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times a week, to add about three table fpoonfuls of 

 fait to a half bufhel pail of food, which affifts di- 

 geftion, confolidates their food, and increafes their 

 appetites. When too great a quantity of fait is 

 given, it then ads as a purgative, which prevents 

 their food conveying the neceflary nourifhment. 



About once a week, I have mixed two table 

 fpoonfuls of madder, which prevents obftrudlions, 

 afting as a diuretick, and is at the fame time an 

 aftringent. And on fome other day in the week, 

 I give a fpoonful or two of an equal quantity of 

 flour of fulphur, and falt-petre, well pounded 

 and mixed ; wliich purifies and cools the blood. 

 All thefe different articles added to each pail of 

 food in the morning, on feparate days, entirely 

 prevent the meazles, keep fvvkie extremely healthy, 

 and fatten them more expeditioufly. 



When fome of my hogs were firft penned up, 

 they were afFedled with a violent cough, vulgarly 

 called the hujk ; which the above ingredients entirely 

 removed in a very fhort time. 



It frequently happens, that fwine are killed when 

 difordcred with the meafles, which is eafily difco- 

 vcrablc by the meat or fiefli containing fmall glo- 

 bular red or white puftules of different lizcs, vary- 

 ing 



