276 DISEASES OF ANIMALS. 



Murrain OR Leprosy. Cause. Chiefly hot summers ; 

 consequently, the blood becomes inflamed. 



Symptoms. Shortness and heat of breath ; head hang 

 ing down ; staggering, and the secretion of viscid mat- 

 ter from the eyes. 



Preventive. Follow the directions for preserving health 

 in summer, on a preceding page. 



Remedy. Boil a handful of nettles in a gallon of 

 small beer ; then add half a pound of the flour of sul 

 phur, a quarter of a pound of pulverized anise-seed 

 three ounces of liquorice, and a quarter of a pound of 

 elecampane root, and give this in milk, in six doses. 



Sows DEVOURING- THEIR OFFSPRING-. SomC haVC SUp 



posed that this is caused by a desire for meat, and they 

 have fed pork to their sows to remedy the evil. But it 

 is a mistaken view of the case. When they are confinea 

 to a sty or small pen, they are deprived of pure earth, 

 and various condiments that conduce to their health; 

 consequently, a feverish habit is induced, which causes an 

 unnatural appetite, and the unfortunate animal, in her 

 frenzied stat?, attempts to satisfy it by eating her owti 

 ofispring. 



It has been found that v/hen hogs run at large, seek- 

 ing various condiments as they please, they do not 

 devour their young. Allow the sow as much room in 

 the yard as convenient, and throw in fresh, pure earth, 

 if there be not a supply ; and if she be limited to a small 

 space, where there are no green vegetables, give her 

 weeds and grass sods, also charcoal and rotten- wood. 



Sows AFTER Littering. Feed sparingly for a few 

 lays, and with light food, for sows are sometimes 

 injured or killed by too much feeding while in a feeble 

 and delicate state. If she be feeble, and her appetite fail, 

 let her out, to run, root, and eat as she pleases. 



Abortion from Biestings. Many farmers believe 

 that the first drawn milk from the cow will produce 

 abortion in the sow. The editor of the Maine Farmer 

 once gave some to a sow, and that eflect followed; 

 whether from this cause, he knew not. 



