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and a sloppy diet fed. In case the udder Ijeconics in- 

 flamed it should be kneaded gently with th2 fingers and 

 an ointment applied daily, made as follows: Extract of 

 belladonna and gum camphor one dram of each, and 

 vaseline three ounces. Hot fomentations may also be 

 used. Sore teats should be bathed daily with one part 

 zinc sulphate, three-fourths part lead acetate, and 30 

 parts water until healed. 



SUNSTROKE 



Fat hogs driven, or even when hauled to market, in 

 hot weather are very susceptible to the heat, and always 

 under such circumstances measures should be taken, as 

 well as in the yards and pastures, to afford protection 

 which will ward off sunstroke. Hogs being shipped to 

 market in hot weather should be frecpiently wetted 

 with water to keep them cool. A hog suft'ering from 

 heat or sunstroke should be moved to a shady place and 

 cool water poured on the head and neck, but not on the 

 rest of the body. 



Prof. John A. Craig explains why the hog suc- 

 cumbs so unresistingly when overheated. The man or 

 horse when heated soon has the surface of his body 

 covered with perspiration, and the evaporation of this at 

 once l)egins to reduce his temperature. Nature has made 

 no such provision for the relief of the hog when heated 

 by exposure to the sun or by excessive exercise. This 

 is reason enough why it should have an abundant and 

 convenient water supply, shade, and a convenient bathing 

 or wallowing place, whether on summer pasturage or 

 confined in a lot, and plenty of the green food that is 

 laxative and cooling. 



