Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-27
Sunlight For Stock.

mails can have all the sunlight possible.
There is no necessity for placing the
windows where draughts of air are like
ly to fall on the animal, but they should
be placed where the animal will get
some of the sunlight on bright days.
MOI only will this benefit the animals,
but it will add materially to the
warmth and dryness of the barn n
do much toward killing she odors in
~separable from animal life. In colder
climates the windows should be ar
ranged so that they may be lifted, or
in other ways opened for needed venti-
lation, and each with an outer door OF
wood to close over them or cold nights.
Added warmth will be secured by hav-
ing a curtain to pull down from the
inside. These guards against cold
should be arranged so that they will
in no way interfere with giving the an
imals the benefit OF the sunlight during
the day.
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Reports from all sections of the coun-
try indicate an alarming increase of the
stomach trouble among sheep and
lambs. AS a rule when sheep, and
especially lambs, are ailing and show
an inclination to fall When running,
being off feed and generally dull. the
trouble is due to stomach worms. l.
requires some skill Ito rightly get rid OF
this trouble, as the worms are in the
fourth stomach of the animal and can
not be reached if the treatment is given
while the animal is being fed full ra-
tions. Give 10 food for twelve hours
before treating, then give a half ounce
of spirits OF t%urpentine for sheep, half
that quantity for lambs. Mix the tur-
pentine in four tablespoons of pure.lin-
seed oil. Put this in a half pint of new
milk and add a half teacup OF molasses.
Pour this mixture in a bottle. Stand
astride of the animal to be treated,
gently elevate it's head, insert the boz
tie in the side Of the mouth and slowly
pour the medicine down the throat.
If the animal strangles, lower the head
Immediately and take care not to push
the head back too far, for a sheep is
easily strangled. No food is to be
given for two hours after the treatment.
In most cases one dose will effect a
cure.
Scours in Calves.
The most common disease among
calves is commonly known as the
scours, and is in reality a mild form
of cholera, liable, if neglected, to merge
into the aggravated form that is fire.
quently fatal. The causes leading TO
the disease are i~rregularity in feeding
and overlooking, and frequently an
abrupt change from one kind of food
to another. Exposure to wet weather
and damp, filthy quarters will also
cause the disease. 1t will thus be seen
that in this case as with many troubles
with which stock are afflicted a little
care is all that is necessary to avoid
it. When the first symptom of the dis
ease appears, which is usually a loose
ness of the bowels, with more or less
blood or Il cu in the droppings, a
half pint of lime water may be bought
Of any druggist or be made at home by
pouring a gallon of water over a quart
of unslaked lime and allowing it to
settle, using the clear liquid. If this
treatment does not correct the trouble,
give two ounces of castor oil or the
anne quantity of EPSON salts. Under
both treatments the animal should be
kept on half rations until it regains its
normal condition, when care should be
taken to feed properly, if that was at
the bottom OF the trouble. If the quar-
.ers were at fault, they should be made
comfortable.
Food For Fattening Pigs.
While cor remains at the low price
1T has brought for several years it
would seem as if no better or cheaper
hog food, especially for f~attening, could
be had, but if it is possible to accom-
plish the same result at even less ex-
pense just so much is saved. Expert
ments with Kafir corn have proven
that while its feeding or fattening value
is almost exactly the same as corn, the
yield per acre is nearly one-third more,
which constitutes the saving in the
planting of Kaffir corn. The soy bean
has also been found not only a good
fattening food for hogs, but particular
ly valuable for general planting be-
caus OF its drou~ght-resisting proper
e.es. When fed with Ka1ir corn, both
OF them ground and mixed, the result
was eight per cent gain in weight over
a MIXTURE of corn and soy bean meal.
Il is evident, therefore, that Kaffir
cum owing 20 its increased yield is
preferable to corr while the use of the
soy bean ground adds to its fattening
properties. The soy bean should have
more attention IN districts where
droughts are common. 1t has no equal
as a drought-reSiSter. and Is readily