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broken down, requires nothing but a free use of copperas 

 dissolved in water, and mfxed with meal so as to form a 

 dough. It will require some six or eight doses to cure a 

 hog after he has got down. All farmers should give this 

 preparation to their hogs several times in the spring of the 

 year in fact, it is good for them occasionally through 

 the year. I had a hog down last year, dragging itself 

 about for several days before I gave him copperas, which, 

 after I commenced, soon effected a cure, and he was on 

 his feet again. 



Copperas will destroy the large worms frequently found 

 in the bowels of a hog, as well as those that are in the 

 kidneys. One ounce, or less, is enough for a hog at a 

 time, and given once a day is enough in any case. Sul- 

 phur is also good for hogs, and enough of it will make 

 them shed lice, if they have any, and may be given with- 

 out any risk of danger ; or at least, if there is any danger 

 in giving it, I have never found it out. Southern Culti- 

 vator. 



J. P. Kirtland, in the " Western Farmer" of Cincinnati, 

 says that " a persevering use of corn, soaked in an alka- 

 line solution, a weak ley for instance," will cure this dis- 

 ease in swine. He says an extensive use of this remedy 

 for many years, enables him to say it is infallible, if it be 

 applied before the animal has lost its appetite. 



BLIND STAGGERS. 



A correspondent of the " New Genesee Farmer" gives 

 the following remedy for this disease in swine : 



" As to the cause of this disease, I am not able to speak 

 decidedly ; but suppose it to arise from a determination of 

 blood to the head. Leaving the cause, therefore, to abler 

 hands, I will proceed to the cure. Catch the hog, and 

 with a sharp knife, make an incision through the skin, 

 two or two and a half inches in length, vertically on the 



