28—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. November 2,1968 Florida Loses "Hog Cholera Free” Status Florida has lost its .recently acquired “hog cholera free” stat in because of an extensive out break of the disease, the U. S. Department of Agriculture an nounced today Since mid-September, there have been 52 confirmed out breaks of hoe cholcia in 21 Flor ida counties. The outbreaks have involved more than 8 500 hogs with an appraised value of about $250,000. Florida will operate in Phase IV of the four-phase hog chol era eradication campaign being waged by USDA’s Agricultural Research Service and the States in cooperation with the swine industry. This phase calls for immediate elimination of any hog cholera outbieaks and pro vides a surveillance period to make sure tlfe disease has been eradicated. Florida qualified for “hog cholera free” status last July and was presented with a certi ficate recognizing the State’s achievement on Sent 10. Short ly after the infection was dis covered, a State-wide quarantine on hog shipments except'to slaughter was put into effect to help stop the spread of the disease All infected herds are being destroyed according to Phase IV procedures to wipe out the infection and thus enable the State to regain its “free” status Before a'State can be declar ed “hog cholera free” there must be (1) no outbreaks for at least 1 year, and (2) no living vaccines used for at least 1 year. A State can maintain its “free” status as long as it experiences only primary outbreaks that is, infection introduced from outside the State with no farm to-farm spread after it enters If a State loses its status, it must go for another year without an outbreak before it again quali fies as “hog cholera free.” Investigation into the source of infection and method of spread in Florida is continuing. However, State and Federal of ficials in Florida feel that be cause of the extent of the infec tion and the probability of spread after the disease entered the State, Florida can no longer be considered “hog cholera free.” Pa. Grain Stocks Up 28 Percent Stocks of all gram (excluding soybeans) in storage October I, 1968 were 59 4 million bushels. This compares with 45 0 million bushels on October 1, 1967 Feed grain stocks (corn, oats and bar ley) increased 59 percent and food grains (wheat and rye) de creased 20 percent from a year earlier Wheat stocks of 12 0 million bushels dropped 20 percent from October 1967. On-farm stocks dropped 29 percent and, off-farm stocks 12 percent fiom' a year earlier. I Old crop corn in storage (18 1 million bushels) almost tupled from a year earlier Oft-faim stocks weie 13 peicent more than a year earlier and onfaim stocks more than three times as great as on October 1, 1967 - I Date stock of 217 million bushels were up 24 percent from a year earlier Off-farm, stocks were up 18 percent while on-farm stocks inci eased by 25 percent There is no torture that a woman would not endure to en hance her beauty.—Montaigne. GREEN PASTURES Steer Concentrates FEED LESS —SAVE DOLLARS continue to help feeders get faster gains and better feed efficiency! For Economy And Top Results, Use Our Number 604, A 65% Hi-Protein Feed In Free Flowing Granular Form. Contact any Miller & Bushong service representative or call us direct at Lancaster 392-2145. 9 “FINEST SERVICE ANYWHERE ” MILLER & BUSHONG, Inc. Rohrerstown, Pa. 717-392-2145
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