, 1874-03-21

which our other tlomeatlo anitnnla aro ,ncmbcrs.
Pigs belong to olass Which IL 30 old that groat
,nany of lts families bccnlno extinct ut or before
which llaye loft nothing behind oxcopt rom.
,ianta OF their fossil!zod "bonoa or tlla claHa
only, three fatntlioa-the first comprising Tho
elephants, tho second, tho rl,i,oc oros tlie hip
sSs sf ss wd e os r p5s sos is' & o iFa e f
!,svo survived and S'r preserved ss, tlseir Ok
ihsonco, to orr prcaont tlmca,., 1ha
certainly proyen that tllono throo fan1illeu bMt
ono, apccles Of tho eamo,--o,lr demonstrated
rorhor, which has spread over tho wllolo globe,
md laa accommodated itao!f and lta co',st!tntion
and hana to almost every climate, condition,
rosHcHs tho grrcatost. ytality M racc, and DO
Rblo to resist n(fycrHo influenccB In q remarkable
aogroe. This hncomos tho moro conspicuous IL
II ID considered how much, M n general rnlo, our
Of demonstration, otthor BY CLOSE confinement,
frequently In vory dirty asy, or by groasnegloot
AZ to tho dHoasez to which Our tlomoati-
ea,,s1,, eated pigs are suo3oct' yes, thoro H.. arc
arc tho conaequenco OF demonstration,
and tho caroloaBnoss, and the bad keoping bo.
slowed upon thonn by their ownora, It would
loud too far, in R!,ort article like this, to yonti
late tho causca Of NIL thu diaeasos; therefore
WILL mention only fow principal ones. principal
IN so far ~ tho Same aro uaod Nd a bugbear to
scare penpo who relish slico Of ham, or cut
pork md aauaagoB.
First-Tho measles. TIga will not 1lavo MOI
sloa-that Ia, will not harbor any cysticorcus col
!ulIosa, or cyst-worm, from which develops tho
tapo-worm Of man-if tho ganla hnvo no access
to human c1oremoats continuing tho oggB Of
Secoml-Trlchina apralis Tho best provent-
ira ngainst this parasitic worm tH to prohibit
ptgs Ms much aB possible from onttnE animal
substances, but prlnclpaliy .H!aughter-houso
offal Of their own kind, especially, IN = coun-
nladc its appearance; and to keep cats enough
to wage successful war Of destruction against
rats and mlco, which Aro clainod to bo those
animals from which pigs. in ,mapY, cases, get
their trie!inm. Further. oven II pork should be
fectly harmlesB II tho pork Ia we1 cooked fr1oa
or roaatod. and not oaton raw or ha1f-done.
Third-so-callcd hog cholera. OF this dis
enae shall havo n fow words to say Mt another
time. At present 1t 1nay Buffico TINT tho 30.
care aud Keeping rational feeding, cleanliness,
and by girlng tho pigs m opportunity to take,
at least once dny, especially IN the summer,
bath III clean, frcah md cool wator.
diaeagcs, arc, In nino caBoH out or ton, products
of close, or continued in-and-in breeding lin.
co6t); and a!Ho, to 8Omo extent, Of keeping tho
pigs in a narrow filthy. and badly ventilated hty.
CAu6H lu-Nu-lu DT9oulIlb ueH[TOJ6 LltG ICCuQu9tV,
causes tho pigs to become stuntcd when weauod,
produces wonk and sfcKfy constitution n tond-
enoy to scrofnlcris dlsenHca to Hkin-AiaeascB,
and to diaoasos Of the respiratory organs, etc.
Consequently, oil these dscaaeH can bo prevent
ed, or Mt loRst their occurrence eau bo mado
comparatively raro.
THE GREAT USEFULNESS or p1uH
as n1eat and fat producing nnl.nnls il nnryaled
by any other livestock. There in no other ami
NAL Of which there is 80 little wnsto when we'll
n inn Gf4fa in, ~
tho Roval Agricultural Collage ut El-
dcnn, Prussia, aud communicated by Prof.
DR.. O.. Roldo, of tl,at institution, 100
pounds OF live weight Of Oh Eaaox pig contained
wore useless. Tho offal Of cross between
Yorkshire and n common country pig was ntill
less, md amounted only to 5.8 por cont Of tho
llvo-weight, and that Of n puro-bred Yorkshire
common co,1nt,y-pig dressed II per cent Of ita
llve-weight; n croes between Yorkshire and
country pig. 81 per cont; n croHs between Essex
and Yorlshirc, 50 per cent; IN EHacx pig, 90 per
cent; md Yorkshire, lh % por cent: cent There Is
drcsacd weight compared with it's overweight.
Above hayo given tho highest porcontage; tile
lowest vas 70, 7s. "a. 70, and 7c per cont, re-.
spectlvely.
or the greatest Importance is good md we'll
constructed pC-pen, ,-something which in too
often neglected, or not thought OF for almost
every ono Beems to think that d porltor a over q
hng," and may wal1ow In tho mud, or be OK
posed with impunity to frost and heat, to snow
and storm, to tho burning rays Of tho hun and
to rain to foul air, and to tho influence Of mud,
dirt, aud every kind Of nastinesH. It ia true. q
pig, nj such, has very good aud robust oonsti-
tuition. and oan stand many injurious Influences
apparently with impunity, to which any other
animal would sucoumb but, notwithstanding,
a pig although only O. pig, is iust as thankful as
my other animal, and in some respects still
moro 80, for good. comfortable, clean, dry,
warm, woll-vontiiatod, and well.litterod stable !;
and should hnva 1t. VETERINARIAN.