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f:irm, soaking up all the urine from the animals. Over the 

 parts inside the dotted lines, and marked C is a roof of rough 

 boards, matched so as to shed all the raiu and keep a dry sleep- 

 ing place for the hogs. The whole yard is kept well littered 

 with straw, leaves, etc., and never gets muddy. There is a gate 

 in each yard, not represented in the cut. 



Diseases of Swine. Diarrhcea. Change the food and mix 

 in tlie morning's mess a teacupful of powdered chalk for a full 

 grown aniiiKiI. lIoG Cholera. The principal symptom is 

 almost constant evacuations of a dark color, of a fetid odor, 

 and containing much bile ; the extremities are cold. If one hog 

 has these symptoms give each of the others three times a day, 

 in their feed, a tablespoonful of the following mixture. Sul- 

 phate of iron, one part; cinchona, two parts; charcoal, two 

 parts ; flour of sulphur, twelve parts. (One pound of sulphur 

 two ounces each charcoal and cinchona, and one ounce sulphate 

 of iron, will make six days' doses for one hog.) Continue to 

 give for six days. 



Fever. Symptoms. Eyes red ; skin, lips, nostrils hot and 

 dry; great tliirst and poor appetite. Bleed a large hog a 

 quart, and smaller ones in proportion. Bleed from one of the 

 veins in the ear, or in the fore leg, just above the knee. Feed 

 nourishing food often. If the bowels are closed inject warm 

 soap and water. Cracking of the skin, mange, and other cuta- 

 neous diseases are to be treated with a mixture of lard and tar.^ 

 In cases of mange keep the hog without food for half a day, and 

 then give from one to three ounces of epsom salts in a warm 

 bran mash. After this give a tablespoonful of sulphur in each 

 meal, until the sores heal. 



Measles. Symptoms. Red eyes and pustules about the 



Also Cresylic soap, before recommended for cows, sheep, etc. 



