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Rather, it was the ap proximate cost to the American swine industry for the marketing of two scrub hogs that initially sold for 50 cents each, according to Dr. Francis J. Mulhern, Ad ministrator of USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). Dr. Mulhern a veterinarian, also serves as Chairman of the Secretary of Agriculture’s advisory com mittee on hog cholera eradication. Barring unforeseen develop ments, 49 states will be classified as “hog cholera free” by mid- January 1974. But the hog cholera advisory committee - comprised of 12 business and professional people with excellent knowledge of swine health - recently issued a warning about “culls” or “junk hogs”. According to Dr. Howard W. Dunne from Pennsylvania State University, a member of the advisory committee, the marketing of culls has recently become financially rewarding to some hog traders and dealers. • Other than scrubby appearance, these hogs may show no telltale signs of infection. Yet, they can be disease carriers, capable of silently spreading infection. The risk of culls spreading hog 574 Tractor & 2050 A Loader SPECIAL 3 point Hitch Scraper Blades *llO.OO N.H. 357 Grinder Mixer N.H. 365 Tank Spreader Hawk Bilt Tank Spreader Farmall H Int. 8414 with Loader Fafmall Super M W.C. Allis Chalmers w-Loader 1 Ton Feed Mixer A.C. Automatic Reset Plow 4 Bot, Elizabethtown, Pa Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 5,1974 — cholera is not as great if they go direct to slaughter without coming in contact with other swine destined for sale as feeder and breeder animals. Rather, the invitation for trouble comes when cull hogs are diverted from slaughtering plants to farms or feedlots, Dr. Dunne notes. Swine herds at these locations are highly susceptible to hog cholera. The two 50-cent hogs in question were diverted from a slaughter - for a little extra fattening - in the fall of 1972. They wound up costing state and federal governments over $lOO,OOO in indemnity payments alone, to compensate producers for swine herds that had to be destroyed because of hog cholera. “Ultimately, the.cost was more like $1 million”, said Dr. Mulhern, “if all losses to the swine industry - direct and m-‘ direct - are counted. For in stance, feeder pig producers in the Southeast find their main buyer markets in corn-producing states of the Midwest. In 1972, hog cholera quarantines in the Southeast and Midwest curbed this normally huge market flow for weeks, while emergency eradication measures were in effect. “Merely passing more state or federal marketing regulations won’t solve the problems”. Dr. Mulhern warns. “It’s going to take a change of attitude by many in the swine industry. Instead of viewing culls as the potential source of a few more pennies of profit with a little extra fat on their bones, we’ve got to treat them for what they really are ... potential disease factories . .. and get nd of them accordingly. “In other words, we need concerted pressure from every segment of the swine industry to {[field queen|j Division of Hesston Corporation FACTORY DIRECT SALES-PARTS-SERVICE OF THE FIELD QUEEN SP INDUSTRIAL FORAGE HARVESTER Rear wheel drive for maximum traction and superior steering. Heavy duty hydrostatic drive transmission, 3 speed ranges. 210 HP Caterpillar or 250 HP Detroit diesel engines. Choice of 5 different corn heads; 6’ windrow pickup; 12’ direct cut hay; 2, 3 or 4 row snapping heads; and 10’ or 15’ combine head, all quick changed. We sell and service only self-propelled forage harvesters. By specializing we can offer superior service to our customers. By eliminating the middle man we can sell heavy duty harvesters at medium duty prices. 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