THE MOST COMMON DISEASES OF SWINE 57I 



if the neck and the legs are affected, apply to the neck 

 first, then to the other parts the day following, and there 

 will be no bad results from the use of the tobacco, and it 

 is an excellent remedy when carefully used." 



Some very excellent advice along this line, the out- 

 growth of practical experience, is written out by James 

 Atkinson, thus : "Mange, or scurviness (the latter being 

 simply the resulting product of the mange organism) is 

 an enemy of thrift and growth, and one of the best and 

 most up-to-date ways that we know to waste feed is to 

 shovel it into a bunch of mangy or scurvy hogs. As a 

 rule, they spend half their time scratching and the rest of 

 the time thinking about it. 



/ "It is one ailment, however, for which there is an 



absolute specific, and that is a good coal tar dip. If we 



/had a bunch of mangy hogs on hand and did not have 



j access to a dipping tank we would order a spray pump — 



one that could be used for spraying the orchards after- 



ward, if necessary. Round the pigs into a shed, mix 



up the dip according to directions and turn the pump 



loose. This will literally saturate the hogs as well as 



their bedding. If it is at all cold keep them in the shed 



for a few hours after they are sprayed. The idea is 



simply to keep the hogs out of a draft for fear they 



will catch cold. If they are kept together they will soon 



warm up after the application of the cold dip, and when 



they are dry they can be turned out without risk. Of 



\ course, if enough dip is used to thoroughly saturate 



\their bedding the shed should afterward be cleaned and 



fresh bedding put in. 



