No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 167 



be placed in separate pens and treated by medicine made according 

 to the formula below, which is recommended by the Bureau of Ani- 

 mal Industry. The foUowiiij;- is taken fi-om one of their repoi'ts: 



Pounds. 



''\A'ood charcoal 1 



Sulphur 1 



Sodium chloride, 2 



Sodium bicarbonate, 2 



Sodiuuj hyposulphate 2 



Sodium sulphate, 1 



Antimony sulphide iblack antimony) 1 



"These in<;redieiits should l)e completly pulverized and thorough- 

 ly mixed. In case there is profuse diarrhea the sulphate of sodium 

 mav be omitted. 



''The dose of this mixture is a large tablespoonful for each 200 

 pounds weight of hogs to be treated, and it should be given only 

 once a day. When hogs are affected with these diseases they should 

 tjot be fed on corn alone, but they should have at least once a day 

 soft feed, made by mixing bran and middlings, or middlings and coiii 

 meal, or ground oats and corn, or crushed wheat with hot water, and 

 then stirring into this the proper quantity of the medicine. Hogs 

 are fond of this mixture, it increases their appetite, and when they 

 (Kice taste of food with which it has bee« mixed they will eat it 

 though nothing else would tempt them. 



"Animals that are very sick and that will not come to the feed 

 should be drenched with the medicine shaken up with water. Great 

 care should be exercised in drenching hogs or they will be suf- 

 focated. Do not turn the hog on its back to drench it, but pull the 

 cheek away from the teeth so as to form a pouch, into which the 

 medicine may be slowly poured. It will flow from the cheek into 

 the mouth, and wlun the hog fiuds out what it is, it will stop squeal- 

 ing and swallow. In our experiments hogs which were so sick that 

 they would eat nothing have commenced to eat very soon after get- 

 ting a dose of the remedj. and have steadily improved until they ap- 

 peared perfectly well. 



"This medicine mny also be used as a preventative of this dis- 

 ease, and for this purpose should be put in the fed of the whole herd. 

 Care, of course, should be observed to see that each animal receives 

 it proper share. In cases where it has been give« a fair trial, it has 

 apparently cured most of the animals which were sick and has 

 stopped the progress of the disease in the herds. It also appears to 

 be an excellent appetizer and stimulant of the processes of digestion 

 and assimilation, and when given to unthrifty hogs it increases the 

 appetite, causes them to take on flesh, and assume a thrifty appear- 

 ance." 



