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October  7,  191G. 
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If  any  of  your  horses  are  thin,  listless,  dull  eyed,  rough  coated,  off-feed, 
bite  the  manger,  or  rub  tails  against  the  stall,  look  out  for  worms.  These 
parasites  cause  indigestion,  sap  the  vitality  and  impair  health  and  strength. 
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j  a  day  for  each  hog  or  sheep; 
one-third  of  a  cent  for  each  horse, 
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1  in  packages  of  10  lbs.,  20  lbs.,  40 
lbs.,  100  lbs.,  200  lbs..  300  lbs  — 
never  loose  or  by  the  pound. 
Live  Stock  Notes 
“  Hogging  Down”  Corn 
Cut  below  shows  a  drove  of  bogs  in  the 
cornfield,  where  they  are  harvesting  the 
crop.  The  plan  of  “hogging  down”  corn 
has  come  to  be  very  popular  iu  many 
places,  where  hired  help  is  hard  to  ob¬ 
tain.  In  such  localities  the  hog  comes 
forward  as  a  hired  man.  and  it  must 
he  said  that  he  does  a  good  job  at  it. 
On  such  farms  the  corn  is  planted  and 
cared  for  iu  the  usual  way,  and  a  cover 
crop  of  rye  and  clover  may  be  seeded  at 
the  last  cultivation.  The  Spring  shotes 
are  run  in  a  clover  or  Alfalfa  pasture 
until  the  corn  is  about  ready  to  be  cut 
into  the  silo,  or  just  before  it  would  be 
eut  for  husking.  Then  the  pigs  are 
turned  right  into  the  cornfield,  provided 
with  water,  and  tankage  or  bran  in  a 
self-feeder,  and  left,  alone.  They  make 
themselves  right  at  home,  break  down 
Rickets 
I  have  a  grade  Holstein  heifer  calf,  six 
months  old,  that  has  always  been  Avell 
until  three  weeks  ago.  She  has  always 
run  loose  in  a  pen,  a  door  from  which 
leads  to  adjoining  henhouse.  The  door 
being  left  open  a  few  minutes,  two  hens 
got  in  pen  with  calf.  She  was  either 
scared  of  them  or  playing,  for  a  few 
minutes  later  we  found  her  doubled  up  in 
a  heap  on  the  floor,  in  one  corner.  Upon 
trying  to  get  her  up  we  found  she  had 
lost  the  use  of  her  hind  legs.  By  liftiug 
her  up  behind  we  can  keep  her  on  her 
feet  as  long  as  we  stay  with  her.  She 
eats  and  drinks  as  well  as  ever.  When 
standing,  her  back  right  in  front  of  her 
hips  is  rounded  up  oiid  inflexible.  When 
lying  down,  a  shudder  keeps  going  over 
her  all  the  time,  but  is  not  nearly  so  had 
as  at  first.  Her  front  knees  are  quite 
sore  and  stiff  from  lying  down  so  much 
and  struggling  to  get  up.  We  keep  deep 
litter  under  her  and  pads  on  Inr  knees, 
but  she  works  them  off.  Do- you  think 
A  Drove  of  Hogs  Harvesting  the  Corn  Crop 
the  stalks  of  corn,  and  eat  up  the  grain 
and  a  large  part  of  the  stalk.  They 
work  systematically  right  through  the 
field,  and  when  the  ground  freezes  up 
it  will  he  found  that  they  have  cleaned 
up  the  crop,  leaving  the  stalks  smashed 
down  to  the  ground  and  largely  con¬ 
sumed. 
When  the  cornfield  is  handled  with 
judgment,  there  would  be  little  if  any 
corn  left  when  the  hogs  get  through. 
With  the  tankage  or  bran  in  the  self- 
feeder  they  balance  their  own  ration, 
and  often  make  a  remarkable  gain  when 
fed  in  this  way.  When  they  have 
cleaned  up  the  corn  they  are  driven  off 
to  market,  just  enough  sows  being  kept 
to  give  another  lot  of  pigs  for  next  year. 
They  do  not  usually  destroy  the  cover 
crop,  and  this  comes  on  to  be  plowed  un¬ 
der  the  following  Spring  for  another 
corn  crop  if  need  be.  When  handled  in 
this  way  there  is  no  expense  whatever 
for  cutting,  shocking,  silo  filling  or  husk¬ 
ing.  The  hogs  do  it  all,  and  after  per¬ 
forming  this  service  they  walk  off  to 
market  and  put  the  money  in  the  bank 
for  the  farmer.  At  first  thought  this 
may  seem  a  wasteful  and  shiftless  way 
of  running  a  farm,  hut  experience  has 
shown  that  under  many  circumstances  it 
is  a  profitable  way  of  taking  care  of 
the  corn  crop,  and  all  through  the  Cen¬ 
tral  West  this  plan  of  hogging  down 
corn  is  growing  in  favor. 
Ringworm 
One  of  my  cows  lias  scabby  blotches  on 
her  body,  varying  iu  size  from  a  ten-cent 
piece  to  a  silver  dollar.  They  start  with 
a  slight  swelling,  finally  the  hair  falls  out 
leaving  a  white  scab.  In  about  two 
months  these  scabs  become  thick  and  drop 
off,  btit  start  in  some  other  part  of  the 
body.  II.  a. 
Eden,  X.  Y. 
Scrub  each  spot  perfectly  clean,  re¬ 
moving  all  scabs  and  scales.  When  dry 
paint  with  tincture  of  iodine  once  daily 
for  three  consecutive  days,  then  rub  in 
iodine  ointment  every  other  day  until 
well.  In  obstinate  cases  that  do  uot 
quickly  respond  to  the  iodine  treatment 
apply  a  solution  of  two  ounces  of  sul¬ 
phate  of  copper  (Milestone)  in  one  pint 
of  water,  used  hot.  Apply  it  every  other 
day  at  first  and  less  often  as  soon  as  it 
becomes  apparent  that  the  spot  is  heal¬ 
ing.  Cleanse,  disinfect  and  whitewash 
the  s tables.  A.  S.  A. 
there  is  any  chance  of  her  getting  better 
and  if  so,  what  treatment  would  you  rec¬ 
ommend?  In  E.  E. 
Chances  of  recovery  are  very  slight. 
Apparently  the  heifer  has  rickets  from 
lack  of  exercise  and  malnutrition.  The 
hones  break,  or  the  joints  become  en¬ 
larged  and  lame  in  this  disease.  Feed 
meals  and  gruel  with  milk  and  twice 
daily  give  a  tablespoon  fill  of  cod  liver  oil 
shaken  up  iu  milk.  Rub  the  affected 
joints  twice  daily  with  druggists’  soap 
liniment.  A.  S.  A. 
Overheated  Horse 
I  bought  a  big  five-year-old  dapple 
gray  colt  last  Spring  that  came  on  from 
the  West,  the  dealer  said,  the  Fall  be¬ 
fore.  He  was  apparently  all  right  until 
hot  weather  came  on.  then  on  hot  days 
lie  would  pant  so  T  could  hardly  use  him. 
He  works  in  cold  weather  and  cool  days 
all  right,  hut  when  he  pulls  hard  I  can 
see  his  Hanks  draw  up.  Do  you  think  he 
will  bother  me  when  hot  days  come  again  ? 
What  causes  it?  Wlmt  shall  I  do  with 
him?  o.  s. 
Massachusetts, 
The  horse  has  been  overheated  or 
“sun-struck”  at  some  time  in  his  life,  and 
the  resulting  condition  is  incurable.  He 
will  never  he  comfortable  or  able  to  work 
well  in  very  hot  weather.  Clip  the  horse 
iu  Spring.  Shade  his  head,  sheet  his 
body  and  allow  cool  drinking  water  often 
in  Summer.  It  would  be  well,  so  far  as 
possible,  to  work  him  in  the  cool  of  the 
morning  and  evening.  a.  S.  a. 
Sweeny 
I  have  a  horse  1,2  years  old.  T  pulled 
a  load  of  lime  with  him,  about.  1%  ton. 
After  that  his  front  shoulder  seemed  t<> 
be  drying  right  up.  The  blacksmith  said 
he  s  ween  led  his  shoulder.  If  so  what 
would  you  do  to  stop  it  from  wasting 
away  and  to  bring  it  back  where  it  might 
to  be?  E.  P. 
( >hio. 
Briskly  hand  rub  and  massage  the 
wasted  parts  three  times  a  day  and  each 
night  rub  well  with  a  liniment  composed 
of  one  ounce  each  of  aqua  ammonia  and 
turpentine  and  one  piut  of  cottonseed  oil 
or  raw  linseed  oil.  Stop  using  the  lini¬ 
ment  for  a  few  days  when  the  skin  be¬ 
comes  blistered.  If  a  veterinarian  can 
he  employed  he  may  prefer  lo  inject  a 
small  quantity  of  tincture  of  iodine  un¬ 
der  the  skin  at  the  top  of  the  wasted  part 
and  then  work  it  downward.  A.  s.  a. 
