250 THE RURAL EFFICIENCY GUIDE STOCK 



the pressure. Put cold water or ice packs to the head and give from 2 to 3 

 ounces of epsom salts. Repeat the dose of salts when necessary. Give a 

 teaspoonful of calomel immediately. Next slit the skin on the head clear to 

 the bone above the eyes and put salt and pepper in the opening. If this does 

 not set up a counter irritation, apply a strong liniment on the upper part of 

 the head and around the base of the ears. Feed lightly. Epsom salts may 

 be given in 2 or 3-ounce doses in place of calomel to loosen the bowels. 



Blood from Stomach. 



Injuries to the stomach, from bunting, kicking, or when a pig swallows 

 a bone or some other hard substance that causes bleeding. 



Symptoms. Vomiting blood (The blood should be examined and if it 

 contains particles of food and is dark colored it comes from the stomach.) 

 and a loss of appetite. There may be a coughing of blood. 



Treatment. Take a teaspoonful of cold water and into this put about 

 ten drops of aconite and give as a dose every two or three hours. 



Bronchitis. 



As this disease is usually fatal great care should be taken with young 

 pigs to see that they are not exposed to wet and cold, especially after being 

 overheated; dusty quarters, lungworms, or condition of the atmosphere may 

 cause it. 



Symptoms. Loss of appetite; cough; discharge of mucus from mouth 

 (sometimes from the nose too); fast difficult breathing; holding head out; 

 fever; weakness in limbs and stumbling. 



Treatment. Give good quarters and a well balanced ration. Feed lightly 

 during the acute stage of the disease. Plasters on chest will give relief from 

 pain. Steaming is often used. Give from one-half to two ounce doses of 

 castor oil and allow the animal to inhale steam. Hold a vessel containing 

 one-half per cent boiling hot water solution of tar disinfectant or turpentine 

 close to the hog's nostrils, and allow the patient to inhale the steam for about 

 ten minutes. Do this three or four times daily. Throw a light cloth over the 

 head of the hog and over the pan to make the steam go into his nostrils. 



Cancer of the Tail. 



Sometimes during pigging time a sow develops sort of a cancerous con- 

 dition of the tail which may cause the tail to fall off if it is not given proper 

 care. 



Treatment. Reduce the feed of the sow for ten or twelve days after 

 pigging and give a little sulphur (afeout a teaspoonful) two or three times a 

 week. A mixture of turpentine and lard has given good results as an applica- 

 tion as has kerosene oil with several drops of carbolic acid added. 



