SECTION IV. 



DISEASES OF SWINE. 



INTRODUCTION. 



THE most erroneous opinions prevailed for a long 

 time respecting the nature of swine, as also their 

 mode of treatment. It was fancied that this animal 

 would thrive equally well, whether kept clean or dirty, 

 as it was supposed its natural habits were to wallow 

 in the dirt and mire. Modern experience, however, 

 has proved these fancies to be most incorrect, and it is 

 well known that pigs always prefer a clear sty and 

 clean litter to those that are dirty ; and it is an equally 

 well-ascertained fact, that they never thrive when 

 these important points are neglected. 



If it is possible, swine-sties should be constructed 

 in localities through which a running stream passes, 

 and their sleeping-houses on a sloping bank, so that 

 they may be dry and comfortable for the animals, 

 and the inclined plane will carry off any urine from 

 the enclosure appropriated to them. Those who keep 

 a number of pigs should have separate sties for the 

 young and the old, as well as for the accommodation 

 of those which are in pig ; and where they should be 

 kept until they farrow. 



Swine are liable to various diseases ; but their 

 treatment has not yet been sufficiently ascertained, in 



