, 1876-12-30
Diseases In Hogs.

dHN Cfbct uHuit-tlC hhtuidt. Line 'h- llltu
be is umniye-ous and lives to a considerable
ex'en, upon the crumbs that drop from The
rich as well as the poor mans table. His
diseases. If which there are many, N.e more
like the diseases TO which man is subject than
those which afil'ct any other animal. wild or
domestic. Hos, Ike men, have the lung
and throat diseases, such as consumption, con
gesIion Of the lnngS, diPtheria, quincy and
o5.niaon eatls or insneuzy, aad AS;a,ic cr a.
least hog cholera. They are also sutject 10
rheumatic complaints. and diseases Of the
kidneys, quite similar 10 man. L 70 the
diseases Of man, those Of the hog are, or seen
TO be, but little understood, aud but little
under the control Of human skill and treat
meut. The Western or Mississippi States
constitute the great corn and hog district Of
oar country, and here, also, the hog disease,
present themselves the more frequently aul
in the greatest number Of forms. Ia these
States, TOO, AS would naturally Le the cas-,
these diseases AID the remedies and ceres Tor
them attract the greatest attention amo.g
farmers and agricultural papers The vetrr-
mary depar meats Of these papers contain,
almost weekly. queS ions and answers on
these subjects; and It would seem that good
understanding Of the hog and his diseases
ought here, if anywhere, to be had. Bu, we
have read these papers pretty ai;hfuily for
years, and We cunirs- that our teachers in
his respect are incapable OF imparrins much
kuowlelse, or that we are duh scholar
We, however, got hold Of something the
other day in one Of these journals that ought
at least to satisfy the Inquirer after Snowl-
edge, or at least have the effect to check hi-
pursuit. \ correspondent wrote for the symP-
toms Of he hog cholera, and sayiuS that
some OF lis hogs swol!ei up in the lrgS,
Others ia the sides, Others under the throa',
while others seemed weak in the back, some
were loose IL the bowels, aad o'hers were
co>live, and giving long list of ailments 100
numerous to mention. The veterinary doe
tor answered the correspondent, saying that
his hogs were undoubtedly troubled with the
hog cholcra-that is, We understood the
words he used 10 mean this. Thea he gave
a long list Of remedies ard cares for all dis
eases the hog is heir TO, and these were
coucl-sI il language almost beyond ;he con-
preheusiun of The common farmer. We, at
good part of day IN comparing 'ecAn'cdi
terms with common language before We
came 10 even Il g4r,isI understanding Of the
Dlc-or's meaning. But The satisfactory part
Of he Information was contained II a sen
;euce in plain English. which SAID that the
secretary Of the board Of agriculture Of that
S.ate had, At soue previous date, sent out
cireu' ar calling on The farmers for she symP-
toms Of the dissas-s : OF the hog, lul the ren-
edies and cures, and IL r-eporiSe had received
a great many recipes, and If The writer wonit
apply to the said secretary be could u6'siH ~
las, a bu-hl baske, full OF these recipes.
The doctor, or veterinarian, wound up BIZ
column article 10y referring his correspondent
to said secretary.
Now we confess that We are in the hog
business, aud consequently somewhat inter
ested in the diseases OF the hog. Though
this coast has been peculiarly free iroar 'he~e
diseases It does not folluw that Thy will NOT
at sonetim. make their appearance among
us-or among our hogs Some apparently
contagious disease Is already among ouIs,
and We will give our readers a description oi
It's symptoms and progress, and then ask them
for light upon the eutjsct. Our attention
u.s first attracted by seeing a shOat about
.ix months ola come out of ais nest one OF the
late cold, frosty mornings, and stagser sId
fail ufoa his side as if be were choking. We
lifted him up Ou his legs aud he ran of, Sg'
seemed stiff and weak In his legs and siIf 10
his neck. When tbe Pigs were fe4 that
morning Two Others appeared affected N
similar manner. We then noticed mat all
three trorhed at ibe mouth, and appeared 10
breathe with difficulty, held their eyes about
half -hut and their ears erect and e-ose 10
the tcp of their head. They would sneii q.
the food ,barley., but their jaws seemed s''i;
and set, aud they could not open the'7
mouths. The muscles aboa, lhe mouth ana
nose seemed contacted SO that the Too'er
tururd up and the side muscles drew back
and showed the teeth. The pigs were m0re
pervou. AID afraid han common We saE
! from ,heir lab5rzd bTcafhiug hat they mus
/ have relirf soon, If at al, and decided 10 Try
ou- han! at loeturiag tfsn- We lec'ed
the one that seym,d the worst to tz. .l,'FiIns''t
I On 10 help u 10 learn q; least the na'aTs and
--a, Of The disss- ThiaIsias from the aP-
n4ar4uce th..t the bowels were dormant, ~e
made s,n.e salt water and administered an
| infection. but without rrsuit- We then con
clqaed to III an e5ne;ie end pat soHe salt
water in a bottle, and opening the pis
I mouth, inserted TIE Hi'1 Z u TIC ~
poured sone Of the water down him Ine
/ patient relaxed all ms stiffness 81 once, and
without struggle yi=Ijed TO the tFeain'eli
he died instantly We then eoneiudvd
/ that our as'ivi'y bad exceeded our prudence
and concluded 10 make further observation OF
the progress Of the disease On the other t~o
before Ne exp-rimented further 1hs cilh
Guilty Of breathing grew greater until .. eA-h
! breath the pigs made hoarse, grumpy s0uHi
like a child with the diP'heria. The nus
c!es about the shrJat and Eeek became more
rgid, and the whole body more SUI and
u.-less. until both seemed actually to CHOKE
TO death about t~eary y-tonr hours after Se
/ - .r,,,bIa After tneY