The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-08-08
SWINE.
How They should he Cared for During
Spring and summer.

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Spring and summer.
The pig is provided with one very po.
tent means of protection against changes
in the temperature at all seasons, as well
as against the damaging effects Of sleep.
ing in a wet most, be this the bare ground
or n WORKOUT bunch of hay or straw.
repeatedly soaked through and through
by the rain, and never entirely dried.
namely, nm excellent non.conductor, n
thick layer Of fat outside the vital or.
gans. Instinct, as IL Is commonly
called-but that TO which we refer Is IN,
above instinet-warns the hog agains1
lying in the wet. The hog. with avail
able means placed within reach, whether
in the wild or domesticated state, will.
at any and all seasons OF the year, gather
dry material. carrying this from con.
siderable distance TO the place which he
has chosen MS the best. The amount OF
dry stuff thus carried is graduated by the
amount required TO place the hog out OF
reach Of the sensation Of cold and wet
from beneath. The hog, more correctly
than the human is likely TO do, takes In
the evidences Of n coming storm; and
what does he straightway set about do.
ingP Nothing less than to gather ma
terial for building his nest higher. that
accommodating wet may have room to
settle away beneath.
But, unfortunately for the domesti.
Gated hog, he is liable to be / u'ued 10
pasture In the spring, shut away from
his winter quarters. and confined upon
n low down, fiat grazing ground, where
he has no access to material out Of which
he can build a nest. Hence, what do we
habitually see occur with pastured hog
in spring and summer A bunch Of
them will gather in a fence corner AT
nightfalli 60 through the motion, upon
the bare ground, OF scraping together
material with which TO elevate them
selves above the point liable to leave
them in the wet. In the early part OF the
night they lieapart, but as II turns cooler,
or II n cold rain comes on, they huddle
together, sometimes ''piling." as Il 4,
termed. Now, what Il the natural result
Of all thisP Simply that when morning
comes, the hogs get out from their close.
" packed state, coughing, shiyering,
overheated on SO much Of the surface A.
has been In contact with their mates,
and chilled ON the surface In contact
with the outer air. Congestion Of the
air passages has been nj work. and when.
under the influence Of exercise and sun.
shine. the circulation Is reasonably well
distributed throughout the body. the
bronchial tubes, or the lung tissue
proper. rs the case may be, or. possibly.
both of these being implicated. get re-.
lief through the day, but are liable &c
the same state Of things on each succeed.
ing night Yet, some otherwise very scnsi
bic men say this sort Of cough l. >
sworn cough and others 20 on and
reeite, rs did one very plausible writer
we now call 10 mind. how pigs and
stock hogs will. during spring aud a part
Of summer, cough when aroused from
the nest; that how. later In the season.
As the feed gets frosted, aportion Of the
stock will sickcn and die; that an exam.
nation by pos-m0rtdn viii. In som,
cases. show disease Of the heart and
lungs, and In other cases Of the liver OF
bowels. or Of both. This writer reasons
falsely that the hog Is kept ailoat, 20 to
speak. and well during the spring.
through the agency Of the grass, said
to be healthy and blood purifying while
green and fresh. but tending
to produce disease later In the sea,
son Dry ORR is quoted by the same
written as a prolific source Of the all.
ments mentioned. Other causes arr re-
ferred to. but the real cause. the expos.
ures referred to. causing. IS they do, a
disturbance Of the balance Of the circu.
latiou. followed by congestion Of the
respiratory Of abdominal organs, or Of
both; then Inflammation. resulting In
thickened and disorganiEed tissues Of
the parts. are not named. Hogs get
stiffness Of muscles and joints. separate
and apart from the ailments named.
and there is no time Of the rear during
which u l. proper or safe TO permit
swine to pass q night without q shelter
that they can retreat TO. and ind a dry
place 10 sleep-even though this b.
only a plank floor Nat,e.sT Live ssocl
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