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is large or poisonous drugs used, the medicine must 

 be well mixed with the feed. If this is practiced, 

 there is more certainty of each animal getting the 

 proper dose and the danger from over-dosing is 

 avoided. In young pigs we can take advantage of 

 the fact that some drugs are excreted in the milk, 

 and administer them to the mother. 



Drenching a hog is not difficult if the animal is 

 easy to manage and we go about it quietly. The 

 quickest and easiest way to drench a drove of hogs 

 is to drive^ them into a small pen, where they have 

 but little room to move about. To hold the animal 

 while drenching it, a noose of sash cord or quarter- 

 inch rope can be placed around the upper jaw well 

 back toward the angles of the lips, and the medicine 

 thrown into the back part of the mouth with a dose 

 syringe. As there is danger of the hog breaking the 

 syringe, it is best to use a metal one. • Sometimes 

 when the drench is bulky and the hog hard to hold, 

 it is necessary to elevate the head and raise the fore 

 feet off the ground. For this purpose a pulley and 

 rope wire stretcher is recommended. It should be 

 hung in the most convenient part of the pen, and the 

 animal secured in the usual way by placing a noose 

 around the jaw. The end of the rope is thrown over 

 the hook in the lower pulley and the hog drawn up 

 until it is almost off the floor. It is best to wait until 

 the hog has become quiet and well under control 

 before giving it the drench, as there is some danger 

 of the medicine getting into the air passages and 

 doing harm. If there is any chance for the hogs that 



