ANTHRAX AND CHOLtfBA 949 



Common salt » . .. . .4 lb. 



Black antimony , ; \ ... . ; . 1 lb. 



Sulphate of iron (copperas) ... . '. . .1 lb: 



Sulphur 1 lb. 



Nitrate of potash (saltpeter) \ lb. 



Wood-ashes 1 peck. 



Pound and mix thoroughly, moisten enough to prevent waste, and 

 put in a trough in a dry place where the hogs can at all times have 

 access to it. If predisposed to cholera, they will eat it very freely ; 

 at other times they will eat less, or perhaps none at all. Prof. Tur- 

 ner himself says of this: " I know of no one whoy has had any hog- 

 cholera of account from that day (1862), who has persistently made 

 use of it in advance of the appearance of disease. Hogs should at all 

 times be supplied with stone coal, as they will then eat less of the 

 above mixture." 



A Kentucky farmer gives the following as an "infallible" 

 remedy : — 



Sulphate of iron {copperas) ,. 1 lb. 



Warm water .'. f . >. •. , .8 $al. 



Fig. 1264.— Large York Boar—" Holywell Jimmy." 



When dissolved, apply the wash about milk warm to the affected an- 

 imal, by dipping him into the solution, or sponging until the skin is 

 thoroughly wet. Whenever the skin begins to look rough and 

 scaly, or of a dark-red color, apply the wash immediately, every day, 



