162 DISEASES OF SWINE AND OTHER ANIMALS. 



plenty of good water. Previous to turning out to pasture tbis spring lie 

 fed salt, sulpliur, and wood-aslies combined. As soon as he discovered 

 the herd was sick he took them from the woodland pasture and divided 

 up the herd, placing some in a yard and some in an orchard, and others 

 in an open field with straw stacks in it, and upon my advice gave salt, 

 sulphur, soda, and turpentine, disinfecting with carbolic acid. 



On the Gth of October I visited his herd and found he had only lost a 

 few of his hogs, and these were mostly small pigs. He said he "never 

 had hogs do any better than they are now doing." He continues the 

 sul])hur treatment. 



Michael Eyan's herd consisted of only six shoats, which he had win- 

 tered. They were running in a pasture of timothy and clover ; grass 

 tall ; clear stream of water ; hedge fence for shelter. When I visited 

 the lot I found them lying in tall grass, and all sick. His farm adjoins 

 that of Mr. Eockwood. One half died. No treatment. 



Mrs. David Strawn has a large herd, which she fed sulphur, copperas, 

 and salt up to three months ago. She has commenced this treatment 

 again. This herd lost heavily. The surroundings in the way of sleeping 

 places were rather bad, being old straw stacks and dirty sheds -, but 

 they had a good pasture with plenty of spring- water for drinking". Mrs. 

 Strawn's hogs being in very fair condition, she shipped all that were not 

 sick. She lost most of her small pigs. Just in this neighborhood the 

 disease ai3peared to be more fatal than in any other locality in this sec- 

 tion. 



John Craig Morr's herd consisted of thirty large and twenty small 

 animals, and were confined in Avoodland pastui^e. He lost three large 

 and six small hogs. He gave sulphur, copperas, and wood-ashes. 



Isaac Eeed's herd was confined in an orchard and open-lot pasture. 

 He had five old hogs and seventeen young pigs. Once a week he gave 

 fine soft coal, wood-ashes, and salt, with occasionally a little sulphur. 

 He lost both large and small animals; has only two left. 



John Goss had a herd of seventeen and lost twelve ; the remainder 

 had the disease, but got well. He bought seven more and put them in 

 the pen two months after, and they did not take the disease. 



Joseph Black's herd is situated just across the road south of Mr. 

 Henry Green's. Mr. B. put sulphur and asafetida in his swill-barrel, 

 and disinfected with chloride of lime, and saved a large niunber of his 

 pigs and nearly all the older hogs, while JMr. Green lost severely, and 

 the only difference in care and situation consisted in Mr. Black com- 

 mencing treatment before his herd was taken sick. I saw no reason why 

 Mr. Black should not have lost as many as Green or Eockwood under 

 the same conditions. 



Mr. Black's herd was in a timber and prairie pasture, cut up by ravines. 

 He had seventy-five head, and lost five old and half his young pigs. 

 He gave lime, sulphur, and wood-ashes. 



Eichard Smith, living on the south bluff of Illinois Eiver, had seven- 

 teen hogs, a year old, and thirty 3'Oung pigs. An old animal and a 

 young ])ig were the first to die. The pig weighed from 75 to 100 pounds. 

 The old animal was a sow with sucking pigs. All the i)igs died, and 

 in ten days more other pigs began to die. After he had lost Ibur he gave 

 one sow nitrate i^otash in water and she recovered. I advised asafetida, 

 sulphur, and soda, with turpentine, in swill. After he commenced this 

 treatment ho lost no more hogs. Mr. Smith says, "Every time I give 

 turpentine I can see that that Qpugli gets better." 



Mr. Gentlemen's herd was treated Avith a seciet i-emedy by a JMi-. Sut- 

 ton. Mr. Sutton claimed specific trccltment. He also treated some of 



