232 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. {1 Ocr., 1902. 
There isa GENERAL REMEDY and a very simple one, for a sick pig, given 
in Hoard’s Dairyman. The cure-all is nothing more than fresh milk .and 
turpentine. The writer says itis the best remedy he knows of for all the 
diseases pigs are heir to. Jor a young pig six weeks old, give a teaspoonful of 
turpentine in, say, half-a-pint of milk. If the pig is too far gone to drink, 
then administer it with a spoon. An older pig will seldom refuse new milk 
even when a tablespoonful of turpentine is given in a quart or more. Always 
keep turpentine on hand and, at the first sign of any sickness, administer it as 
recommended above. 
Having now instructed you how to start your herd of pigs, how to make 
them increase and multiply, how to treat the mother and her litter, how to wean 
the little pigs, and how to cure their diseases, I will devote a little space to 
Hovusine anp FEEeprne. 
Without a suitable piggery, you cannot hope to make a success of swine- 
feeding, so I will just give you a few suggestions. 
In the first place, your building must be dry—dry walls, dry beds, and, as 
far as practicable, dry floors. Dampness produces unthrifty, rheumatic pigs, 
and injudicious feeding will aggravate these evils. Then the pens should be 
reasonably warm and ventilated; lastly, they should admit the sun freely, at 
the same time leaving a shady spot for the pigs to avoid the hot sun. Some 
people build a piggery with a central passage and pens on both sides. My 
piggery was built on this plan. I give you a diagram of it, and it can be 
uilt very cheaply with materials which can be obtained from the bush— 
The materials required are— 
4 corner posts, 8 inches diameter. 
32 intermediate posts, split, 8 by 8 inches. 
40 rails, split. 
100 slabs for back walls. 
100 palings. 
1,000 shingles. 
These complete the walls and roof. 
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