1904 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
311 
TROUBLE WITH THE PIGS. 
We have five Poland-China sows; four 
of them have farrowed and since farrow¬ 
ing a disease has broken out among them 
affecting both the sows and the pigs. We 
have lost several of the pigs, and two of 
the sows are badly affected and are off in 
their feed. At first we thought they were 
attacked by chicken mites, as a few chick¬ 
ens had been nesting in a loft in their 
shelter, and the old nests were infested 
with mites. The trouble was first noticed 
In the feet and legs of the sows, and has 
now extended to the body. The itching 
seems to increase, and is followed by an 
almost continuous scratching and rubbing. 
A loss of hair has resulted, and the parts 
most seriously affected in the worst cases 
are followed by a cracking of the skin and 
a tenderness or soreness. There is con¬ 
stipation. The sows have been confined in 
a pen off a quarter of an acre for about a 
year. Their feed has been dry corn not 
altogether sound during the past two or 
three months, and largely of green sor¬ 
ghum through the Summer and Fall. The 
litter from their feed has been allowed 
to accumulate where fed and has served 
since coif weather set in as bedding, both 
under and outside of the shelter, which is 
an open one. The Winter has been ex¬ 
tremely mild and dry. They have had no 
physic until lately, and this in the shape 
of a stock powder. We have used also a 
partial application of lard and sulphur 
mixed, and applied as an ointment, but 
not enough seemingly to do any good. 
We undertook to drench one of the sows 
most affected with a loss of appetite 
with 'Epsom salts, and she choked 
and was dead within five minutes. We 
have never had a disease among or any 
experience whatever in the treatment of 
sick hogs. We are burning the litter in 
the pen and are endeavoring in doing so 
to burn over nearly the entire area of the 
lot, including under the shelter as well, 
and shall afterwards use a liberal appli¬ 
cation of air-slaked lime. What is the 
disease and the remedy for it? We have 
changed the feed to a bran mash. The 
sows are in good flesh. d. m’r. 
Texas. 
It would seem that in the Lone Star 
State, more than a quarter of an acre 
of land could be found on which to lot 
five brood sows, and that it is not neces¬ 
sary to be confined to corn alone dur¬ 
ing the Winter season for food. The 
corn ration alone will cause constipa¬ 
tion, which is the forerunner of innum¬ 
erable diseases. Had these sows been 
fed a variety ration it is hardly possible 
that this skin trouble would have de¬ 
veloped. Sorghum is good, but I would 
not like to depend on it alone for green 
food. Something else can certainly be 
grown in that climate more of a legum¬ 
inous nature, say clover of some variety. 
In a small lot of this size there is no 
inducement to take exercise, and be¬ 
sides the soil has been so hard that they 
could not root if allowed to, consequent¬ 
ly their feet have not been in contact 
with fresh soil for months. The soil on 
so small a lot occupied by five sows 
could not be other than filthy, which 
would tend to cause disease in the feet 
and skin. This is doubtless something 
in the nature of a mange. If the dis¬ 
eased parts can be washed with one of 
the coal tar preparations like Zenoleum 
used for sheep dips, diluted as recom¬ 
mended for skin diseases, the trouble 
will doubtless soon disappear after a 
few applications. The sows should be 
moved to other quarters if possible, and 
given fresh soil to travel over; then 
feed less corn and with it bran and mid¬ 
dlings equal parts by weight, and feed 
in such quantity that the animals will 
always come to the trough with an ap¬ 
petite. Get their systems right by pro¬ 
per feeding, destroy the parasite that 
causes the skin trouble, and the animals 
will soon assume a normal condition 
again. It is always risky business to 
try to give a hog medicine as a drench; 
by their struggling some of it is almost 
sure to get into the lungs and cause 
death. The bran mash will do much to 
relieve the constipation, but there will 
hardly be sufficient nourishment in it 
alone to keep the sows in good condi¬ 
tion. The addition of middlings will 
even up the ration and give needed 
strength to it. It will add much to the 
thrift of the sows if they can have char¬ 
coal and ashes, with salt before them 
all the time. If these former cannot be 
had from wood, make them by burning 
corncobs. john m. jamison. 
DRIED BLOOD FOR CALVES. 
On my farm of something over a thou¬ 
sand acres, four miles south of this city, 
I have in the neighborhood of 400 registered 
Herefords, which, of course, I use for 
nothing but breeding purposes, making a 
great deal of handling of young calves, 
which need the most careful attention. 
We consider the'use of dried blood in the 
rearing of these young Herefords now al¬ 
most indispensible; in fact, there is no 
doubt in my mind but that it is the great¬ 
est cure and prevention for scours on 
earth. We generally feed about a tea¬ 
spoonful at a feed. I know of several in¬ 
stances where creamery companies are 
feeding calves with skim-milk and blood 
and claim they get better results than do 
those who allow calves to suck. Of course 
you understand this blood is not fed alone, 
but with the slop of milk, shorts, ground 
oats, etc. From my experience, a calf 
cannot do better than on this diet. We 
also use it as a tonic for grown stock, as 
much as one ounce per day to each ani¬ 
mal, although much more than this could 
be fed to fattening stock. It does very 
well for grown animals on full feel, but 
for this purpose I would very much prefer 
tankage as a feed. A good tankage runs 
65 per cent protein against 10 to 11 per 
cent in corn, thus easily convincing one 
that it is a great tissue builder. You ask: 
“Do you consider dried blood a safe and 
useful feed?” There is no doubt that it 
is perfectly safe, its preparation being such 
as to eliminate every possibility of danger 
of transmission of disease. 
Kansas City, Mo. Charles W. armour. 
WHICH? 
Tubular or 
Simple Bowl or 
Izzers or 
Right Now or 
Waist Low Can or 
Self Oiling or 
Wash 3 Minutes or 
All the Butter or 
Best Butter or 
Tubular or 
Bucket Bowl? 
Complicated? 
Hasbeens? 
Were Once? 
Head High Can? 
Oil Yourself? 
Wash Thirty? 
Most All? 
Medium Butter? 
Bucket Bowl? 
WHICH DO YOU WANT? 
Tubulars are dif¬ 
ferent, very dif¬ 
ferent. Just one 
Tubular — the 
iSharples. All 
the others make 
bucket bowls — 
can’t make Tubu-^, 
lars because they | 
are patented. Ask 
for catalog B-153, 
Sharpies Co. 
Chicago, Illinois 
P. M. Sharpies 
West Chester, Pa. 1 
AMERICAN. 
That name stands for reasonable 
prices and clean skimming in 
Cream Separators. 
Wo stand or fall by wnat it does. Send It 
on trial. Will you try it free! 
for the free catalog. 
AMERICAN SEPARATOR CO., 
-. Balnbrldqe, N. Y. 
Bex 1086 
MONARCH GASOLINE ENGINES 
SOLD ON THEIR MERIT. 
Perfect Working Tractions also and 
Hydraulic Cider Presses, special presses and sup¬ 
plies. Boilers, Engines, Saw Mills, etc. Write for 
catalogue. MONARCH MACHINERY CO., 
39 Cortlandt St., New York. 
W EBER JR. 
Gasoline Engines 
are the outgrowth of 19 years of 
engine building. Notapproached 
for •tr«n*th, eafety, limpUclty or width 
of duty. Valuable fora, gcoro of farm 
duties. Anj boy can run them. full horse power at less than 6 ots. 
per hour. Tested and ready far action upon arrival. Made to fit 
farmers' needs.^Other sixes up to 300 h. p. Write for free oatalofue. 
WEBER CAS 4 GASOLINE ENGINE COMPANY, 
Box 209s Kinio pity* Mo. 
Eastern Office: 115 Liberty St., N. Y. City. 
To Owners of Gasoline Engines, 
Automobiles, Launches, Etc. 
The Auto-Sparker 
does away entirely with all starting and 
running batteries, their annoyance 
and expense. No belt—no switch—no 
batteries. Can be attached to any en¬ 
gine now using batteries. Sully guar¬ 
anteed ; write for descriptive catalog. 
Motslnger Device Mfg. Co. 
08 Main Street, Pendleton, lad. 
$1.30 SEPARATOR EXPENSE 
IN T WELVE YE ARS. 
We happen to have just received a letter from a 
Wisconsin user of a DE LAVAL machine saying: 
“I’ve had my ‘Baby’ No. 2 separator over twelve 
years now with only $1.30 expense for rubber rings 
and a little oil. With the new parts for which 1 
enclose postal order, $3.25, I believe it will be good 
for another twelve.” 
This is not an unusual experience. There are thou¬ 
sands of DE LAVAL users who in from ten to fifteen 
years have spent but mere trifles on their machines, 
which are nearly as good as new today. 
But did anybody ever hear of an imitating machine 
of other make even two years in use of which such 
a report could be made? 
Send for catalogue and name of nearest local agent. 
THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO. 
Randolph & Canal Sts., 
CHICAGO. 
1213 Filbert Street, 
PHILADELPHIA. 
9 & 11 Drumm St., 
SAN FRANCISCO. 
General Offices: 
74 Cortlandt Street\ 
NEW YORK. 
121 Youville Square, 
MONTREAL. 
75 & 77 York Street, 
TORONTO. 
. 248McDermot Avenue, 
WINNIPEG. 
1. HESS 
Great Stock Book 
_ If you will write and say what 
Lm A A stock you have—how many head 
KH of each, what stock food you 
■ have used—and mention this 
paper. This book is a comprehensive treatise 
on the care of all live stock and poultry,based 
on the scientific knowledge and attainments 
of the eminent veterinarian, Dr. Hess (M.D., 
D.V. S.); written in popular language; com¬ 
mended and used by veterinarians every¬ 
where. Get it and become a master of all 
stock diseases. Write to-day, to 
DR. HESS & CLARK, Ashland, Ohio. 
Makers of Dr. Hess Stock Food. 
SUGAR BEETS FOR STOCK FEED 
BETTER THAN MANGELS 
Breustedt’s “Elite” and “Elite A” Sugar Beet 
Seeds yield 1500 to 2500 bushels per acre 
H lb., 25c; X lb., 40c; Ub.,75c; 2 lbs., $1.25; 4 lbs., 
*2.25—by mail, prepaid. 5 lbs.. $1.75; 10 lbs., 13.00; 
25 lbs.,*6.00; 50 lbs., *11.00; 110 lbs.,*20.00-by freight 
or express, not prepaid. Cash with order. 
*E. C. POST, M. E., DUNDEE, MICH. 
8ole Agent for United States and Canada. 
SILOS 
Also Cutters, Blowers, Carriers. Horse Powers. Hay Presses, 
Saw Machines. HARDER MFC. CO., Coblosklll. N. Y. 
CHARTER 
Gasoline Engine. 
For Grinding, Shelling, Fodder Cutting, 
\ Threshing, Pumping, Sawing, etc. 
STATIONARY, PORTABLES, SAWING 
' AND PUMPING OUTFITS, ETC. 
8end for Illust’d Catalog & Testimonial a. 
Si atm Your Powor Mood a. 
6BARTER GAS ENGINE CO., Ifl26 STEELING, IU. 
SUPERIOR JR 
CREAM 
SEPARATOR 
GETS ALL THE CREAM 
in 60 to 90 minutes “just as good as 
a $100 machine.” Sold under a bind- 
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not satisfactory. Simple, practical. 
40,000 Farmers Use It. 
Least trouble and expense of any I 
good method. Cold water circulat¬ 
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does all the work. No mixing. The best invest¬ 
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SUPERIOR FENCE MACHINE CO. 
Grand River Ave. 309 Detroit, Mich* 
CREAM SEPARATOR CDCC 
^ 'This is a genuine ® ■ * ■■ 
offer made to introduce the Peoples 
Cream Separator in every neigh¬ 
borhood. It is the best and simplest 
in the world. We ask that you show 
it to your neighbors who have cows. 
Send your name and the name of 
the nearest freight office. Address 
PEOPLES SUPPLr CO. 
Dept, m KANSAS CITY, MO. 
Green Mountain 
and Not-Li-Mah 
SILOS 
lead all others in preserving and 
convenience. Rightly curved 
perfect fitting staves, tongued 
and grooved, extra strong 
hoops, new patent door. Also 
handle Cream- ry Supplies, En¬ 
silage Ma hinery. Gasoline En¬ 
gines, etc., everything the best. 
Books free. Write for a copy 
today. 
STODDARD MFC. CO., Rutland. Vt. 
S X 1- o s 
« 904. 
Six Kinds of Wood* 
U fT W to build, plant, fill and 
II U If feed. Yonrpoat office ad¬ 
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many things yon should Ml U If 
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Michigan. 
“THE OHIO” 
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Perfectly 
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Thoroughly 
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Write for Prices 
and. Catalogue. 
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