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till wanted. 1C removed, they should bo kept cool, dry and 

 free from flies. A canvass cover for each, saturated with 

 lime, which may be put on with a while. wash brush, is a per- 

 fect protection against Hies. When not to be kept long, they 

 may be parked in dry salt, or even in sweet brine without 

 injury. .V common method is to pack in dry oats, baked 

 saw-dust, &c. 



DISEASES OF SWINE. 



Mortifying as the fart may be to human pride, it is never- 

 theless certain, that the internal arragements, the viscera, 

 digestive organs, omniverous propensities, and the general 

 physiological structure of the hog and the bear, more nearly 

 resemble man, than any other animal. Many of their dis- 

 eases may therefore be expected to be a modification of those 

 of the human species, and require a similar treatment. 

 Swine are parculiarly liable to colds, coughs and pulmonary 

 affections; to cutaneous disorders, and that other frequently 

 fatal human disease, the measles. Like most other evils, 

 prevention of disease in swine, is more easy and economical 

 than cure. A dry warm bed, free from winds or storms, and 

 suitable food, will most effectually prevent any injuries, or 

 fatal attacks. The hog has little external covering to protect 

 him against cold. Nature has provided this immediately 

 within the skin, in the deep layer of fat, which surrounds the 

 full, plump hog. Fat is one of the best non-conductors of heat, 

 and the pig which is well fed, bids defiance to the intense cold, 

 which would produce great suffering and consequent disease, 

 in the ill conditioned animal. By the observance of a proper 

 medium between too much fat or lean, for the store or breed- 

 ing swine, and providing them with comfortable beds and pro- 

 per feed, almost all diseases will be avoided. 



FOR COUGHS AND INFLAMATION OP THE LUNGS, bleeding 



should immediately be resorted to, after which give gentle 

 purges of castor oil, or Epsom salts ; and this should be 

 followed with a dose of antimonial powders ; 2 grains, mixed 

 with half a dracham of nitre. 



FOR COSTIVEXESS or loss of appetite, sulpher is an excellent 

 remedy, given in a light mess. 



ITCH may be cured by anointing with equal parts of lard 

 and brimstone. Rubbing posts, and a running stream to 

 wallow in are preventives. 



THE KIDNEY WORM is frequently fatal, and always pro- 

 duces weakness of the loins and hind legs, and generally, 



