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be wondered at that the diseases which appear under such cir- 

 cumstances are sometimes of such severity that treatment is of po 

 avail. In ailments of the hog, prevention of disease is emphatically 

 the rule of treatment. 



It should be remembered thatvthe appetite of the pig is a raven- 

 ous one. Ravenous feeding is always liable to produce indigestion, 

 and a pig, if allowed to do so, will invariably eat more than he can 

 digest. Hence it follows that improper management — a cold stye 

 or a wet bed, for example — or a serious change in the temperature^ 

 may cause disease. ' 



The better way to administer medicine to a hog, is to mix it 

 with his food or drink. Drenching is seldom satisfactory, and, al- 

 ways- dangerous, and we do not advise it. 



It sometimes happens that the animal refuses to eat. In this 

 case resort must be had to another plan, and we prefer the follow- 

 ing : The animal is caught and roped, as if the tusks were to be re- 

 moved. When firmly secured, the pig will, in his rage, continually 

 pull open his mouth. A.n old shoe or slipper, the toe of which has 

 been cut off, should be at once thrust in. ; This he will begin to 

 chew; and the medicine may be poured from a long-necked bottle 



Fig. 1251.— Wild Boar of India. 



into the shoe, through which it will pass down the throat of the pig, 

 without danger of choking him. A method sometimes employed in 

 England is thus described: "The animal is roped as for ringing, 

 and the attendant, standing with the pig's, head between his knees, 



