Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1911-12-28
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WORMS IN HOGS.
Preventive and Remedial Treatment
For Internal Parasites.

preventive and Remedial treatment
For internal Parasites.
Worms are found in pastures ana
around buildings in greater or less
quantities in the embryonic stage. and
these are likely to be eaten by the pigs
and particularly so when the pigs are
fed upon The ground This Is one rea
son why pigs should be fed upon a
cement feeding floor that can be flush.
ed off and kept clean or else upon nice
green sod. says ID. A. Gaumnitz of
Minnesota Agricultural college
SLOW gains, lack of thrift, tendency
toward coughing. tendency TO be
drawn up In the body lack of appetite.
harsh appearance of the hair are all
COOL indications Of worms
As n preliminary to nearly all treat
ments, pigs are usually kept off feed
from the night before until about 10
o'clock the following day, when they
are quite hungry Then the feed, In
which IS blended the remedy adopted
TO remove the worms, Is fed A thin
slQp of shorts and water or milk is the
mont desirable medium In which to
give the medicine No definite expert
ments have been carried out to test
the relative efficiency OF the different
remedies, but the following are some
commonly used
Turpcntine treatment For every
thirty pounds OF pig give one teaspoon
ful OF turpentine I'm the slop. Repeat
this for three or four successive days
Follow this with a dose of EPSON salts.
about one teaspoonful for every tfty
pounds of pig, Salts can be fed IN the
same manner as the turpentine. Too
extensive feeding of turpentine or too
heavy doses may result in infamma-
ton OF the lntestines, Re careful
therefore TurpentIne ordinarily, how
ever, is very effective,
Santonin Treatment.-Santonin is a
white powder and is also easily given
with the feed. One ounce is usually
sufficient for about 100 fifty pound pigs
This powder should be dissolved in
warm water. mixed with the slop in
the same way as the turpeutinc ana
followed by a physic in the same way.
Concentrated Lye. Another very
common remedy is one teaspoonful of
lye dissolved In water This is enough
for three pigs weighing tfty pounds
each. Pains should bc taken to dis
solve the I've very carefully and to mix
1t very uniformly with the feed This
should be fed for a couple Of days I'm
succession, and If fed every other
week for n couple OF weeks will give
results.
Il. In all cases where pigs are being
treated for worms It is best TO confnc
them TO a small lot well Uttered with
straw, so that all excrement of the
pigs, which may contain eggs of the
worms, viii fall upon the straw. which
may then be raked up and burned
Preventive Treatment-Thi consists
Of providing a trough made up I'm sew
eral compartments and placing In them
the following ingredients. forming a
composite tonic Bone meal. two bush
els; charcoal, three bushels. wood ash
es, one bushel, salt eight pounds: air
slaked lime, two quarts; copperas, one
and bali pounds dissolved I'm warm
water and mixed in with the other I'm
gradients. This should be kept out of
the weather, but the pigs should be
given free access 20 It.