jg INTRODUCTION. 



Sixth, that too many pigs should not be kept to- 

 gether, as they are apt to sleep in the same place, 

 and although it may be well ventilated, or even 

 out in the open air, they are apt to breathe some of 

 the foul air emanating from their bodies. No 

 class of animals thrive well where numbers are 

 kei)t together. When the time arrives to feed the 

 hogs for market you will have a splendid founda- 

 tion to begin feeding on; strong digestive and as 

 similating organs, w^hich will be able to digest and 

 assimilate large quantities of food. Corn can now 

 be used with a little ground oats and bran with 

 advantage and profit. I think that if this method 

 were carrie<l out, in a few years hog cholera would 

 be a thing of the past. 



There has not been the same attention paid to 

 the treatment of the pig as there has been to that 

 of the other domestic aimals. The difficulty in 

 administering medicine to the pig and attending 

 to the nursing of it is one of the drawbacks. Med- 

 icine has been usually given in the food, and when 

 the animal is in condition to eat and can be sep- 

 arated from the others this method is very con- 

 venient; but putting medicine inafood where there 

 are a number of hogs feeding together, cannot be 

 done satisfactorily. In cases where it is necessary 

 to give medicine by the mouth, the patient strug- 

 gles so much that it often does more harm than 

 good. When medicine has to be given to hogs, it 

 is best to give it in the food, if they will eat it If 

 there' are a number to be treated, each one should 

 have its own allowance. When it is necessary to 



