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cholera, but this is by no means absolutely necessary. Any other 

 good antiseptic, such as the various coal-tar dip preparations, is 

 effective, or, for that matter, just plain ordinary water, if thoroughy 

 used, will remove all disease-breeding manure, htter, mud, etc. 

 It is a very simple and cheap precaution, and one which will save 

 you hundreds of dollars some time if carried out thoroughly. 



Proper Treatment of Other Diseases. — Neglect of the ordinary 

 diseases of swine is a very common practice among farmers and 

 stockmen. It is doubtful if any other animal on the farm receives 

 as little actual attention as the hog, and yet there is probably no 

 class of live stock that shows as large and as quick returns on the 

 money invested in them as swine. The common practice among 

 farmers is only too frequently simply to place the hog in a filthy 

 pen, feed him on any old thing that no other animal will eat, pro- 

 vide him with a more or less plentiful supply of sour swill, and then 

 it is a case of "root hog or die." 



It is this class of hog raising that results in the breaking out 

 of cholera every year, and then these same people, who are so 

 careless with their swine while in health, are very frequently 

 about the same with respect to disposing of the dead carcasses. 

 The result is the attraction of an enormous swarm of buzzards, 

 and in a few weeks the disease is spread broadcast over the 

 entire community. 



Cholera and Typhoid. — Many readers have no doubt noticed 

 how common it is to find an outbreak of hog-cholera on a. farm, and 

 at the same time, or soon afterward, to have an outbreak of typhoid 

 fever among the members of the family. This is an occurrence 

 that very frequently happens. Now, hog-cholera and typhoid 

 fever have many points in common — both are diseases which are 

 characterized by a marked ulceration of the bowels, and both are 

 diseases which are produced and scattered largely through neglect. 

 Typhoid fever practically never occurs except through neglect by 

 some one either directly or indirectly associated with the patient. 

 We have already seen how carelessness at a dairy farm has resulted 

 in widespread outbreaks of typhoid in adjoining cities. So it is 

 that we find that those who are a little incUned to be careless with 

 the handling of their hogs are frequently none too clean about their 

 own household, and as a result they frequently reap the reward of 



