Show it a L WORMY PIG WILL PAY NO lack of sanitation Is expensive to growers ithe the common round worm which in costs many swine herds Is coath costing g the growers more money than the combined bained losses from cholera thumps pneumonia arid other common swine uleasea Use asea the reason why this la Is true Is that of us t think hink any place Is good enough to raise pigs in says W V tiuya assistant swine specialist at the north carolina state college most alost growers overlook the need for sani tury measures in the hog lot yet an infestation of worms may be prevented by a little care when the sow Is ready to farrow v put tier lier in aglace a place where hogs have not been kept give the under part of tier her body a good sc scrubbing using soapy water and a fiber brush some gilld disinfectant in the water would not hurt this will remove the worm eggs attached to the mothers body now place tier her in the new qu artera and the result will be a pleasant surprise to the one who has not tried this plau plan the next net best tiling thing to do says mr flays Is to worm the young pigs there are specialty specially prepared worm capsules that may be used for best results in using these the stomach and intestines of the pigs should be empty of feed ulve give nil the water tile the pigs pig gs want in sonic some cases it Is wise to give a laxative dose of epsom salts in a thin stop slop before putting the nn an emals on thelast the fast this fasting period should last 24 21 hours after which the th medicine Is administered one capsule for a weanling pig and two for tile the larger shoats will do after eight or ten hours give another dose of salts in a thin slop to wash out the worms mr air hays flays says this form of treatment Is bein being followed by progressive ling hog growers in a number of north carolina caronna counties and these men would not attempt to fatten pigs now before treating them especially if there lj any evidence of worms |