&quot;744 Live Stock.-r-Sznnc Dlfcafcs of. Rabbit*. 



In the curing of hams in Weftmcrcland, the method purfued is this : They &amp;lt;* art 

 firft rubbed very hard.gcnerally with bay-falt; by fome they are covered clofe up, by 

 others they are left on a ftone bench to allow the brine to run off. At the end of five 

 days they are again rubbed as hard as they were at firft, with fill of the fame fort, 

 mixed with rather more than an ounce of falrpetre to a ham. Having lain about 

 a week, either on a ftone bench, or in hogfheads amongft the brine, they are hung 

 -up by fome in the chimney amidft the fmoke, whether of peats or coals ; by others, 

 in places where no fmoke ever reaches them. If not fold fooner they are fuffered 

 tp remain there till the weather becomes warm. They are then packed in hogf 

 heads with ftraw or oatmeal feeds, and fent to the places of fale. It has been 

 :found by experiment that hams lofe twenty per cent, of their weight in the cur 

 ing* 



Swine are fubjecT: to a variety of difeafes, but few of them have yet been fuffici- 

 ently inveftigated to afcertain the proper means of cure. Much expofure to cold 

 is liable to bring on affections of the lungs, by which the animals gradually decline, 

 and wafte in Jflefh, having a frequent huiky dry fort of cough. Warmth, with good 

 skeep of the lefs dry and heating kinds, would feem to be the rnoll advantageous 

 jnethod of removing fuch complaints. 



When hogs become affected with the mange care muft be taken to feparate them 

 from the reft; and after being well warned in foap and water, they Ihould be 

 anointed with an ointment of the fame kind as that recommended for the fame 

 .difeafe in fheep. A little common fulphur mould likewife be given in their food. 



In large lop-eared hogs the parts behind them are apt to crack and become fore 

 in hot feafons; in thefe cafes they fhould be anointed with a little faturnine oint 

 ment. 



When the udders of the fows take on hard lymphatic fwellings, which is fome- 

 times the cafe, attempts may be made to remove them by the ufe of camphorated 

 faturnine wafties or ointments, care being taken to have the parts clean wiped be 

 fore the pigs are admitted to fuck. In fuch cafes half a drachm of calomel may 

 likewife be exhibited eveiy fecond or third night for two or three nights. 



Rabbits* This is a kind of live ftock that can only be employed with profit by 

 the farmer in particular fituations, and under certain circumftances. Wherever 

 land is capable of producing tolerable crops of either grain or grafs, the fyftera 



* Corrc&cd Report of Weftmoisland. 



