SWINE. 79 



"Where a small quantity of blood is to be taken, it can b© 

 done by opening a vein under the tail, but the usual and 

 most preferable parts of the body are the face and legs. 

 The prominent veins of the face are easily accessible. 

 "When the operation is to be performed, the thumb 

 should be applied to the vein below where the incision 

 is to be made, and soon the vein will fill. When the re- 

 quired amount of blood is taken (which depends upon 

 the size and condition of the animal), insert a pin through 

 the vein and tie a thread close around it. 



TO PROTECT SHEEP AND LAMBS FROM 

 DOGS, FOXES, AND NA/OLVES. 



Take equal parts of sulphur and tar, adding a small 

 quantity of aloes, powdered, and smear their necks and 

 legs once a month through the summer. 



SWINE. 



The breeds of swine raised in this country are so 

 numerous, that the limits of this work will not admit a 

 detailed or particular description of them. It is, howev- 

 er, practically sufficient to say, that the Old English and 

 the Berkshire are considered as decidedly the best, and 

 are to be found in all sections of the United States. 



BREEDING. 



For breeding purposes, choose the largest, and those 

 having the longest body ; and none should be selected 

 under one year of age. They should have a pasture or 

 large yard to range in, and be given, occasionally, green 

 food. They should be kept as much as possible to them- 

 selves at the time of littering. For three or four days 

 after littering, the sow should be fed on boiled bran or 

 other light food, and protected from annoyance. If the 

 litter is large, the sow will need much green or liquid 

 food, yet care should be taken that the scours, or diar- 

 rhoea, is not produced. Sometimes sows devour their 

 pigs ; this can be prevented by giving them fresh meat 

 for a day or two. 



