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place where you cannot bandag'e it, leave the pig in a very quiet 

 place, and sometimes the broken bone will knit together itself. 



BROKEN BACK IN PIGS. 



This is very often seen in sows when they are very thin and 

 weak after suckling pigs. It will happen verj^ easily sometimes ; 

 a very little tap on her nose will sometimes break a sow's back; 

 getting hit over the back, slipping, or from something falling and 

 hitting her over the back will sometimes cause it. It may occur 

 in other pigs in the same manner, but they are not so liable to be 

 hurt as weak sows just after you wean the little pigs. 



Symptoms. — All at once she will loose power of her hind 

 quarters and drag them after her. If you prick the hind parts 

 with a pin she cannot feel it, and will lie there quite helpless. 



Treatment. — Put the sow in a small, clean pen with a 

 good bed, and feed her so she will not be hungry and try to move 

 around. Give one or two teaspoonfuls of sulphur a day in her 

 feed to keep the bowels loose. Keep her as quiet as possible 

 and she will probably get well in the course of time. 



HOG CHOLERA. 



This is an infectious blood disease, and is sometimes called 

 anthrax ; it is noticed to break out in herds of hogs all over the 

 country. 



Symptoms — The first symptoms are dullness, drooping of the 

 head and ears, loss of appetite, and the pig will go away by itself 

 to lie down ; the pig seems very feverish, hot, and in some cases 

 will lie quiet and die very suddenly, while in other cases, as the 

 symptoms advance, the pig has pains in the bowels, will lie on its 

 side, moan with pain, then jump up, run around, squeal and grunt 

 in a very painful manner. The pig at times gets easy spells and 

 becomes quiet ; if you catch and examine it you will find that the 

 skin of the belly, thighs, front legs, throat, and around the nose 

 will be of a purple color, and in some cases on account of the high 

 fever, the skin breaks out in a rash. In the last stages of the 

 disease there is diarrhoea, and the manure which is very thin, is of 

 a black color and has a very bad smell. The pig rapidly loses 

 strength, gets a cough, begins breathing very heavy, and in a few 

 hours is so weak it can hardly stand. In some cases the pig dies 

 in from six to ten hours after being smitten with the disease, 

 while in other cases it lives for a few davs. The rash that comes 



