Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-09-24

water to one of acid, it may safely be
mixed with Their, drink. and it is said
to have good effect Some feed cop
peras and others saltpeter. but the
treatment with carbolic acid is the best
and most etfectual. Some hog men
are sure that nothing will prevent
| cholera, so they keep on in the same
old way, and take the chances. 1t
stands to reason that filthy water,
such as the troughs contain, full of
bacteria and decomposed vegetable
matter. and the excrement of the swine,
| putrid and dissolved in it, is not whole
| some drink, and will help to lay a
| foundation for disease. it not bring it
on. 1t would certainly cause disease
among people, and why not with hogsP
1t will there is no doubt of it. A clean
| field, with fresh and pure water, must
be safer condition; anyway, it will
| help clear mans conscience.
In all cases of dysentery. medicine
| must be given to clear out the stomach
and to reduce the Inflammation. To
this end, physics are given, and mu
| slippery elm, starch or a decoction of
comfrey roots. Laudanum is excellent
internally. After the physic has
| cleansed the stomach, and by injections
with starch, light succulent food should
always be given to sick hogs. and one
of the best is oat meal Cruel. thin
! enough to be drank. The Cruel can be
made from oats ground in the common
| grist mills, and the hulls sifted out or
the oats may be boiled and mashed
and the liquid drawn off. The last
way would do in the absence of ground
oats. Raw linseed oil is the best ami
NAL physic.
A wet, cold bed will bring on rheu.
| matsm, or it may cause chilling which
would be likely to cause internal de-
raugemcnts. When too many hogs
sleep in the same nest, they will pile
upon each other, and those underneath
will become very hot. and when they
go out into the cold they are likely to
cool off suddenly and catch cold. These
are the conditions which produce quin-
zey and inflammation of the lungs,
which is a more common disease than
manv are aware of. 4 favorite SOW,
last winter. was left in the barn-yard
several hours. on a cold day, and the
| result of this exposure was an acute
| attack of Inflammation of the lungs.
1t came on the same night, and the
next morning she refused to get up,
and her skin and extremitles were cold.
She did not eat a mouthful for three
days. and then only took a little drink
for several more. The following treat
ment saved her: She was bathed and
rubbed with hot water for hours, with
hot bricks all along her body and on
top of her. After warmth and circu-
lation were brought to the surface, she
was covered with wooden blankets, and
the hot bricks kept about her for fully
twenty-four hours. This sow breathed
| with difficulty, and would have died in
short time but for this prompt and
thorough treatment.
1t is always dangerous to cause
hog to run, especially if it is in a
f1eshy condition. l have known them
to drop down dead when hurried.
Swine are sometimes stricken with
paralysis of the hinder parts; but
most generally when they refuse to
rise on their hind legs, or do so with
evident pain, it may be caused by
straining of the muscles across the
back. or by worms in their kidneys.
The symptoms in both cases would
be the same. Rubbing with hot wa
ter and steaming across the kidneys
will help the STRAIN, and do no hurt,
but rather relieve the soreness in the
kidneys. Spirits of turpentine. rubbed
across the back, may relieve this
trouble, but in most cases it is nee
essary to give doses of a tablespoonful
of turpentine every other dav until
the pig is better. The turpentine is
rapidly absorbed in the stomach and
carried to the kidneys, and destroys
the worms.
Measles is an infectious disease. and
will run it's course. At the first symp-
toms-red blotches-the hog should be
put in warm place and fed laxative
Stops. Carbolic acid, diluted fifteen
times its bulk with water, will kill
the mango. 1t should be rubbed on
two or three times, with week in
tervening, and atterward an ONT
ment Of lard and fine sulphur
smeared over the NANCY places. In an
old case of mango all the old dead skin
should be removed, and the diseased
parts thoroughly laid bare. or the in
scots will not be reached by the wash.
No matter how raw the flesh is. the ap-
plication of the acid solution must be
thorough. The ointment will help to
heal and lessen the pain by coating the
surface.
While the list of diseases to which
hogs are subject is somewhat formid
able, the actual number with which
they may be afflicted is quite limited,
where they receive anything like good
care. More precautions must always
be taken when large numbers Of people
live in close quarters, and the same
law holds good with animals; more
diseases must be expected and greater
fatality. The opportunity for obtain
ing antidotes is not so great with num-
bers as where a few are kept. And
the numbers tend to pollute the at
mosphere and all of the surroundings.
1t is best to keep hogs in as small lots
dry beds and not too warm. especially
If they are to be exposed to the cold
when fed.-Cor. Country Gentleman.
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