556 HEAVES OB THUMPS. 



Heaves or Thumps. 



1. These difficulties are usually preceded by a cough, which is 

 generally worse in the morning, when hogs first come from their 

 beds. Almost any Case can be cured by putting a spoonful of salt 

 well down the throat of the animal. Repeat once, every two days, 

 until three doses shall have been given, though usually one dose 

 will perfect a cure. 



2. Tar is an old remedy for this disease, and one that has been 

 employed very successfully by many farmers. The mode of giving 

 it is to take a small quantity of tar (nearly the bulk of an egg) ana 

 put it well down in the mouth. This should be done for three suc- 

 cessive mornings. If the disease does not yield to three doses, dis- 

 solve one pint of tar in a gallon of water, and use one quart as a 

 drench, repeating the dose every morning until a cure is effected. 



Rot in the Tails of Young Pigs. 



The tails of young pigs frequently drop or rot off, which is 

 attended with no further disadvantage to the animal than the loss 

 of the member. The remedies are, to give a little brimstone or sul- 

 phur, in the food of the sow, or rub oil or grease daily on the 

 affected parts. It may be detected by roughness or scabbiness at 

 the point where separation is likely to occur. 



Soreness of the Feet. 



This often occurs to hogs that have traveled any distance, the 

 feet often becoming tender and sore. In such cases they should be 

 examined, and all extraneous matter removed from the foot. Then 

 wash with weak lye. 



To Remove Lice. 



1. Boil tobacco (leaf -tobacco if you can procure it) until you 

 have a strong decoction, and add enough of grease or lard to make 

 a thin salve; apply thoroughly and in one day there will be no 

 vestige of these vermin left. 



2. Put one gill of kerosene oil into a dish. With a woolen 

 rag or paint brush, rub the oil up and down the back of the animal, 

 and behind the forelegs and on the flanks. This will clear off the 

 vermin in two days. 



3. An agricultural paper says buttermilk is an infallible 

 remedy for ridding hogs of lice. It should be poured along the 

 hog's back and neck. Two or three applications will generally 

 prove sufficient. 



Cure for Worms. 



1. For swine that are troubled with worms, mix wood-ashet 

 with soap-suds', and feed once a week with slops. 



