Show lo 10 M if t CRUDE OIL WILL ERADICATE MANGE water in wallow covered with heavy film mange mang e which has been reported us as infesting hogs la in several localities may be rented most effectively by applications of crude petroleum fuel oil coal tar dip or almi tind nn sulphur dip says dr R F of the veterinary department of tile the colorado agricultural ri college the methods used in applying such preparations include dipping spraying hand dressing or the use of nied dented wallows doctor bourne says buys cement wallows which provide for three or four indies inches of liquid with allowance for a rise in level when the pigs tire are occupying them have anve proved satisfactory in warm weather wallows should be charged with water only until the pigs become accustomed to using them then for a day or or two tile the water may be covered with a henvy heavy film of crude oil this routine should be repented repeated as often as necessary to control the disease wallows should be in a shaded place to avold avoid the water becoming too warm to be inviting cpr spraying a yan with fuel oil or applying it t with a garden sprinkling can in which the ope openings aings have been enlarged often gives relief at less expense flange ange in hogs resembles itch or marxe mange in other animals and Is caused by a similar minute mite which lives exclusively upon and within the skin of hogs although sometimes temporarily pora por rily arlly affecting other animals and man the females measure onty onsy shout about one fiftieth of an inch in length while the males are still smaller the female burrows into the skin and travels for a considerable distance under the surface by excavating a tunnel within which lier her essa eggs are deposited tills this migration causes intense itching and results in much scratching and rubbing which together with the direct effects of the invasion causes loss of hair thickened inflamed and often furrowed and scabby lesions of the skin shin tile condition spreads to other hogs hoga by contact contac t tin and probably also by bv infested pens the mites being able to live away from their host for several weeks in some cases the lie progress of the disease Is rapid and the effects severe while in other instances the disease Is only mildly irritating and spreads slowly it Is usually most noticeable ti in unthrifty animals or in those kept in unsanitary crowded quarters |