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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 19 
QUESTIONS ABOUT PIGS. 
Too Much Rich Feed. 
What ailed my pigs three or four months 
old during the Summer? The first symptom 
I observed was a slight shaking of the 
head, with a sort of shrinking motion fol¬ 
lowed by the skin growing thick and stiff, 
with indications of weakness in the back, 
as in quick exertions their backs would 
seem to give out and droop. Not much ap¬ 
petite; they preferred to lie in fresh earth. 
After a time the skin would crack and 
from that time on the back seemed to 
grow stronger but the skin would roll up 
and peel off, and in worst cases to such a 
depth as to remove the hair. When their 
backs got well they were all right, which 
trok about four weeks from beginning to 
end, during which time the afflicted pigs 
made no gain. b. e. d. 
Ontario. 
If the writer had told in this case how 
the pigs were fed it would have been 
much easier to tell what was wrong 
with them. I have had pigs afflicted in 
this way, but while still sucking. In 
every case it was the result of high rich 
feeding. They seldom recovered, but 
would dwindle down in flesh and 
strength and finally die, the soreness of 
the skin keeping them in constant suf¬ 
fering. The only remedy for the skin 
trouble I ever found was fresh butter¬ 
milk with a small quantity of flour of 
sulphur mixed with it, bathing the skin 
with this. In this case the attack was 
not as violent as I have seen it, or else 
the pigs being older they were able to 
throw it off. I may be wrong in my 
conclusions in this time, but I venture 
the belief that the trouble was caused 
by too much rich feed, and the recovery 
aided by a change of food to some ex¬ 
tent. There is little danger of this 
trouble when the food given is for 
growth and not fat. 
A Bad Case of Worms. 
What is good for stomach worms in pigs’ 
I have about 40 shotes about six months 
old. A day or two ago I noticed the pass¬ 
ing of white worms from one to four 
inches long. Three or four pigs have died, 
but I thought it might be from overfeeding 
as they have plenty to eat these cold days, 
but now I think it must have been from 
these worms, as there was such a quan¬ 
tity of them. The pigs have a pouch-shaped 
abdomen, and appear to be stunted, al¬ 
though some are doing fine. Their feed 
has been varied, consisting of corn, soaked 
corn, barley meal, bran, oatmeal, charcoal 
from wood ashes, and coal ashes also corn- 
meal. o. n. J. 
Rushville, N. Y. 
I do not much like to advise giving 
medicine, but in this case it may pre¬ 
vent further loss. Stop feed for 24 
hours, then with a little milk mix a tea¬ 
spoonful of turpentine to a shote weigh¬ 
ing 50 pounds, and allow the shote to 
drink it. If refused add more milk till 
the turpentine taste is covered so it will 
be taken. If several are fed this at once 
be sure that all drink, or some may get 
too much. After a day give a second 
dose in their regular slop food. To keep 
the hogs free from worms in the future, 
and to help get these back to thrift, fix 
a covered box or barrel in their feeding 
pen with a hole in lowest part, and keep 
a quantity of hard-wood ashes and salt 
in it, so that they can eat all they want 
and get it when they want it. Do not 
put too much salt in the mixture, as 
that will cause them to eat less of the 
ashes. In any case they will not eat 
too many ashes. If ashes are not burn¬ 
ed in sufficient quantities on the farm 
they can probably be bought of persons 
in the neighborhood, and put in store 
for the hogs to use during the Summer, 
when but little wood is burned. Since 
ashes and salt have been used on this 
farm the hogs have been almost en¬ 
tirely free from worms, and besides, the 
ashes help to build up the bone of the 
animals, and also increase the efficiency 
of the food consumed, requiring less 
food for a given amount of gain. 
Corncob Charcoal for Hogs. 
Will you give a good method of charcoal 
production? We desire to embark in a 
small way to feed our hogs. w. h. h. 
Montrose, Iowa. 
To burn wood into charcoal for swine 
these times would be more expensive 
than results 'would justify, considering 
the fact that there is such a cheap sub¬ 
stitute in corncobs that are so plentiful 
on every farm where hogs are grown 
and fed. I have known men to rake to¬ 
gether the cobs on their feed lots and 
burn them till charred, and then put out 
the fire by pouring water over the burn¬ 
ing heap. This of course is only prac¬ 
ticable in dry weather, and when the 
corncobs are dry and will burn easily, 
and at best only gives an uncertain and 
transient supply of charcoal, usually at 
the season least needed. During the 
Winter, when this antiseptic is most 
needed this plan would not at all be sat¬ 
isfactory. From this then we turn to 
the plan of Theo. Lewis, which is some¬ 
thing as follows: Dig In the ground at 
some convenient place a conical shaped 
hole, say five feet in diameter at top and 
as many feet deep. Have a large supply 
of dry cobs ready. Start a fire with a 
few cobs in the bottom of pit or hole, 
and as they burn add more cobs and 
keep on this way till the pit is full of 
burning cobs. When they are thor¬ 
oughly burned cover with a piece of 
sheet iron and throw soil on the edges 
and shut out all air, thus smothering 
the fire. When the fire is out remove 
the charcoal and store in a dry building. 
The process can be repeated till the de¬ 
sired quantity is obtained. Doubtless a 
little experience will be required to suc¬ 
ceed best at this work. For this work it 
is desirable to have storage room for a 
considerable quantity, so that when 
charcoal is need the farmer can make a 
business of burning it till the store is 
replenished. No doubt this is the cheap¬ 
est source of supply for this material 
and the easiest way to meet it 
Ohio. JOHN M. JAMISON. 
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