0 12 MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY. 
terinary art to these animals. Bleeding, which is so essen 
tial in all inflammatory complaints, cannot be applied to 
hogs. The ordinary methods, of cutting off part of the ears 
and tail, can do but little good; and equally ineffective is 
the plan of opening a vein in the roof of the mouth, about 
an inch from the front, in a line between the second and 
third tooth, an operation that it is almost impossible to per¬ 
form on a pig, and the bleeding is never of sufficient extent 
to relieve inflammation. Purgatives will consequently be 
the best remedies to be adopted. Epsom salts, varying in 
quantity, from one to two ounces, according to the age of 
the animal, and suphur, in doses of from one * to three 
drachms, may be administered. Attention should, there¬ 
fore, be given chiefly to preventive, rather than remedial 
means. It is of great consequence to let the animals have 
occasionally a quantity of green meat, as they will always 
be found to eat it with avidity. Grass, tares, or clover will 
be used with advantage ; and boiled hay is of great use in 
keeping their bowels in a healthy state, and should be given 
twice a day, in a lukewarm state, every week. The hay 
should be boiled in a net, and the tea which is taken from 
it, should be thickened with oatmeal. The hay may be 
again dried, and store-cattle will frequently eat it after¬ 
wards ; but when tney refuse it, litter may be made of it. 
