Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-08-13
farmers department,
KIDNEY WORM IN SWINE.

obtaining information regarding the Kidney
Worm in Swine symptoms, cause, and prop
er treatment-and of worms generally in
that kind of stock. Can your readers inform
me how to treat the scurf that appears upon
the skin especially of the back of the Suffolk
breed, supposed to be ''manage," but l now
think it the effect of cold weather.
Kidney Worms.-Cole, in his "Disease
of Animals" says: "This disease is indi-
Gated by weakness about the oins" twill
also exhibit itself an inability. to use its
limbs-sometimes one fore leg will refuse to
do its duty-sometimes both hind legs are
poweress.
Remcdy.-The above named author says:
"Corn soaked in lye of wood ashes, perse-
veringy used, has cured in many cases. -
Another writer says, this may do in recent
and slight affections; but more certain
treatment, is to make an incision about an
inch long, on each side of the back bone
over the kidney and after separating the
skin slightly from the parts beneath, insert
two or three cloves of garlic. Take stitch
to confne the garlic. DR.. Holmes of the
"Maine Farmer" thinks pieces of onion or
garlic root would do as we'll
A writer in the "Southern Cultivator"
says, to effect cure requires nothing but
free use of copperas dissolved in water and
mixed with meal so as to form dough. 1t
will require some six or eight doses to cure
hog after he has got down. All farmers
should give this to their hogs several times
in the spring of the ear-in fact it is good
for them occasionally through the year The
same writer says: "Copperas will destroy
the large worm frequently found in the bow
els of hog as we'll as those in the kidneys.
One ounce or less is enough in any case
Sulphur is also good for hogs, and enough
of it will make them shed lice if they have
any, and may be given without any risk of
danger"
Another remedy for Kidney Worms, we
have seen, is to place the hog on its back
and tramp its bowels across the Kidneys
Another, cash the hog on the back and ill
the cuts with salt another has cured the
disease by making an incision over the kid
neys near the spine, about four inches long
and something over an inch deep, filled it
with pods of red pepper and then sewing it
up. Another, by putting spirits of turpen-
tine on their backs just over the kidneys,
and repeating the application once or twice
if necessary. Has never known it to fail
This is more humane Another, in the
"Ohio Cultivator" is to give the animal af-
ficted one ounce of corpcras daily for six or
eight days. Make slop of about two quarts
of corn meal and dish-water; dissolve the
above quantity of copperas in tca,cup of
warm water and mix the whole together
Then give it to hogs" The disease, of sew
eral months standing, has been cured in this
way.
Worms IN the Mtestines-Youatt says ::
"The presence of worms may be inferred
when the animal eats voraciously and con-
tinues lean and out of condition, coughs,
runs restlessly about, uttering squeaks of
pain, becomes savage The excrements are
generally hard and highly colored, the eyes
sunken. The animal becomes debilitated,
and has frequent attacks resembling cholic,
which tends to weaken him. Too often dies;
for before these symptoms have been noticed
the evil has generally attained such height
as to be beyond the power of medicine; for
these parasites multiply with incredible ra-
pidity.
Rcmedies.-Drastic purgatives constitute
the most efficient means of combating worms;
but they must be cautiously y administered,
as they are but too apt to dissolve and force
away the living mucus of the intestinal can
ais. Turpentine is exceedingly destructive
to worms, and although to many of our do
mesticated animals dangerous medicine, it
may be administered with perfect safety to
the hog. Common salt may be given with
advantage, and should be mingled with the
food. Nor must it be supposed that because
no worms are seen to come away from the
animal the, nutriment may be discontinued,
or that there are none hundreds Of them die
in the ntestines, and there become digested
and decomposed, and 20 through the same
process as the food.--Prairie Farmer.
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