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point of an iron wedge in one of the notches, and tap the tusk 

 with a hammer, and it will break squarely off. The tusk may 

 then be filed off rounding. 



CHICKEN-EATING SWINE 



While not a disease, chicken eating is a vicious habit often 

 contracted by swine kept near chicken yards. The habit 

 once acquired is often difficult to overcome. A very good device 

 to prevent the hogs from catching the fowls is a common four- 

 inch ring hung before the hog's snout. This may be held in 

 place with the ordinary hog-ring placed around the four-irich 

 ring and into the nose, as when ringing to prevent rooting. 

 Thus the large ring hangs in front of the hog's snout and pushes 

 the chicken away as the hog reaches for it. 



