990 CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



A disinfectant that has no smell and is not poisonous, Known as 

 chloralum, is made by dissolving three pounds of chloride of aluminum 

 in two gallons of water, or in like proportions*. Another oheap and pow- 

 erful disinfectant, but poisonous, if taken, is made of eight ounces of 

 chloride of zinc, sixteen ounces of sulphate of iron, and one gallon of 

 water. Dissolve, and to each pint used add one gallon of water. Among 

 disinfecting substances may be named chlorine. This is set free by add- 

 ing oil of vitriol and a little black manganese to common salt, as a disin- 

 fectant of the air, but must be used in vacated buildings, and is better if 

 used in the full light of day. So flowers of sulphur, burned by a heat 

 only suflScient to produce smoke, will accomplish the same purpose, and 

 if used carefully, it will not injure stock. A disinfectant that may be 

 used in occupied buildings is formed by adding a little chlorate of 

 potassa, at short intervals, to half a pint of strong jnuriatic acid, in a 

 strong V3ssel of glass, or heavily glazed stoneware. 



VIII. Difficulty in giving Medicine to Swina 



The diiiiculty in administering medicine to swine is well known. The 

 usual way is to fix a slip noose about the upper jaw and draw up the 

 head, the obstinacy of ^he hog prompting him to pull steadily back, 

 bringing the hinder parts to the floor. In this position liquids may be 

 administered from a horn. The diflBculty is the struggles of the animal 

 frequently do injury. In most cases if the hog is placed in a chute whete 

 he cannot turn around and he be given an old shoe to bite on, having a 

 hole in the end, the medicine may be poured in the shoe and it will be 

 taken in champing the end. Another device lately recommended is to 

 take a pine board three and one-half inches wide and ten or twelve inches 

 long, including a handle whittled down at one end. At about three 

 inches from the end cut a notch one and three-fourths inches deep and 

 three inches wide. On the other edge of the board, about opposite the 

 middle of the first notch, cut another notch about one inch square, then 

 cut down the end of the board for a handle. Let one hold the hog while 

 the other drenches him. Catch the hog by the ears and set him back on 

 his hind parts. Place the board in the front part of the mouth, small 

 notch down; pour the medicine in the front part of the. mouth, on the 

 end of the tongue, from a strong bottle. Pour slowly, and give time to 

 swallow. Be careful not to strangle him. The size of the stick must 

 vary according to the size of the hog. In case doses in the form of pills 

 or paste are to be given, place them well back on the root of the tongue. 

 IX. Watch Symptoms early and use Preventives. 



The «*ounce of prevention" in the case of swine, is worth many times 

 more than the "pound of cure." Good nursing, isolation and thorough 

 disinfection are really thechief, as they are the comnion-sense treatment. 

 This has always been our practice, in connection with prompt killing and 

 deep burial of those which did not yield to simple treatment. Any per- 

 son by carefully studying what we have written, may pretty accurately 

 Oidge when killing becomes necessary*^ ^ 



