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terinarj art to these animals. Bleeding, wliich is so essen- 

 tial in all inflammatory complaints, cannot be applied to 

 hogs. The ordinary methods, of cutting off part of the ears 

 and tail, can do but little good ; and equally ineffective is 

 the plan of opening a vein in the roof of the mouth, about 

 an inch from the front, in a line between the second and 

 third tooth, an operation that it is almost impossible to per- 

 form on a pig, and the bleeding is never of sufficient extent 

 to relieve inflammation. Purgatives will consequently be 

 the best remedies to be adopted. Epsom salts, varying in 

 quantity, from one to two ounces, according to the age of 

 the animal, and suphur, in doses of from one to three 

 drachms, may be administered. Attention should, there- 

 fore, be given chiefly to preventive, rather than remedial 

 means. It is of great consequence to let the animals have 

 occasionally a quantity of green* meat, as they will always 

 be found to eat it with avidity. Grass, tares, or clover will 

 be used with advantage ; and boiled hay is of great use in 

 keeping their bowels in a healthy state, and should be given 

 twice a day, in a lukewarm state, every week. The hay 

 should be boiled in a net, and the tea which is taken from 

 it, should be thickened with oatmeal. The hay may be 

 again dried, and store-cattle will frequently eat it after- 

 wards ; but when they refuse it, litter may be made of it. 



