New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-08-17
Farm, FIELD Is Nd GARDEN.
VALUABLE INFORMATION CON
CERNING THE FARM.

Corrosive SubIinate LinlnTent
&C uIiinR the Sheep What
TO Feed FowIs--char-
coal for Hogs.
Pests That Plague Farm Stock.
We read the other day OF a new
method Of constructing a granary,
and one Of the Recommendations was
that, as it was open underneath, the
hogs could be relied upon to dispose
OF any rats that might attempt to
work their way into it.
This would be all very we'll If the.
protection Of the corn was the only
point to be considered. But how
about the hogs? 1t is well to know
shat that noisome and terrible pest,
the trichina spiralis, infests rats, and
that swine that devour the infested
rodents are apt themselves to become
food for the trichina. To be sure, the
pest may be derived from other
sources also; but it would seem to be
a very absurd tempting OF ill-fortune
tomake special provision for stocking
the herd with so pernicious a para
site.
The enormous losses (which have
fallen upon the hog raisers OF this
country through the prevalence OF
strichinosis and even through the
suspicion of it's prevalence ought to
warn farmers to take every possible
precaution to prevent their swine
from eating rats or any other trichina
infested food. Rats ought to be
suppressed, most assuredly, but not
by exposing the hogs to the peril Of
becoming infested with q pest so
dangerous to human lie. The de-
.struction Of rats, combined with clean
food, pure water and clean quarters,
are the most important safeguards
against the spread of the pest.
Another troublesome pest which
infests swine is small tapeworm, the
measle, which, like the trichina, may
be communicated to man. The we'll
known swine disease called measles is
produced by this pest. 1t is very un-
safe to partake OF measly pork, unless
1t has been thoroughly cooked, and
even then one would rather know
that it was not measly. 81 never eat
random pork, said a wise man. Sam
Weller's maxim respecting veal pie"
has an adaptive application to pork
OF whose origin one knows nothing.
Among sheep parasites one OF the
most troublesome is the brain blad-
der worm, SO named from it's appear
ance to wate1y bladders in the brain
OF the sheep. It's presence in the brains
gives rise to the disease known as ssgid'
or burnside" because the infested
animal seems to be giddy, or turns
about continually in one direction
until it drops and dies in commissions,
This parasite IS derived from the drop
2,ngs Of dogs in pastures where sheep
axe kept, and as it is said that at
iaast IS per cent, OF the dogs are in
tested by these worms, wehaye anoth-
er argument in favor of the suppress
sion OF all useless Vagabond ours.
But, destructive as this pest some
times is, it is less SO than another, OF
which millions have died in England
and many thousands in this country
the liver 1uke, the worm which
causes the dieseas known as liver rot.
The worm embeds itself III the liver.
where the chief mischief is
done, interfering with the distribution.
OF the bile, and thus in
ducing bilious fever, OF which
the animal dies. Sheep in
tested with this dangerous par
sasite should be at once killed, and
ii they have been in pasture after the
disease has developed the rest Of the
flock should be at. once removed to
another pasture on higher ground or
to some Enclosure where they cannot
have access to asstream flowing below
the infested pasture.
Sheep are also infested by two very
troublesome insects, the tick and the
scab mite. When the former are very
numerous sheep and lambs especial.
~ the latter-are tormented to death
by them, and even when few in num-
Der they cause great pain and weak
ness from loss OF blood. Dipping is
the proper remedy for this, and the
scab mite "a terrible pest, which has
caused the loss OF entire focks when
its first appearance has been neglect
cd. Various solutions are used as a
remedy for these pests, and of these
one OF the best is a strong decoction
of tobacco and sulphur, into which
the. sheep is plunged, all but the head,
Tor about one minute. The scab is a
disease which must be tsnipped in the
bud for itsspreads with great rapid
3ity.
Corrosive sublmate L,niment.
Take q pint Of turpentine, which
put in q good, strong bottle adding
an ounce Of finely pulverl2ed corro-
sive sublimate and an ounce Of gum
camphor. Shake well and let the
mixture stand for "a hours, when it
will be ft for use. The value Of this
IMMINENT depends greatly ,lpon the
Sfineness to. which the corrosive subli-