Farm Notes.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4345, 5 December 1908, Page 4

Farm Notes.

MORTALITY" AMONG SWINE. CONTAGIOUS PNEUMONIA.. • ...The Clutha Press of Thursday /last liad the fallowing,—>“ Y-estferday. •the .mortality among swine belonging ■■ to the. Stirling; FHetorJ^^&D I*- 1 *- i pany was investigated by four I officers oi the Department of agrjbjlF* ture, .viz., Messrs J. -A. Gfjnfth (Chief Veterinarian), .0. J: RejiAps ..(assistant Chief j Bruce (stock inspector in * Otago District), and Jr (veterinarian" of Dunedin)’^ V' ; ifhiJtoen of the animals were opened 4nd> examined, and the cause of the ifforthlity W was found to be, as at first'suspected pneumonia of a contagious type. p I’herG are some three hundred swine ;‘)pen. These latter are to bo destroyed i immediately, and the rest, which, inV ; elude a large number of perfectly > healthy animals, are to be taken to i the abattoirs at Dunedin, and there slaughtered under the supervision of Mr Kerrigan. The carcases will be subjected to,rigid inspection, and the / interests of the public completely safeguarded, while at the same time I the company|will benefit, in that a ! large proportion of the v animals are I perfectly fit for 1 the market. This —■-wasffi)emed to be a better plan than merely cuir -the diseased animals, as it will enable the company to procure a fresh lot of . swine, and thereby entirely eliminate the risk of contagion. The Dominion has been declared free from swine fever for a considerable time, and it is exceedingly satisfactory to- find that there is not the.slightest reason to associate the outbreak at, .Stirling with this dread disease.”. .. The keeping of records need not be a costly undertaking. Weighing the milk twice a week, testing the herd *Ajmeans of the Babcock test, and '.usting the ration according to the 'c giver by the’cow will ensure the nrs, obtaining large returns, a great saving in the cost of ■Ks, and increasing the average of the herd through unprofitable anim-