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water, allowing the undissolved matter to settle and pour- 

 ing off the clear solution. This should be kept in tightly 

 corked bottles. Lime water is an alkali and is used in in- 

 digestion, bloat, and diarrhoea, especially among calves. 

 Given with the milk in the proportion of 1:5. Scalds and 

 burns may be treated with carron oil, which is composed of 

 lime water and linseed oil, equal parts. Fresh lime in 

 powder and solution is used in cleansing and disinfecting 

 stables. For this purpose a little carbolic acid may be 

 added to the solution. 



Sulfur. — In large doses it is an active irritant poison. In 

 medicinal doses it is a laxative, alterative, and stimulates 

 secretion. Care should be taken to prevent the animal 

 from taking cold when given sulfur. It opens the pores of 

 the skin and stimulates perspiration. Chiefly used in treat- 

 ing rheumatism and chronic skin diseases. Dose : Horse, 

 i oz. to 2 oz. 



SUPPRESSION OF HOG CHOLERA AND SWINE 

 PLAGUE. (Craig.) 



Causes. — Hog cholera and swine plague are caused by 

 different bacteria, but they are equally dependent for the 

 success of their attacks on the unhealthiness of the hogs, 

 due in most instances to unwholesome food and filthy sur- 

 roundings. The causes are so similar and the symptoms 

 are so much alike and often complicated that it will be best 

 to consider the diseases together in what follows. The 

 germs that cause them are easily spread over large terri- 

 tories by being carried by cars, wagons, or the shoes of per- 

 sons that have been among infected hogs. Most frequently 

 the origin of the outbreak maybe traced to the importation 

 of hogs from diseased districts or to spread from such 

 centers by running streams. 



Symptoms. — The first symptoms usually shown in attacks 

 of these diseases are those that indicate fever — a rise in 

 temperature, thirst, loss of appetite, and redness of the skin 

 on the lower part of the neck and inner side of the thigh. 

 Usually a hog so diseased begins to cough when started 



