At the 1910 session of the general as
sembly of Louisiana an appropriation of
$5000 per annum for 1910 and 1911 was
made for the production of hog cholera
serum under the direction of the State
Live Stock Sanitary Board. This work
has now been undertaken by the board,
the work of preparing the serum being
temporarily in charge of W. M. Landess,
of Tennessee, and the plant located at the
Louisiana State University. The serum
is available in small quantities for free
distribution among the farmers of Lou
isiana.
The establishment of a hog cholera
serum plant marks Louisiana as a pro
gressive state. When the legislature ap
propriated funds for the establishment of
this plant, it gave public recognition not
only to the scientific work by which the
serum has been discoveied and its efficacy
as a preventive of hog cholera established,
but also to the increasing importanpe of
hog raising in Louisiana. The least, then,
that the hog raiser should do is to get
familiar with the disease known as hog
cholera, and prepare himself- to take ad
vantage of the serum produced by the
state if cholera should develop among his
herd of hogs.
The Live Stock Sanitary Board has re
cently issued, through its secretary and
executive officer, Dr. E. P. Flower, its Cir
cular No. 1 on the "Production of Hog
Cholera Serum." This pamphlet dis
cusses, besides serum production; policy
and plans in field work, symptoms of the
disease, and management of cholera herds.
Copies may be had by applying to Dr. E.
P. Flower, Baton Rouge, La.-Dept. Agri
cultural Extension, Louisiana State Uni
versity.
