Show RAVAGES OF WORMS CAUSE GREAT LOSS infested hogs make gains slowly if at all iowa station gives good remedy A great loss on all farms where hogs are raised results from the ravages of worms great as are the losses from hog cholera it would not be a very wild assertion to state that even greater losses accrue from worms I 1 hogs infested with worms gain slowly it if at all using up most of their energy in coughing instead of using it for growth and fattening furthermore they are kept in such a weakened condition that they are more susceptible cep tible to diseases including hog cholera and it may be sandwith said with much confidence that hog worms are the forerunners of disease they cause disastrous results only where they are are permitted to go unmolested it Is not a difficult matter to rid a herd of hogs of them and many useful remedies have been recommended onlin om alie the iowa experiment station has recently offered a simple remedy that will expel worms from hogs with much certainty the formula is live five grains areca nut three drams adrams calomel three grains and sodium bicarbonate one dram this amount constitutes a dose for a pound houna pig twice as much should bo be used for a pound pig while half as much should be used for a 50 pound rig pig success from the use of this formula depends upon withholding from the pigs all feed for at least 18 hours before feeding the mixture tomake to make certain that all worms are expelled the dose should be repeated in a week or ten days if all of the ingredients cannot be secured at the drug store a substitute la in the form of seven grains of and seven grains of calomel for each pounds of live weight may be used with success adminta administering it in the same same manner jug suggested for the complete formula |