St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-17
FARMER AND PLANTER.
THE PIG PEN.

THE PIG PEN.
How 70 Treat the Ailments Incident to Lle-
tie PIP Life.
Scours is generally one of the worst
ailments among pigs. especially in
damp weather. An ounce of preven-
ton is worth . pound of cure in such
cases. Keep the sow in q dry place.
and do not allow her or her pigs to go
IN the wet grass in the morning. Is it
will give the pigs the scours every
time. Should you be SO unfortunate
IS to get the scours among your pigs
do not let them run together. Keep
those that have the scours from the
pigs that are WELL
Feed the sow dry feed-parched corn
or oats, and give the pigs scalded sweet
milk Is warm IS they caa drink it II
the pigs are very small, and weather
warm, feed sow sulphur-dOse, good
tablespoonful twice $. day, given in the
feed. In very bad cases double the
dose. l have used copperas with
sows when pigs had scours, Civ
ing = teaspoonful each morning for
three or four days, in . little bran
mash. Either of the above remedies
have been sufficient to check the scours
for my pigs. When this will not check,
have used in connection with the
above the following: Laudanum. two
and one-half drachms; sub-nitrate of bis
muth, two drach ms; spirits Of lavender
compound, one-half ounce; sirup tOlu,
one ounce; simple sirup to make three
ounces. Dose, one teaspoOnfuf every
two or three hours until bowels check.
This is given to pigs from two to six
weeks old. Another ailment, which is
not so serious. is sore tails. The cause
of this is damp and dirty quarters.
Keep clean straw in pen for bedding,
and it is not apt to appear. The best
remedy is to anoint the tail with vase
line and put clean wheat or rye straw
in for bedding. Oat straw or hay -
not 1T to use for bedding, especially
for little pigs.
Thumps is another trouble among
pigs, and more especially among early
narrowed filters. don't know of any
remedy for thumps except prevention.
If you are raising early. do not feed
the sow too heavily; give . rather lax
alive food; keep sow rather thin; give
her plenty of room to exercise; see
that the pigs do not lie in the nest too
much, but make them scurry around
quite frequently. Should you see they
are too fat around the neck and Shout
ders, notice if their bowels move free
~, and If not, give some laxative feed.
and it this does not have the desired
effect, give each of them \ teaspoonful
of castor oil twice a day. Five or six
times a day is not too often to make
them take exercise. No danger of
thumps when they are made to run
around. Do not however, allow them
to run in snow or wet
Sore mouth is another serious thing
. breeder has to contend with. II it is
just the common sore mouth, which is
caused by pigs biting each other, it is
no great trouble to get rid Of. l take
. small pair of pinchers and break of
those eight sharp teeth. and use car
bolated vaseline on the affected parts
But If you get canker sore mouth. It is
another thing. Keep those affected
with the disease separate from the
well ones, for if you have . number Of
eases you have your hands full with
out any new ones. If the greatest pre-
cautions are not exercised it spreads
rapidly throughout the whole lot Of
5utGling pigs .SaE
If canker sore mouth, the pigs have
swollen lips Take the small blade Of
. knife and cut out all the canker
growth. This is a hard white or yellow
substance, which. if not attended to in
time, becomes very laFge and quite
dangerous. After all thu esnker has
been cut away. dust the sore with pow
dered blue vitriol or ye1Di&f, which
is some stronger. The5SA Substances
are both poisonous, and care should be
taken when used where children are.
Examine pig at least on;cE a day. and
twice q day is better, for this canker
grows very. fast Often fge1 scan dig
out \ piece as large rs = grain of corn
and by night tie growth will be =
large rs ever. Take your time to dc
this, and n.you sssut Eosssse your pigs,
dom. Sigh, iittu.f y9p go at It right !
careless. you arc apt to lose your pigs.
-Ge0rge Beschel, in American Swine.
herd.