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SWINE AND THEIR DISEASES. 



Fig. 1283.— Champion Pig-holder. 



Open. Closed. 



Fig. 1284. — Champion Double Ring. 



DIPHTHERIA. 



This disease is much more prev- 

 alent than those people are aware 

 who call nearly all epidemics " Chol- 

 era." Its symptoms are, sudden, 

 illness, with loss of appetite, dull, 

 sunken eyes, sore throat, extreme weakness, and stiffness of back 

 and loins. The pig moves slowly and crbuchingly, with raised 

 head, and a hoarse, nasal grunt. The mouth is open and dry, the 

 tongue livid, and the throat red and swollen, in which grayish white 



patches of false mem- 

 brane appear. These 

 increase until in a few 

 hours they involve all 

 the air passages and 

 threaten suffocation. 

 There is much swelling, 

 and shreds of . the false 

 membrane are coughed 

 up. The animal lies 

 down, sits on its 

 haunches, or leans 

 against the fence, and 

 usually dies in a parox- 

 ysm of coughing. 

 Treatment must be begun early in order to meet with success. 

 See that the herd is put in dry yards and pens, and that the-sick are 



Fig. 1285.— Method of Holding the Pig-holder and In- 

 serting the Champion Ring. 



Fig. 1886.— Common Iron Trough. Fig. 1287.— Convenient trough 



lor Small Pigs. 



separated from the well. Give each well hog a spoonful of chlbratfl 

 of potash, daily, in a little milk. 



