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thiit the biaiu or .spinal cord is the poiut most severely uttacktid ; in an- 

 other, the muscular and ligamentous tissues sulier ; another, the bowels 

 receive the attack, hut all ending' ahke, with a destruction of lung tis- 

 sue. The whole course of the attack very much resembles the eft'ect pro- 

 duced by an epidemic of measles, and quite similar to tj^phus fever in 

 man. 



The first herd that I visited after receiving my appointment was Mr. 

 J. Follet's, of Deer Park. Mr. Follet had a herd of six hundred head, 

 largo and small. They had been dying for three weeks. He had been 

 giving kerosene and lune in their drudcing- water. The herd was a 

 mixed breed of Berkshires, Poland-Chinas, and Chester Whites. Two 

 years ago he lost nearly his whole herd. His pasture was woodland 

 j)rairie, traversed by ravines, so that every rain washed the ground, es- 

 pecially his feeding-ground. The water to drink was from a spring, 

 pumiced into a trough by a AN'indmill, and the trough was so constructed 

 that they could not get their feet into the water. This herd was well 

 sheltered from storms and sun, and theu' sleeping places were scatter- 

 ing out-buildings, so that there was no crowding together. 



I advised him to continue lime in wat-sr, and to disinfect thoroughly 

 with carbohc acid and chloride of hme, and to give sulphur, soda, bi- 

 carbonate, and salt, which he did ; also turpentine in swill. The ani- 

 mals soon ceased to die, and he saved nearly all of his older hogs which 

 he had wintered over and a few of this year's pigs. One hog, whenever 

 it found a dead pig, would at once eat into its entrails and devour the 

 whole internal viscera. This hog thrived finely. 



Joseph Watts, who had a large herd, lost a great many hogs. They 

 had been dying for about the same length of time. I advised the same 

 course as with Mr. FoUet's, but I cannot say that any very satisfactory 

 results followed. His herd nearly all died, and out of one hundred and 

 fifty head he* saved only thirty. 



Mr. Henry Green's herd had, since May, been running on a timothy 

 and clover pasture, through Avhich ran a creek. They had no corn. 

 His year-old hogs began to die first, then the breeding sows, and lastly 

 the pigs. He disinfected very thoroughly with carbolic acid, chloride 

 of lime, and lime. As he had a very choice lot of Poland-China hogs, he 

 was very anxious to save them. He sold what pigs woidd do to go to 

 market, but with all his care by changing lots, turning into his corn- 

 fields, &c., he saved only four or five head. 



In this herd I separated a few sick ones and placed them by themselves 

 and gave fluid extract aconite to control the fever ; but the results Avere un- 

 favorable, as those thus treated finally died. A few others 1 gave a x)hysic 

 of mandrake with like results, losing all or nearly all the small ]iigs. 1 

 will here remark that but few of the farmers that have large herds know 

 anywhere near how many small pigs they have, as they only count the 

 larger hogs. IMr. Watts thinks lie has lost a hundred small ])igs. 



Mr. Eockwood's herd is confined on an adjoining farm to Mr. Green. 

 He also had a very choice herd of I\)lan<l (Uiina hogs, immbering one 

 hundred and sixty-five, ninety large ones, seventy-five spring pigs. He 

 sold twenty-two large ones after liis lierd was taken sick, lost thirty 

 large animals, and has only five or six small ])igs and tliirty-eight large 

 ones left. He used soda, turpentine, suli)hiu', and kerosene after the 

 herd Avas taken sick. Fumigated onrx', Avith sulphur, and regrets he did 

 not repeat this i^rocess, as, he says, "after doing that they appeared so 

 much more lively." I made several post-mortem examinations in aU these 

 herds with like results. 



Talman and Ed. Libby's licnls were in a woodland i)astni'e. with 

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