lo6 DISEASE AMONG SWINE AND OTHER DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



fed on dry corn. I have never known a hog fed on soft or cooked corn to be afflicted 

 "with the disease. There is still another disease, tliat of the spine or hind legs, which 

 appears to ditler from the so-called " kidney-worm," and is not unlike rheumatism as 

 it aliects the human family. This is generally fatal. There are also diseases of the 

 liver, intestinal worms, iScc. 



Mr. J. M. Anable, Naples, Ontario County, Xew York, says : 



"We have been very much annoyed by abortion in cows. It seems liable to come on 

 at any time. No cause has been discovered, and of all the remedies that have been 

 tried none have proved of the least beuelit. When it gets into a herd it generally 

 affects from one-third to one-half. 



There have been a few cases of blackleg among calves that were in good condition. 

 About all of the cases proved fatal. No i>reventives or remedies have been found. 



Garget or udder-ill has been the source of much annoyance with our best cows. The 

 disease affects the udder and causes the milk to become lumpy ; if the disease is severe 

 it becomes bloody, the teats swell, and hard bunches appear on the udder. As a remedy 

 one quart of warm lard and one-half y^int of molasses given as a physic, together with 

 frequent bathings of the bag with cold water and drawing off' the milk three or four 

 times a day, will be found beneffcial. If inllammation should be great ap})ly fomen- 

 tation to soften the udder, and use a mild liniment or ointment. About 20 per cent, 

 of our cows are affected by this disease, and about 10 per cent, of these are rendered 

 unfit for daily purposes. 



Mr. H. H. Wilson, Salem, Livingston County, Kentucky, says : 



In 1874 I had ten head of shoats that took the cholera, and eight of them died. I 

 tried many remedies, among others tea made from May-apple root, red pepper, asa- 

 letida, «fec., in slops. I also gave them soft-soap and salt mixed with wheat-bran, at 

 the rate of about one gallon of soft-soap to sixteen head of hogs. Only those hogs 

 that were able to eat the preparation recovered. I have since given soap and red-pep- 

 per tea as preventives, with, I think, good results. A neighbor of mine, Mr. Phil. 

 Graham, who is one of the most successful hog-raisers in this county, says that poke- 

 root tea will cure cholera in hogs. 



Mr. E. L. Ragland, Hyco, Halifax County, Virginia, says : 



Diseases among hogs in 1877 were unusually prevalent. More than half of those 

 attacked by cholera died. Measles and quinsy were not so fatal. Measles was th 

 most prevalent disease during the past year. Cattle are annually subject to distem- 

 per, a violent grade of fever that iirevails more or less every year. More than half of 

 the animals attacked by the disease die. We have no reliable remedy for it, but have 

 found a preventive that has proved very efficacious. It is this : To a bushel of red 

 clay add one gallon of salt, four ounces of saltpeter, and two ounces of sulphur. Mix, 

 adding sufficient water to make the mass of the consistence of mortar, and put it in 

 troughs for the cattle to lick. 



Mr. J. K. Kjdd, Kidtlrige, Osage County, Missouri, says : 



Hog-cholera, so called, has been and still is quite prevalent in this section of the 

 county. On the first indications of the disease the hog sometimes coughs, but not al- 

 ways. Sometimes they are constipated and again quite lax. They refuse food, go 

 about in a kind of listless, drooping manner, and apparently have fever. Several have 

 died on my place. They were not confined in pens, had au extensive range, selected 

 their own beds, and in doing so avoided the hog-house. A variety of remedies were 

 given them. Sweet milk and allspice, poke-root juice administered in slops, coal-ashes, 

 sulphur, «Slc., were given, but with little apparent benefit. A majority of those at- 

 tacked die. 



Chickens are .also subject to a disease called cholera, for which no specific has been 

 discovered. Those affected seem stupid and drooping, the crop and liver swell, and 

 they die suddenly and by dozens. 



Mr. Amos Todhunter, Xew jMartijisburg, Fayette County, Ohio, says: 



The most prevalent disease in this locality is among hogs, and is called cholera. As 

 it has not visited my farm, I asked the assistance of Dr. M. Todhunter, who is familiar 

 "with the disease, and he responds as follows : 



The first symptom is that of fever of a typhoid form. Then follows a disturbance 

 of the head, lungs, and bowels. When the lesion was on the brain sores would appear 

 about the head, and the ears would ulcerate and emit a ^ery oirensive stench. When 



