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marked tenderness on being pressed over the loins with 

 the fingers as it would if the weakness of the hind quar- 

 ters was due to a sprain or to rheumatism of the loins. 

 Occasionally hogs may suffer from the presence of one 

 or more worms in the kidneys ; but the ailment is rarely 

 fatal, becoming so only after a long time of suffering 

 resulting in a degeneration of one or both kidneys. It 

 is almost impossible to diagnose the presence of worms 

 in the kidneys of hogs, except by chance through a micro- 

 scopic examination of the urine. If worms are found in 

 the kidneys of a hog that has died or been slaughtered 

 for food it may then be reasonably supposed that other 

 hogs of the same herd not acting normal are infected 

 with worms of the same species. 



Tkeatment : Teaspoonful doses of Turpentine in milk 

 three times a week is the only treatment I could recom- 

 mend. Preventive measures is the only practical method 

 of treating a disease of this nature. Give your hogs pure 

 water and food. Disinfect pens occasionally and keep 

 them clean. 



LICE ON HOGS 

 Dip, spray or scrub your hogs with some good Coal 

 Tar disinfectant, but whatever remedy is used it should 

 be applied more than once which, of course, causes con- 

 siderable work where there is a large number of hogs 

 infested, unless dipped, which is more quickly done. 

 The reason for repeated applications being necessary is 

 that although the lice which hogs pick up from the 

 ground, bedding and rubbing places, may be killed by 

 first application, it often does not affect the nits, which 

 remain intact and hatch within a week or ten days. A 

 new crop of Lice appears on the hog from this source. 

 Eemove all manure and bedding from pens and sheds 

 and burn it. Disinfect floors and spray sides of shed, 

 pens and rubbing places with disinfectants, one part to 

 seventy-two parts of water, once a month and you will 

 be handsomely repaid for your labor. 



