Diseases of the Hog. 135 



the presence of a minute insect, called Acarus Scabiei, or 

 Mang-e Fly, which burrows beneath the skin, and occasions 

 so much irritation and annoyance, that the animal keeps rub- 

 bing' itself until scabs are formed. (See Scab in Sheep.) 



• SYMPTOMS : — The symptoms of this disease are well 

 known. It consists of scabs, blotches, and sometimes multi- 

 tudes of minute pustules on different parts of the body. If 

 neglected, these symptoms become aggravated ; the. disease 

 spreads rapidly over the entire surface of the skin, and if 

 allowed to proceed on its course unchecked, will before long 

 produce deep seated ulcers and malignant sores, until the 

 whole carcass of the afilicted animal becomes a mass of cor- 

 ruption. This disease is contagious, and it matters not how 

 well and properly hogs are kept, they will occasionally be- 

 come affected with scab. 



TREATMENT :— Wash the hog thoroughly with soft 

 soap and warm water, then dry it off and immediately apply, 

 our 



REMEDY NO. 153 AS DIRECTED. 



Mix with the food our 



REMEDY NO. 154 AS DIRECTED. 



The pens should be washed with coal oil, and afterwards 

 white-washed. Also white-wash all the objects the hogs 

 have been in the habit of rubbing against. The bedding 

 should be burned. 



Price of remedies Nos. 153 and 154 complete, $2.50. 



Each package of remedies Nos. 153 and 154 contain a 

 sufificient quantity for twenty-five hogs. 



SCOURS— DIARRHOEA. 



This complaint is seldom met with in grown hogs, but 

 pigs frequently have attacks of diarrhoea, which if permit- 



