DISEASES OF THE HOG. 145 — 
sore. The conjunctiva of the eyes and root of the 
ears may be also implicated. Pigs affected with 
this disease do not thrive and often die. 
Treatment: All the well ones should be re- 
moved and their heads rubbed with a liniment 
made by mixing one ounce of carbolic acid in half 
a pint of raw linseed or cotton seed oil. The affected 
ones in the early stages, before a slough takes 
place, should be well rubbed with an ointment 
made of iodine one-half ounce, vaseline eight 
ounces, or ichthyol one part, vaseline two parts. 
Repeat in three days.” If this is well done it will 
stop the disease by killing the parasite. After it 
sloughs and becomes cankerous. apply a little 
terchloride of antimony to the sores with a feather. 
Let it alone for three days and if the parts look - 
healthy use a solution of tobacco one part to thirty 
parts of water, and apply a little of this; be sure 
that every part is wet with it, then apply a little 
_ common tar to the affected parts. Take notice of 
the pigs; if they seem easy let them alone, but if 
they should be restless wash the parts with warm 
water and soap and use the tobacco solution again, 
and so on until the animal is cured. 
MANGE. 
This is also a parasitic disease, but not so difficult 
to cure and seldom causes death. It is caused by 
a parasite which burrows under the scarf skin, pro- 
ducing considerable irritation, destroying it so that 
scabs form, and on account of the great itchiness 
on the part the animal rubs it, causing the part to 
