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Show SODA LYE IS NOT A GOOD WORM REMEDY i Has No Value as Cure or Preventive, Pre-ventive, According to Government Gov-ernment Specialists. i (Prepared by the Unltt-d States Department Depart-ment ut Agriculture.) That soda lye has no value either us u remedy for, or a preventive of, worms infesting hogs Is the conclusion of specialists of the department of agriculture based upon lOVMtlgltlODJ recently made. It Is also said that this material Is not likely to he of value against similar intestinal parit- I sites In other animals. In the tests that were made by de- , pertinent specialists, hogs were fed : dally with the todl lye mixed In their food In accordance with the directions printed on a luhel of u coinnierclul I sample tested. As a result It was found that the 1 hogs remained Infested throughout the period of treatment i months and thut the extent of Infestation wus lu- creased rather thun decreased. While the efficacy of soda lye against worms parasitic In other animals ani-mals was not tested, It Is probable, says the department, thut it has no value. The digestive tract of sheep Is much more complex than that of hogs, and It is probable that u drug having no apparent effect on worms In the comparatively simple digestive tract of hogs would be equally unsatisfactory In the cuse of sheep uud other ruminants. rum-inants. Manufacturers of sodn lye are wurned to remove lubel on which are printed unwarranted claims that the product has remedial or preventive powers against worms, or render themselves them-selves liable under the provisions of the insecticide uct of 1010. |