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locks, disinclination to move, and humping the back are 

 frequent symptoms; if made to walk will squeal as if in 

 pain; the pigs refrain from suckling. The treatment is 

 simple and effective if thoroughly done; the young pigs 

 should first be attended to by dipping in over the head 

 in either of the following solutions, care being taken not 

 to hold them too long under the water and thus drown 

 them: 



A. Permanganate of potash 1 ounce. 



Water i gallon. 



This solution is practically non-poisonous and may be 

 used fearlessly. 



B. Creolin 1 ouuce. 



Water \ gallon. 



The treatment should be given three times at intervals 

 of two or three days; remove dirt from the snouts of the 

 pigs as much as possible, so as to economize in the use of 

 the drugs. The sow's udder should be washed a few 

 times with one of the solutions; should ulcers form as 

 described, touch them with a piece of silver nitrate or 

 apply a little butyr of antimony with a small swab. Dis- 

 infect the farrowing pens with hot carbolic lime wash. 

 This trouble is entirely different to that caused by the 

 tushes of the young pigs, with which it is confounded 

 by so many pig breeders and farmers. A dose of raw 

 linseed oil or epsom salts will be of benefit to give the 

 sow. 



