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Raw salt pork, cut in small pieces, and given, will 

 prevent them from eating their pigs. I have seen it given 

 after they had ate two or three of their litter, with good 

 success. But to prevent any mischief, it should be kept 

 by them at this time. A western farmer observes, " 1 

 have been careful for about a week before my sows were 

 about to farrow, to give them some butcher's refuse meat, 

 which does not cost much ; if easy to be procured, give 

 them a plenty, and I will venture to say that they will 

 not eat their pigs." 



DISEASES OF THE HORSE. 



The diseases to which this noble animal is liable, are 

 numerous ; and we cannot give as much room to this de- 

 partment as the importance of the subject requires. Every 

 farmer would do well to procure a copy of a book called 

 " THE HORSE," by William Youatt, republished from the 

 London edition, and adapted to the American public, by 

 Lea & Blanchard, of Philadelphia. It is a work of great 

 merit. 



We annex a few of the most useful hints on this sub. 

 ject. 



CURE FOR COLIC IN HORSES. 



Dissolve one pound of epsom or glauber salts, and 

 one-fourth of a pound of ground ginger, in three pints of 

 boiling water, and when sufficiently cool, (about blood 

 warm,) pour it down the horse. Keep it well shaken, 

 so that the horse may get all the sediment, which contains 

 most of the ginger. In very severe attacks, bleed in the 



