180 SECOND THOUSAND QUESTIONS IN AGRICULTURE 



she walks, she holds up one leg. I noticed on inside of leg about the 

 knee two natural looking holes that seem to keep moist. 



Wash leg off thoroughly with warm soap and water and examine 

 to see if there is a foreign body, such as a nail or splinter, lodged in it. 

 Paint affected part daily with tincture of iodine. Give internally one 

 dose of four ounces Epsom salts. 



Stomach Tumor in Sow. 



After a sow died we found a growth nearly the size of a person's 

 head in her stomach. This seemed to be rather hard and like gristle 

 with a red streak through it. It seemed to have grown from the 

 large intestine. 



The hard growth you mention was a tumor. These growths 

 appear without apparent cause and do no damage until they interfere 

 mechanically with the vital functions. 



Hog's Feet Crack. 



/ find several of my hogs, running on alfalfa, have sore feet which 

 crack up and bleed and get so lame they cannot walk. The hoofd 

 become a pinkish, red color. 



The trouble is caused by the bacillus necrophoras. This germ 

 lives in water and mud, contamination of which produces the trouble 

 you have. Give animals internally ten grains potassium nitrate for 

 each 100 pounds live weight, two or three times daily in feed. Make 

 animals stand in three per cent solution creolin for five to ten 

 minutes twice a day. Disinfect mud holes and wallows with a five per 

 cent solution creolin. 



Boar Weak in Legs. 



A boar 14 months old, has been weak in the legs for the past three 

 weeks. We feed skim milk, steamed barley, middlings, charcoal. 



The boar's trouble is digestive. Give him four ounces Epsom salts. 

 Have the following put up in twelve powders and give one powder 

 three times daily: Dried iron sulphate, one drachm; quinine sulphate, 

 one-half drachm; nux vomica, one and one-half drachms; gentian 

 root, three drachms; potassium nitrate, one and one-half drachms. 



Erysipelas in Hogs. 



We have lost hogs from what some veterinaries call "cholera," 

 some call it "erysipelas" some "pneumonia." What does your veterinary 

 say about the symptoms of "erysipelas" in hogs? 



Erysipelas in hogs takes three forms. (1) Urticaria, the mildest 

 form. After 1-2 days there is a general disturbance of health. There 

 are sharp circumscribed swellings on various parts of the body dark 

 red or violet in color. The center may become pale, but the borders 

 retain their bright color. The temperature may rise up to 109 F. 



