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Parasites, be present. The average dose of turpentine for the pur- 

 pose of ridding the bowels of worms is about 1 teaspoonful for 

 every 100 pounds of body weight. In giving this drug the most 

 convenient method is by mixing it with milk. Turpentine and 

 milk mix readily and form a perfect mixture, which the animals 

 will usually take very readily. This remedy also is best given in 

 the morning, after the animals have been starved over night. 

 Turpentine is often not effective in a single dose of this size, and it 

 is better to repeat the amount each morning for three days, and 

 then, with the last dose, combine some good physic to sweep out 

 the bowels and remove all the worms or other foreign material 

 which may be present. 



There are a number of other substances which are valuable for 

 this same purpose, especially worthy of notice being areca nut and 

 worm seed. However, in most cases the turpentine or the calomel 

 and santonin will be found to be all that is necessary. These reme- 

 dies can be secured through your regular veterinarian much cheaper 

 than the patent so-called "hog remedies" and "hog-cholera cures," 

 and will be found to be much more valuable. 



Bronchitis or Winter Cough. — Another class of disease common 

 in hogs during the winter months, and especially where they are 

 improperly housed or allowed to burrow around or under straw 

 stacks and manure piles, is winter cough. The principal symptom 

 of this disease is the cough, which is especially pronounced when 

 the animal comes from the overheated quarters under the straw 

 pile in the morning out into the cool air. This condition, while 

 not a serious one in itself, nevertheless interferes with the proper 

 growth of the animal and makes it more susceptible to other dis- 

 eases, and especially so to pneumonia and the lung form of hog- 

 cholera. 



Treatment for this condition consists principally in removal of 

 the animals from their unhealthy sleeping quarters to sheds which 

 are properly lighted and ventilated, and where the animals will 

 have sufficient room to prevent overcrowding and piling up at 

 night. Where the animals are somewhat run down from long- 

 continued mistreatment small doses of some condition powder may 

 be necessary. The following combination works very nicely in 

 these cases: 



