1905. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
923 
HOG LICE AND DISHORNED CALVES 
IIow eau I get clear of hog lice—that is, 
to clean them from a pen entirely? Do they 
harm hogs very much? What is the acid 
treatment for dishorning calves? What kind 
of acid and how old should the calf be? 
Pluckemin, N. J. G. M. H. 
I have tried about everything that has 
been, or is used to get rid of lice on hogs. 
One of the main elements necessary for 
success is persistence on the part of the 
owner or herdsman. One application of 
any remedy can hardly accomplish the 
work. It is recommended by some to 
clean out the nests thoroughly, as well as 
to give the hogs an application of some 
lice killer. Besides thoroughly cleaning 
out the houses, they should be white¬ 
washed on the sides, and the floors well 
saturated with the remedy used on the 
hogs. The best remedy I ever used was 
crude coal oil or petroleum. This will 
stick to the animals till worn off, and also 
stick to every louse it touches till lie 
ceases to breathe. It is claimed that the 
crude oil will destroy the eggs. I do not 
know bow true this is. but to be sure of a 
clean job, would make a second applica¬ 
tion of the oil a week or 10 days after the 
first. This, if well done, will make a fin¬ 
ish of all the lice. If crude oil cannot be 
had coal oil and buttermilk, well mixed, 
will kill all the lice it touches. The coal 
oil sometimes when used alone injures,the 
skin, especially if used in the morning and 
tiie hogs arc out in the sun during the 
day. Used in the evening, it will not have 
this effect. The dips made from a distil¬ 
lation of coal tar used as directed by the 
manufacturers are excellent for this pur¬ 
pose, but they evaporate most too cpiickly, 
and on this account require more frequent 
application. Uice are always a detriment 
to the thrift of swine. Often they get so 
numerous that they are a positive in¬ 
jury, causing ill health and death from 
disease. 
As to the best method of dishorning 
calves, T have just talked with a farmer 
who has dishorned thousands of cattle, 
and also had experience with young 
calves. This is his story: “Lunar caustic 
rubbed on the button as soon as it starts 
will destroy the horn growth. Lewis lye 
made into a paste and rubbed on will ac¬ 
complish the same thing. But I do not 
like to use either, as they make a mean 
sore that takes a long time to heal. My 
preference is to allow the calves to get 
about one year old. and then dishorn with 
a saw. which is better than clippers, as 
the wound heals quicker. Another point 
not often thought of—calves dishorned so 
young often make the meanest butters 
imaginable. They will butt anything com¬ 
ing in their way, from a horse to a hog. 
Tf not dishorned till about one year old 
all this tendency to butt drops away with 
the horn, and they never learn it after¬ 
wards.” JOHN M. JAMISON. 
GETTING HENS READY FOR WINTER 
The best breeds of poultry for the year 
round I think are the Buff and White Leg¬ 
horns; they lay more eggs in a year than 
any other breed I know, and are small 
eaters. They should have plenty of floor 
space and plenty of litter, so that they must 
work and keep busy, and if the weather is 
fair let them run where they want to hut 
if it is \ery stormy, rainy, or snow on the 
ground 1 keep them in the poultry house, hut 
then they should he kept busy. 
Pennsylvania. John a. both. 
My hens are allowed to run on free range 
till the first snow and cold weather sets in, 
when 20 hens or pullets and one good lively 
male bird are put in each pen 12 by 12 feet 
square, eight feet high in front and five feet 
high at the hack. The floors of the pens are 
kept covered with eight to 10 inches of good 
dry straw. The roosts are in the hack part 
of each pen, three feet from the floor, and 
the dropping hoards are one foot below the 
roosts, so there is no room wasted for I 
roosts. The pens are separated by partitions 
three feet high and poultry netting above 
the hoards to the ceiling. In the front of 
each pen I have one double window, and the 
nest boxes are tacked on the wall in any 
convenient place. 1 have found April . 
hatched pullets to he the best for Winter | 
laying. I reject all that are under size or , 
unpromising in other ways, and feed my | 
layers as follows: Morning, two quarts of 
oats and wheat for each pen scattered in the 
straw on the floor, which keeps them busy 
hunting all day. Noon, green stuff (cab¬ 
bage, beets, etc.) Night, a mash composed' 
of one part wheat bran, two parts ground 
oats and one part cornmeal, to which is 
added a little animal meal, mixed with 
enough water to make a stiff mash. Of 
course I have water, grit and oyster shell 
before the stock at all times, and I give them 
a feed twice a week of beef scrap. By this 
way of handling stock I have them all lay¬ 
ing by December 15, and averaging 10 eggs 
a day from each pen. e. franklin kean. 
Stanley. N. Y. 
In selecting pullets for Winter layers we 
take those that mature early and discard the 
ones that are backward and slower growing 
than the others of the same hatch, for 
there is apt to be something the matter with 
them which would prevent their being profit¬ 
able layers. We allow six square feet floor 
space to each hen and have found it more 
profitable than where less is allowed. This 
with the Leghorns has* proved to l>e about 
right, where they cannot get out of doors 
from December to April. With the heavier 
and larger breeds I think it is advised to 
allow six to eight feet floor space, and this 
is a point in favor of the Leghorns. We feed 
liberally a variety of grains with plenty of 
beef scraps, and are in no danger of get¬ 
ting the Leghorns over fat, for they turn 
their food into eggs, if it is of the right kind 
and contains but little corn. It will pay 
well to do everything possible for the com¬ 
fort of the hens this Winter, for the present, 
outlook points to the highest-priced eggs we 
have yet seen. c. h. zimmer. 
Weedsport. N. Y. 
In picking out my layers for the Win¬ 
ter, if fowls I first get the birds that arc 
through with their moult, also the bright¬ 
est looking, with as red combs as possible, 
rejecting those that are not through moulting. 
I feed a ration of meat at least three times 
a week, by mixing bran, meal aud about one- 
tenth meat together, feeding dry, or cooking 
potatoes or turnips, beets, or something of 
that sort, using one-third to one-half of the 
bulk with the usual amount of meat, mixing 
as dry as can well be mixed with some bran 
and cornmeal. In the absence of the vege¬ 
tables we use clover meal, mixing with boil¬ 
ing water; in about the same proportion, 
feeding what they will eat clean. We usual¬ 
ly alternate the above feeds once a day, using 
grain food the other feed, letting them have 
the liberty of the yards whenever the 
weather is good. If snow is on the ground 
and the weather not too severe, we let them 
in the covered yard, which we have with each 
house. If the weather is too severe keep 
them in the house, which is 12 by 15 for 20 
to 25 fowls, according to the size. If se¬ 
lecting pullets, if not already laying, get 
those that are the most developed, with the 
best egg type, and with good care you will 
soon get a good supply of eggs. 
New Jersey. d. a. mount. 
Dust Spraying. —After having tested the 
dust spray my experience with it is not very 
satisfactory, and I intend to try water 
spray next season again. Perhaps I did not 
do it right. It is quite evident that the 
trees should be very wet when the dust is 
applied, and some seasons there is not wet 
enough for weeks. Sometimes when there 
is a heavy dew and one might think the trees 
were wet, in fact the bushes and grass will 
be wet. even after a shower the breeze dries 
out the trees so quickly I hardly think dust 
spray is practical here. a. r. b. 
Dexter, Me. 
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Made of hard wood; does not chill animals 
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WON ON BUTTER MADE FROM 
GATHERED CREAM 
SEPARATED BY 
U. S. CREAM SEPARATORS 
•* Richmond, Quebec, Sept. 28, 1905. 
I am pleased to advise you that my butter which was made 
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I also took the First Prize at both the Richmond and Drum¬ 
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Last year I was awarded $112.00 in Prizes and a Gold Medal. 
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