200 CONKEY'S STOCK BOOK 



Warning Did you ever hear from anyone who could sell you a sure 

 Hog Cholera Medicine? That man is not working in the 

 spirit of either science or law. It is actually proved that no medicine can 

 positively attack the germs of Hog Cholera or Swine Plague. Our own 

 Stock Vigor cannot itself kill the germ of Hog Cholera, but it will correct 

 the digestive trouble and fortify the animal to resist the disease. No 

 remedy on the market can truthfully make a stronger claim. Fortunately 

 most cases of Hog Cholera are not true cholera. Conkey's Stock Tonic 

 is the proper remedy for any of the common outbreaks of digestive dis- 

 turbances usually called Cholera. If you fear that the case is true Hog 

 Cholera make a postmortem examination of the first hog to die and if the 

 button-like ulcers are found in the intestines, at once notify the proper 

 authorities, for no so-called Cholera-cure will help you. 



Use Conkey's Nox-i-cide Dip and Disinfectant freely, and Conkey's 

 Stock Tonic in doses as directed on packages, mixed with the regular feed. 



COTTONSEED Cotton meal is fine for hogs, but if given in a heavier 

 POISONING ration than l /^ of a pound a day to 50 pounds live- 

 weight, there is pretty sure to be trouble from cotton- 

 seed poisoning. The animal will show signs of "thumping" (see Thumps), 

 that is spasmodic jerking of the whole body. If the owner takes warning 

 and cuts off the cottonseed there is no further trouble. But neglect will 

 usually end in death from suffocation in 4 to 10 weeks. 



INDIGESTION This may come h'om worms, or from a sudden change in 

 quantity or manner of feeding, or from irregularity in 



feeding, or from wrong kinds of feed, especially too much rich food. The 

 symptoms are loss of appetite, bloating, uneasiness, sometimes cramps, 

 scouring, often coughing and thumping or jerking of the body. Often 

 there is a depraved appetite, the hogs eating such substances as old plaster, 

 rotted boards, stone, dirt, etc. Often they will squeal desperately for food 

 but will not touch it when offered. Young pigs will often show no loss of 

 appetite but will fail to thrive in spite of a plentiful ration. 



Treatment Look for the cause of trouble in the system of feeding. If 

 too rich or too much food, or too sudden a change, correct the 

 trouble. Then mix with the feed Conkey's Stock Tonic according to direc- 

 tions. This is tonic treatment and will bring the hogs around to thriving 

 condition. It will also get rid of worms if worms are the cause of the trouble 

 In the case of young pigs which are stunted, change from hard to soft feed. 



LICE Lice do not come from filth, 

 but they stay where filth is. 

 Lice come from the louse-eggs which 

 you often see fastened with a gummy 

 substance to the bristles of the hog 

 sometimes as many as five or six 

 eggs on a single hair. Look for them 

 back of the ears, on the neck, breast, 

 etc., especially in the spring, and it is 

 well to keep a sharp lookout for them 

 all through summer. It will not pay 

 to spend good time and care and feed Hog louse and eggs attached to bristle 

 on raising hog lice, and it is entirely 

 unnecessary to put up with them as treatment is very effective as follows: 



