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forehead, about one and a half inches below the top of 

 the head, and insert into the wound and under the skin, 

 as much fine salt as possible. Repeat the application 

 hourly, and it will very soon effect a cure." 



CARE OF BREEDING SWINE. 



Swine kept for breeders should never be shifted from 

 pen to pen a short time before littering. They must not 

 be disturbed or kept in small pens. When they are al- 

 lowed to roam at large, they generally seek retired places 

 in the woods, and in such cases they are seldom known 

 to destroy their young by design or by accident. Let 

 them have their accustomed residence at such times. 



SPAYING SWINE. 



Take a crooked stick, in the form of the arm when 

 bent, about eighteen inches long ; to each end attach a 

 string, doubled, about eight or ten inches long, which put 

 in a noose over the hind-legs, just above the hocks ; hang 

 them up, head downward ; tie the mouth to prevent squeal- 

 ing ; let a boy stand at their back and hold the fore-legs. 

 Then with a sharp knife split the belly just between the 

 hind four teats, sufficient to insert two or three fingers of 

 the left hand draw out the pride, and cut it off with the 

 knife in the right hand ; then with a large crooked needle 

 and waxed thread, sew up the wound in the following 

 manner : Stick the needle through from outside to inside, 

 then bring out the needle on the other side of the wound, 

 from inside to outside ; cut off the thread sufficiently long 

 to tie ; repeat the same so as to make three stitches ; then 

 tie them, being careful not to draw the stitches too tight, 

 and the work is done. 



