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sore. The conjunctiva of the eyes and root of the 

 ears may be also implicated. Pigs affected with 

 this disease do not thrive and often die. 



Treatment: All the well ones should be re- 

 moved and their heads rubbed with a liniment 

 made by mixing one ounce of carbolic acid in half 

 a pint of raw linseed or cotton seed oil. The affected 

 ones in the early stages, before a slbugh takes 

 place, should be well rubbed with an ointment 

 made of iodine one-half ounce, vaseline eight 

 ounces, or ichthyol one part, vaseline two parts. 

 Repeat in three days. If this is w^ell done it will 

 stop the disease by killing the parasite. After it 

 sloughs and becomes cankerous apply a little 

 terchloride of an-timony to the sores with a feather. 

 Let it alone for three days and if the parts look 

 healthy use a solution of tobacco one part to thirty 

 parts of water, and apply a little of this; be sure 

 that every part is wet with it, then apply a little 

 common tar to the affected parts. Take notice of 

 the pigs; if they seem easy let them alone, but if 

 they should be restless wash the parts with warm 

 water and soap and use the tobacco solution again, 

 and so on until the animal is cured. 



MANGE. 



This is also a parasitic disease, but not so difficult 

 to cure and seldom causes death. It is caused by 

 a parasite which burrows under the scarf skin, pro- 

 ducing considerable irritation, destroying it so that 

 scabs form, and on account of the great itchiness 

 on the part the animal rubs it, causing the part to 



