234 HARRIS ON THE PIG. 



If she fails the first time, she will " come round again " 

 in from two to three weeks. 



For mild cases of diarrhoea, nothing is better than 

 fresh, skimmed milk thickened with wheat flour. 



Pigs should be castrated a week or so before they are 

 weaned. 



Nothing in the management of pigs is more important 

 than to provide a trough for the sucking pigs, separate 

 from the sow, and to commence feeding them when two 

 or three weeks old. 



Many of the diseases of pigs are contagious, and the 

 instant a pig is observed to be sick, it should be removed 

 to a separate pen. And it would be well to regard this 

 single case of sickness as an indication that something is 

 wrong in the general management of the pigs. Clean 

 out the pens, scald the troughs, scraj>e out all decaying 

 matter from under and around them, sprinkle chloride of 

 lime about the pen, or, what is probably better, carbolic 

 acid. Dry earth is a cheap and excellent disinfectant. 

 Use it liberally at all times. Whitewash the walls of the 

 pens. Wash all the inside and outside wood-work, 

 troughs, plank floors, etc., with crude petroleum. It is 

 the cheapest and best antiseptic yet discovered. 



To destroy lice, wash the pig all over with crude pe- 

 troleum, and the next day give him a thorough washing 

 with warm soft water and soap, with the free use of a 

 scrubbing brush. 



In the absence of anything better, we use petroleum 

 for all diseases of the skin in pigs, flesh wounds, etc. 



For a mild blister, in cases of cold, or threatened inflam- 

 mation of the lungs, foment the body, under the forelegs, 

 for an hour or so with cloths wrung out of hot water, 

 and rub on a little saleratus or soda occasionally during 

 the operation, to soften the skin, then apply petroleum. 

 This will then act as a mild irritant, and heal at the same 

 time. 



