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Total number of replies 53 



Salt and wood ashes 24 



Coperas 9 



Charcoal 4 



Sulphur 5 



Government formula 2 



Coal 2 



It is noted from the above list of replies that large numbers of 

 farmers attribute the prevention of worms in their herds to the use of 

 good general remedies rather than curing the worms after infection. 

 Still others attribute the prevention of worms to the free use of alfalfa 

 pasture or to the general use of linseed oilmeal. The use of these general 

 remedies is especially to be recommended, especially the salt and ashes, 

 charcoal, coperas, and sulphur, in order to help keep the digestive sys- 

 tem of the pig in good working condition. Salt and wood ashes should 

 be kept before them at all times. This serves to illustrate the value of 

 good care and management, not only for worm prevention but for all 

 other ailments. 



AA^e find the following remedies among the curative class of worm 

 treatments : 



• Worm medicines 7 



Turpentine 6 



Concentrated lye 2 



Coal oil 1 



Crude carbolic acid or carboleum 1 



The treatment that has given the most general satisfaction may be 

 taken from an extract from Bulletin 100 of the Purdue University, 

 which reads as follows: "To destroy the worms or drive them out of 

 the intestines, a number of different drugs can be used. The simplest 

 treatment for intestinal worms is turpentine in milk. The dose given is 

 one teaspoonful of turpentine for every eighty or one hundred pounds 

 of live weight, and is more effective if repeated three days in succession. 

 A mixture of powdered areca nut and worm seed in teaspoonful doses is 

 also recommended. Santonin five grains and calomel three grains, for 

 every eighty pounds of live weight, is a very effective remedy for round 

 worms. All powdered drugs are best given in ground feed, and should 

 be mixed well with it, or each pig will not get the proper dose. In 

 dosing a large number they shovild be divided into small bunches, and 

 each bunch dosed separately. The best results are gotten when the pigs 

 are starved for about twelve hours before giving the remedy, and when 

 a physic is given along with it or immediately after. Castor oil or calo- 

 mel are the physics usually given, especially the latter, as it is very 

 effective, and can be readinly given along with powdered drugs. Turpen- 

 tine need not be followed by a purgative." 



