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April 21, 191-(. 
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It Beats Out 
the Grain 
T he big cylinder throws 
straw, chafi and grain 
against the “Man Behind, 
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Battle Creek 
Michigan 
Planning for Swine Breeding 
1 . flow many acres of land would it 
talcc to keep 10 sows and their litters, 
two litters a year? I-and will produce 
about fiO bushels of corn per acre on good 
years. 2. What time of year would be 
best for sows to farrow? 3. What crops 
would be best to plant? 4. Would it be 
^.st to use one piece of land year after 
year or obange each year? S. 
Seaford, I )el. 
1. The miinber of acres required to keep 
10 sows and their litters vaides so much 
with difierent conditions that it is im¬ 
possible to give anything.bnt an estimate. 
If it is intended to grow all of the feed 
used during the year, of course it would 
talve much more land than if only Sum¬ 
mer pasturage is to he provided. Again, 
if the sows are good breeders and raise 8 
or 10 pigs each which are kept until they 
are eight or nine months old, it ivould re¬ 
quire more land and feed than it would 
if a less number are raised and sold at a 
younger age. 
2. March and September arc the best 
months for farrowing. April is the next 
best, hut we consider it a mistake to have 
them farrow at any other time. 
3. For. Summer feeding we prefer oats 
and peas, barley and peas, rai»c, clover, 
Alfalfa and corn. For Winter feeding 
Alfalfa hay and corn form the principal 
part of th(! ration for brood sows. 
4. We prefer to change the pigs from 
one lot to another several times during 
the season by means of portable fences. 
This gives the different crops a better 
ciiance to get started before being pas¬ 
tured, and makes the best use of the laud. 
By the proi»er rotation of crops, follow'- 
ing oats and peas and barley and peas 
with clover or Alfalfa, and then plowing 
under the sod for <-oru, the ground be¬ 
comes vei-y ri(;h in a few years and the 
pigs should be moved to another lot, so 
that some commercial ci’op may be grown 
on the land previously occiii)ied by the 
pigs. c. S. G. 
High-priced Dogs 
I notice in a recent issue that a sub¬ 
scriber says there is danger_of having 
his valuable dog kilh'd ft>r a sheep. I 
would reverse it and say there is dan¬ 
ger of having valuable sheep killed by 
dogs that would be dear at $1 each; 
^5 sheep have gnne out of date. I en¬ 
close you clii>ping of two fat ew'es sold 
in Chieiigo: 
“With a shipment of hogs which Chas. 
Dieterle, of Milledgeville, Ill., had upon 
the market Thursday last, and which we 
had tlie pleasure of handling for him, 
were two ewes that weighed 500 pounds, 
and sold at $10.50 i»er cwt., the two head 
thus grossing $51.25. This transaction, 
undoubtedly, stands ns the record for 
the greatest amount of money ever real¬ 
ized per head for sheep on any of the 
markets throughout tlie country.” 
Kushville, N. Y. B. C. W. 
neck and head. They would he better in 
a few hours. We never had trouble of 
this kind till two years ago. s. s. S. 
New York. 
It seems apparent that some poison is 
causing these .symptoms and losses of 
adult cattle, hut the calf no doubt died 
of convulsions due to indigestion. “Oorn- 
stalk disease” so-cnlh'd causes similar 
symptoms to those de.scrihed and is caused 
by molds in corn nubbins and stalks. If 
your cows Lave been p.astnring cornstalk 
fields they may he getting the poison 
there. If not the hay may be the cause, 
hut we have had no experience with helle¬ 
bore i)oisoning. A full dose of physic fol¬ 
lowed by stimulants would he in order, 
and cold packs should he applied to the 
liead. Better try a change of feed. 
A. 8. A. 
Lameness 
A month ago n>y mare slii)ped and hurt 
her stifle. .She is lame since, a' lump 
came on front of her leg, straight across 
from the stifle. I am using vinegar, tur¬ 
pentine, one-half pint, ammonia ono- 
fourth, and two eggs mixed. Cun you 
give me a better itunedy? T. H. xv. 
Pennsylvania. 
It would be better to nih in once daily 
some 30 ])er cent, iodine i)etrogen or vas- 
bgen, or use a commercial advertised ab¬ 
sorbent. If lameness persists clip off the 
liair and blister the lump with a mixture 
of 2 drams of hiniodide of merciiry and 
.3 ounces of lard. Rub it in for 35 min¬ 
utes and then tie the mare up short so 
that she will not be able to lick or bite 
the part. Wash the blister off in 48 
hours and then apjdy a little laid daily. 
Repeat the blister in three or four w'ceks, 
if seems to he necessary. The amount 
prescribed will sufRce for 2 or 3 blister- 
ings. A. 8. A. 
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Paralysis 
hog which liecame lame 
()n tlie second day he 
third day the 
I have used 
also a veterin- 
you name the 
N. H. 
I have a male 
in one hind leg. 
could not use leg at all 
other liind leg gave way 
every treatment I know, 
arian’s treatment. Can 
trouble and the remedy? 
Virginia. 
Rickets from overfeeding and lack of 
exercise is flie common cause of this form 
of jiaralysis. and in it we may even find 
the tliigh bones fractured. In some adult 
swine, however, the disease is similar to 
azoturia of the liorse, and is caused by 
excessive feeding of protein—rich rations 
during confinement to a pen. Recovery 
may not take jilace and were the animal 
a hoar we should advise slaughtering for 
the meat. I’hysic the lioar; feed milk 
slojis adding an ounee of lime water per 
jiint. Itnh liniment upon the loins. Oive 
fiuid extract of nux vomica twice daily 
in increasing doses, starting with 3 drons 
in water and adding a drop per dose daily. 
Stoj) if any alarming symptom is caused. 
A. 8. A. 
Indigestion 
I have a horse about 35 year’s old, 
which until about three months ago was 
very active .and had been used on heavy 
loads, hut begins to lose flesh, hair long 
and rough. Veterinarian prescribed for 
him, and said he had diabetes, hut his 
treatment did no good and horse got 
w’orse. One hind leg is very badly swol¬ 
len and lie drags it when first starting off, 
hut as he begins to move more freely the 
swelling goes down some, hut not entirely. 
Drinks lots of water, has good appetite, 
bowels nutve regular and freely hut has 
trouble with water. G. L. ir. 
Michigan. 
Clip the hair from his belly and to a 
line on sides <‘ven w'th breeching and 
breast ocdlar struiis and from legs above 
hocks and knees. Change the feed for 
what he is eating now is causing indi¬ 
gestion. Feed whole oats, wheat bran and 
good hay. Carrots would be beneficial. 
Allow free access to salt. (live the water 
before feeding. T.et the horse work or ex¬ 
ercise (‘very day and occupy a box stall 
when in the stable. Bandage the swollen 
leg with flannel from foot to hock joint 
each time the horse comes in. Do not 
give medicine of any kind. a. 8 . A. 
Lice 
I have a heifer I am raising for a cow; 
she is two months old. She was lousy 
and poor last Fall when I took her urn 
AVhat kind of grain should I feed her to 
make her grow? I am feeding her corn, 
oats, barley and bran, with mixed hay and 
cornstalks, the ground feed about three 
ouarts a (lav. What is your remedy for 
lice? 
Ylichigan. 
The ealf may do better if you omit 
barley and add flaxseed meal to the 
ration. If possible fe(‘d clover or Alfalfa 
liay. Lice may be destroyed by apply¬ 
ing a decoction of four ounces of crushed 
stavesacre or larkspur seeds. Steep the 
seeds in boiling water and allow to stand 
covered for 32 hours, then strain and use 
as often as required. If yon cannot use 
liquid at this sea.son of the year apply a 
mixture of equal quantities of sulphur 
and pyrethrum jiowder. Some add Port¬ 
land cement to the mixture. A. 8. A. 
Convulsions 
We have a registeiT’d Ayrshiie; fresh 
two weeks and doing finely. This morn¬ 
ing we found her down with month froth¬ 
ing, eyes dull, ears cold. Her bowels are 
very loose and the muimi’e is dark. She 
ha(i been a little off her feed for two days. 
Last year we lost a registered calf from 
api)ai’’eutly the same cause; it had spasms 
toward the last. We gave it grease and 
it was better for two days, then died in 
a .spasm. Two years ago we lost a cow, 
taken just as this one. later had spasms. 
Veterinarian said it was poisoning from 
hay. Can you think what it might be in 
the hay to cause this trouble? We have 
fine river flat hay. It has always had 
hellebore in it, and we have had cows 
froth at mouth and skin thicken about 
Sidebones 
I liave a horse which is said to have 
side bones on front hoofs. He is quite 
lame in one foot. Is there anything can 
1)0 done to cure or help him? T. J. 
Montana. 
Level the hoof, then cut away a small 
semi-circular portion of wall at the 
ground surface directly under the side- 
hone so that the shoe when put on will 
not come in contact with the wall at that 
l)iace. Now put on a bar shoe. Clip the 
hair Rom the hoof head and have a quali¬ 
fied veterinarian fire the hoof-head over 
the si(le hone in lines running from above 
downward and extending 2 inches or mors 
onto an(l deeply into the wall of the hoof. 
The lines in the hoof head should not be 
burned through the skin. Apply a blister 
after the firing. . A. s. A. 
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