The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1901-02-23
Hog cholllelra.

Pounds.
Wood charcoal i. !. ). !. ]. :. ! \. z. y. i
Sodium choride. I. :. -. 81.
Sodium btcarbonate 4. !. !. i. ... 9
Sodium hyp0enlphite. 2
Sodium suiphate. !. !. !.
AntimoDy salphide (black antimony} /
These ingredients should be complete.
lpnayerised and thoroughly mixed. In
case there Is profnse diarrhea the sui
phate Of sodium may be omitted.
The dose Of this mixture is large
tablespoonful for zach 200 pounds weight
Of hogs to be treated, aud Ii should only
be given once day. When hogs are
affected with these diseases, they should
not be fed on corn alone. but they should
have at least once day soft feed. made
by mixing bran and middllngs. or mid
dlings and corn meal. or ground oats
and corn, or crushed wheat with hot
water, and then stirring into this the
proper quantity Of the medicine. Hogs
are fond Of This mixture, 1t increases
their appetite. and when they once taste
OF feed with which it has been mixed
they will eat it though nothing else
would tempt them. l3
Animals that are very sick and that
will nos come to the feed should be-
drenched with the medicine shaken up
with water. Great care should be exer.
cised IN drenchiDg hogs or they will be
suffocatel, Do not turn the hog On Its
back to dtsnch it, but pull the cheek
aRav from the teeth so as to form u
pouch, into which the medicine may be
slowly poured. It will flow from the
cheek into the mouth, an6 when the hog
finds out what 1t is. 1t will stop squeal-
Ing and swallow. In our experiments
hogs which were SO sick that they would
eat nothing have commenced to eat very
soon after getting dose of the remedy,
and have steadily improved until they
appeared perfectly well.
This medicine may also be used as a
preventive of these diseases, and for
this purpose should be put in the feed Of
the whole herd. Care should be observed
to see that each animal receives the pro-
per share IN cas- q where 1T has been
given a fair trial 1t has apparently cured
most Of the animals which were sick and
has stopped the progress Of the disease
In the herds. Italso appears to be an
excellent appetizer and stimulant OF the
processes of digestion aud assimilation
and when given to unthrifty hogs it In
creases the appetite, causes them to take
on flesh, and assume a thrifty appear
ance.
In treating hogs for these diseases it
must not be forgotten that in nearly all
cases there is more or less inflammation Of
the internal organs, and particularly OF
the stomach and intestines. To treat
such diseases successfully the animals
should be kept dry and comfortable, and
where drafts OF air will not blow upon
them. The food must be such as can be
digested BY the irritated and infiamed
organs which are charged with this
function. With these general principles
in mind the farmer may undertake II
treat bis sick hogs witha fair proypec
Of success. He may not save them all
but he should be able to preserve a goot
portion Of them.
II any hcQs die during the progress o
the outbreak their carcasses shout,
either be burned or deeply buried. an,
the places where they have lain or tn
ground over which they have been drag
ged should be disinfected with carboli
acid or lime
/ When these diseases appear upol
neighboring farms. precautions shonl
be adopted TO prevent the introduction Z
the contagion. No one should 60 upol
the fields or into the pens where the sic
animals are and 60 to another fari
where the disease has not appeared. R,
member that a particls of manure (
dirt the size Of mustard seed from a
infected farm Is sufficient to start a
outbreak that Will destroy herd
swine. A particle o. that size may
carried upon the shoes Of a visitor, npo
! the foot Of dog or 0tner animal, upon
wagon wheel, Or in amultitude OF 9th
ways. Noninte.course at such time
!. therefore the safest rule.