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230 Missouri Agricultural Report. 



meal, tankage or bloodmeal. If hogs need medicine or a condition 

 powder, one can compound it much cheaper than the stock food 

 company, and besides, one will not have to pay for advertising. A 

 very good condition powder is the "government hog remedy," which 

 is compounded as follows : 



Wood charcoal 1 pound 



Sulphur 1 " 



Sodium chloride (common salt) 2 " 



Sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) 2 " 



Sodium hyposulphate 2 



Sodium sulphate 1 



Antimony sulphide (black antimony) 1 " 



Dose : Large tablespoonf ul once a day for each 200 pounds live 

 weight. Mix well with the feed, and feed in the form of slop. 



This remedy is very good for dispelling worms, and is also a 

 good digestion corrector. Another very good and cheap condition 

 powder, that can be used more generally, is the following: 



Ashes 10 pounds 



Salt 1 pound 



Sulphur 8 ounces 



Lime 2 pounds 



Copperas 1 ounce 



Charcoal 3 pounds 



Pulverize and mix thoroughly. Keep in a box where the hogs 

 can have constant access to it, or give small amounts along with 

 the feed. 



Hogs seem to have a craving for ashes and charcoal, due to the 

 lack of the proper amount of mineral ash in the usual ration that is 

 fed them, and it can be very cheaply supplied in this way. Professor 

 Henry found in an experiment conducted by himself that it re- 

 quired 629 pounds of corn meal to make 100 pounds gain when 

 ashes were not fed, as compared with 491 pounds when they were 

 fed. A mixture of charcoal, ashes, salt, and sulphur should always 

 be kept where the hog may have access to it. 



A constant guard should always be kept against vermin, as it 

 costs more to feed mange and lice than it does hogs. For mange, 

 use equal parts of sulphur and lard, with just enough kerosene to 

 make into a paste. 



For lice in the winter, nothing is better than just ordinary 

 keronsene squirted with a small can along the back and behind the 

 ears. Crude oil is also good. If used in the spring or summer, the 



