146 Treatment For Worms 



thick middlixig slop or preferably skim milk, repeat for 4 or 5 morn- 

 ings, giving % the normal feed 15 hours before each dose. Follow the 

 last dose with 2 tablespoonsful of epsom of salts for each 100 pounds 

 of weight given in middling slop. The treatment should be repeated in 

 10 days. 



Formulae 3 



Oil of caenopodum {oil of the American worm seed.) 

 (Dose) One teaspoonful for each 75 to 100 pounds live weight. 

 Smaller pigs should be given a dose in proportion to the weight. 



(Directions) With this treatment starve the pigs for 24 hours and 

 give no water. Then give the above dose in 2 to 4 tablespoonfuls (1 to 

 2 ounces) of castor oil. Oil of chenopodum should always be given in 

 castor oil, and treat each pig separately. To do this do not drench 

 since they may get the drugs in the lungs and capsules should be avoided 

 since they sometimes lodge in the pharynx and cause irritation if not 

 swelling of the throat, but take a long handled iron spoon or syringe and 

 with a hog mouth gag, hold the mouth open and place the oils well back on 

 the tongue, removing the gag each time the oils are released. The hog 

 should be held by a rope and not set up on the hams while the medi- 

 cine is being given. (See cut on how to hold with a rope, page 154). 

 This insures the proper dose to each pig, is cheap, safe, and takes less 

 time than the turpentine treatment. One dose is sufficient. In 10 days 

 it should be repeated. The pigs may be fed in 3 to 5 hours after re- 

 ceiving the oils. 



Formulae 4 



Powdered copper sulphate {blue stone.) 



(Dose) 1 level teaspoonful for each pig weighing 100 pounds. 



(Directions) After the pigs have had no feed for 24 hours, give 

 the above dose in a thick middling and cracked corn slop. Feed no more 

 slop than is necessary. Divide the pigs in lots of five and treat each 

 lot separately. Give 2 doses 12 hours apart and repeat in ten days. 

 After the second dose of each treatment, give in 10 hours, 2 tablespoon- 

 fuls of epsom salts in a thick slop, for each 100 pounds of live weight. 

 The caustics as copperas and blue stone have been held by some to irri- 

 tate the intestines and make the animals unthrifty, to say the least. For- 

 mulas one, two and three can be' purchased fox less thgn the price 



