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Swine. — The young animal is a snckling until weaned; a 

 roaster from four to eight weeks old; a pig until a year old, male 

 or female. A porkling is a young hog or pig of either sex. A 

 boar is the adult male; the sow the adult female. A shoat is a 

 grownng yoimg hog; a bari'ow is a castrated hog; a farrow is a 

 litter of pigs. 



Goat. — The animal is a kid until a year old; a billy i^ the 

 male and the nanny is the female. 



Dog. — A puppy is the young animal. A dog is the adult 

 male; a bitch or slut is the female. 



Chickens.- — A cock is the male; a cockerel is a young cock; a 

 stag is a young game cock; a capon is a young castrated male; a 

 hen is the female ; a pullet is the young female. 



TREATMENT OF THE COLT. 



The little colt when four or five days old frequently suffers 

 with indigestion, and if not attended to will die in a short time. 

 This is due to changes in the mother's milk, the treatment of 

 which will be found in other chapters. If the mother is worked 

 on the road, the colt should not be allowed to follow her. If 

 allowed to travel on hard roads, it weakens the limbs and causes 

 ringbones and spavins. He may, however, be allowed to accom- 

 pany the mother on short trips. The colt, if strong, may be 

 weaned when six months old. If the youngster is thin and 

 weakly he may be allowed to suck longer. Fall nolts should 

 always be allowed the mother's milk till the grass comes on in 

 the spring. The little colt should never be weaned during the 

 severe cold of winter. At weaning the colt shouhl be removed 

 from the sight and hearing of the mother. By this course she 

 will soon become reconciled to her loss. The mare should be 

 milked a few times after the colt has been taken away and the 

 glands bathed with the tincture of belladona. This will dry up 

 the secretion of milk and ])revent inflammation. The little colt 

 should be allowed to eat while sucking his mother. A little box 

 should be placed along by the side of his mother, where he can 

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