Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-12-24

dips may be purchased at the drug
store.
For mango crude petroleum is more
effective than the Ordinary stock dips.
1t is also destructive To lice. The vat
may be filed with the OIL or half-filled
with water before the oil Is added. If
one dipping does not effect a cure the
treatment should be repeated in one
or two weeks.
Use of Crude Petroleum.
Owing TO the great variation in the
composition of crude petroleum from
different localities and the greater in
furious effects of some crude oils than
of others. crude petroleum, if of a kind
not used before, should be tested on a
few animals before extensive treatment
is undertaken. Animals treated with
crude petroleum should be provided
with plenty of shade and water. They
should not be dipped in oil in very cold
or very warm weather. One of the
best varieties of oil for use on live
stock is Beaumont crude petroleum,
and oils of similar composition are
more likely to be satisfactory than
those which viiry widely from it. The
specifications are as follows: Specific
gravity ranging from 221a to 241a de-
grees Baume; 40 per cent of the bulk
boiling between 200 degrees and 300
degrees c.; ia to ia per cent of sui
phur
Another remedy for mango is lime
sulphur solution. This remedy is not
highly effective in destroying lice. 1t
must be used warm 600 degrees F.,
and the hogs should be dipped twice
with an interval between dippings of
seven to ten DAYS. Lime-sulphur di''
may be purchased in concentrated
form, or it may be prepared at home as
follows: Stake ten pounds of quick
lime with sufficient water to make 81
thin paste, and stir in "a pounds of fine
sulphur blowers or flour) Boil this
mixture for two hours in % or 30 gal
Ions of water. Allow the sediment to
settle in a tub or barrel. Draw off the
liquid into the vat Carefully avoid
disturbing the sediment), and add suf
ficient warm water to make 100 gal
Ions. The dipping solution in the vat
may be maintained at the proper tenn
perature by steam brought by pipe or
hose from boiler.
Durable Dipping Vat.
Dipping watts are made of various
materials, but the most durable is ce-
ground at a convenient place where
there is good surface drainage away
from the vat. A suitable size for a vat
in which to dip hogs is 10 feet long at
the top, feet long at the bottom, 1
foot wide at the bottom and feet
wide at the top. 1t should be
deep enough so that the hogs will be
completely immersed in the dip and
will not strike the bottom of the var
when they plunge. If possible, the vat
should be located so that a pinch drain
pipe may lead from the bottom of the
vat to facilitate emptying and clean
ing, otherwise it is necessary to pump
or dip out the contents of the vat in
order to clean it. Do not use old, filthy
dip, but clean and re-charge the vat
before dipping again if the dip has be-
come very dirty or if it has stood n
long time in the vat. The end where
the hogs enter should be perpendicular
and the entrance should be on a slide.
The other end should slope gradually,
with cleats to provide foOtholds for the
hogs for emerging after dipping. A
dipping vat is very useful wherever a
large number of hogs are kept.