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not in the same districts at the sauie time that ho<;s are. 1 have known calomel given 

 to fowls as a remedy with very satisfactory results. 



There has been a disease called the black-tongue among cattle in this county, which 

 luis only appeared at intervals of several years, and always in the beat of summer. It 

 extends over the whole country, attacks only a small per cent, of cattle, but kills TiO 

 per cent, of those attacked. It is more general and fatal to tlio wild deor than to 

 cattle. It has not appeared for some years past. 



Mr. L. Orto, Bi-adford, AVbite Coimty, Arkansas, says: 



Hog cholera has been very destructive in some localities, yet I have been almost 

 entirely exempt from the pest. I have kept from 100 to 800 head of hogs during the 

 last ten years, and have had cholera among them but once. I then lost HO per cent, of 

 those attacked. When a hog is attacked by this disease the best remedy is to kill it 

 and bnry or burn the carcass, as tliis will have some tendency toward checking the 

 spread of the disease. Moreover, if the hog should recover it will never be any account 

 afterward. Hogs should never be allowed to sleep too long in the same be<ls. They 

 should be changed about every ten days, and should be kept from dusty, diy places 

 during the summer season. The olteuer a hog shifts his range and bed the healthier 

 "will he be. They should have plenty of soap, lime, ashes, charcoal, and copperas. My 

 hogs, which live entirely in the woods, are seldom afl'ected with diseases of any kind. 

 There are many wild hogs here, and I do not believe they are ever afl'ected in any way. 

 This is proof that the less this animal is hampered by close confinement the less is he 

 liable to disease. The Foland-China'and the llerkshire are the best breeds here. 



Mr. J. S. Tait, Decatur, 3Iacoii County, lUiuois, says : 



I never lost any hogs until last winter, and I think that was the result of trimmiug 

 in November and the early part of December. I then changed them from a warm bed 

 to my cattle lot. Although this was covered and protected from the storms the ground 

 M-as wet and frozen, and the hogs took cold and continued to drop oft' one by one until 

 spring ; but as soon as the sun came out and warmed up the earth they commenced to 

 recover. 



The only preventives I use are charcoal, wood-ashes, salt, and unslacked lime. In the 

 summer season I put sulphur, copperas, and assafetida in the swill-barrel. I tie these 

 drugs in a cloth and suspend it in the barrel. I give my hogs a roof to protect them 

 from the storms of winter. If they have bedding it should be just sufficient to keep 

 those on the outside from becoming chilled. Corn-stalks are the best bedding for 

 swine. 



My opinion is that hogs, as a general thing, are not properly cared for. Very often 

 they become chilled through the night, or, if their beds are too warm, they take cold 

 on leaving them early in the morning. Theu follow lung atfections, typhoid fever, 

 and many other diseases to which they are subject. 



Mr. William Dalgleisii, Pleasant, Swit/crlau*! County, Indiana, 

 says : 



The disease known as hog-cholera has prevailed to an alarming extent for the past 

 two years. I regard the disease as contagious. The symptoms are watering of the 

 eyes when first attacked, followed by a dry cough, languor, thumps, constipation, &c. 

 Death usually ensues within oue or two days. The disease made its appearance among 

 my own hogs in May last, and out of a herd of eighty-two I lost sixty -seven. I tried 

 all the known remedies without any favorable results. From close examination and 

 observation I am of the opinion that the disease has its foundation in the blood. The 

 liver is generally torpid and the lungs much decayed. 



Mr. E. M. Vx^ELMAX, Jasper, Du Bois County, Indiana, says : 



There is no disease prevailing among any class of farm-animals except cholera among 



hogs. 



Mr. M. M. Sloss, Simpsou County, Kentucky, says: 



We have never had any serious diseases among any class of farm-animals except 

 among swine. Each of twodistinct forms of disease destroys our hogs every year. Oue 

 is called cholera and the other measles. The latter shows itself on the skin in sores 

 and scabs. It is claimed by some of our farmers that sulphur, given interually, will 

 effect a cure if it be given in sufficient quantities. Cholera is miich the more fatal dis- 

 ease of the two. Generally the first evidence of its existence is the refusal of the hog 



