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SWINE AND THEIR DISEASES. 



most fully believe that this remedy will not only prevent all cholera, 

 but promote health and thrift. For use through the vear, the herb 

 should be gathered when in bloom, tied in small bundles, and hung 

 in a sheltered, dry place. When wanted for use, make a tea of it, by 

 boiling." 



Dr. Stitson thinks prevention the only hope. He says: "Dis- 

 infectants are the nearest approach to safety from crowd poison that 

 we yet possess. The most valuable is carbolic acid, and since using 

 this eight or ten years in my own herd, I have suffered no loss from 



Fro. 1267.— Black Dorsetshire Pig. 



this disease. The crude acid, a dark, tarry liquid, costing about one 

 dollar per gallon, is used at the rate of a pint to a bucket of water, 

 and with this the pens and wood-work about them are sprinkled at 

 least once a week. An ounce of the acid is occasionally put in a 

 barrel of swill or water for the hogs to drink." 



In Western New York,' a spoonful of turpentine is used every 

 few days as a preventive. > 



Prof. Law advises the immediate separation from the herd of a 

 hog that appears to be sick, and, if the symptoms of "cholera" ap- 

 pear, to kill and bury him immediately. In the case of a valuable 

 animal which is to be treated, he .would begin by giving a purge of 

 two or three ounces of castor-oil, or one to two drams of rhubarb. 

 When this has operated, give — 



Nitrate of potash (saltpeter) 20 gr. 



Bisulphite of soda •%&&• 



