Show DIPPING HOGS IN GOOD disinfectant IS RELIABLE REMEDY FOR VERMIN AND MANGE MANGEI X 4 t V goo 4 k A k it I 1 A A to A HEALTHY BUNCH OF YOUNG PORKERS prepared by br the united stat apart department of the destruction of vermin Is of lm im in the production of swine practically nil savine ao nil infested to a certain degree with the common hog louse and unless the animals arc are freed froia from this pest it ts is apt to retard their growth although Ut hough lice rony may nut not bo be aba th enu anaw sk of death still their ence lowers tho the vitality of tho the hog and predisposes him to attack from arora infectious one of the first requisites til in nn an outbreak of sholem Is to put the hoga bogs in ns as perfect a physical condition ns as bf and it Is also obvious that the animals should lie be in perfect health in n order to fatten vapidly and economically common swine pests lice are common pests posts among smine and nd vigorous and persistent treatment Is 13 required to eradicate them thu tho farnum should frequently examine his boss hogs about the ears banks and insider insides of the tl legs to 0 sea o if they are louy lousy the ike may inay bo be readily seen traveling nR among tho tile bristles particularly ip the tile palls just mentioned the eggs or lilts ailts are email small white onal bodies attached to the bristles dipping daem not as a rule destroy the vitality of eggs swine should be dipped in order to kill the lice mut batch out of the eggs after the previous oil dipping these lice are ore bloodsucking parn altes and by biting tho hag and anti sucking blood they couso cause a in at do de A of skin irritation furthermore kur ther they net act aa as a drain on the vital ity of tho the hog through the loss of blo they abstract aca nhen lousy hog Is usually restless and rubs posts and other convenient oba the coat looks and find harsh T A pest Is transmitted from frim one to mother another by direct contact or by coo can tact aith infected bidding bedding or quarters mange one of the most common of ekin skin diseases disease ge Is caused by a mite aich feeds on the slin skin it Is much more common and severe on young stock than on the older animals nl at mature animals as well as the oung are re ile 11 cly to become affected if it the disease 1 Is introduced into tho the herd Is characterized by the formation 0 crusty on tho the face and neck and alone along the back and in case cases the mite may bo be found on an adv part of the body tho the hair Is stiff and erect ahing the pig a very unthrift all deuly purchased stock should be tie examined for lice ond and other sk ekin in disca disease seq and if any are found the hog should bo be treated before he Is turned with the rest test of the herd dipping to destroy vermin to tree free hogs from vermin they should lie ile dipped dipp two or more times at Intel Als of about tiso weeks preferably 35 23 to 30 20 daj day for lice schrill may be required beare beti re corn con eradication Is accomplished do not riot fall nt at the iame time to clean and disinfect thoro highly the tho steeping leeping i arar tem cresol compound U S 8 11 may be used for dipping and disinfecting for dipping mil mix the proportion of one gallon to allone of water for dis infecting in the proportion of it three gallons to gallons of water rater coal tar stock dips and clock dil adlis a roay may also be used to treat hogs bogs for lice for vor uso use they are diluted with water in accordance with milli direction directions supplied by the cresol compound coal tar dins and nl clotin otin dofie may be purchased fd at the drug ebare to for mange crude pet in is more elective the ordinary sto etol t dips it ie idled destruct destructive he to lice the tat vat iray may ir ay W b filled with the oil ou or half filled gitil after before the oil Is added if drift otte dalming does not effect a cure the trea treatment should be repeated in ono one or two weeks UM use of f crude petroleum owing to the great variation in the composition of crude petroleum from roin different localities and the granle la in burlous effects of come some crude oils than of bothem crude petroleum it of ft a kind not husni before be tested on a few animals before extensive treatment Is undertaken animals treated with bruile petroleum be provided with plenty of elude ana water they should not be dipped flipped in all ollai lb very cold or fir ury try wina warm weather one of tint tho best Tarie tice of oil for me use on live stock Is beaumont nc Bet cram petroleum aj oils oil of simil tir composition are more likely to be thai those which vary widely wt lely from it it TL y i re ire am n fi ti iloff lows colfle gravity from 22 A to 2 21 1 A do gram gre blaume 40 per cent of the ho bulk buix boiling bennem WO degrees and degrees C au 1 to 1 per cent of sulphur another remedy for mango mange la Is lime alphur solution this remedy la Is nol no highly effective in destroying lice it must bo be used warm degrees I 1 and tho hogs should be dipped twice nn interval between ot of seven to ten days lime ume sulphur dip may be purchased in concentrated form or it may be prepared at homo home ua as follows slake ten pounds of quick lime bilth ith sufficient water to wake make a thin paste and fair in ai funds p of fine sulphur flowers fl owera or flour boll jill mixture for two hours in 25 2 ot 01 30 X gallons att at of matir war allow it tho sediment to ni lit tie in a tub or barrel dra dran of oc ha he luto into tho the vat carefully avoid disturbing the sediment diment ec and add euf gut belert nann water to ranke make gal luna ions the dipping solution in the mit at tuny bo be maintained it at the tile proper tern pera ture by brought by pipe or ho hoo froin fr a boll boiler durable vat dipping at ate made of various but the idoft durable la Is cenie the vat hould be set in Q the ite anund boand at a convening conven int place there Is good surface drainage awny away from tho the vat A suitable etze size for a vat in aich to dip hogs la Is 10 feet long at tho he top 8 feet lone long at the bottom I 1 1 ade wido nt at the bott bottom otia and nd 2 at feet I 1 ide at the top it should be deep enough so that tae hogs m III be immersed la in the dip and will not riot strike the batom b artom 0 of abo vat wl en ell they plunge if it possible the vat auld hauld bo be eo so that a st 3 0 inch drain ripe moy lead franj the bottom at 0 the bat at tc te facilitate emptying end and denning cleaning otherwise it ie Is necessary nece seary to pump or dip out the contents at of the vat in enter order to clean it do not we wie old filthy dip but clean and re charge the vat before dipping acain again if the tup has ha become alry birly or if it haa has stood a lone long time 1 ju I the the end where here the hogs enter should be perpendicular and the entrance should alx lx been on a the other end should alope grad cro duall urill with clenta to provide footholds foot holde for the ho bof emerging afta dipping t dipping vat Is very useful ft a i large number of bogs hogs are kept |