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every other day for a week or two a tablespoonful of sulphur with the food, to be followed 

 each alternate day with from fifteen to thirty drops of turpentine, regulating the dose 

 according to the size and age of the pig. 



Use of Disinfectants. Barns, stables, sheds, hog houses, and in fact outhouses of 

 every kind on the farm, may at times require the use of disinfectants, and especially those 

 that have been occupied by animals sick with any contagious disease. One of the easiest and 

 best methods of fumigating a building is to close all openings through which the smoke 

 could escape, and burn sulphur and. wood tar in the proportion of one pound of sulphur to 

 two of the tar. Mix them with tow, and allow the smoke to become sufficiently dense to 

 penetrate to every part of the building. It is also a good plan to fumigate stables a little two or 

 three times a week, where animals are sick, but not sufficient to make them cough. The 

 walls, floors, and every part of the building should be washed with diluted carbolic acid, and 

 the blankets, etc., be wet with it. If the pure carbolic acid is used for this purpose, one pint 

 of the acid will be sufficient for twelve gallons of soft water, or in the proportion of about 

 one part carbolic acid to 100 parts of water. The impure carbolic acid obtained at gas works 

 may be used without being diluted. Chloride of zinc in the proportion of one ounce to a 

 gallon of water, should be sprinkled over the droppings of the stables or pens. All sick 

 animals should be apart by themselves, and those having care of them should never approach 

 or handle the well ones. Carbolic acid is not only a good disinfectant, but is useful in 

 destroying the infectious principle in many respects. If, for instance, the food or water for 

 drinking has become contaminated, carbolic acid may be given in ten drop doses each morn 

 ing and evening, to a hog weighing 150 Ibs., it being mixed with their liquid food. During 

 the prevalence of contagious diseases, scratches and wounds should be treated with diluted 

 carbolic acid, and in castrating any animals, the hands should first be washed in it. 



Dry earth, lime, charcoal, and tar are among the disinfectants commonly used in pens 

 and stables. Dry earth absorbs the liquids and destroys the odors of excrement, 

 and also prevents unwholesome emanations. Lime is also excellent for this purpose, 

 while charcoal is a powerful absorbant of gases. Common wood tar contains these proper 

 ties in a less degree than those already mentioned, while chloride of lime is perhaps one of 

 the best for all common practical purposes. 



