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gots from attacking it. If they do, wash the wound out well 

 with lukewarm water and soap, apply the white liniment to 

 kill the maggots, fill the wound with green salve and it will 

 soon heal. 



3. Fracture of a Leg. 



Causes. — This may be caused in various ways, such as 

 being hit by a stone, being kicked, or by getting the foot 

 through a hole in the floor and giving the leg a wrench. 



Symptoms. — The pig cannot use its leg in walking. It 

 hangs loose. If you take hold of the leg and twist it you can 

 hear the ends of the broken bones grating upon each other. 



Treatment. — If a fat pig, and about ready to kill, it is 

 best to butcher it. If a pig you desire to save, and the ends 

 of the broken bone are not penetrating the skin, try to treat 

 it. Take a long bandage, soak it in starch (same as is used 

 for starching clothes). When drawing the bandage out of 

 the starch, draw it between the fingers and scrape it with a 

 knife to get as much of the starch out as you can. It will 

 harden quicker. Roll the bandage up so that it will be handy 

 to put on the leg, then set the broken bone to its place, and 

 apply the bandage moderately tight. After it is on, hold the 

 leg and bandage straight until the bandage hardens. It will 

 then hold the bone to its place. Keep the pig very quiet and 

 feed it so that it will not have to stir about. Leave the 

 bandage on for three or four weeks, until the pig can use the 

 leg all right, then remove by cutting it off. It the break is in 

 the hip, or some place where you cannot bandage it, leave 

 the pig in a very quiet place, and sometimes the broken bone 

 will knit together itself. 



4. Broken Back. 



This is very often met with in sows when they are very 

 thin and weak after suckling pigs. It happens very easily 

 sometimes. A very slight tap on the nose will sometimes 

 break a sow's back. Getting hit over the back, slipping, or 

 something falling and hitting her over the back will some- 

 times cause it. It may occur in other pigs in the same man- 

 ner, but they are not so liable to be hurt as weak sows just 

 after weaning the little pigs. 



Symptoms. — All at once she loses power of her hind 

 quarters and drags them after her. If you prick the hind 



