Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 July 1908 — Diseases of Hens. [ARTICLE]

Diseases of Hens.

Alternate doses of one drop of belladonna with one drop of aconite every four hours have been known to cure obstinate cases of roup when all other remedies have failed. This Is what is called the “homeopathic treatment” Nearly all of the chills and fevers to which the barnyard fowl is heir may be treated with the same remedies. Pneumonia may be very successfully treated by giving one or two drops of bryonla in the soft feed two or three times each day. Nux vomica is an excellent medicine for all kinds of derangements of the digestive organs and the liver. Give one or two drops once or twice each day in the soft feed. Do not think that remedies will prove continually effective when Improper feeding is practiced. Teaching the Colt. The colt should be taught to understand its owner’s language and to stop at the single word “Whoa.” This word should be spoken plainly, and at the same time the colt should be snubbed short as he will soon connect the word with the event and stop when the word is given. Follow the same plan in teaching him to stand over, in the stall or go forward or backward at command, in doing this the whip has to be used to some extent, but should be used sparingly. A severe punishment will put the colt on bad terms with its trainer, which is frequently fruitful of forming bad habits and which often reduces the worth of many a valuable horse.—Cor. Farm Progress.

Tonic For Hog*. Dr. D. E. Salmon of the department of agriculture gives a good tonic and hog medicine, as follows: Wood charcoal, one pound: sulphur, one pound: sodium chloride, two pounds; sodium bicarbonate, two pounds; sodium hyposulphite, two pounds; sodium sulphate, one pound; black antimony, one pound. These ingredients should be thoroughly pulverized and thoroughly mixed. The dose is a large tablespoonful once a day for each 200 pounds of live weight of hogs to be treated. The medicine should be thoroughly mixed with the feed, and the latter should be soft, made of bran and middlings, cornmeal and middlings or something of that sort* mixed with hqt water.

The Mule Foot .Hog. In its general makeup the mule foot bog resembles the Poland-China, though attaining greater length. The best specimens are fully as mellow, lacking only in width and shortness of legs; In color black. In the central and western states some white is permissible. They are better in bone and will carry more weight without breaking down in the foot than the average of other breeds. They are kind and gentle, good mothers find are very prolific.—George W. De Hart, President Mule Foot Hog Record Association. Sorghum Good Hog Pasture. “I have had no experience with sorghum as pasture for stock except for hogs,” says a Dakota man ip Farm Progress. “Hogs relish It and Fseem to do as well on it as on any other pasture. As to whether it will produce bloat in cattle or sheep, I do not know, but it would probably act the same as any green, succulent feed if they were allowed to eat It when hungry or while it was wet with dew or rain." B*ve th* Manure. It is very convenient to buy and apply. bone dust and other commercial manures and often pays handsomely, but that fact doesn’t justify the farmer In wasting any part of his home supply- •