414 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Mr. Mustard. I want to finish my remarks regarding the quantity of crystal- 

 ized carbo'ic acid to be given. Ten drops is sufficient to physic a hog, and perhaps 

 four or five drops would be about right for shoats weighing 100 pounds, and two 

 or three drops for a pig. If you see a hog grunting around you may be sure it is 

 effected with worms. 



Mr. Williams. I agree with Mr. Mustard in his remarks. Take two gallons of 

 water and add crystalized acid as you want it. 



Mr. Mustard. In using crude carbolic acid, I take a two-gallon sprinkler and 

 put a cupful of the acid in and pump it full of water. It is heavier than water, and 

 sinks to the bottom, and will require shaking. I put it on the hogs when eating. 

 It destroys insects, and if there are any sores on the hogs it will heal them up* 

 Coal oil is excellent for killing insects, but will make the sores worse. I sprinkle 

 the house and beds in the spring as soon as the sows faiTOw in the bed where they 

 sleep. To clean these out, the carbolic acid should be administered a week before 

 farrowing. If you put this in a day or so before the sow farrows, it does not have 

 time to evaporate, and is too severe for the little fellows. 



President Thomas. My observation about slop is, if you have hogs running on 

 bine-grass or timothy the bowels become somewhat constipated, and sour slop is 

 helpful, while those running on clover do not require it. I do not have any faith 

 in those hog cholera remedies. It is money to the proprietor, and that is all there 

 is in it. A drnggist told me that a Detroit house analyzed this Haas remedy, and 

 had it also analyzed by the chemist of the Agricultural Department at Washing- 

 ton, who said they had the right solution of the matter, and went to manufactur- 

 ing the medicine, with the addition of carbolic acid, and put up packages just 

 twice as large as Haas' $1.00 package, which they sold for 75 cents, resulting in 

 the reduction of Haas' price. These patent medicines are all humbngs. 



I. N. Barker, of the Committee on Programme, made the following report : 



PROGRAMME. 



1. " Winter Management of Breeding Swine," James Mustard. Broad Eipple* 

 Indiana. 



2. " How to Secure the Best Growth on Pigs without Breaking Them Down in 

 the Feet," S. E. Hollingsworth, Bicknell, Ind. 



3. "A Breeder's Observation on Judging at the Fairit," T. M. Keveal, Cler- 

 mont, Ind. 



4. "Swine Breeding in Indiana," James M. Dye, Sheridan, Ind. 



5. "Is it Detrimental to Brood Sows to Bun on Clover before Farrowing?" G. 

 N. Helms, McCordsville, Ind. 



6. " The Best Hog for the Farmer," Jasper Heck, Waldron, Ind. 



7. " Value of Boot Crops and Vegetables in Swine Feeding," W. C. Williams, 

 Knightstown, Ind. 



8. " What are the Successful Qualifications of a Successful Swine Breeder?" 

 Thomas Moritz, Mt. Comfort, Ind. 



