farm is a common method of distributing the infection. It is not advisable
to allow a stranger to enter your hog-houses and yards, unless his shoes
are first disinfected. Whenever it is necessary for a person to enter yards
where the disease is present, the shoes should be cleaned and disinfected
on leaving. The wheels of wagons, and the feet of horses that are driven
through cholera yards, should be washed with a disinfectant. The feet of
feeding cattle that are shipped from stock-yards should be treated in the
same manner. Persons taking care of cholera hogs should observe the
necessary precautions against the distribution of the disease, and see that
others practise like precautions.

Hog-yards should be well drained and all wallow holes filled. Pens and
pastures through which the drainage from the swine enclosures higher up
flows should not be used for hogs.

CARE OF A DISEASED HERD.--When an outbreak of hog-cholera occurs on a farm
the farm should be quarantined. The herd should be moved away from running
streams, public roads and line fences, so that neighboring herds are not
unnecessarily exposed to the disease. During the hot weather shade and an
opportunity to range over a grass lot or pasture are highly necessary. A
recently mowed meadow, or a blue grass pasture and a low shed, open on all
sides and amply large for the herd to lie under, give the animals clean
range and comfortable, cool quarters. Roomy, dry, well-ventilated
sleeping-quarters that are free from drafts and can be cleaned and
disinfected are best when the weather is cold and wet.

In the subacute, and in the early part of an acute outbreak of hog-cholera,
it is advisable to separate the sick from the well hogs. The fatally sick
animals should be destroyed.