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be collected and burned, and lime scattered freely o\er 

 tlie ground. The sheds and hog houses should be 

 washed thoroughly with the solution of cresol as de- 

 scribed before new stock is brought on the place. Feed- 

 ing troughs used by sick pigs should be burned if made 

 uf wood, but if this is not practicable they should be 

 scrubbed clean and thoroughly soaked with the cresol 

 solution, the latter being washed out before the troughs 

 are used again. 



"It is possible to start an outbreak of hog cholera by 

 bringing hogs on the farm that have had the disease 

 and have apparently recovered. For safety's sake two 

 or three months should elapse after complete recovery 

 before placing such an animal with susceptible pigs, and 

 then only after washing or dipping in a disinfectant 

 solution (compound solution of cresol, i to loo)." 



"In Farmers' Bulletin 24, Dr. D. \L Salmon gave the 

 following formula for a medicine which was used many 

 years ago as a preventixe and cure for hog cholera : 



Pounds 



Wood charcoal i 



Sulphur I 



Sodium chlorid 2 



Sodium bicarbonate 2 



Sodium hyposulphite 2 



Sodium sulphate i 



Antimony sulphid (black antimony) i 



"Experience has shown that this is not to be regarded 

 as a cure or preventive in the true sense, Ijut is nc\cr- 

 theless a very good condition powder. Tin's is mixed 

 with the feed in the proportion of a large tablcspoonful 



