Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-01-07

InaD-lt is 10 De DOpcu ne VIII iedu MS
own forces when they are called to 90
south.
Back tooth Among Swine.-lmpOrtant
to Farmers.
This disease which has Been known to
formed, ately made its appearance in this
vicinity. The first instance was among
the swine Of Edwin Smith, Of this town.
ship. lie first observed that one OF his
small hogs was being singularly affected
when attempting to eat the corn which
was thrown before it. 1t would first
take an ear 0: coru IN its mouth, then
whirl about rapidly and squcal AS II in
great pain, and then 90 into a lit. This
was the case every time the hog was
fed. Mr. Smith was pnzzlcd to know
what could be the matter with the ami
i al. At first he thought the trouble was
occasioncd l'y the breaking If a tooth,
aud consequent exposure OF the nerve,
but as tie lis became worse aud worse,
lie gave mp ihat idea, and waited Tor
further dcyeiopments. One moralng a
,ea days after, the hog was found dead
tie pen. lie was thrown ont, ANA
| Mir. ). discovered upon examination OF
| I h.. n,.If! a SII Ia
OF tic ia" between lie tusks and the
.rant tccth, tech perfectly bloch. This
III .covcry presented u KEY to the whole
4 HI :uty. IL thcn tr3c4cded 10 exam
| some o the balance OF the herd, and
amost invariably found the disease op-
Grating III dillef~nt stages. Oct oi about
90 hcg>, III hi' pens, upwards 0! 50 had
the back tootu, or. as some term it laI-
| though we eau see the reason why) the
hog caole.a.
Here was f.ir chance To stand
heavy loss. MANY Of his hogs were very
valuable and all fine stock. lie recol
Iecled Of having IN his ''scrap book" an
article which, several wears ago, he had
taken from a newspaper, and lad away
Tor future reference, which related to a
disease OF this kind. On hunting it up,
he found that the case was one IN point,
and proceeded to Apply the remedy.
The following is the article alluded to
Tux Hoe CHoIERA--A New Disc, vEGY.-Mr.
j + Dunn, Of Knight township. 10 this county
called in our office yesterday and gave Us some
| nterts ing details III reference to experiments
when ha+ been made III hi. nelghborhood on
the hu Iis.ase some particulars Of which We
give Tor the benefit OF our readers.
I Mr.. Dunn says that it has been discovered
that in all hogs atiie ed with this disease, there
is "ialse tooth touGd. similar to the blind
tooth" in horses. This tooth is perfectly black
IN appearance, and seems to be sort Of al
errAtlc, or superfinous vffshoet, growing on,
from The outside of the upper jaw. one on each
side. aud situated between the tusk and the
grinders Mr. ID. informed us that Two of his
neighbors, Mr.. o. p. Aiken and Daniel James
had examined large number OF hogs, and had
found that every diseased hog had this blacl
tooth.
They also extracie these teeth from a mum
Der Of hogs. by knocking them out. and th'
hogs go treated coon recovered, some are
entirely well and Others are now just getnns
over it, Hogs affected with this disease refuse
to eat, but Mr. ID. says that as thes
, teeth are extracted, they begin to eat corr
readily. He was not prepared to say whethe
} the disease was caused by an inability to ga
, on account of these extra teeth, or whether tn
teeth were ony the result Of the 0ieease, ant
a removal OF which would remove the seat O
the disease itself BE this as it may sufficient
experiments were tried to convince those WIZ
: say The rial that two facts were established
iii IT, that all cholera di.essed hcgs have thee
= black teeth growing, one ,ut OF each uppe
: Jaw, as We have described; second, TINT tn
removal of thcse teeth relieves the hog, and
: "a great remedy IT not a certain cars-Evan
vile Iad) Enquirer.
S Mr.. Smith took a cold chsel, hamme
0 and plenty OF help, and in the cours
, of two days had knocked out all til
3 black teeth-root and branch. 1t was n
, small job by any means. He then hunt
. ed up the following ,ecipe in his ''recip
: book" and speedily applied the turtle
IL remedy therein mentioned.
j The following is contributed to tn
70 Journal from Wilsouville, Spence cour
ty, kentucky, as a certain cure for ho
G. cholera"
1t GENTLEMEN: Please publish the folowir
v cure for hog cholera" Pusverize and M