Report of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture Volume 37, Nos. 145-148 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 Excerpt: ...kerosene mixtures also are prominently mentioned. Sunshine, free as the air and as inexpensive, is unexcelled as a disinfectant. Fig. 177. Many farmers make a regular practice of disinfecting the bodies of their hogs. Courtesy New Jersey Station. The customary way of applying liquid disinfectant in hog lots, pens, houses, feeding places, etc., is by means of a spray pump. This scatters the material evenly and quickly. Other and less efficient ways are to apply it by means of a common garden sprinkler, an old broom or a brush. Dry disinfectants, such as air-slacked lime, is usually scattered or sprinkled by hand. The bodies of the hogs themselves also are regularly disinfected by a large majority of the farmers answering the inquiry. This is done in most cases about once a month or once every two weeks, with sprayer, hand sprinkler, or brush. Sometimes the disinfectant is put in the hog oiler, in the dipping tank or in the hog wallow. Where there is serious infection of lice disinfection must be much more frequent, at least once a week, until the infection is controlled. The most popular disinfectants for use on the bodies of hogs are commercial dips and crude oil. Kerosene is used only occasionally, as it is said to have a tendency to blister. Mud Wallows. "Do your hogs have a mud wallow? Why?" was the next question asked. Answers to this question indicate considerable difference of opinion. One hundred and ninety-two answered "Yes"; 60 answered "They wallow in the creek"; 41 answered "Sometimes"; and 239 answered "No." The explanation of the 192 answering "Yes" was that a mud wallow keeps the hogs cool in the summer and that the hogs enjoy it. Some claim that it helps get rid of lice. Those statin...