Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-25
Common Swine Troubles.


Common Swine Troubles.
| Within the past year large NUMBER
of reports have come to this office from
different parts of the state of what APP
pears to be paralysis of the back ana
limbs of hogs. The young pigs are the
ones most generally affected. The
cause, has been found to be from over
feeding young, growing pigs on an eX-
elusive diet of corn and water. rat
is put on the pigs too rapidly, with
the result that the weak bones OF a
growing pig can not support the rap
idly put on flesh. The first symptoms
noticed are that the pigs refuse their
feed and walk rather stiffly, contin-
uing to grow worse until they can
barely raise themselves upon their
front legs. The pigs die of starvation,
as they cannot drag themselves to the
trough.
To prevent young pigs getting sick,
very small amount of corn should be
fed them while nursing their mothers.
Then gradually increase the amount oil
corn. When weaned, feed ground feed
OF bran, shorts, corn and a little bone
meal mixed with sufficient milk to
make a thin slop.
After young pigs are paralyzed 1t is
best to take all corn away from them
and see that they are placed at
trough of>milk in which has been stir
red bran and the following tonic, which
is recommended by the bureau Of ami
NAL industry as preventive against
,Infr nd
which is also very good tonic for
hogs:
Lbs.
Wood charcoal .................. 81
Sulphur ................... IL
Sodium chloride ..............-.... -
Sodium bicarbonate ...........-.....2
Sodium hyposulphite ...............2
Sodium sulphate .............-.....
Anthony sulphide (black antimony). Il
These ingredients should be COM
pletely pulverized and thoroughly mix
ed. The dose of this mixture is
large tablespoonful for each 200 pounds
of weight OF hog to be treated. and 1T
should be given only once day.
When hogs are affected with these dis
eases they should not be fed on corn
alone, but they should have at least
.once day a soft feed, made by mix
ing bran and middlings, or middlings
and corn meal or ground oats and
corn, or crushed wheat with hot water,
and then stirring into this the proper
quantity of the medicine. Hogs are
fond of this mixture; it increases their
appetite. and when they once taste of
food with which it has Eaen mixed
they will eat it tho nothing else would
tempt them.
Animals that are very sick and that
will not come to the feed should be
drenched with the medicine shaken up
with water. Great care should be exer-
cised in drenchng hogs or they will
be suffocated. Do not turn the hog on
it's back to drench it, but pull the
cheek away from the teeth SD as to
form a pouch, into which the medi-
cine may be slowly poured. 1t will
flow from the cheek into the mouth,
and when the hog finds out what it is,
it will stop squealing and swallow. In
our experiments hogs which were so
sick that they would eat nothing have
commenced to eat very soon after get
ting a dose of the remedy and have
steadily improved until they appear
perfectly we'll.
This medicine may also be used as ~
preventive of these diseases, and for
this purpose should be put in the feed
of the whole herd. Care should Of
course be taken to see that each ami
NAL receives it's proper share. In cases
where it has been given a fair trial 1T
has apparently cured most of the ami
mails which We're sick and has stopped
the progress of the disease in the herds.
1t also appears to be an excellent appe-
tier and stimulant of the processes Of
digestion and assimilation, and when
given to unthrifty hogs it increases the
appetite, causes them to take on flesh
and assume thrifty appearance.
Hogs affected with worms in the in
testines run down in condition, become
very thin and lank, back is arched, eyes
dull, refuse feed, walk stiffly, and ap-
pear lifeless. The worms may be very
numerous in bad cases, completely fill
ing the intestines. The pigs die if not
treated. To secure the best results, af-
fected hogs should receive individual
treatment. Twentyfour hours before
administering treatment very little feed
should be given them. Then give the
following medicine as a drench, to each
one. hundred pound hog; larger or
smaller hogs should receive q. dose IN
proportion:
Oil of turpentine. ......... drachms
Liquor ferri dialysatus.. " drachm
Raw ljnseed' oil. ........ 6 ounces
If necessary, repeat the dose in four
days. After worms have been removed.
give the tonic recommended above, to-
put the pigs in condition.
lunches form on the cords of pigs
after castration as result OF Infection
from dirty instruments or hands, etc.,
during the operation or from leaving
the cord too long, thus increasing the
liability of it's becoming infected. Thes >
turnors continue to grow, and in the
worst cases attain the size of mans
head.
For treatment, cut down on the tumor
the same as in simple case of castra-
ton. Separate the skin from the tuinor
and then follow I'D the cord with the
hands Cut the cord off as high up as
possible. The wound may be healed by
the use of any of the common disin-
fectants. A teaspoonful of carbolic acid
in a quart of water may be used once
daily until the pigs are healed. Pigs
should be kept in a clean pen after tn.
oneration. G.. J.. BARNES.
Kansas Agricultural College
About Soil incubation.
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