by 
the purchaser of course offers no im¬ 
munity except to the animals that have 
been inoculated. The loss from hog 
cholera was very heavy in the corn belt 
States last Autumn; yet breeders are 
prone to forget past experiences. I 
doubt if the serum and blood inocula¬ 
tion giving permanent immunity from 
cholera will be very generally adopted 
for some years to come. Breeders seem 
to look for relief to the State serum 
plants in times of greatest prevalence 
of the disease, which is usually in the 
Autumn or early Winter. We are sel¬ 
dom troubled with cholera at other sea¬ 
sons of the year in this locality. 
Iowa Ag’l. College. c. F. curtiss. 
Immunity from cholera adds ma¬ 
terially to the value of breeding hogs, 
and especially so where the disease has 
recently existed. Such immunity must 
be permanent or rather must be of 
longer duration than that produced by 
the use of serum alone, so the serum 
and virus simultaneous treatment must 
be used if the value of breeding hogs 
is to increase to a prospective buyer in 
a cholera infested region. In sections 
here where all the hogs on the different 
was all kept on the farms and separated 
with water separators or crock, and 
cream churned by hand and sold to the 
village grocery. The skim-milk was fed 
to the pigs and calves, the calves all 
being raised for beef production. But 
as. the price of butter, cheese and whole 
milk has advanced these conditions have 
brought on lower prices for beef, con- 
sidqring the time it took to grow it 
and the large amount of feed required 
compared with the short time required 
•for the production of veals and small 
amount of feed required for them. 
They have been able to put their pro¬ 
duct on the market sooner and with 
more profit. 
The higher prices have created a great 
demand for cows (Holsteins especially). 
Almost every. farm in some localities 
has cows which have some Holstein 
blood in them, if not purebred and 
registered. The Holstein is preferred 
above all other dairy cows as a rule 
and is hard to get at any price. The 
increased number of cows being kept 
and the high prices in Winter are mak¬ 
ing a great demand for Winter feed 
that will produce milk, which requires 
silage, clover and Alfalfa, which re¬ 
quire silos and liming of the land 
Alfalfa is not being grown with much 
satisfaction yet as a rule. 
The making of butter on the farm 
is almost a thing of the past. The 
cream is gathered with the cream 
wagon in the cases where there are less 
cows kept, and shipped direct to the 
creamery by those who keep more cows. 
A great many sell their milk to the 
cheese factory. Some ship their milk 
to .Cleveland and other small cities, 
while a few farmers have equipped 
themselves with gasoline engines and 
power churns. As a result these 
changes are making an advance in the 
prices of farm land. l. h. mowls. 
Stark Co., Ohio. 
R. N.-Y —The sort of stock Mr. Mowls 
is interested in is shown at Fig. 305. 
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It takes more feed, a longer time, and more work 
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