DISEASES OF THE HOG. 229 
should be buried deep and the body covered with 
slacked lime before being covered with the earth, 
and the part where the sick animal was before and 
where it died sprinkled with the carbolic lotion 
above mentioned. When the disease is in the 
neighborhood and before it makes its appearance 
or after it has done so, each pig should have ten 
drops of strong nitro-hydrochloric acid in its food 
twice a day for a week. It is wise when the dis- 
ease breaks out on the farm to separate all the well 
ones some distance from the affected ones and put 
them under the acid treatment. I have seen ex- 
cellent results from this. 
Treatment: A great many hogs can be cured of 
this disease if only properly treated, and there is 
no doubt that in many cases it would not pay tp 
undertake it; but when a man has a few or a num- 
ber of valuable hogs it would pay to have them 
treated. The pigs should be put into a comfortable 
well ventilated place free from draughts, and in 
the early stage each should get two ounces of cas- 
tor oil; this should be followed by giving ten drops 
of nitro-hydrochloric acid well diluted with water 
three times a day; also give half an ounce of spirits 
of turpentine in a little sweet oil once a day; con- 
tinue this for three or four days, then give four 
grains of quinine dissolved in two tablespoonfuls 
of good whisky, with the same quantity of cold 
water at a dose, three times a day for four or five 
days if necessary. This treatment I followed up 
last year with excellent results. Some very valu- 
able sows, which were not able to rise, recovered | 
