HOG CHOLERA. I2Q 



Mix thoroughly and give a large tablespoonful to 

 each 2oo-pound hog, once a day. If the animal does 

 not eat, add the medicine to a little water, shake thor- 

 oughly and give from a bottle by the mouth. If the 

 animal will eat, mix the medicine with sloppy food. 

 The same remedy is recommended as a preventive to 

 those animals that do not as yet show signs of disease. 



If you have had cholera on your place and you 

 have small, inexpensive pens, burn them at once. In a 

 piggery, burn all the litter and loose inexpensive parts ; 

 renew the floor if possible and disinfect the remainder 

 by washing it with hot water and w r ashing soda. After 

 washing, apply with a whitewash brush, or better yet a 

 spray pump, a solution of one part of carbolic acid to 

 fifty parts of water. Then whitewash thoroughly. 

 Treat the fences in the same way. Earth floors should 

 be removed to a depth of at least six inches and the 

 ground sprinkled with chloride of lime and a few days 

 later a good coating of air-slacked lime. Don't put 

 pigs in the quarters for at least six months, and if pos- 

 sible have them vacant over the first winter. 



A FEW CHOLERA DON'TS. 

 Don't let your hog drink dirty, filthy water. 

 Don't castrate pigs when cholera is in the neighborhood. 

 Don't bring home cholera from the fairs and stock shows. 

 Don't wait until your hogs are all dead before doing something. 



Don't forget to disinfect all quarters where sick hogs have 

 been. 



Don't throw dead animals in a creek or river. Burn them 

 every time. 



Don't put pigs in a field where there has been cholera for at 

 least a year. 



Don't drag a dead animal over the ground. Carry it on a 

 plank or in a box and burn all. 



