DISEASES AND TREATMENT OF SHEEP AND PIGS 491 
If coming head first with the front feet turned back or 
coming rear end first with the legs turned back under it, oil 
your hand, pass it into the passage and press the pig back 
into the womb, catch the legs with the finger and bring them 
forward even with the head, or when rear end first, straighten 
hind legs backward, so as to come before the rump. Pull 
slightly and there is usually no further difficulty. 
If the sow is too small for the passage of a man's hand, 
have a boy oil his hand and perform the operation as 
described under your direction. 
Be sure to keep the hands and fingers well oiled and 
avoid rough usage, as such causes the parts to swell and thus 
makes the work much more difficult. 
5. Milk Fever. 
This disease is occasionally met with in sows, but the 
causes are not clearly understood. 
Symptoms. — Symptoms are generally noticed as soon as 
the sow is through pigging. When the little pigs attempt to 
^uck they cannot get any milk. Try to milk her and no milk 
will come. The teats are soft instead of being full and hard, 
showing that there is no milk being secreted in the teats. 
The sow seems very sick, is feverish and does not take notice 
of her little ones, nor eat, but is very thirsty and will drink 
a great deal if she can get water to drink. 
Treatment. — Give the following to a large sow: 
Epsom Salts % pound 
Mix in half pint of lukewarm water and pour down as a 
drench, first turning the sow on her back and prying her 
mouth open with a stick to get the drench down. Follow 
with 
Mix thoroughly, and to a large sow give a teaspoonful 
on her tongue with a spoon twice a day, or in soft feed. Give 
plenty of lukewarm slops to eat, bathe her milk glands three 
times a day with lukewarm water, rub the parts dry each 
time after bathing and keep the little pigs sucking to try to 
bring her back to her milk. Attending to her in this way for 
a few days usually effects a cure. 
While the sow is sick keep the little pigs alive by feed- 
ing milk from a newly calved cow. Weaken the milk one- 
Sweet Spirits of Nitre 
Ginger 
% ounce or 1 dessertspoonful 
1 teaspoonful. 
Nitrate of Potash or Saltpetre 
Sulphur 
34 pound. 
% pound. 
