Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-02-12
HINTS EDR JHE EiRNER.
for Hog Chol.ri->ome suggrstio
Ahnmt Mintering Iiecs.

Remedy for Hog Choi.ra->ome suggestions
About Wintrring Iecs.
from the Germantown Telegraph.
/ This disease, which operates 40 destruc-
lively among swine is one that Is liable to
fccur at any time. 1t broke out in Conncc-
uicut and in herd of one hundred and
IEonty-iivo large proportion died or were
ordered TO be killed hy commissioners on
diseased animals. II is q disease that is to hc
avoided II possible, but when it breaks out
Farmers should know of remedies The
symptoms are somewhat different in different
vocalitioS but the circumstance OfssevCral
u,ccOming sick at once il perhaps the most
neliable feature from which Ia form an opinion
III the disease IL ~ somewhat of the typhus
Fever type-an inflammation OF the stomach
and bowels. Tho causes are obscure, and it
u a singular fact that hogs kept in "A close
yards escape an attack In ncighbOrhoodS
where two-thirds of the hogs on grass die The
disease il epidemic, contagious and infectious.
Dr. NaNin, who studied the disease and
Experimental with II, gives remedy which
claimed to be sure II employed in it, early
stages: j
NGround Ginger ............. I ounces
Black Antimony ...-.-... .......
utlowcrs of sulphur ....... .-..........
uPulvcriZCd Nitrr OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
|Sulphatc OF Iron ...... ......... ...........t
Il Mix and give tn a largo hog one hcapIug
IteaspuOnful three times per day tu a hog un-
der one hundred and hfty pounds level
|teaspoOnful and 20 smaller hogs according To
y@Le. II the disease IS attended with diaTThu'a
add two ounces Of powdered alum and two
5ounces of white oak bark, and it II proves
obstinate give one pint "t melted lara and
one teaspUOnful OF spirits of t"rpeutiuc. Dr.
Navin has alwHvs used the rvURpG V Hud never
failed even IN the last stage Of the disease.
Il In DR.. JOhusou's Farmers Homeopathic
Veterinary Hand BOOK, he states nat I've
made from wool ashes In weak solution has
saved more hogs than any other remedy. II
is given as "A drink night and morning. This
would accord with a remedy given about ton
wears agobya Illinois farmer. who purchased
some hogs from u drove and on arriy ing
home found they were affected by the dis
ease. He boiled some corn in weak I've
made from ashes, used some soft soap in
their slops from the kitchen and never lost
one while all the remainder ofthe drove died.
Another remedy IL given, consisting of sui
phur two pounds, and spanish brown, three
pounds mix and give one and a-half pounds
to each hog IN doses Of hall a teacupiul every
two hours. The effects are immediate and
permanent Farmers should remember the
the wood ash lye remedy, because II is simple
and is always at hand. and can be easily oh
tanned and given when to send Tor drugs
would require time and 80 admit of death be
fore the remedy could bc applied.
wintering Bees.
The farmer Is not supposed TO make Il spe-
cialty in the limo Of Bookkeeping or bee rails
ing, and yet for home necessities 1t is a mat
ter of convenience Tor each one To have few
colonies Of bees. In order that these little
workers should be at their best requires more
attention than most farmers can give, but
they can prepare the old fashioned box hive
n which 10 place the colOring, and, after
the old fashioned cruel mode, "talle up the
worker colonies before winter sets in, to oh
tain supply of honey for family uses Col
onies not so disposed of must be wintered,
and the question presents itself How can