The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-03-21
AGRICULTURAL TOPICS.
INSTRUCTIVE SUGGESTIONS FOR OUR
RURAL READERS.
Come Information of Value to the Farmer,
Stock Breeder, Bee Keeper, Housewife,
and Kitchen Maid.
THE STOCK-RANCH.
Lice on Swine.

A common annoyance is lousy hogs,
and it is sometimes a difficult thing to
get rid of, particularly in large herds.
1t is we'll known to most people what
prolific and rapid breeders lice of all
kinds are, and the hog louise is no ex-
ception. When any hogs are seen in
cessantly rubbing, and present naked
spots in their coats, lice are suspected
as the cause, and examination generally
shows it TO be so. The breeder himself,
or those who have the care of such ami
mails, may we'll use caution in leaning
against the pens or sheds in the hog lot.
The hog-louse is prodigious insect,
the largest of the whole family. They
are sometimes three sixteenths of an
inch in length. Their sucking apparatus
must be powerful to penetrate the tough
skin of the hog. Coal oil with a few
drops of carbolic acid added is, how
ever, a sovereign remedy. Not only
must the hog be treated, but the bed and
surroundings also. A want that I have
felt with other hog breeders, and which
it is hoped some instrument maker will
supply, is that of a good hog syringe.
1t should be of the piston pattern, to
hold at least twelve ounces, with one
nozzle eight inches in length and not
overthree- eighths of an inch in diameter,
and spray nozzle throwing eight to
dozen streams each the size of large
pin. With such a syringe, using the
spray nozzle, it would be easy to fight
lice. 1t would also be useful in sun
scald and all skin troubles. In the alb
sence of something of this kind one can
employ a spouted oil can, using enough
of the coal oil to cover a strip along the
back eight or ten inches wide from the
ears to the root of the tail, and in three
or four days second application, hay
ing In the meantime used it freely in
the beds and around the sheds. A favor
able time to use it is when the hogs are
eating, but the animals must all be
treated, and it is best to do it all at once.
Some have used coal oil and lard in
equal parts, coating the whole animal,
but [ have not found this necessary and
have seen no bad results from the free
use of coal-oil and carbolic acid
American AgricWlt~rist.
Stock Notes.
The disposition of swide is to pile up
in cold weather, and the warmer we can
keep it underneath them the less liable
they are to do this, and unless they can
be prevented from doing it to a great
extent disease is much more liable to
break out among them.
ONE or two days care of the early
lamb will save it. The first forty eight
hours is the most critical period with
lambs.
CONSIDERABLE attention is being de-
voted to Angora goats up in Idaho, says
the Pacific Farmer. Mr.. Hash, who
owns 1000 goats, is moving his band
from the camp just south of Shoshone,
on Little Wood River, further north
near the foot hills. He has recently
shipped 1900 pounds of mohair Cash
mere goat wooD, and Mr.. John Harris,
of Goose Greek, also has about eight
thousand, both shipm ents going to New
York. The average clip of well-bred
cashmere goat ranges from three to five
pounds, and formerly mohair brought as
high as Is cents to 81 per pound. We
believe it now runs from 40 to so cents.
In hog pastures where amovable fence
is used, SO as to change the hogs and
thus prevent waste of the clover from
tramping down, in fair season an acre
Of clover will furnish forage for ten
shOats.