Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-04-04
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
Gov Successful Farmers Operate This
Department Of the Farm - A Few
Hints ~ to the Care Of Live Stock
and Poultry.
Worms Of swine.

Worms OF swine.
While it is fact that all young an
imals are prone to become infested by
different worms which are more or less
injurious, yet good deal can be done
to prevent this invasion of the system
and also to kill the pests when they
have found entrance. In the first place
we desire to say that there is COM
mon belief that when young hogs be-
come paralizedi in the hind parts that 1t
Is due to kidney worms" We have
made special study of this claim and
nave yet to find single case where
the worm alluded to had anything to
do with the case. The cause as we
have found 1t is either prolonged feed
ing OF corn to young pigs without ex-
erclse and added heterogeneous food, or
cholera in one of its stages. Proven
ton is to be sought in proper feeding
or pigs from weaving time, and plenty
OF exercise and clover. The cholera
aspect of the matter has already been
considered. AS to worms in genera!
II may be said that the things which
FAVOR their appearance are first: long
use OF the same feeding yards, pas
lures and drinking places for swine.
lhese places become infested with the
eggs OF the worms and these are taken
up ny the young pigs. and the mature
eggs are again deposited upon the
ground or about the watering places to
relnfest new tribe of pigs. Seconuiy,
NJ would appear that where much milk
rs used for the feeding of pigs after
weaving time that worms are fed at
the same time. At least it would seem
10 us from investigation of the sub
]ect that worms are most common
where sweet milk is largely fed. In
the latter case it is found that by
giving the pigs an occasional mess
OF clabbered milk the. liability to
worms is materially lessened by the
practice. The use of disinfectants il
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
treating lambs for stomach worms
where the drinking Of a 100 solution
pr chloro was found to be effective.
There is every reason for believing
that the same solution would have a
i'lmllarly good effect upon swine, and
many have already reported favorably
upon the practice of mixing disinfect-
lnt In the drinking water When the
pig Is seen to have a voracious appe-
fite and yet remains thin or has
Nepraved appetite for things it would
not eat in health, worms may be ex-
pacted to be present. Other common
symptoms of worms are continual
sqnealing and bad temper; rubbing of
the anus against boards or the
ground; 'pot-gutted" appearance;
blood and mucous in the discharges
and 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 quart of boil
ing water will make suitable solution
to be used when cold For all of the
other kinds of worms there is perhaps
nothing to be preferred to the fluid
extract of pink root and SIENNA, given
in half ounce dose every three or
four hours until purging is caused.
kamala in dose of one drachm is also
an effective remedy for round and tape
worms and does not require to be
followed by purge. Turpentine is
also highly thought of and is given
to pigs in a teaspoonful dose in milk.
There are host of other remedies but
any OF the above will prove sufficiently
effective. SantOnin has been recon-
mended but We have found that it is
somewhat dangerous for pigs. After
the worms have been gotten rid of by
the administration of the pink root
and SIENNA 1t is good plan to mix
dried sluphate of iron and gentian root
in the food Of the pigs to kill the
worms from remaining eggs and to
brace up the run down constitu-
ton. The dose is ten grains of each
two or three times daily in the food
and double that amount twice daily
for adult swine. Salt, charcoal and
wood ashes are useful and should be
freely supplied to swine.
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