The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-08-09

some areas where hogs have been
raised for several years and where
the ground is wet and drainage poor,
worm infestation may become a Sc
rious matter. The pigs are stunted
in development, do not thrive. and the
larger hogs are thin and visibly un-
thrifty. In such cases either Of the
following treatments may be used.
Give turpentine, in tablespoon
doses, in the slop once a day for four
or five days. Dissolve one ounce of
sulphate of iron (copperas) in a pint
of warm water and give each hog a
tablespoonful once a day for three
days; after three days repeat the
treatment. The sulphate of iron has
a tendency to constipate SO this treat
ment could we'll be followed by a
dose of castor oil.
Santonin in doses of eight to ten
grains, followed in six or eight hours
by two ounces of oil, is a quick act
ing vermifuge, but an expensive and
somewhat risky drug. If used, it
must be administered so that each
hog will get exactly his own dose and
no more.
AASS
These parasites are found in most
herds of hogs and if allowed to in
crease will seriously interfere with
the growth and development of the
pigs and will make the mature hogs
so uncomfortable that they will not
put on fat. Many hog raisers use a
dipping tank, 10 to 20 feet long,
about three feet deep and wide
enough for a large hog to pass
through. Various dipping solutions
are used; two to four per cent coal
tar dips, kerosene emulsion, lime and
sulphur solution, and other solutions.
To thoroughly rid the hogs Of lice
they should be dipped two or three
times at intervals of a week or ten
days to kill the young lice that hatch
after the first dipping. At the Ex-
pertinent station we have discarded
the dipping vat in favor of the hand
treatment with crude petroleum. The
oil is applied with a brush or wooden
paddle, back of the ears, behind the
and on the rump. In a
short time the oil is well smeared
all over the animal and lice cannot
exist there. If the hogs are crowded
into a small pen while the oil is be-
ing applied they will oil each other
thoroughly in a short time, much
more thoroughly than could be done
by hand. Unless the hogs and hog
houses are very badly infested with
lice, two or three treatments per year
will be sufficient to keep them free
from lice.
Obstetrics
1t frequently happens that at far
time a SOW cannot deliver her
pigs and must be assisted. Most Of
this kind of work is crude in the
extreme, and many sows are lost be-
cause the work is done with all sorts
Of makeshift instruments. There are
instruments on the market
that are of excellent construction, es-
pecially those using a loop of wire
which can be loosened or frightened
1T will, and with these instruments
most of these obstetric cases are rela-
lively simple. If the operators hand
IS not too wide it a be introduced
'or a short distance into the vagina,
ret most of the work must be done
but with the instruments re-
erred to this is done without fear of
grave injury to the SOW. The wire
oop can be quite readily secured
,ver the head or feet of the pig and
Ill necessary traction applied.
In cases of apparent paralysis of
he uterus, the pigs remaining out of
each of the instrument, the SOW
'ften can be saved by the Caesarian
'peration, but this should be left for
skilled veterinarian. In some cases
he removal of one pig will be all