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by a dusting with powdered alum or iodoform. The 

 wounds should be washed and treated daily and great 

 care taken to prevent infection. Bruises are to be treated 

 slightly different. fn the treatment of bruises hot 

 fomentations, ice packs, arnica, camphor, stimulating 

 liniments and lead acetate are indicated according to con- 

 ditions. All severe bruises should receive prompt and 

 regular attention. 



Sanitation and disease prevention. — Nothing is of 

 greater importance in the control of disease than sanita- 

 tion and disease prevention. Fully nine-tenths of the dis- 

 ease that occurs in our swine herds is preventable. Dis- 

 ease prevention consists in proper methods of breeding, 

 feeding and management. Much of the disease we have 

 is due to improper feeding. Pure foods are as important 

 to the health of swine as they are to the health of men. 

 The foods must be more than pure, the rations must be 

 properly balanced, not necessarily so much as the rela- 

 tion of the nutrients is concerned, but so far as quality, 

 quantity and suitability for the purpose are concerned. 

 Not only must the food supply be looked after, but pure 

 water must be present in abundance, and provision must 

 be made to keep it cool, clean and free from contamina- 

 tion. The hogs must also be provided with suitable shel- 

 ter in winter from the cold and wet and in summer from 

 the heat and rains. 



Disinfection. — In order to ward off disease it is nec- 

 essary that precautions be taken to destroy disease germs. 

 Especially when a disease of an infectious nature has 

 existed on premises, efforts should be made to destroy 

 the germs and their hiding places. The agents to be used 



