8 The Appeffcfix, 



CHAP. IV. Of the Garget^ Catarrh^ and Staggers in a Hog, 



FIrft, for the Garget, it is very noxious to them, and many are killed hj 

 it, you may know by a fwelling and Inflammation in the Throat be- 

 hind a Hog's Jaws. For to give him eafe they do ufe to flit the Sore in 

 the middle, and then flay up the Skin on both fides of it^ afterwards they 

 rub it with Salt within, and lay Tar without, and he does well. Some 

 rub it with Nettles and Salt. Some mix burnt Alome with Plantane. 



Hogs have fometimes the Catarrh or Rheum, which makes their Eyes 

 waterj it happens to them by eating a great deal of rotten Fruit, which 

 breeds a corrupt Matter almoft as bad as the Plague. For help, old 

 Capers mixt with their Meat or wafh is good, or Coleworts both Red 

 and White put amongft their Meat is alfo good: Some mingle Marfli- 

 Mallows with the Meat. Others boil Liver wort in honied Water and 

 give it them. Ail thefe aforelaid are excellent things to ftay the Rheum 

 or Catarrh. 



For the Staggers in a Hog, give him of the Herb called Stare-wort or 

 Gall- wort in Milk, and he will amend. 



CHAP. V. How to kiU Lice or Maggots in Hogs. 



AS long as your Hogs are loufie they will not thrive^ be fare you 

 keep them well in cold Weather, for it is thro' Poverty and wane 

 of good feeding in the Winter, they are fo full of this Vermin. To rid 

 them take Quickfilver, firft kill it with falling Spittle and Sallet-Oil^ 

 then mix therewith frefh Greafe or Neats-Foot Oil, and fo anoint them 

 all over. Some melt Soap and Tar together, with the Powder of Staves- 

 acre, and fo anoint them with it. If Maggots breed in your Hogs Ear, or 

 any other h6llow place under the skin, drop the Juice of Hemlock into the 

 hole, and they will die or avoid •, aifo take but Oil and put in that place^^ 

 all the Moggots will die or avoid the place incontinent, if they live; this 

 has been well experienced by feveral Perfons. 



CHAP. VI. How to /pay a Sow. 



YOU mull firft lay her upon feme Form or Board, then with a Cord' 

 bind her Mouth fall, lay her fo that her left fide be upward-, thea 

 take your Lancet and Itrip away the Hair two inches long, three fingers 

 from the hinder Leg, and likewife from the edge of her Flank. Then 

 with the point of your Lancet cut ailope her Bet!y thro' the skin two 

 inches and a half long, fo that you may put in your Forefinger towards 

 her Back, and there you fhall feel two Kernels as big as Acorns on both 

 fides the Birth, and with the top of your finger draw on to the flit, them 

 cut the Itring with your Knife , fo take out the other alfo, and cut them 



