St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-19
NOTES
Of INTEREST
Taken From Department
Agricultural Extension
OF the Louisiana State Uni
versity, Baton Rouge.
Information That Can Be
Relied Upon AS Correct
Should Be Read BY Every
Up-tO- date Farmer.
Some Useful Things You
May Not Know.
DISEASES OF HOGS.

The hog is susceptible to number
and variety Of diseases just like other
animals of the farm, a discussion of
the majority of which, however,
would not be of very much practical
value to the farmer. Besides what
he needs most is knowledge of how
to prevent disease among his animals
rather than cure it. Fortunately,
the common ailments of this animal
are usually of the preventabIe class,
as, part from specific hog cholera,
they are generally connected with
the digestive organs or a dietic char
acter.
From personal experience we are
of the opinion that the chief cause
Of the greatest mortality among our
hogs is internal worms, or parasites,
Of one kind or another, but chiefly
the large thorn-headed worm which
infests the bowels. Worms are, of
course, passed from the bowels of the
affected animal to the ground and
are picked up in an immature stage
by other hogs.
In the case Of the large thorn
headed worm it is claimed by author
tiles that the egg is taken into the
body of the larva, or grub, of the
June bug" and that the hog gets
it by eating the grub which he finds
in moist places, as in the neighbor-
hood Of pools or ponds Of stagnant
water Once a hog pasture becomes
injected with worms, Therefore, it is
difficult to get rid of them, unless
the lot is DloWed up or placed in
he
looked after, or some mixture in the
form of worm medicine is kept where
the hCgS may gain access to 1t at all
times. The following simple and in
expensive mixture, which may be
prepared on the place, has been rec
| comm ended by the late Mr.. Theodore
Louis, breeder of high repute n
the Northwest:
take bushels of corn cob char
| coal or bushels of common char
coal, 8 pounds of common salt, 2
quarts of air-slaked lime, / bushel of
wood ashes, break the charcoal well
down, with shovel Of other imple-
ment, and thoroughly mix. Then
| take one and one-quarter pounds OF
! copperas (sulphate of from, dissolve
| it in hot water, and with an ordinary
water pot springle the solution over
the whole mass, and again mix thor
oughly. Put this mixture into self
feeding boxes and place them where
the hogs of all ages may eat Of theil
contents at pleasure"
We might add that quantities
either greater or smaller than thai
given may be prepared by simr]!
observing the proportions Of the diff
ferent ingredients. Also that thi:
mixture has already been the means
of saving many pound of meat il
the state.
With reasonably good care of thu
animals as to comfort, sound, whole
some food and pure water, and tn:
regular use of a mixture such as tina
above suggested, which is both cor
receive to the bowels and worn
medicine, hogs should be maintained
in a fairly sound and healthy condi
tion. And, considering our presen
freedom, we need not have specifi
cholera unless we import it in pur
chase of animals which either hav
it in their system or are otherwise tn
carriers of the infection from thei
original homes. To prevent it's in
PRODUCTION, therefore, will requir
eternal vigilance" on the part @
our own people who purchase i
other states.