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Treatment : In this form of sore mouth, remove the 

 cause. Feed soft, wholesome food, such as wheat brau 

 mashes and vegetables. In cases where it is due to the 

 lodging of beards of wheat or barley, gag the hog^s 

 mouth with a piece of wood and remove the beards with 

 forceps. Keep clean, cool water before them at all times 

 and avoid feeding dry, hard food. 



SOWS EATING THEIR YOUNG 

 Cause: Insufficient lime or mineral matter fed prior 



to farrowing; constipation is also a fruitful cause. 

 Prevention : Careful feeding for a few days prior to 



farrowing of slops, free from soap or washing powders ; 



cool food, sucli as wheat bran mashes, with hog tonic and 



regulator as prescribed on the first page of this chapter. 



This is loosening to the bowels and also contains mineral 



matter and blood purifiers which are very valuable in 



the above mentioned condition. 



SUN OR HEAT STROKE 



Cause : Hogs that are very fat, and driven, hauled or 

 shipped to market when the weather is warm, are fre- 

 quently stricken with heat or sun-stroke. Sometimes 

 when hogs are overcrowded and not protected from the 

 rays of the sun, or from heat, they may become victims 

 of heat or sunstroke. 



Symptoms: First they stagger when walking, then 

 they become very weak and temperature elevates three 

 or four degrees higher than normal. Prostration or 

 extreme depression, or sometimes involuntary spasms 

 or contractions of muscles occur. 



Treatment : Prevention. Do not drive, haul or ship 

 during the hottest part of the day, hogs that are not 

 accustomed to exercise or extreme heat. Do not crowd 

 hogs in small pens or sheds during the hot months, as 

 their bodies give off considerable heat in addition to 

 that of the sun. See that they are protected from the 



