The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1916-01-20
CHOLERA CAUSES
Loss AMONG HOGS
County Agent J.E. Mckell Sug-
gests Simple Remedies For
Prevention and Treatment.

hogs is growing appalling. So |
feel that if in some way | can
serve to check this loss and be
of some benefit to the hog
growers, my efforts will not
have been in vain.
We concede to germs alone
the infection of hogs with chol-
era, but to other causes we con-
tribute largely, the rundown
condition of the hog, which
makes him more susceptible to
the disease. Never in my exper-
fence have | observed more lice
on hogs, or more infestation of
worms than seem to prevail here
in our County. 1t is with these
weak, susceptible hogs, that
Cholera is getting its start and
doing its worst work; though,
when once started, it regards
not the strong but is almost as
destructive with them as with
the weak.
In this | would like to call at
tention to the fact that there
are at least a dozen different
kinds of worms that infest hogs
in almost every organ and in
such ways that makesideal con-
ditiOns for the infection of the
hog with Cholera. It would be
useless for me to give here the
names and ways in which these
worms sap the vitality of the
hog; as | feel that giving ways
of Kidding them of these pests
will b eof far more value, for
there is no one who believes
that any of these worm para
sites are beneficial to the hog.
Prevention of infestation far
more desirable than treatment,
and we would first recommend
that all lots be thoroughly
cleaned, and that quick lime be
freely used in all lots where
hogs are kept. In this way most
of the worms will also serve to
destroy the Cholera germ. The
free use of this lime in the hog
lots is the best worm remedy
known. The water supply should
also be protected from having
worm eggs wash into it and in
this way enter the pigs.
A mixture of equal parts of
common salt, sulphur, or ny
posulphite Of soda, sal soda,
Glaubers salts and copperas,
and a double portion of wood
charcoal is a good laxative ton
ic, and intestinal disinfectant,
which also has vermicidal prop
critics. 1t is helpful in destroy
ing the eggs and embryo
worms in the stomach and in
testines in the early stages of
Iinfestation. TIL mixture is rel
Iished by hogs, and it can be
kept in trough under shelter
where the hogs can partake of
it at will.
Turpentine is useful as YER
micide. 1t can be given in
tablespoonful doses to a 100
pound shoats. 1t should be fed
in greasy slop or milk. Tur-
pentine is absorbed to some eX-
tent and eliminated in part
through the lungs, as well as
the kidneys, and in this way
aids in the expulsion of kidney
worms.
1t is a good practice, where
possible, to keep in the corner
of the hog lot a pile of coal Gin
+ dNi >. 4 TIC O1lS VI ullDul AtQ
coal, and the iron, and other
salts contained in the ashes are
better worm remedies than
many of the ''hog powders for
which farmers pay out their
money. If a half bushel of
finely crushed lime rock is adj
ded occasionally to the cinder
pile it will help strengthen the
bone of the pigs an the brood
Isows that eat it. There will be
no trouble in getting them to
eat it.
In combating hog cholera,
the herd that is kept free from
lice is less apt to contract the
disease than a herd that is bad
~ infested with these irritant
blood suckers. The resistance
IF lousy MOS is greatly Waa ken