574 SWINE IN AMERICA 



quantity. Parched corn and scalded milk for one or 

 two feeds will usually correct the trouble arising from 

 indigestion or wrong feed. If the trouble comes from 

 damp beds the cause must be removed. The antidote is 

 dry quarters. Keep them clean and dry. Let in the 

 sunshine. Cover the droppings with fresh earth or dry 

 soil, and clean the pens often. 



"Cleanliness, sunshine and sound, wholesome feed 

 given judiciously will usually correct such bowel derange- 

 ments better than drugs. Charcoal is a corrective. Too 

 many go to the opposite extreme and change looseness to 

 constipation, which is only a change from one bad con- 

 dition to another. The trouble is hard to manage in 

 cloudy, rainy weather, especially where the shelter is 

 poor and the lots are muddy and uncomfortable." 



One good authority says : "To each pig two or three 

 weeks old give a teaspoon ful each of castor oil and 

 glycerin at a dose. After the physic operates, if the 

 scours still continue, give five drops each of tincture of 

 opium and spirits of camphor in a dessertspoonful of 

 water at a dose every four hours until cured. Be careful 

 about feeding too rich food to the sows, or feeding 

 soured swill or slop. Keep the pens clean and dry, and see 

 that sows and pigs get plenty of fresh air and sunshine, 

 plenty of exercise and plenty of good, fresh water." 



A. J. Lovejoy says a never-failing remedy for white 

 scours in young pigs is to reduce the richness of the sow's 

 feed and give her in slop twice a day a tablespoonful of 

 sulphur for two days. 



