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applying this the eyes had better be washed a few minutes later 

 with water to which a little common salt has been added. 



Hog Cholera. 



/ have a nioiibcr of pigs which have been ailing for three weeks or 

 so. They discharge a yellowish kind of manure at times, running of 

 the bozvels. The most striking syi}ilyto)n seems to be a partial paralysis 

 of the hindquarters. The hogs will be ivalking along and seem to lose 

 control of their hing legs. It seems to be spreading to the other hogs 

 and a number have already died. Their appetite is poor. 



This is undoubtedly hog cholera. The owner should appeal to 

 the Experiment Station at Berkeley for serum and treat all well 

 hogs and clean up as thoroughly as possible. The matter should 

 also be reported to the State Veterinarian at Sacramento. 



Pneumonia in Pigs. 



What is the disease zvhich may be said to confine itself, with few 

 exceptions, to young pigs weighing wo pounds or less/ Its symptoms are at 

 first sneezing and a mild cough. These quickly cliange to hard cough- 

 ing and labored breathing, which as the disease progresses shoivs evi- 

 dence of much pain. The appetite is lost and the eyes become gummed 

 and infiamed. In some cases the pig lingers on for weeks, while in others 

 death occurs almost immediately. Vomiting sometimes occurs. 



It is pneumonia and in its treatment "an ounce of prevention 

 is worth a pound of cure." Once pneumonia gets a foothold in a 

 hog, the chances are so strongly in favor of death that recovery 

 may be considered out of the question. Since remedies are not cer- 

 tain in the cure of pneumonia, it will be found that the prevention 

 of the disease is the only real way to combat it. The main causes 

 of the disease are exposure to draughts, sudden changes in tempera- 

 ture, damp beds, manure heaps as sleeping quarters, and exposure 

 to the disease itself. Pigs in thin condition or weak constitutionally 

 are more liable to contract the trouble than pigs in good flesh and 

 healthy specimens. Good, dry, warm, comfortable sleeping houses, 

 well ventilated and so arranged as to prevent crowding and piling 

 up, will, I think, do more to prevent pneumonia than any other one 

 thing. Some such preparation as advocated by the Government for 

 the prevention of hog cholera will help keep the stock in a good 

 healthy condition, the better to combat exposure. It is the little 

 attentions that keep the herd healthy and in a vigorous condition, 

 and by using simple preventatives, remedies will be found unneces- 

 sary. — H. B. Wintringham. 



General Prescription for Hog Sickness. 



My hogs seem to be mangy and scabby, but atn unable to find any 

 lice on them. They eat tvell, but vomit a good deal and are falling off 

 in fiesh. 



