378 THE HANDBOOK FOR PEACTICAL FARMERS 



This is for pig one month old. 



Worms are very common in pigs, causing an mithriftiness and 

 stopping the growth. Give hardwood ashes occasionally, also 

 the following for a four-months-old pig daily for four days : 



Castor oil one-half ounce 



Turpentine ....'. one teaspoonful 



Rheumatism, a very common disease in cold weather, due to 

 cold and dampness combined. Provide dry, warm quarters w^ith 

 plenty of bedding ; also give one-half teaspoonful of salicylate of 

 soda in a little milk three times daily. 



Hog cholera. — The most contagious disease of swine and the 

 one that causes the greatest loss. It is caused by a germ that is 

 readily spread from one to another or from one herd to another. 

 This germ does not fly in the air, so must be carried in some 

 way. Dogs, clothing, manure, sleighs and wagons, stone boats 

 used in burying dead, are all common carriers. When the dis- 

 ease breaks out, separate the sick from the well and vaccinate 

 the Avell. This latter operation will probably in most cases have 

 to be done by a veterinarian, who Avill know the best methods to 

 use. The symptoms are dullness, high fever, hiding under litter, 

 red blotches showing on white skin, rapid breathing cough, high 

 death rate. It is also known as "Swine Fever" and "Swine 

 Plague. ' ' 



mZ/tr TO DO /r CHOLEPA ex/sts /n voc/p ne/ghbop/^oou 



I. CLEAN yoa^ PENS. BOffN/iLL UTTEP AND SPRAV PEOULAPL Y l^/T/^ 



/ PAPT OF COMPOaNO CPEOSOL SOLUT/ON TO 30PAPTS MV/JTEP. 

 2 CONFINE Y0aPN06S TO LIMITED QUAPTERS.AtVAY FPOM STPEAAfS 



AND OTNEP POSSIBLE EXPOSURE. 

 3. HOLD NEtV STOCN AND STOCN" PETUPN/NS FPOAf SNOy/S //^ SEPA- 



PATE PENS FOP /£ DAYS >4ND D/PBEFOPE PETUPN/NS TO NEPD. 

 4-. D/S/NFECT YOCIP SNOES, NOPSES FEET, kYASONS AND OTNEP EQU/PMENT 



BEFOPE PETUPN/N6 FPOM STOCK Y/^PDS OP /NFECTED FAPM PPEAf/SES. 



6. KEEP P/SEONS, CPOy/S AND B(/ZZAPDS Ay/AYFPOA/ VVC/P PPEAf/SES. 

 e. TIE UP YOUP DOG. 



7. SOPN ALL AN/MALS TNAT D/E ON YOUP FAPM. 



6. NOTIFY YOUP NEIGNBOP TO KEEPy^fYAiyAND FOLWIT/IBOtYE PPECAOT/O/^. 

 9. IF CHOLEPA APPEAPS /N YOC/P NEPD, CONT/NUE ABOk'E PPECAUT/ONS 

 ANO TPEAT yy/TH SEPUM OP SEPUM AND y/Pi/S 



