The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-05-26
TAKE CARE OF THE HOGS.
Not One Farmer I'm Three Keeps HE
Hogs Free Of Lice and Mango.

At this time a great deal of car
should be taken with the hogs i,
Sumter county. Not one farmer I,
three keeps his hogs free from lie
and mango. With corn selling a
$500 per bushel and other feeds 1,
proportion no man can afford to fee,
parasites. 1t Is my opinion tina
thirty to forty per cent. gain could b,
added to the amount of pork pro
duced IN Sumter county with tn,
same amount Of feed II the hogs wer,
Kept In good health and free from
skin diseases. Yesterday visited Mr.
j. ]. Whilden's farm and his hog.
were fat enough for killing and h.
told rne that he was feeding them
very little and he gave instructions &c
cut their feed nearly out except wbo,
grass they could Craze in the 10,
where they were running. and some
'urnips that were, being thrown te
them. The secret Of keeping thes,
hog. Of Mr.. Whilden's fat on such O
small amount Of feed lies in the fact
tnat ne was occasionally treatingt heir
skins with somo kind OF coal tar dis.
'nfectant When premises arc en-.
tirely made free Of lice hogs do not
need treatment more than three OF
four times a year. but 1t takes sever.
al treatments to rid farm of lice and
mango where 1t has beer. for sometim
and all Of the dust and litter are filed
with the germs and lice.
A very cheap method of disinfect.
ing hogs ID to dissolve a bar OF soap
like Octagon by shaving and boiling
In a gallon Of water. and while water
u boiling hot remove from stove and
add q gallon Of kerosene. which will
make a white solution. Then add to
this two gallons eight gallons of, wa
ter and dip the pigs in this solution
and pour over the hogs. Crude pe-
troleum poured around in the wal
lowing places OF hogs will free the
hogs. SAA subbang posts made out of
sacks 6ka4 around posts and kept
satursAsd w1th any kind Of oil >or
sreasssis = good, remedy. There are
plenty Of remedies that every farm
er knows 90 am writing this to call
your attention to this enormous loss
and urge you to apply some romedy.
Then you know the hogs must be kept
free from worms and his digestion
stimulated. The old remedy. a bushel
of hardwood ashes, q bushei Of char
coal. eight pounds Of salt. eight
pounds Of airslacked lime, four
pounds Of sulphur and two pounds If
pulverized copperas IL thu best that
I know about. II this " too much for
your herd Of hogs divide. each part
by four. The, lime. sulphur and salt
should be thoroughly mixed with the
charcoal and ashes ani the copperas
dissolved in about quart of hot wa.
ter and sprinkled over nnd mixed will
the whole mass. This should be stor.
cd In q barrel in dry place and some
OF II kept In shallow tox before ths
hogs all Of the time.
You cannot afford to Lose any hog.
with chosera this summer. As soor
a. any oe your hogs get sick send 70.
me or some one who has had expert.
ence with cholera. II you have chol
era near your place and your hogs gel
sick wire Clemson College, the num-
Der Of your hogs and estimated weigh
and write me a card. Serum will
save your hogs IL you inject them be.
fore they take tho cholera fever. j
Is preventative but rot a cure. ],
Is not practical to iroculate your
hogs unless one of then, takes cholers
or unless cholera Ii very Gloss I.
your premises.
II you haven't planted your velvc
beans dc so as It Is t'mo they ough
TO be planted. There II still, O stocl
OF beans and early amber cane seet
on hand in Sumter. that was purch
ased by tho safety committee. Mr.
Reardon. Secretary " the Chambe
Of Commerce will gladly direct you I,
wher' these may be CHAINED. Corr
is a good feed for hogs but 1t is to,
costly to grow hogs on corn alone.
j. Frank Williams,
| County Agent