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WHOSE HOG? Usually this is an appropriate question. Few hogs arc 

 free from lice just take a look for yourself, back of the 

 ears, along the neck and under the breast; they are there by right of 

 squatter sovereignty. You may think it is your hog, but unless you get 

 up and act for the protection of your property, the lice will keep on sucking 

 and multiplying, and it will be nobody's hog before long. A louse is always 

 unprofitable, wherever you find it. The louse isn't the only blood-sucker 

 and robber. While the louse is working on the outside, there are hosts of 

 other parasite robbers busily alive on the inside, seeing which can make 

 most wages at the trade. You will find a good collection of pictures of 

 these fellows in the rogue's gallery, page 204. You can judge for yourself 

 which is the handsomest Pin Worm, Thread Worm, Round Worm, Kidney 

 Worm, Tape Worm, Trichina Worm, etc., etc. But here is one fact that 



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covers them all, along with all external parasites they cause nine-tenths 

 of all swine losses, all unthriftiness, all succumbing to cholera, pneumonia, 

 and such dreaded plagues. 



WHAT'S TO Fortunately, this is an easy question to answer. While 

 BE DONE? lice and worms are responsible for most of the losses in 

 swine raising, these two classes of parasites can be positively eliminated 

 from the livestock business with a little commonsense attention. But, one 

 at a time, please: 



LICE You will see the nits in all stages of incubation matted on hairs 

 back of the ears, on neck, breast, etc. If you haven't a dipping tank 

 or wallowing vat, go after the lice with a spray pump, or a sprinkling can; 

 or even a scrub broom, dipped in Conkey's Nox-i-cide Dip and Disinfectant 

 11 to a pail of water. Go over every part of the body; for the lice will 

 try to hide away; and if you leave any part untouched, they will multiply 

 rapidly and soon be swarming again over all the animal's body. With the 



