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Treatment. Give good dose of salts and feed light food with lots of sour 

 milk for several days. Sulphur and lard or buttermilk and kerosene will 

 cleanse the skin thoroughly. Sweet oil or carbolic salve which can be made 

 in bulk at low cost is fine. Many farmers save a lot of money by getting the 

 ingredients of well-known salves, ointments and patent medicines and mixing 

 them up for their own personal use. In another section we give many prac- 

 tical ones. 



Scarlet Fever. 



Many of the diseases with a rash are confused with one another; as, for 

 instance, scarlet fever and measles are similar. About a week is required 

 for relief. It will spread from contact with other animals that have the 

 disease, or with man ; dirty pens or low vitality in pigs makes them sus- 

 ceptible. 



Symptoms. It may be distinguished in many ways and sluggishness, 

 slight lameness, some fever, and poor appetite with increasing thirst are the 

 more common indications. 



Treatment. Many pigs pull through a case of scarlet fever without any 

 special treatment. The affected animal should be separated from the rest 

 of the herd and given good clean quarters. Salts may be given if the bowels are 

 tight but care should be taken not to get the bowels too loose. Quinine and 

 ginger should be given about three times daily when the pig is weak. Spray 

 the throat several times a day with a solution made by dissolving a handful 

 of salt in a quart of water. This will relieve the soreness. A lemon juice 

 spray is also good. 



Snuffles. ' 



So many hogs are exposed to cold rains and weather that they take and 

 develop colds which are really continuous. It may run into more serious a 

 distemper which usually results in death. Such animals should be killed and 

 buried or burned. 



Symptoms. Discharges of mucus from the nose ; discharges of blood (in 

 severe cases) ; snuffling, chills ; and some constipation. 



Treatment. Put the pig in a warm, dry and clean pen. Protect him from 

 further exposure. Avoid over-feeding and feed loosening foods to keep the 

 bowels in good condition. Clear out the nose by washing it with a solution 

 of listerine and water several times a day. If the bowels are costive, give 

 from two to four ounces of epsom salts. Plenty of salt should be kept in the 

 pen. 



Sore Feet or Founder. 



Confinement in pen with hard cement floors and drinking cold water after 

 overfeeding with heavy grain often develop a case of founder. The sensitive 

 linings of the feet seem to act in sympathy with the abused lining of the 

 bowels. 



