A MANUAL ON THE HOG. 81 



fine, and delicate, and bears no slight degree of resem- 

 blance to the skin of the human being."* 



A considerable space has been devoted to the anatomy 

 of the hog in order that the description and treatment of 

 diseases may be the better understood by the reader. In- 

 deed, without some knowledge of anatomy, the breeder is 

 apt to be misled in interpreting the symptoms of disease^ 

 and hence misapply the remedy. Farmers should, therefore, 

 study carefully the anatomy of their domestic food animals, 

 for which they have ample facility when butchering them, 

 in order that they may readily detect and properly locate 

 symptoms of disease, and promptly apply the proper reme- 

 dies. The practiced eye of the breeder should detect the 

 slightest departure from a healthy condition in his stock, 

 and at once take steps to remove the cause, and thus re- 

 store the normal condition. Preventives of disease, em- 

 bracing such treatment as regards protection from dust 

 and violent changes of temperature, proper change and 

 variety of food, the occasional addition to the food of such 

 substances as are supposed to keep the vital organs in a 

 healthy condition, such as alkalies, salt, etc., should com- 

 mand the attention of breeders ; and if disease appears, the 

 proper attention, in its incipiency, is of the utmost impor- 

 tance. 



DISEASES OF THE HOG. 



Only those diseases which are likely to give trouble to 

 the breeder of hogs in Georgia will be noticed here ; the 

 reader is referred to Youatt or Reasor for accounts of less 

 common diseases. The symptoms of the various diseases 

 will be carefully described, in order that the close observer 

 may readily discover the nature of the disease, and the 

 organs affected. It is dangerous to apply remedies, or ad- 

 minister medicines, unless the nature of the disease is well 

 understood. Domestic animals are too often cruelly tor- 



*Youatt. 



