Show a ar s. Mangy Hogs Not K 1 in mft Much Demand To Obtain Top Price Feeders Feed Feed- ers l Must lust Have Animals Free of Disease Prepared b by the United States Department of or Agriculture The raising and marketing of ot hogs hobs Is now a more profitable enterprise than It ft has hns been for a number of years ears On June 25 the price of hogs In fn the Chicago market ranged from 1355 to 1500 a hundred pounds Swine growers and feeders e ers are Interested Interested interested Inter Inter- ested In ht getting the top price It Is Important then that the animals reach the buyer In good condition well finished and especially free of ot disease I Depreciation in value The United States Department of Agriculture calls culls attention to the depreciation de do- Predation In market marlet value of animals affected with skin skia disorders It frequently frequently fre fre- fre- fre happens that hogs hobs with man mange e eare are allowed to reach the tile market mall et This condition often affects growth and fattening lIn and 1 makes mala s the animals less desirable The carcasses of such hogs have an unsightly appearance the cuts of pork are are- reduced In value niue and andIn andIn andin In some cases It Is necessary to remove remove remove re re- re- re move the entire skin in order to make the meat salable Hogs affected with mange range in n the advanced ance 1 stage are ale condemned condemned condemned con con- as unfit for f food od under the thc federal meat ln Inspection regulations It ItIs ItIs Is only reasonable for the packer pucker to pay less than market quotation for mangy mang hogs or refuse to buy them at any price Hog mange is Js caused by like Insect-like parasites called mites The sores Inthe Inthe in inthe the earl early stage are found on the the head hend around the eyes nose and ears and from rora these parts they spread according accordIng accord- accord Ing ng to the activities of ot the mites until the hc entire skin Is In Involved d Prevent Mange Mango Mange range may be prevented by keeping the hogs In clean pens or pastures away from l filthy thy wallow holes and b by Jie tle use of ot or rubbing posts C n de QU pit 9 petroleum Is effective In n keeping seeping the Ine animals tree free of bf l parasites ln Including lu mange mites re are re various t types of ot hog pliers fillers on on the thema market ma t a simple l home bu ou ll r ma may ma y be arranged by y g a u post firmly In the ground gro ld and wrapping It securely secure secure- ly lv g gunny sack Back Oil Is poured over be e post from time to time to keep the cloth loth saturated If It a clean cement wallow Y Is provided the oil oU may be poured on the water and In this Wa way reach the skins of the animals A Asand Asand Asand sand wallow may be utilized also ulso In sections where hog lots are sandy A space about 20 feet sq square square is s provided with side boards 8 to 10 Inches high the space filled with clean sand and the oil spread over the sand The hogs will get the benefit of ot the oil oU In the sand bath The sand Band should be changed from time to time otherwise some of It ma may become hard If the herd has become affected with mange dipping will be found effective In destroying ln the mites Full Information Information information tion concerning mange Its prevention and treatment Is 16 given In Farmers' Farmers Bulletin F 1055 a copy of ot which will willbe willbe be furnished as long as the supply lasts upon application to the United States Department of or Agriculture Washington D D. D C. C |