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The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
March  24,  192^ 
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The  ALPHA  dealer  has  the  ALPHA 
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cement  construction,  so  that  they  will 
last  and  will  keep  your  produce  at  an 
even,  cool  temperature. 
The  practical,  104-page  Handbook  that  he 
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AILING  ANIMALS 
Answered  by  Dr.  A.  S.  Alexander 
Rickets  in  Pigs 
I  wish  information  regarding  some 
pigs.  I  purchased  three  September  pigs 
in  the  Fall  and  brought  them  home  when 
five  weeks  old.  They  were  healthy  and 
hearty  from  the  start  and  made  wonder¬ 
ful  progress.  Some  time  in  December 
one  became  stiff  and  unwilling  to  move 
about  much.  After  a  time  it  would  not 
get  up  to  feed  at  the  trough.  It  kept 
growing  worse  until  I  finally  had  to  go 
into  the  pen  and  feed  it  from  the  pail. 
It  eats  only  small  quantities.  Whenever 
I  try  to  move  it  about  or  touch  it,  it 
squeals  as  if  it  were  very  sore.  Within 
the  last  couple  of  weeks  a  second  pig  has 
become  lame  and  stiff,  until  now  it  is 
becoming  an  effort  for  it  to  get  on  its 
feet.  The  first  pig  has  not  been  on  its 
feet  now  for  six  weeks  or  thereabouts. 
The  pen  has  a  cement  floor,  but  the  pigs 
have  not  been  directly  on  it  as  I  give 
them  an  abundance  of  straw  for  a  good 
warm  nest.  I  feed  them  swill  from  the 
house,  with  ground  oats  and  Red-dog 
flour.  .  N.  G.  B. 
New  York. 
Pigs  may  be  expected  to  become  af¬ 
fected  with  rickets  and  paralysis  as  are 
the  ones  described  when  kept  confined  in 
a  small  pen,  especially  on  a  concrete 
floor  and  there  incompletely  fed.  All 
young  growing  animals  need  milk  and 
mixed  meals  to  grow  strong  bones.  Le¬ 
gumes  are  useful,  and  it  is  now  advised 
to  allow  free  access  to  clover.  Alfalfa  or 
Soy  bean  hay  when  green  leguminous 
crops  are  uot  available  for  grazing.  If 
the  pigs  will  not  eat  long  hay,  cut  it  fine 
or  grind  it  and  mix  it  with  their  other 
feed.  Do  not  feed  unscreened  ground 
oats  to  pigs.  The  hulls  intensely  irri¬ 
tate  the  lining  membrane  of  the  intes¬ 
tines  and  often  encourage  diarrhoea  con¬ 
stipation  or  necrotic  enteritis.  The  last- 
named  disease  is  caused  by  the  filth  germ 
Bacillus  necrophorus  invading  the  lacer¬ 
ations  caused  by  the  hulls.  The  symp¬ 
toms,  in  the  worst  cases,  are  like  those 
of  cholera.  In  less  severe  attacks  ill 
thrift  is  about  all  that  one  cau  notice. 
Also  allow  free  access  to  salt,  ground 
limestone  and  wood  ashes  or  bonemeal. 
Give  each  pig  a  teaspoonful  of  cod  liver 
oil  twice  daily  in  any  way  found  con¬ 
venient,  and  gradually  increase  the  dose. 
It  is  a  sovereign  remedy  for  stiffness  and 
lameness  in  pigs,  but  may  not  avail  when 
paralysis  has  set  in.  It  is  quite  unlikely 
that  the  pig  that  has  been  down  so  long 
will  recover  the  use  of  its  hind  legs. 
Physic  it  with  castor  oil  in  milk  and 
*  then  feed  it  cod  liver  oil  freely  in  milk. 
Also  add  an  ounce  of  limewater  to  each 
pint  of  milk  fed  daily.  Middlings  and  a 
little  rye  or  barley  meal  may  be  added  to 
the  milk  as  improvement  takes  place. 
Also  rub  into  the  loins  twice  daily  some 
compound  soap  liniment  which  you  can 
buy  at  a  drug  store.  Turn  the  other  pigs 
out  for  free  exercise  daily.  Prevention  is 
all  important,  therefore  be  careful  to 
have  all  pigs  take  active  exercise  every 
day  and  to  feed  them  completely. 
Cost  Less 
PER  YEAR 
"They  cost  no  more,  but 
they  do  last  longer",  is  what 
users  say.  Superior  material* 
and  more  careful  workman¬ 
ship  make  extra  years  of 
service.  Oreosoted  staves  are 
heavy  and  carefully  matched. 
Hoops  of  best  steel,  with 
oversize  thread.  Doors  fit 
like  safe  or  refrigerator. 
Wooden  Udder  rungs.  Held  erect 
by  Green  Mountain  anchor  Bystem. 
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MOUNTAIN  3  I LU3 
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Exclusive  extension  roof  gives 
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Every  Economy  Silo  is  equipped  with  the 
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perfectly  air-tight.  Hoops  form  easy  ladder. 
Built  of  long  leaf  Yellow  Pine  or  Oregon 
Fir.  Headquarters  for  all  sizes  of  water 
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Crasco,  steel  rodded  Silos. 
They  are  the  result  of  many  years 
of  silo  building.  Made  of  strong, 
selected  tongue  and  grooved 
stock. 
Craine  bail  hinged  refrigerator  doors 
insure  tight  closing  and  easy  open¬ 
ing.  Craine  door  front  ladder  built  for 
convenience. 
Made  by  builders 
of  famous  Craine 
Triple  Wall  Silos 
for  those  who  want 
a  single  wall  silo  at 
lower  cost. 
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AUBURN.  ME. 
Worms  of  Horses 
Will  you  tell  me  what  will  kill  worms 
in  horses?  f.  m.  c. 
New  York. 
The  newest  and  probably  best  treat¬ 
ment  to  remove  round  worms  (asearis) 
from  a  horse  is  to  withhold  feed  for  36 
hours  and  then  have  a  veterinarian  give 
the  animal  four  or  five  drams  of  oil  of 
chenopodium  (American  wormseed)  in 
gelatine  capsules,  and  follow  immediately 
with  one  or  two  pints  of  raw  linseed  oil, 
according  to  the  age  and  size  of  the 
horse.  This  treatment  has  even  been 
given  to  a  mare  in  foal  without  appar¬ 
ently  causing  any  ill  effect.  If  you  can¬ 
not  employ  a  qualified  veterinarian,  mix 
together  two  parts  of  salt  and  one  part 
each,  by  weight,  of  flowers  of  sulphur 
and  dried  sulphate  of  iron.  Mix  one 
tablespoonful  in  the  dampened  feed  of 
crushed  or  whole  oats  and  wheat  bran 
each  night  and  morning  for  a  week ; 
then  stop  for  10  days,  when  the  treat¬ 
ment  may  be  repeated  to  kill  a  second 
brood  of  worms  that  may  hatch  from 
eggs  retained  in  the  intestines.  The  mix¬ 
ture  turns  the  feces  black  or  dark  col¬ 
ored  and  kills  the  worms  internally,  so 
that  they  are  digested  and  therefore  need 
not  be  looked  for  in  the  feces.  Where 
chenopodium  is  used  the  worms  may  pass 
whole  and  continue  passing  for  10  days 
or  thereabouts.  Do  not  give  this  iron 
mixture  to  a  mare  in  foal,  as  it  possibly 
may  cause  abortion.  Omit  the  iron  for 
her  and  increase  the  flowers  of  sulphur. 
A  big  mare  may  be  given  as  much  as  a 
tablespoonful  each  of  sulphur  and  salt  in 
her  evening  meal  for  a  week.  One  dis¬ 
advantage  of  the  iron  mixture  is  that  it 
tinges  the  teeth  yellow,  but  we  have  not 
seen  it  do  any  permanent  harm  to  the 
teeth.  Unless  this  fact  is  known  and  ex¬ 
pected,  the  owner  may  be  caused  alarm 
by  the  appearance  of  the  teeth.  Colts 
take  less  doses,  according  to  age  and  size, 
and  when  running  on  pasture  may  be  al¬ 
lowed  free  access  to  a  salt  “lick”  to  pre¬ 
vent  infestation  by  worms.  A  good  mix¬ 
ture  for  all  animals  is  salt,  2S0  parts ; 
dried  sulphate  of  iron,  16  parts ;  pow¬ 
dered  wood  charcoal,  12  parts ;  flowers  of 
sulphur,  eight  parts;  mix  and  place  in  a 
box  protected  against  wetting  by  rain  or 
snow. 
As  Nfecessarj 
Green 
- .  cool,  running  water  ■ 
— all  they  want  to  drink  and 
as  often,  is  as  necessary  to  healthy, 
thriving,  profitable  stock  as  green  pasture. 
The  extra  profit  that  running  water  brings 
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and  carrying. 
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