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I would find that a hog could not move his hind legs. In 

 one case, when the hog was so lame that I thought he was 

 worthless, I took him out of the stable, made a pen out of 

 doors, Avhere he would be cool and dry, put in some corn, 

 and left him, as I supposed, to die. He wouldn't die. He 

 lingered along for some days in about the same condition, 

 and then beo;an to drasj himself about. He couldn't use his 

 hind les^s, but in two or three weeks he came out all ri^ht 

 and matured well. This last summer I kept some hogs 

 under the stable in the same way, and my men told me that 

 one of them was so lame he couldn't walk. I went down to 

 the stable and found that the only way he could get about 

 was by pulling himself along with his fore feet, dragging his 

 hind feet. I took that hog outside and put him in a clean, 

 dry pen. The trouble seemed to come from the kidneys. 

 He had no power over his hind legs. I gave him a cathar- 

 tic and a thorough rubliing across the kidneys, and in a 

 very few days, less than a week, that hog had perfect con- 

 trol of his hind leo^s and came out of it all rio-ht. 



I think fresh air and fresh grass are very necessary some- 

 times to keep hogs in good condition. I found at one time 

 that my hogs, instead of sleeping together, were scattering 

 themselves about the pen singly and did not come to their 

 feed well. I turned them out to gi'ass one pleasant day in 

 the morning. Some of them appeared to enjoy it very 

 much indeed ; others hid themselves down in a corner, and 

 did not seem to have any desire to move. In the afternoon 

 it began to rain and they were put under cover, with the ex- 

 ception of two that seemed to be all right. The hogs were 

 put into different pens, with clean, dry straw. They came 

 out all right. The two that were all right previous to going 

 out, I put into the old pen, and in a couple of days I had the 

 same trouble with them, until I put them into clean, dry 

 quarters. I think these troubles are the result of careless- 

 ness, and that we bring them upon ourselves. 



I find that it is a good plan in hot weather to give hogs 

 fresh water to drink. I think tlicy enjoy it as much as men 

 do. I don't know but they take to it better than men. 1 

 have seen hogs that would go, if they did not have fresh 

 water given them, to a pool of filthy water and drink. 



