The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1913-02-07
To The Farmers
If tennessee
By Capt. T. F. PECK,
Commissioner of Agri-
culture.
DIPPING HOGS.
By DR., Willis B. Lilcoln, Veterin.
ary Inspector H. Char.e U. :.
Bureau OF Animal Industry.

essHTV part OF their care, and eve
> hog yard should he provided
a "'ppmg tank, or better yet
cement hog wallow constituted
r follows:
For use during warm weatht
make wali"w at least six feet wis
J and eight ft long, one end sInpin
80 as to give the hogs easy acces
! and egress Make it dep enoug
so the dipping solution will be abou
II inches deep. 1t is best to bull,
of cement. For use on warm day
in winter the ordinary dipping tank
would be best, made in the followin,
manner; Eight feet long on top
four feet %" bottom, four feet deer
and two feet wide. 1t will be nee
essary t" hogs thru this ta
dur "g the winter, buI the hogs will
use the waIlpw Themselves during
the summer.
In tn ." Ow a solution of from
one to two per cent of any of th4
various coal tar disinfectants shouIr
be kept all the time. In this way
the hogs will maturity dip themselves
and in so doing will rid themselves
If the following conditions:
HOG LICE Where hogs are not
properly ped or greas s
almost impossible to nd one free of
lice. A Iou-, hog is harder to fat
tt n than one free of lice, and why
feed ,a-hog in order to raise lice?
Free him Of pests and let all
the feed y" to make increased size
and weight. Besides dipping the
hogs it is important also to clean
up the hog yard and pens and disin-
Fect III m with the same disinf4ct.
mt
2 MANGE-This is caused by a
'ery small parasite that lives in the
kin. 1t multiplies very rapidly,
auses violent itching, and produces
mall blisters. The skin appears
ed and inAamed. The pain and
irritation usually cause the hog to
ct restless, and in many cases the
ppetite is poor and a very general :
condition exists. Dipping =
le hog in the two per cent solution
some coal tar disinfectant as
lpntioned above will remedy this =
Ouble.
3 PITCH MANGE-ECZEMA-I
his IS usually found among hogs y
at are kept in filthy pens and sI
lrds Il are poorly fed. 1t also 81
occurs in hogs that are y
pt on marsh lands, owing, prob. W
'Iy, to some irritating properties in b
e soil. The symptoms are very 81
Ich the same as those of ma ge. r
ly perhaps more intense. Slough Il
g of the skin may also occur. The ~
'atment should be preventive. hi
eep the hogs in clean yards and tb
ns, avoiding such conditions as ~
ght irritate the skin, AM dip in f.
me or two per cent solution of =
ne coal tar disinfectant.
1. URTICARIA-Nettle rash or
amond skin disease is caused by 81,
Itation of the skin by lice and WI
h, and by using irritating solu- Re
rs for dipping purposes. There
plenty of non-irritating coal tar Oh
s to use without using irritating cir
ltions such as kerosene emulsion, int
The symptoms of this disease
diamond. shaped blotches on the
which come quickly. almost '0'
r night, and are more numerous 0"'
;he ears, sides of the neck, back wa
rms, or wherever the skin is 90'
!. They appear as swollen red 80
8 and vary in size up to an inch 4
ss. Because OF the irritation "a q
hog will scratch and rub the ed
4med skin and is restless. and Cor
3 is also a noticeable lack Of Nc