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at first followed by reddish lead-gray and then purple), and a high fever. 

 The difficulty in breathing increases until the animal may even die of suffoca- 

 tion. He may make desperate attempts to catch a little air by opening the 

 mouth and protruding the swollen tongue. The hog has a high temperature 

 at first but in the later stages of the disease the temperature may go below 

 normal. 



Preventive Treatment. Giving a little carbolic acid in the drinking water 

 or feeding unripe sour apples or sour buttermilk may help prevent your hogs 

 from getting this terrible disease when it is in the neighborhood. The treat- 

 ment to be at all effective in this disease must be begun when the first symp- 

 toms make their appearance. First give an effective emetic of from three to 

 twenty grains (depending on the size and age of the animal) of powdered 

 White Hellebore or of Tartar Emetic. The former is probably more reliable. 

 Give this medicine in a little milk if the hog will drink it. Other ways of 

 giving it are in pieces of boiled potato or a pinch of flour and water in the 

 form of pills. 



Caution. Do not give these as a drench. Repeat the dose if the hog 

 does not vomit in about twenty minutes. This treatment may be followed 

 with doses of calomel, saltpeter, sulphate, or soda to advantage. Many people 

 find that injections of the following solution made through the skin into the 

 swollen parts of the neck at various places give better results than anything 

 else; Carbolic acid y* teaspoonful, glycerine 1 teaspoonful and water 1 tea- 

 cupful. Blood letting is sometimes satisfactory if resorted to in time. If done 

 too late it only hastens death. 



Mange Scab Itch. 



This is an ailment of the skin caused by a parasite and easily carried from 

 one hog to another. 



Symptoms. Severe itching; large sores caused from rubbing; scabs on 

 the skin. 



Treatment. In treating mange, purify all objects around the animals 

 such as sties and rubbing places by covering them with lime or chloride of 

 lime. Wash the hog with a decoction of Tobacco (4 teaspoonfuls of tobacco 

 to 1 pint of water) or Caustic Potash (2 teaspoonfuls Caustic Potash to 1 

 quart water) ; or concentrated vinegar. A couple of days following a thorough 

 application of one of above washes, scrub the hog well with soap and water 

 and apply the following: 



Mange Ointment. Melt \*/ 2 pounds of lard and l / 2 pound of turpentine 

 together. Add 1 pound of Flowers of Sulphur to this and mix well. When 

 cool rub 2 ounces of strong Mercurial Ointment into the mixture. This can 

 be done on a stone slab. Glover's Mange cure is a very well-known remedy. 



Measles. 



This is a contagious disease in hogs that is quite common. It is similar 

 to measles in people and may be carried back and forth between the house 

 and pens. 



