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SWINE AND THEIR DISEASES. 



COLDS AND COUGH. 



An ordinary cold is called, in some parts of the country, a 

 " rising of the lights." It is unwise to bleed and purge or give 

 tartar emetics and calomel for this, as is often done. The symptoms 

 are a loss of appetite, severe cough, and heaving at the flanks. The 

 animal should be carefully housed and fed. Mustard flour may be 

 moistened and rubbed into the throat and chest, and a tonic of sul- 

 phate of iron (copperas) given. 



Mr. A. C. Moore says : " My ordinary remedy is to place a small 

 amount of tar, as much as could be held in an egg-shell, well down 

 in, the mouth by means of a wooden paddle for two or three successive 



Fig. 1280.— French Sow. 



mornings. If the disease does not yield tb three doses, dissolve a 

 pint of tar in a gallon of water, and give one quart, repeating the dose 

 every, morning if required." 



Mr. E. W. Bryant, of Illinois, a large breeder of Poland Chinas, 

 writes thus : " My remedy for cough in pigs is oats; Feed once or 

 twice a Week all they will eat. The cough is caused by costiveness ; 

 the oats will loosen their bowels and the cough will disappear." 



CONSTIPATION. 



This indicates that a change of diet is needed. Sows, after par- 

 turition, and young pigs top highly fed, are often constipated. They 

 eat little, but drink a great deal. In ordinary cases a little green 

 food, a hot bran mash, or linseed tea maybe found sufficient. In 



