18 INTRODUCTION. 
Sixth, that too many pigs should not be kept to- 
gether, as they are apt to sleep in the same place, 
and although it may be well ventilated, or even 
out in the open air, they are apt to breathe some of 
the foul air emanating from their bodies. No 
class of animals thrive well where numbers are 
kept together. When the time arrives to feed the - 
hogs for market you will have a splendid founda- 
tion to begin feeding on; strong digestive and as- 
similating organs, which will be able to digest and 
assimilate large quantities of food. Corn can now 
be used with a little ground oats and bran with 
advantage and profit. I think that if this method 
were carried out, in a few years hog cholera would 
be a thing of the past. 
There has not been the same attention pata to 
the treatment of the pig as there has been to that 
of the other domestic aimals. The difficulty in 
administering medicine to the pig and attending 
to the nursing of it is one of the driwbacks. Med- 
icine has been usually given in the food, and when 
the animal is in condition to eat and can be sep- 
arated from the others this method is very con- 
venient; but putting medicine inafood where there 
are a number of hogs feeding together, cannot be 
done satisfactorily. In cases where it is necessary 
to give medicine by the mouth, the patient strug- 
gles so much that it often does more harm than 
good. When medicine has to be given to hogs, it 
is best to give it in the food,if they will eat it. If 
there are a number to be treated, each one should 
have its own allowance. When it is necessary to 
