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"It may require the second application of dip to abso- 

 lutely free them of scurf, though one good one with a 

 dip used a little strong will generally do the work. Some 

 of the dip companies sell at a reasonable price a small 

 compressed air pump, which is exceedingly handy, and 

 one should be found on every farm. A man can throw 

 one of these over his shoulder and pass through a bunch 

 of hogs or into the hog or poultry quarters and disinfect 

 every crevice. On a big bunch of hogs it would not be 

 a difficult matter to save the price of a good spraying 

 outfit and a five-gallon can of dip in the value of the 

 feed in a single week. A good dip comes nearer per- 

 forming miracles on the skin of an unhealthy hog than 

 anything else that we are familiar with. Five or ten 

 dollars' worth of good dip is the best investment that the 

 average swine breeder can make, because these dips have 

 powerful disinfecting qualities without being skin irri- 

 tants." 



SCOURS 



Various homely farm remedies are utilized for scours 

 in pigs, among them being black walnut bark soaked in 

 the swill barrel ten or 15 hours, or tea from white oak 

 bark, made strong and given to the sows (a pint of it, 

 more or less) once or twice a day in their slop. Sulphur 

 mixed in the slop is often recommended, in doses of a 

 tablespoonful each day for three or four days to each 

 sow. It may be necessary to repeat this treatment after 

 three or four days. The sows should be kept in dry 

 quarters. 



