I OF INTEREST TO FARMERS
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MANGY HOGS
Hog mange has become rather com
mon in Iowa in recent years and is
the cause of much unthriftiness. Hog
mange is the result of a mite, known
as the sarcoptic mange mite. It is an
eight-legged creature, too small to be
observed with the unaided eye. It can
be seen only with a magnifying glass.
This mite burrows or tunnels into the
deeper layers of the hog’s skin where
Its eggs are laid and hatched. As the
mites move about in the skin they
cause inflammation and throw out a
product that dries on the surface and
forms a scab. This causes great irri
tation and the hog often rubs most
of its hair off till raw sores appear
all over the body. The scabs usually
appear first around the eyes, ears, the
nose and at the root of the tail. As
soon as the scabs are seen on these
parts the whole herd should be treat
ed at once.
Mites not only cause the hog to be
come uneasy, but since they burrow
into the deeper layers of the skin
there is danger of infection by disease
producing germs and for that reason
mites are a more serious pest than
lice.
Dipping the hogs in lime-sulphur
solution, having a temperature of 110
degrees P. is an excellent method for
curing mange. Lime-sulphur solution
may be purchased in a concentrated
form and should be used at the rate
of one gallon to 30 to 50 gallons of
water. In hot weather it is best to
use the weaker solution, while in
moderately warm Weather the strong
er solution is preferable. When the
strong solution is used in hot weather
It is aDt to burn the skin.
If the lime-sulphur cannot be pur
chased in solution, the dry powder
may be used by dissolving three
pounds of it in from 10 to 17 gallons
of water. The lime-sulphur is be£t*
used as a dip. As in the case of lice,
the first mange treatment must be
followed by a second to destroy any
mites that may have hatched out in
the meantime.
When a dipping tank is not avail
able and spraying must be resorted to,
perhaps the best remedy for mange is
a solution of one pint of liquor cresol
compound, which may be purchased
at any drug store, in 10 gallons of
waste crank case oil. This is a very
effective mixture when thoroughly
applied and repeated in 10 days.
Once a herd has become infested
With hog mange it is not any easy
matter to so thoroughly clean the
premises as to get rid of the pest with
one swoop. As the hogs go about
rubbing themselves on posts and
fences the mites rub off and remain
attached to the oblect ready to rein
fest other hogs that may come in
contact with them. To avoid diffi
culties of this sort pens and yards
must be thoroughly cleaned and all
walls, partitions, fences and rubbing
posts with which the hogs come in
contact must be sprayed with the
cresol solution, but for that purpose
It should be made twice as strong—
one pint of liquor cresol to five gal
lons of water.
FEED AND CAKE ESSENTIAL
As the chicks begin to show signs
of being “self supporting’’ many
fanciers are prone to disregard the
fact that proper care and feeding
during the summer is just as esen
tial as before, even if it does not
take so much time.
The all-mash system of feeding is
to be recommended to people who are
pressed for time. A well built mash
hopper such as was recently illus
trated in these columns, when filled
with a good ration will do a great deal
toward securing proper growth on
young birds. If young birds are
fnronH to rnctlo fn* o 1 n vrro of
their feed, they will make only slow
growth and the result will be a lot
cf uhdersized pullets for the winter.
Such pullets do not make profitable
winter layers nor will the cockerels
bring satisfactory prices when put o-t
the market.
There are so many good systems of
feeding. Some people prefer to sim
ply feed a good growing mash in a
self-feeder and give the chickens ac
cess to it. They feed grain night and
morning and attend to the watering
and similar chores at the same time
This method of feeding gives good re
sults. The supplying of a satisfac
tory ma*h is the part of the feeding
that is most often overlooked. The
mash is needed as it is the portion of
the ration that should contain animal
protein which is necessary in order
to get a vigorous, well developed fowl.
In addition to a good mash and gram
feed young chickens need lime, either
in the form of pure limestone grits or #
oyster shell. Sharp sand and green
material should always be available.
Plenty of fresh air is an essential.
Sanitation is another point that
must not be overlooked in caring for
the chickens during the summer. If
the brooder houses are cleaned out
once a week and moved two or three
times during the summer, the most
essential points of sanitation will be
taken care of. If it is necessary to
leave the chickens in one location,
then additional care will be necessary
to keep the premises clean. Worms
and other parasites as well as diseases
are murh more apt to spread when
-chicks are reared on ground that
becomes contaminated with drop
pings.
Lice and mites often cause a great
I deal of difficulty. Mites may be abol
ished by thoroughly cleaning cut the
buildings and spraying with a strong
VACCINATE FOK AAFKTY
We should not lose fight of the fact
that cholera is responsible for a heavy
annual death rate In noga. Herd out
breaks of cholera occur every year tn
communities where there is a den>»
hug population It is no: uncommon
f tar the disease to spread tn late sum
mer and In the fall causing a heavy
death rate tn neighboring herds and
•rrtouslv interfering with swine pro
duction in that room unity or mcUoq
of the state
The vaccination of pig* about wean
tag Uwe solves the problem of hog
cholera control Late summer and fail
--solution of creolin or some other
standard dip. Painting the ^roosts,
cracks and similar portions with
crude oil, crank case refuse or any
other similar product will eliminate
most of the mites. Lice may be re
moved by dipping the chicks in a so
lution of sodium flouride. This solu
tion is made by adding one ounce of
sodium floride to one gallon of water.
Dip the chickens in the morning on a
warm day.
It is always important to cull out
all weak chicks. If they are old
enough they should be sent to market.
When they are small it is better to
kill them than to feed and nurse them
along till they die. Often such chicks
carry diseases which hay infect the
remainder of the flock. Culling not
only saves feed and labor but it also
eliminate sources of danger.
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WHY HELP HARD TO KEEP,
If the men who own farms and hire
men could only understand how far
a little timely praise goes toward
helping a man in his work they
would not be quite so stingy about
giving it says a farmer hand of var
ied experiences. I once heard a man
say: “As long as I don't complain
my men may know I am satisfied.
When I am not they hear from me
pretty quick.”. That’s the thing! All
blame but no praise. A quiet word
of commendation when an extra big
day’s work is done or some hard job
is accomplished at a saving of time
and money encourages the worker
and spurs him to do even better next
time. The man who imagines that
he has done his whole duty or com
pletely filled his contract when he
pays just what he agrees to for labor
done is making a mistake. More is
accumpusneu u.v genuine appreciation
and kindness than by hire alone. A
bit of praise goes farther with most
men than the giver ever knows. We
all need encouragement and appreci
ate a good word now and then.
The meanest man I ever worked for
was a farmer whose father left him
a considerable fortur , but the son
let most of it slip through his hands
although he always kept his fingers
closed tightly on the pennies. In
fact, he looked after the pennies so
from him. This man had 19
closely that the dollars got awav
different managers on his place in
14 years. He always made writ
ten contracts with his help, but
they always turned out to be full
of holes through which he could slip
when he pleased. He never praised
anybody. He once told me that to
praise a man for good work made
him proud and put the thought in
his head that he ought to have his
wages raised. The result was that
every man who worked for him soon
became disheartened over his indif
ference and sore over his grumbling
and would never go a step out of his
way to do anything outside of his ex
act duty under his contract. This
brought on hard feelings on both
sides, which nearly always ended in
a quarrel when the man would quit.
Then, almost without exception, the
boss would hold out part of the man’s
wages and it would take a law suit
to get the money. I know he once
discharged a man and refused to pay
him t.hp halanrp nf Viic n?o rroc nf tf'ZJn
The man sued and it cost the boss
$150 in lawyers’ fees and court costs
and he finally had to pay at the end
of three trials. This man’s reputa
tion is such now that he has had
hard work to get anybody to work
for him—in fact, nobody but a stran
ger will go to his place. This is an
extreme case, perhaps and while my
experience is that the great majority
of farmers are just and fair there ar'
too many like my old employer.
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FEEDING SKIM MILK
Under most conditions the price of
butterfat makes many dairymen
hesitate to feed whole milk to their
calves.
Whole milk is nature's food for
the calf, but skimmilk, properly sup
plemented, will, in the light of many
experiments, make a feed equally as
good. Whole milk may make a bet
ter calf than skimmilk, but not nec
essarily a better cow. Skimmilk is
the whole milk after the fat has been
removed by the farm separator. It
must be supplemented with feeds
which are high in energy-giving nu
trients called carbohydrates and fat.
Such supplements are corn meal,
kafir meal, ground barley, and like
feeds. The following ration is one
suggested in the feeding of skimmilk
to calves: ground oats, 1 part;
ground barley, 1 part; wheat bran, 1
part, skimmilk and hay.
Corn meal or kafir meal may be
substituted for the ground barley in
the above grain mixture.
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CALVES NEED MINERALS
Skimmilk and legume hay go a
long ways in supplying enough of
the essential minerals for calves- If
one wants to make certain that the
calcium and phosphorus require
ments of calves are fully met, the
feeding of one or two ounces per
head daily of finely ground sterile
bone meal will suffice. It is con
vient to feed It with the grain. Salt
should be provided after calves are
well accustomed to grain and hay.
Calves under 3 months of age should
never be forced to get the greater
part of their feed from grass.
Sunshine should be mixed liberally
with the ration for growing clucks.
outbreak* of the disease cannot oc
cur if the spring pig crop I* protected !
by vaccination. 11)1* is the only gen
eral disease control measure that cao
be recommended.
The average price of anti-hog
cholera serum and virus is approxi
mately II a 100 e. c. and 100 c. c. U
.mi flic tent to vaccinate three pig*. The
virus U extra and will coat from 3
to ft rents a pig. It is advisable to
have a veterinarian administer the
serum and particularly the virtu, a*
the vim* may cause serious losses
otherwise. It la better to vaccinate
alter the pigs arc weaned.
COLDS
Grippe and Fla
Any cold may end in grippe or flu.
Take prompt action. Take HILL'S at
once. HILL’S breaks a cold in 24 hours,
jgecause it does the four necessary
things at once: Stops the cold, checks
the fever, opens the bowels, tones en
tire system. Colds rarely develop if
HILL’S is on hand to check them at the start.
■They atop quickly when HILL'S is taken later.
Be saiel Get HILL’S in the red box. 30 cents.
' HILL’S
Caseara - Bromide - Quinine
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Character writes itself on a man's
face with indelible ink.
Shock Restored Speech
For 15 weeks after an autonubile
accident William Hunting of Philadel
phia was deprived of his voice, and
tie had Just nbout decided that it was
gone forever when ills little spaniel
brought it back to him. A scratching
noise under Bunting's bod awoke him,
and with tlie thought of burglars in
Ids mind he started to slip cautiously
out of bed. He stepped on something
soft and warm that uttered an ear
splitting howl. Bunting howled, too
His wife came rushing in, followed by
the children—and there stood Bunting
beside the spaniel. “I—1 almost killed
the dog,” lie said. Ids first words in 15
weeks.
Large Cheese Family
There are IS distinct varieties of
cheese and more than 400 names ap
plied to these varieties—usually tlie
names are ndupted from the places In
which the cheese originated—Llm
burger, Neufchatel Roquefort, Cainem
bert, etc. The milk of many different
animals Is used In cheese-making in
various parts of the world. Cow’s
milk Is by no means the only source.
Boats and sheep give their milk for
cheese.—New Age Illustrated.
Shortest Public Railway
The world’s smallest public railway,
a 15-inch gauge type, runs from Rom
ney, through the famous marshes to
Hytlie, Kent, England. Tiie engines,
weighing about eight tons, have a
speed up to 50 miles an hour with 25
coaches. The fare from one end of
the line to the other, a distance of
eight and a half miles, is 25 cents. A
special train can be hired for $3.75.
Bunyan Tercentenary
Preparations are being made for a
national celebration of the three hun
dredth annivershry of the birth of
John Bunyan, which tnkes place tnls
year. A pugeant in honor of the event
will, It Is expected, be performed all
over England.
Sure of That
Alg.v—If you are n thought render,
why do you read my hand instead of
my mind?
Madame—It’s so much easier; 1 can
see at once that you have a hand.—
Tlt-BftS.
Curious
Dad—Yes. sir, my boy, the man wdio
marries my daughter will certainly
get a prize.
Suitor—Would you mind, sir, If I
took a look at it?
“TEX” RICKARD
World Famous Sports Promoter, ivrite*.
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