ON SWINE. 



^ Of the diseases in swihe. 



A hog is a very bad creature to doctor, there- 

 fore to prevent their diseases, should be an object 

 of our attcntiofi. 



Keep him well if you can, but not so as to bur- 

 then him with fat in hot weather; keep his body 

 open, and there will be little danger of his being 

 sick. — Brimstone in small doses, is excellent for a 

 hog; antimony is also good; but if you can get 

 neither, chamber lie put in their swill, will answer 

 a good purpose. It is necessary to keep a hog's 

 issues open. — The practice of feeding store hogs 

 three times a day is not good: whereas if they are 

 fed only morning and night, they keep their appe- 

 tite, eat their food clean, and grow the faster. 



To cure the measles in swine. 



It sometimes happens, though seldom, that swine 

 have the measles; while they are in this state, 

 their flesh is very unwholesome food. This disor- 

 der is not easily discovered while the animal is a- 

 live, and can only be known by its not thriving or 

 fattening as the others. After the animal is kill- 

 ed and cut up, its fat is full of little kernels, about 

 the size of the roe or eggs of a salmon. When 

 this is the case, put into the food of each hoff, once 

 or twice a week, as much crude pounded antimo- 

 ny as will lie on a shilling. This is very proper 

 for any feeding swine, even though they have no 

 disorder. A small quantity of the flour of brim- 

 stone, also may be given among their food when 



