Show DESTROY VERMIN BEFORE WINTER prepared by th united state department of agriculture the fall months are a highly d time for cleaning up lice on farm animals thi timely reminder Is made by specialists of the bureau of animal indu try united states depart of agriculture they point oui that lice on horses cattle and other farm animals are generally most brou trou in winter but at that time et cathe treatment Is very difficult hence it s important to free live stock of lice before cold weather seta in in northern areas of the united states the winter months are general ly too cold for ife dipping or spray ing which are the two most effective methods of freeing animals of lice dusting powders are of fowe value during cold weather in holding para bites in check but such powders are not considered dependable remedies consequently it Is advisable to utilize utilise period of mild weather during the fall to delouse farm animals the effect of both the biting and the tucking varieties of lice Is to annoy live stock thus interfering with their feeding rest and comfort sucking lice also baue some loss of blood foi cattle and horses government specialists cia lists recommend arsenical dips coal tar creosote dips or nicotine elins for dipping hogs crude petroleum and coal tar creosote dips are ef it Is important to tre it all the an emals ao 10 a herd even though some animals appear to be free ot lice if only part of the herd la treated the para rites may spread by contact from one to another even a few lice on an unsuspected animal may rein test the entire herd accordingly thoroughness Is essential 11 directions for preparing and using dips are in bulletins on the subject the following anny be obtained on ap to the department of agri culture washington D barmess bar meis bulletins F cattle lice and how to eradicate them 1080 iio lice and hog minge and 1493 F lice mange and licis of horses and methods of control and bradica Era dica alon blue grass superior crop for pasturing bluegrass Is a good early spring ind inte fall posture but poor in sum tier at its best it will not carry as many pigs to the acre as alfilda clover or rape and they need more protein feed with it winter rye also good fall and early spring pasture usually hogs can pasture it opell rape Is ready it they are taken off in time a grain crop can be had the same season sweet cloer Is becoming more pop alir tor late fall and early spring pis luring it Is not as good as ard red clover and the bogs may not take to it at first like alfalfa except more pronounced the soil for sweet clover must be sw beet it it Is not pastured heally enough to keep it down tweet clover will get woody and tough soy beans do not last long as a pas ture crop because they do not grow after maturing blisters harmless to hogs says specialist those butchering often notice gas bubbles on the small intestines these always are found near the thin membrane which attaches the intes tube to the upper part of the abdomen the blisters vary from the dze of a small pea to that of a hazel nut pathologists call this condition intestinal emphysema the most tenable theory Is that the blisters are produced by gas forming bacteria which thrive in the intestinal wall arites dr L lan in the kansas farmer the condition Is harmless to the animals and in no way renders the meat or other products of such ani mals unwholesome daily ration of corn and skim milk for hogs th dally ration for hogs will vary greatly depending on both age and weight just after weaning pigi should receive not to exceed four to elx pounds of skim milk to each or corn 50 to pounds should get two and u halt to oliree pounds of skim milk to one pound 0 corn pigs weighing to pounds should get two to two and one half pounds of skim milk to one pound of corn pigs weighing over boundo should get but one to one and one half pound of skim ellk to one pound of corn old sowa should probably recene een a smaller proportion of slim milk to corn on rape an acre of rape will carry between 15 ind 20 when a patch Is pastured heavily it will freshen up if the pigs are taken out for a few days but it should not be allowed to get too coarse several 1 patches cowed ten days apart in the spring and then pastured in rotation will good pasture all through the sea eon in the northern elates rape mixed with oata and peas Is a cum anon combination it Is a crop that a be mixed with corn A 1 it i 1 |