Show ROUND WORMS IN SWINE HARMFUL injury Is often so great pigs never recover the common round worms ot of swine are known as tl ey are commonly spoken of among veterinarians and as ascends but most swine producers speak of them only as round worms of swine the large round worms of swine at tain a length of as much as 12 inci es the average size ranges from 6 to 12 inches and these borins worms are about one elg I 1 th inch in diameter they are pinkish in color when young pigs are v very ery tiet heively vily infested with round worms the larvae small worms which find their way to the lungs in large numbers set up a cond tion of the lungs which Is often spoken of as chuml s tl TI is Is a form of pneumonia and Is often severe enough to stunt the pigs to such an extent they never denel develop op pr perly many of these pigs will linger for several weeks after severe round worm infestation and dpn up n their death or being killed if the lungs are examined much evidence of the inva slon of the lanae 1 inae stage of the round worm will be found the injury Is so great with many young pigs that they never dever entirely recover As the worm norm e eg g s 3 batch out in the intestinal tract of the pig the small larvae are taken up by the blood stream where they go to the liver and then to the lungs where they remain long enough to set up an tion which Is often severe enough to develop into pneumonia after a short stay in the lungs the larvae travel up the trachea or windi ipe and are res vallord and then after find ing their way to the intestines of ti tie e pig develop into full size worms this requires about two and one half monti montt s it Is estimated that a full grown fe male round worm in 10 the intestines of the hog may produce as many as 60 eggs from this it Is evident how areat the contamination of hog bards ards and quarters must us t be after a number of worm infested pigs ha haie e been kept to in them tor for several weeks tl TI e eggs egg s of the round worms arp are very restate resl stent nt to we lither conditions and to many chemicals it is riot known just how long the eggs will re main alive but it Is safe to conclude that the majority of worm eg eggs s will remain alive tor for more than one year under ordinary farm condition conditions pound worm eggs are resistant to many chemicals this is due to the tact fact that they are encased in a tough gelatinous membrane or capsule in order to destroy these round worm e eggs gs it Is nece necessary scary to use some caus tic material which will dissolve this membrane coi covering ering the best product that we know of for this purpose Is concentrated lye which should be used in boiling water one po pound und to each ten gallons of boiling water this solution will rill destroy practically all round worm or other worm eggs wibb which it comes in contact feed separately ewes with twins or triplets ewes with twins or triplets really need more feed than a ewe with rith a sin gle lamb and if you can go to the trouble of feeding them separately you will find it a great I 1 elp in making twins aa as good as singles give these twin and triplet raisers all the grain they will clean up in a few minutes twice dally daily and all the clover or al at falfa falta they wint also these twin and triplet lambs need a creep an 1 caal feed more than single lambs A good creep feed f r young limbs Is first bran and oil meil mixed add ground oats then gr und corn in a short time they will eat whole oats but one must grind the corn for a long time creep fed laubs go to market earlier grade higher weigh more and worry their mothers less they will pay a mighty good price for the grien gr ain they eat hogging off clops ten years peas and corn hive been biown for hogging off at the edgeley substation north dakota the cash returns per acre from tie peas ranged from to 82 corn 90 to in four bearb u returns from were not great enough to show a profit in the ott er aix 1 years the profit ranged from 1 99 to 20 2028 28 per acre the dilly ga n per hog on peas was from 90 to I 1 I 1 I 1 pounds on corn 1 ag to 17 pounds in five years peas produced more port than corn animals for breeding proper fee feeing I 1 ng is N very ery in t but it Is by no means the aly tl ti n for tl e tarn farn er to consider crop bree hn ling Is at least of equal importance with feeding it Is a well recognized fact at adiong iono breeder of registered live st 1 cl I and feeders feeder of experience bulgin from tl it e small percentage of r ure bred stock we have in this country how ever it Is but fair to e that the majority of live the st cl producers do not appreciate the value of improved j blood for breeding purposes |