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fittings of iron. After the disinfection allow lots of light 

 and pure air to enter, and do not allow piles of manure, 

 etc., to accumulate in the stable. 



Thumps in pigs is a disease mainly due to over- 

 feeding and is often a serious trouble with the 

 young pigs, the cause being known, the treat- 

 ment will be to reduce the feed and give the 

 sow or the pigs a dose of physic, raw linseed oil 

 or epsom salts. 



Rheumatism in pigs is common in damp stables, 

 may be due to pigs burrowing in hot manure in 

 winter time and then becoming exposed to the 

 cold weather. Eemoval of the causes, a mild 

 physic and five grains of salol in the feed twice 

 daily will help overcome the trouble, if the 

 joints are swollen a liniment will be needed. 



Chapped Teats occur in cows from exposure, 

 standing in niuddy places, etc., and are best 

 treated by the use of oxide of zinc ointment, car- 

 bolic salve orcamphor ice. 



Obstructions in the teats or milk ducts gen- 

 erally require an operation which should be per- 

 formed when the cow is dry; in some cases the 

 closure of the teat is due to stricture, in which 

 case the metal dilator and plug should be used, 

 care being taken to always have those instru- 

 ments perfectly clean. 



Warts are more or less common on all classes 



of stock, and if flat on the skin may be touched 



with strong acetic acid or silver nitrate (lunar 



itItok. caustic), if they have a long neck, a horse hair 



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