The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-06-20
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How successful Farmers Operate This
Departments of the Farm A Few
Hints as to the Care of Live Stock
and Poultry.
Worms of swine.

Worms of Swine.
While it is a fact that all young an.
lmals are prone to become infested by
dlnerent worms which are more or less
injurious, yet a good deal can be done
TO prevent this invasion of the system
and also to kill the pests when they
nave found entrance. In the first place
we desire to say that there is a com
mon belief that when young hogs b.
come paralizedi in the hind parts that it
IS due to kidney worms" We have
MADE a special study of this claim and
nave yet to find a single case where
the worm alluded to had anything to
co with the case. The cause as we
nave found it is either prolonged feed
ing OF corn to young pigs without ex-
erclse and added heterogeneous food, or
cholera in one of it's stages. Proven
tlon Is to be sought in proper feeding
OF pigs from weaving time, and plenty
Oh exercise and clover. The cholera
e OF the matter has already been
considered. AS to worms in genera!
IL may be said that the things which
faVor their appearance are first: long
use Oh the same feeding yards, pas
lures and drinking places for swine.
lnese places become infested with the
eggs or the worms and these are taken
up by the young pigs, and the mature
Eggs are again deposited upon the
GROUND or about the watering places to
re1nfest a new tribe of pigs. Seconoly,
IL would appear that where much milk
IS USED tor the feeding of pigs after
weaving time that worms are fed 1T
the same time. At least it would seem
10 US from Investigation of the sub
Ject that worms are most ommon
where sweet milk is largely fed. In
the latter case it is found that by
giving the pigs an occasional mess
oi cIabbered milk the liability to
worms is materially lessened by the
practlce. The use of disinfectants is
also useful in lessening the trouble
from worms. Preparations such as
chloro-naphtholeum can be successfully
mixed IN the drinking water and will
De taken with good effect by the pigs
when thirsty. This. was first found in
tredtlng lambs for stomach worms
the drinking of a HOO solution
Oh chloro was found to be effective.
mere is every reason for believing
the same solution would have a
similarly good effect upon swine. and
many have already reported favorably
upon the practice of mixing disinfect-
ant IN the drinking water. When the
pig is seen to have a %voracious appe
Ute and yet remains thin or has a
aepraVed appetite for things it would
not eat in health, worms may be ex-
pected to be present. Other common
symptoms of worms are continual
squeal1ng and bad temper; rubbing of
nus against boards or the
ground; "pot-gutted" appearance;
blood and mucous in the discharges
md general thriftlessness. The tail
rubbing is due to a pin worm and this
may be killed by injecting a decoction
of quassia chips into the rectum by
means of a large syringe. Four
ounces of the chips to a quart of boil
ing water will make a suitable solution
20 be used when cold. For all of the
other kinds of worms there is perhaps
aothlng to be preferred to the fluid
extract of pink loot and SIENNA, given
n a half ounce dose every three or
our hours until purging is caused.
hamala in dose of one drachm is also
In effective remedy for round and tape
worms and does not require to be
followed by a purge. Tu~rpentine is
ilso highly thought of and is given
% pigs in a teaspoonful dose in milk.
mere are a host of other remedies but
OF the above will prove sufficiently
Santonin has been recon-
but we have found that it is
somewhat dangerous for pigs. After
he worms have been gotten rid of by
he administration of the pink root
SIENNA it is a good plan to mix
Tried sluphate of iron and gentian root
n the food Of the pigs to kill the
worms from remaining eggs and to
up the run down constitu-
ion. The dose is ten grains of each
.Wo or three times daily in the food
double that amount twice daily
or adult swine. Salt, charcoal and
wood ashes are useful and should be
RELY supplied to swine.