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whom we have before referred, attributes the prevalence of 

 the malady to faulty sanitary arrangements. The scourge 

 will disappear when pigs are well cared for, placed in proper 

 situations, with protection from the sun and rain when they 

 need it, well ventilated styes, and with clean bedding, often 

 renewed. They should have free access to plenty of clean, 

 fresh water, and their food should be properly regulated in 

 quantity, and wholesome i^i quality. During the summer 

 they should have from time to time, say once a week, some 

 salt and nitre in their slop ; and both bitter and acid mixtures 

 will be advantageous. When an animal is attacked, M. 

 Lubin gives — 



Xo. 446. Powdered camphor, 10 grains. 



Kitrate of potash, 1 drachm. 



Calomel, 5 grains. 



To be mixed with gruel, or given in a boiled potato, three times a 

 day. After the first day the calomel may be omitted. 



The red blotches should be rubbed with vinegar, and the 

 drink soured with it. 



Major John S. Mellon, of St. Louis, has written a very 

 sensible little treatise on this form of hog cholera. He thinks 

 it arises either from contagion, or else from feeding with a 

 too exclusive grain diet. His rules for its management are 

 judicious; they are substantially as follows: When the 

 disease attacks a herd — 



1. Separate the sick from the well. 



2. Give both a free range in a woody pasture, if possible. 



3. Place within reach of both j)ulverized stone coal, or 

 charcoal, and salt. 



4. Give them free access to plenty of water and clay, to 

 wallow in. 



5. Feed both, particularly the sick, with plenty of turnips; 

 or, if these are not to be had, with potatoes, artichokes, or 

 any other roots they like. Corn should be withheld. 



He goes so far as to say that every hog thus treated, and* 



