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J. B. SHOCK'S 
 
 PRACTICAL TREATISE 
 
 FOR SWINE AND 
 
 OTHER LIVE STOCK 
 
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1884—1916 
 
J 
 
 . B. SHOCK'S 
 
 Practical Treatise on 
 
 Hog Cholera, Swine Fever, 
 Pneumonia 
 
 and the Various other Diseases of Swine, 
 Poultry and other 
 
 Live Stock 
 
 With Valuable Information as to Cause, Treatment and Cure, 
 With Full Instructions. 
 
 Showing how to compound and use the Medicines 
 
 for all Live Stock made from the Receips 
 
 Furnished with this Book. 
 
 With Other Valuable Information. 
 
 By J. B. SHOOK. 
 
 Author of Shock's Guide for Stock Breeders, 
 
 Standard Works of 500 pages 
 
 Published 
 
 1885-1887 
 
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 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1917 
 
 By J. B. SHOOK. 
 
 In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 All Rights Reserved. 
 
 RECIPE WORK. 
 
 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the 
 
 years 1913, 1914 and 1917. 
 
 By J. B. SHOOK. 
 
 All Rights Reserved. 
 In United States of America and Canada. 
 
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REMARKS. 
 
 I am often asked this question, "Why do you 
 sell your medicine recipes?" First, because 
 the medicine for Diseased Hogs — Cholera, 
 Swine Fever and Pneumonia, cannot be 
 commer.cialized. Second, having quit practice, 
 I adopted this method in place of selling my 
 various medicines and remedies. Third, know- 
 ing that the best way to control the diseases 
 of Swine is to Educate the Swine Raisers how 
 to do so. Fourth, knowing a work of this kind 
 was greatly needed. I concluded to give the 
 Stockmen the benefit of my life work ; believ- 
 ing it will supply a long felt want. Therefore, 
 to the American Farmers and Stock Breeders, 
 I respectfully dedicate this work. Devoted to 
 their interest and service. 
 
PREFACE 
 
 The object of the author in offering this 
 work to the public is to furnish to American 
 Stockmen a concise and reUable treatise of do- 
 mestic animals and especially Swine, as the 
 experience of the author has shown him that 
 such diseases as Hog Cholera, Swine Fever and 
 Pneumonia — those three fatal diseases that 
 carry off the hogs of the country — are less 
 understood by Veterinarians, as well as the 
 owners, than any other diseases of Live Stock. 
 I am well aware that there are persons who 
 claim there is no such a thing as Hog Cholera 
 and Swine Fever, that is caused by **Germs," 
 but when I meet one of those kind, I try to 
 avoid any controversy; because, "Two of a 
 kind have met." 
 
 Being a Student and close Observer of the 
 teachings of the most scientific men known, 
 who have investigated the diseases of Swine, 
 and having had over thirty years' experience 
 in the treatment of these diseases, I therefore 
 feel able to teach all who may wish to learn, 
 what these diseases are. what causes them, 
 how to avoid or successfully treat them, as 
 well as the minor diseases. 
 
 Not Theories and Suppositions, but Facts 
 
 Eminent scientists. Doctors, Detmers, Sal- 
 men, Law and others of America and Europe, 
 many years ago discovered that Swine Plague 
 
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— Cholera and Swine Fever, were "Germ" dis- 
 eases, similar to Cholera, Typhus, or Typhoid 
 Fever in the human family, and are contagious 
 and capable of being transmitted in various 
 ways. 
 
 It was through these men, by following their 
 teachings and by observation, experiments and 
 practice, I obtained my success, and I fully 
 substantiate their teaching to be correct. Some 
 may ask, "How successful are you?" In 1884, 
 when I commenced to treat hogs for any one 
 wishing my services, I always guaranteed to 
 save 80 per cent, of a herd of hogs, under all 
 conditions, or no pay, and cholera was the pre- 
 vailing disease in those days. Some years 
 later, I raised the per cent, to 90, and in treat- 
 ing 500 to 1000 hogs in a neighborhood, I 
 would average from 95 to 97 per cent., and 
 this, when they were in all stages of the dis- 
 ease and often had to be treated under very 
 unfavorable conditions as to weather, etc. 
 
 Treatment in Book and Recipe Form 
 
 With this Book, but on a separate sheet, will 
 be furnished my Recipes, showing how to 
 make and use the Medicines which I used in 
 my practice with hogs, and also other valuable 
 ones for other stock. 
 
 All technical or medical names have been 
 avoided as much as possible, and the informa- 
 tion given in plain language, and the amount of 
 each drug is given in both weight and measure, 
 thus adapting it to the wants of the Farmer 
 and Stockmen, so he can easily use them, thus 
 fining a long-felt want, not only as to relia- 
 
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bility, but as to cost as well, being inexpensive 
 and easy to use. In this work I do not recom- 
 mend one medicine for all uses, as has to be 
 done, as a rule, in a ready-to-use medicine, but 
 explain the symptoms so one can tell as a rule 
 what ails his stock ; then show what to use 
 to treat them, which is the most successful 
 way it can be done. I do not claim it is the 
 only medical treatment, which is the proper 
 treatment, that will prevent or eradicate Swine 
 diseases; but by far the most successful one 
 that has ever come under my observation, and 
 judging from what many others say, who have 
 used it, or saw it used, in the past 28 years, 
 this claim is fully substantiated. 
 
 Sold by Responsible Agents 
 
 For the protection of the Public, as well as 
 the Author, this work will be sold by Reliable 
 and Responsible agents, who will be furnished 
 with proper credentials, so any one in buying 
 it can rely upon getting it in its true and com- 
 plete form. 
 
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CHAPTER L 
 
 Investigation of Swine Disease by Dr. H. J. 
 
 Detmers, James Law and Others — Their 
 
 Discoveries — Germ Theory — Opponents of 
 
 the Germ Theory — Proof Thereof — Why 
 
 Summer is the Most Dangerous Season. 
 
 Investigations by the Government 
 
 In support of the practical experience of the 
 author set forth in the preceding pages, I can- 
 not do better perhaps than to give some ex- 
 tracts from Drs. James Law and H. J. Det- 
 mers, in their excellent report to the Commis- 
 sioner of Agriculture of the United States, in 
 1880, upon the cause and effects of hog cholera, 
 swine fever, or what they called hog fever or 
 swine plague. In experimenting in this direc- 
 tion and others. Dr. H. J. Detmers and Dr. 
 James Law, while investigating this disease in 
 the fall and winter of 1879 and 1880, being a 
 part of the commission as appointed by the 
 government, made discoveries which I consider 
 of great value, and I will give such extracts 
 from their report as I think may be useful to 
 the general farmer, in order to show more 
 plainly the cause and effect of hog cholera or 
 swine fever and its treatment. Dr. Detmers 
 says: ''When I first commenced my investiga- 
 tion, I had clear sailing, because an abundance 
 of material was always available. The disease 
 presented itself almost everywhere in its malig- 
 nant form. I endeavored first to ascertain the 
 nature and the cause or causes of the disease, 
 the means and manner of its spreading, and 
 
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the working of its morbid process ; secondly, 
 to discover the means necessary to check its 
 spreading and to prevent its outbreak, and to 
 learn the most practical means of prevention, 
 that is, such as would most likely be the least 
 objectionable to the farmers, and prove both 
 effective and easy of apphcation; thirdly, to 
 ascertain whether and to what extent an at- 
 tack of swine-plague terminating in recovery 
 is able to destroy further predisposition or to 
 produce immunity from the effects of a sub- 
 sequent infection. Hence, as it was my inten- 
 tion to find reliable means of prevention, and 
 to subject the preventives to a severe test, it 
 was not advisable to inoculate from any case 
 of swine-plague that presented itself or was 
 convenient. But I made my selections, and 
 only used material from malignant and typical 
 cases of swine-plague, also refusing to use any 
 material from cases showing putrefaction; 
 therefore, I am sure I have made no mis- 
 takes." 
 
 Its Infectious or Contagious Character 
 
 "When the disease has assumed a malignant 
 form, it is the same as the Asiatic cholera, or 
 typhus or typhoid fever of the human 
 family, and being infectious or contagious, and 
 capable of being germinated, propagated and 
 transported in various ways, which proves it 
 is a Germ disease." 
 
 "It has been a great mystery to the farmer 
 how the disease spreads from place to place 
 without apparent actual contact. It was like 
 fighting in the dark to attempt to prevent it, 
 
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and many gave up in despair and saying, 'what 
 will die, will die anyway.' 
 
 'There is no doubt but what the infectious 
 nature of the disease may, under a predispos- 
 ing condition of local causes, etc., take the con- 
 tagious form, which is far more malignant, 
 sweeping and fatal in character. That a few 
 spasmodic cases may occur in a drove, which 
 if neglected, may so increase in number and 
 violence as to become highly contagious. This 
 contagious matter is of a fixed character, and 
 is present in the blood, the discharges, and 
 of course in the place inhabited. It possesses 
 great vitality, and will transmit the disease to 
 well hogs, whenever they come in contact with 
 these poisonous discharges, or where sick hogs 
 have been.'' 
 
 Opponents of the Germ Theory 
 
 The Doctor, in support of his theory, says: 
 "The opponents of the so-called germ theory 
 of disease, well knowing that a complete sepa- 
 ration of the germs from the animal tissues 
 and fluids is impossible, demand absolute 
 proof, without offering any evidence whatever 
 in support of their own 'theories' or even 
 demonstrating the existence of anything akin 
 to what they claim constitutes the cause and 
 infectious principle of infectious diseases." 
 
 "As further proof that the swine plague 
 germ and nothing else constitutes the infec- 
 tious principle of swine plague, he offers the 
 following: First, if one Inoculates a well hog 
 with the Virus of a hog that has the swine 
 plague, it will contract the disease, and this 
 
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virus can be retained for quite a while, and 
 favorably cultivated in urine or other liquids 
 and if healthy hogs are inoculated with it, it 
 proves fatal. Second, if a portion of a hog that 
 has died of cholera is fed to a well hog, it 
 proves fatal, and. healthy hogs will contract 
 the disease if allowed to be where diseased 
 hogs have been. Third, if one goes among 
 sick hogs and then among well ones, the dis- 
 ease can be spread in this and various other 
 ways. In warm weather, and especially if 
 wet, the disease spreads from farm to farm, 
 and much faster than in cold weather. All 
 these things prove that the disease is con- 
 tagious. Therefore any one should be careful 
 and avoid anything that will convey or spread 
 the disease." 
 
 Treatment Produces Immunity 
 
 Dr. Detmers says: *'It can and may attack 
 one and the same animal twice, and even three 
 times, but if it does, the second and third at- 
 tacks are always mild ones and not apt to 
 prove fatal, unless complicated with other dis- 
 eases. As a rule, however, the first attack, 
 provided the animal recovers, produces im- 
 munity from the effects of a subsequent infec- 
 tion, at any rate for some time, and it may be 
 for life. An interrupted attack, that has been 
 prevented from causing serious morbid 
 changes, by Medical treatment, as a rule, 
 seems to produce Immunity." 
 
 How it Affects the Organs 
 
 "The morbid process of swine plague can 
 have its seat in almost any organ or part of 
 
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the body. Yet it must be considered as charac- 
 teristic of the disease, that the lungs ■ invari- 
 ably are more or less affected, and constitute 
 in a large number of cases the principal seat of 
 the morbid process, though the intestines and 
 liver may, and in most cases do, show to be 
 effected." 
 
 'The intensity of this contagious matter 
 seems also to vary according to the form and 
 malignancy of the disease. The period which 
 elapses between exposure and the attack is 
 not always the same, varying with the form 
 the disease assumes, from a few hours to a 
 few weeks. As we have stated before, an in- 
 fectious disease may become malignant and 
 contagious, and one form of the disease does 
 not necessarily impart the same type to an- 
 other, but depends more upon the primary seat 
 of the malady in the patient. It may take the 
 enteric form or the external carbuncular char- 
 acter. It may localize its attacks on certain 
 organs with well defined symptoms, which are 
 more prolonged in their results, or, it may af- 
 fect the whole organization, and destroy life 
 in a few hours.'' 
 
 When the Death Rates Increase 
 
 'The death rate in a herd of affected swine 
 is increased or decreased respectively by the 
 malignancy of the disease, which, it seems, de- 
 pends largely, on the one hand, upon the 
 rapidity with which the swine plague germs 
 develop and propagate, and on the other hand, 
 upon the size of the herd, the condition of the 
 premises on which they are kept, the number 
 
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of diseased animals in the herd, and the mode 
 and manner in which the animals are attended 
 to. 
 
 Everything else being equal, the mortality 
 as a rule, will be the greater, the more rapidly 
 the disease is spreading from one animal to 
 another, and the more abundant the infectious 
 principle. This is easily explained. The larger 
 the herd and the greater the number of 
 animals diseased at the same time, the greater 
 is also the quantity of the excretions from the 
 bowels and urine containing the swine germs. 
 
 The chief cause of the disease spreading is 
 by the well coming in contact with the dis- 
 charges of the sick. Therefore, one can see 
 how important it is to, at once, remove a sick 
 hog from the herd when first noticed. Hogs 
 in large numbers or diseased ones should not 
 be allowed to sleep about old straw stacks, etc., 
 because nothing is more apt to absorb the con- 
 tagious or infectious principle, and to preserve 
 it longer or more effectively than old straw, 
 hay, or manure heaps, composed mostly of hay 
 or straw for the contagion that is absorbed by 
 or clings to such material will remain effective 
 and be a source of spreading the disease for a 
 long time." Material of this kind should be 
 hauled out and spread over a field, where it 
 will lose its poisonous nature. 
 
 Intestine and Lung Worms 
 
 "In my post-mortem examinations I fre- 
 quently found worms in the stomach and intes- 
 tines, also in the bronchial tubes and lungs. 
 But these worms do not constitute the cause 
 
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of swine plague, and their presence is merely 
 an accidental complication, well calculated, 
 though, to increase the malignancy of the mor- 
 bid process, because their presence necessarily 
 weakens the constitution of the animal, and 
 thus facilitates the operations of the germs. 
 On the other hand, worms always thrive better 
 in a diseased or declining organism than in a 
 healthy animal." 
 
 Author — This is what I have tried to teach 
 Stockmen for years, that "worms are not the 
 cause of cholera," as advocated by some, but 
 that they were injurious to hogs and should 
 be removed, if the hog is expected to thrive as 
 it should, and avoid other troubles. Also, as 
 to the burning of diseased hogs that have died, 
 for by so doing the danger of spreading the 
 disease by allowing the dead lying around ex- 
 posed is obviated, and the germs are entirely 
 destroyed. This is much better than to bury 
 them — no matter how deep — for the germs 
 may be carried through some drain to a stream 
 and in this way introduce and spread the dis- 
 ease. 
 
 Time Between Exposure and Attacks 
 
 The experiments of Drs. Law, Detmers, Sal- 
 men, Sutton, Budd, Osier and others, in inocu- 
 lating sound hogs with the Virus (poisoned 
 blood of sick ones), have shown the period of 
 incubation to vary greatly, sometimes proving 
 fatal the first day, and in other instances, not 
 until the fifteenth day. Dr. Detmers gives 
 the period, ''from five to fifteen days, or an 
 average of seven days." The author's experi- 
 
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ence and observation in having well hogs with 
 sick ones, have placed the period of infection 
 from three to thirteen days, but the majority 
 of cases occuring in from seven to nine days. 
 
 "The intensity of this contagious matter 
 seems to vary according to the form and 
 malignancy of the disease. The period which 
 elapses between exposure and the attack is not 
 always the same, varying with the form the 
 disease assumes, from a few hours to a few 
 weeks. As we have stated before, an infec- 
 tious disease may become malignant and con- 
 tagious, and one form of the disease does not 
 necessarily impart the same type to another, 
 but depends more upon the primary seat of 
 the malady in the patient. It may take the 
 enteric form or the external carbuncular char- 
 acter. It may localize its attacks on certain 
 organs with well defined symptoms, which are 
 more prolonged in their results, or, it may af- 
 fect the whole organization, and destroy life in 
 a few hours." 
 
 This information as given by the learned 
 doctors who are as high authority as we have 
 on the subject, will show why all hogs are not 
 sick alike (symptoms the same), and that the 
 time between exposure to the disease and its 
 attack, depends very much on the health of 
 the hogs; a strong, healthy one, as a rule, will 
 resist the disease much longer than a weak 
 one. It also shows that if hogs are inoculated 
 with Virus (blood of cholera hogs), that it will 
 transmit the disease and prove more or less 
 malignant and contagious. 
 
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Suggestions Followed 
 
 Dr. Koch, an eminent German scientist and 
 a standard authority on cholera in the human 
 species, says: "Cholera will have but little 
 effect among those who keep the digestive 
 organs, and the kidney and liver in a healthful 
 condition." Following this suggestion of Dr. 
 Koch's, as well as those of Drs. Detmers, Sal- 
 menand Law, who says: 'The system can be 
 habituated to the poison and fortified against 
 it, by a succession of doses of medicines, for 
 if a germ is once introduced, though of miti- 
 gated fever, it may increase so as to develop 
 to an altogether unexpected degree. Pains 
 should be taken to supply and furnish them 
 with proper remedies, for if administered in 
 time, not only will the diseases arising from 
 local causes be removed or prevented, but ex- 
 posure of the herd to swine fever, cholera, 
 however contagious, will not result disas- 
 trously." 
 
 The explanation given as to what Hog 
 Cholera, Swine Fever is, what causes it, and 
 how it is transmitted from one hog or place to 
 another, is based upon scientific work by Drs. 
 H. J. Detmers, James Law, Salmen and other 
 Government experts and thoroughly tested in 
 the field by the author and approved of. 
 Therefore, I believe, they will be admitted to 
 be correct when studied also that my method 
 of treatment is correct and my remedies effec- 
 tual when properly used. 
 
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CHAPTER II 
 Introductory Treatise on Swine — Assist Na- 
 ture — Oxygen — Prevention — General Case — 
 Medicine for General Use — How to Use. 
 
 Pork is King in America 
 
 And the channel through which our grain 
 and grass finds a ready market throughout the 
 world. In raising Swine the nearer we ap- 
 proach nature the better. This is more force- 
 ably brought to mind when we remember 
 "nature never makes any mistakes." 
 
 Diseased hogs have caused the consumption 
 of pork in this country to greatly decrease and 
 has more to do with its refusal than any other 
 cause. Once the American farmer learns to 
 raise healthy hogs and quits sendmg diseased 
 hogs to market (which is both wrong and un 
 lawful), we can easily induce all foreign peo- 
 ple, as well as our own, to use our pork, which 
 from a financial standpoint as well as a health- 
 ful one, will be a great gain. 
 
 Never Abuse, but Assist Nature 
 
 Domestication should not be allowed to 
 change the physical condition of Swine, and 
 artificial means should be employed to supply 
 what nature requires. Swine by nature are 
 calculated to root for such things as their sys- 
 tem requires, such as roots, insects, reptiles, 
 earthly substances, etc., the natural excitants 
 of the stomach, liver and bowels, and which 
 have a tendency to keep the digestive organs 
 and the kidneys and liver in a healthy condi- 
 
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tion. This is why cholera was unknown when 
 Swine were allowed the wild range and to roam 
 at will. 
 
 Domestication and the cultivation of the 
 lands have deprived them of these natural 
 antidotes, and made them an easy prey to dis- 
 ease, which is the cause of cholera (swine 
 fever) and other diseases. Anyone can see 
 how important it is to supply them with an 
 artificial antidote that has the same medical 
 properties as the natural one, which will over- 
 come the evil effect of domestication, and so 
 strengthen the system as to resist the attacks 
 of the germs of disease when coming in con- 
 tact with them and also prevent them from be- 
 coming sick from any local cause, as malarious 
 poison, over feeding, etc., for if the hogs are 
 in perfect health they are not liable to become 
 sick from any local cause and if the parasites 
 or germs of disease are taken into the system 
 in any way they will not propagate (increase) 
 in a healthy body near so rapidly as in a weak 
 and unhealthy one; again, if the system is in 
 perfect working order, these poisonous para- 
 sites or germs pass off through the natural 
 channels, the bowels and urine, more rapidly 
 than with an irregular one, thereby preventing 
 the disease from becoming fatal. 
 
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 Oxygen — Pure Air Necessary 
 
 It should be borne in mind that the hog re- 
 quires more Oxygen (pure air) in proportion 
 to its size than any other domestic animal. 
 Nature has so constructed him that he carries 
 his nose closer to the ground, thereby inhaling 
 
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more malarious poison, germs of disease, etc., 
 sleeps in more confined places and in greater 
 numbers than other domestic animals (there- 
 fore gets less Oxygen) which is one of the 
 principal causes of disease. To evade this sup- 
 ply them with suitable sleeping quarters, not 
 too many in a place, keep them out of old straw 
 stacks, manure heaps, dusty barns, etc., and in 
 cold weather bed liberally and keep their beds 
 clean. Corn fodder, leaves and prairie hay is 
 better than straw, as it does not become foul 
 and damp so quickly. 
 
 This is something that should be borne in 
 mind, and especially if sick hogs are confined 
 in close hog houses, to not fail to have plenty 
 of overhead ventilation, as the air becomes 
 very poisonous and causes the disease to be- 
 come of a chronic form, making it much harder 
 to treat the sick or stop its spreading. 
 
 Prevention Better Than Cure 
 
 Remember the old adage, "an ounce of pre- 
 vention is worth a pound of cure," and in no 
 case is this more true than in Swine raising. 
 
 Having briefly enumerated the principal 
 causes of Cholera (Swine fever), and how it 
 spreads, in support of the germ theory, you 
 will understand how important it is to look 
 carefully after your hogs when there is any 
 disease in the neighborhood or country, and 
 upon the first indication of disease (if not be- 
 fore) give them attention. 
 
 Special Remarks as to Treatment — As a 
 rule, it is the close observer and careful handler 
 of stock that is the most successful ; close ob- 
 
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servation and prompt action are two essential 
 things (especially with sick stock) ; again, any 
 one using medicine with stock, should remem- 
 ber that old or large animals require more 
 than small young ones. Therefore read and 
 study the directions herein given carefully, and 
 do as directed, if you wish to obtain best re- 
 sults, as I believe they will be found correct 
 and reliable if given a fair trial. I know there 
 is no rule or advice that can be given that every 
 one can, or will, follow to the letter; but if 
 followed as near as circumstances will permit, 
 I do not fear the results or criticism. One 
 thing to remember, that is, just as soon as it 
 is noticed that the hogs (are off) not doing 
 well, it is best to give them attention at once. 
 Delays are dangerous. 
 
 Directions as a Preventive 
 
 See Recipe No. 1 — Take the amount of each 
 Drug as given by each number, mix well and 
 use as follows : Take one pint of the medicine 
 and dissolve it in water and wet one bushel of 
 bran, mill-feed, oats or use in ten gallons of 
 swill (slop), for thirty to sixty head as to size 
 (large hogs require more than small ones), at 
 a feed. When feeding old corn, wheat, or on 
 dry pasture, this remedy should be given as 
 above, twice a week regularly, as such feed is 
 liable to cause fever and constipation. Or 
 when there is any disease in the neighborhood. 
 At all times it should be used at least once a 
 week ; twice is better, and especially in the fall 
 and winter when the hogs are off of grass, for 
 that is when they need the most care. 
 
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This remedy will not only be found a reliable 
 preventive against disease; but it will cause 
 the hogs to take on flesh much faster than 
 when not used, thereby saving time and feed. 
 All hogs should have at least one feed of soft 
 laxative food a week. That makes it so easy 
 to give this remedy, and it should not be neg- 
 lected, as it costs so little to use it. Another 
 thing, remember ''Water and Salt" are two es- 
 sential things for hogs. The hog is the most 
 feverish animal there is, therefore requires 
 more water than others. This should be pure 
 and fresh. Avoid stagnant pools. Give them 
 salt every day or two, or keep soda salt by 
 them. 
 
 How made. 8ee Recipe No. 7 — Or, add one 
 
 pint of salt and one-half pint of soda to ten 
 gallons of water, and soak the corn in it. Old 
 corn treated in this way will put on much more 
 flesh to the bushel than fed dry, as it aids 
 digestion and keeps the system in order, so the 
 full benefit of the food is obtained. It is not 
 the amount of food a hog eats that pays, it is 
 what it turns into flesh. The Remedy will aid 
 greatly to do this by keeping the hog healthy 
 and causing it to better digest its food. 
 
 Knowing that the main bulk of the hogs of 
 the country are raised and fed off by the small 
 farmers or feeders, these directions and treat- 
 ment can be followed by most of them ; but as 
 there are cases where it is difficult to do so, 
 I advise the making and use of the Hog Tonic, 
 as advised in Recipe No. 5, also one of the Salt 
 Tonics. See Recipe No. 7 or 8, so hogs can 
 have free access to them at all times. 
 
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For Sows — Use the remedy No. 1 two or 
 three days before and after farrowing. Dose, 
 a level tablespoonful once a day. This will re- 
 move all fever and cause a greater flow of 
 milk; then use it once or twice a week there- 
 after, which will keep both sows and pigs 
 healthy, providing reasonable sanitary means 
 are observed. Keep them out of old straw 
 stacks, manure heaps or dusty barns, and stag- 
 nant pools in warm weather, and away from 
 sick hogs, or where they have been. This 
 medicine is all that is necessary to use as a 
 preventative or when hogs are not doing well 
 — off their feed — or in mild cases of sickness. 
 
 A Few Don'ts Dedicated to the Swine Raisers 
 
 — If you have this treatise, don't expect it to 
 protect your hogs unless you use it, for it 
 won't, tlse it as directed. If you are treating 
 sick hogs, don't expect to cure all of them; 
 that in most cases is impossible. Don't ship 
 them, for some one will eat this diseased meat. 
 
 For information other than given, please 
 examine other parts of the book, of the Recipe 
 Work Furnished, or write, as any information 
 wanted will be furnished those having the 
 work. 
 
 Address, 
 
 J. B. Shook, Columbus, 0. 
 
CHAPTER III 
 Treatise on Diseased Hogs 
 
 Introduction. — Hog Cholera, Swine Fever, 
 Typhoid Pneumonia and Their Symptoms. — 
 Directions for General Treatment. — How to 
 Mix the Medicine for Cholera and Other 
 Uses. — Incurable Cases. 
 
 The following treatise on diseased hogs is 
 based upon practical knowledge and scientific 
 principles, from work, careful study, exper- 
 ience and practice in the field by the author 
 from 1884 to 1916. The marked progress made 
 during the past years in the practice of treat- 
 ing diseased swine, and the demand for more 
 information upon this subject from my numer- 
 ous patrons renders a new volume upon these 
 subjects indispensably necessary. Not that the 
 principles of my medical practice have been 
 materially changed, but greatly improved upon 
 and simplified. I will in this edition give the 
 added experience of those years of constant 
 labor and observation in my only and chosen 
 profession; and in presenting my works to the 
 public, I feel confident that if the rules herein 
 given are carefully carried out, that the most 
 of any diseased lot of hogs can be saved, and 
 the disease entirely eradicated or prevented on 
 any farm or in any neighborhood, and hun- 
 dreds of farmers and feeders that have tried it, 
 testify to the same. 
 
 Symptoms Explained 
 
 The location of the internal organs are nearly 
 the same in a hog as in a man, and as far as 
 
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practicable the treatment is about the same. 
 This I firmly believe. 
 
 I do not cure every disease known to swine 
 with one mixture of drugs, but explain in a 
 plain way the different symptoms of the differ- 
 ent diseases, so one can tell what ails the hogs, 
 and therefore know what to do for them and 
 not think, or be led to believe that every ailment 
 the hogs may show, is cholera. 
 
 Drugs Plainly Described 
 
 The name of the drugs and the amount of 
 each is given in a plain way, so any person of 
 common capacity can understand and use it. 
 Although I do not use the common drugs which 
 are used in most proprietary hog medicines, or 
 by farmers who have recipes of their own; 
 such as copperas, sulphur, glauber salts, resin, 
 saltpetre, or borax, yet the drugs which I do 
 use are cheap, and as easily obtained and 
 handled as those named. My mode of admin- 
 istering medicine to swine — in fact, the only 
 successful way, is to mix it in their drink or 
 wet feed. Being less manageable than any 
 other stock they obstinately resist all attempts 
 at coercion or drenching. If hogs are too far 
 gone to eat or drink, the chances of recovery 
 are against them, but by careful treatment even 
 in this stage of the disease, very often they 
 can be saved. In my treatment, as to the man- 
 agement and the administering of the medicine, 
 I shall endeavor to make it so plain and prac- 
 tical that any person can read and readily un- 
 derstand it, and by its practice make the treat- 
 ing of diseased swine a success. 
 
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This treatise has been thoroughly tested by- 
 many of the best breeders and feeders of Ohio 
 and other states, not only as a cure and pre- 
 ventive for the many local diseases, but as a 
 cure and preventive for the swine plague in its 
 most malignant and contagious form. It bears 
 their unqualified endorsements. The testimon- 
 ials used by me in any way are all bona fide, 
 and from persons of good standing in their re- 
 spective communities or professions. 
 
 And now, during my extensive practice in 
 treating diseased swine, which has brought me 
 in pleasant intercourse with many of the most 
 prominent breeders and extensive feeders, and 
 in sincere appreciation of their many courtesies 
 and favors, especially in tendering their names 
 and influence in commendation and endorse- 
 ment of my system of treatment, or in testi- 
 mony of services in the past, I respectfully sub- 
 scribe this volume. 
 
 Treatment for Sick Hogs 
 
 Hog Cholera, Swine Fever, Pneumonia 
 
 I will first mention the three most fatal dis- 
 eases known to swine, and their symptoms, and 
 known all over the country as hog cholera — 
 swine fever. With cholera, the symptoms are 
 vomiting and purging, and often attacked by 
 severe cramps, as with colic, run backwards, or 
 turn in a circle and fall over in convulsions. 
 Those thus attacked generally refuse to eat, 
 but frequently the appetite remains good until 
 death, which occurs within a shorter period of 
 time than any other disease. At death, if not 
 before, they turn red and purple all along the 
 
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underside of the body and at death, bloat more 
 than with any other disease. If the nose, 
 (snout) turns very blue, at any stage of the 
 disease, or they bleed at the nose or ears, it is 
 safe to say cholera, and it requires prompt 
 treatment to save them for they then die 
 quickly. 
 
 Treatment — Use the medicine as made from 
 Recipe No. 1, using the amount of each drug as 
 given. Then add to this the drugs Nos. 7 and 
 8 of Recipe 2. Mix well, then use a good pint 
 of this medicine in eight (8) gallons of good 
 laxative swill, use oil meal, ground oats or 
 bran in the swill. Add to this the liquids as 
 advised, Nos. 9 and 10, Recipe 2. Stir the swill 
 well to dissolve the drugs; then feed the hogs 
 at least twice a day for 2 or 3 days. As soon as 
 they show recovery (getting better) then use 
 the medicine No. 1 with 8 and 10; feed twice 
 a day for a few days. This as a rule is suffi- 
 tient, but there are sometimes, some hogs that 
 will have to be kept under treatment longer, 
 as they recover more slowly. Therefore, be 
 patient. 
 
 One or two quarts of the food is enough as 
 to size of hog. Feed until you see it has taken 
 effect. This you can tell, as their passages 
 will be free and regular. 
 
 Then use less remedy and more feed for a 
 week or more, as they improve. Feed but lit- 
 tle old corn or wheat, unless it is soaked in the 
 swill, soft food is best, have plenty of troughs 
 and keep them clean (to wash out the troughs 
 with carbolic acid, a tablespoonful of the crude 
 acid to one gallon of water is good), separate 
 
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the sick from the well and put the well ones by 
 themselves in a clean lot, and the weak or small 
 ones from the large, so they can drink when 
 you feed them, as your success will depend very 
 much on how carefully they are cared for ; mid 
 it's the well coming in contact with the pas- 
 sages of the sick, that causes the disease to 
 spread. Therefore it is best to treat them in 
 an open lot, in mild weather, an orchard or 
 wood lot, than in a pen. In warm weather give 
 them shade and keep them away from water, 
 unless they drink the swill when fed. As a 
 rule a dry lot, without grass or water, is the 
 best place for them. In cold weather bed well 
 with corn fodder or clean straw, kept dry; old 
 straw stacks, manure heaps and dusty barns 
 must be avoided; when kept in pens, keep the 
 pens clean and use lime on the floor freely; it 
 is also very beneficial to use the carbolic acid 
 water, to sprinkle the hogs iwth once a day 
 for 2 or 3 days, especially the sick. If they 
 show vermin, (lice) grease them freely with 
 crude petroleum (common black) oil. This 
 will rid them of the pests and is healing and 
 beneficial in every way. 
 
 Note — Nos. 9 and 10 are the best agents 
 known to Cure or Prevent inflammation of the 
 bowels or intestines with stock, and should be 
 used in cases of sickness as herein advised: 
 
 Hemorrhage— When the discharges of hogs 
 are bloody, or they bleed at the nose or ears, 
 use No. 10. Dose: One-fourth teaspoonful or 
 less as to size of hogs, or 2 tablespoonfuls in 6 
 gallons of slop. 
 
 How to Make a Barrel of Slop for Sick Hogs 
 
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— For 45 or 50 gallons of slop (swill) take 2 
 bushels of bran, mill feed, or ground grain (ex- 
 cept corn). Then add the amount of all the 
 drugs as given in the recipe from 1 to 8. Then 
 add one-half gallon of Oil, No. 9, and one-fourth 
 to one-third pint of No. 10 ; then fill the barrel 
 with water and sweet milk. Stir well so as to 
 dissolve the medicine, and mix thoroughly. Al- 
 ways stir well when using, and add no more 
 liquid until about used up. This is the better 
 plan to fix the food when feeding many hogs, 
 and will feed 100 head of average sized hogs 
 a day. Feed twice or three times a day. Or 
 will feed 100 head of large hogs once. When 
 hogs refuse to drink the slop, sprinkle some 
 food over it in the trough to entice them to 
 eat, and keep them away from water so they 
 will get thirsty and cause them to drink. 
 
 How to Drench — If the hog won't drink the 
 swill, take a tablespoonful — or less, as to size 
 of hog — of the remedy, dissolve it in oil or 
 water, and give it as a drench. To do this, 
 catch the hog and put a small rope around its 
 upper jaw, take a small soft shoe, cut the toe 
 off, put this in its mouth, then pour the medi- 
 cine in the shoe and wash it down. In this 
 way you won't injure it when it squeals. Or 
 you can drench with a strong bottle it you press 
 the tongue down with a stick. Do not run 
 them or be rough, or give the medicine when 
 squealing, or you vdll kill them ; repeat the dose 
 twice a day until they drink, then use the swill 
 as for sick hogs. 
 
 For Sick Pigs — That are old enough to drink, 
 should be treated in this way: Take a gallon 
 
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or more of the medicated swill prepared for 
 hogs, then use the same amount of milk or 
 good house slops, and is better made hot in cold 
 weather, then mix the two, which is strong 
 enough for pigs ; or prepare swill for them and 
 use only one-half as much remedy as for large 
 hogs. Dose of medicine, a teaspoonful or less, 
 as to size of pig. 
 
 For Any Diseased Hogs — This information 
 as given can be applied to any herd of diseased 
 hogs, except as to the Medicine. Except for 
 Cholera hogs — I never use the drug No. 7, Re- 
 cipe 2, and No. 8 only for 3 days, unless they 
 are badly afflicted, but always use Nos. 9 and 
 10 and especially 10 with all diseased hogs. 
 Even for coughing or wormy hogs it is bene- 
 ficial when used with the medicine No. 1. 
 
 When Medicines Fail — When sanitary means 
 are neglected, any medical treatment will fail. 
 When hogs are allowed to pile up in rotten 
 straw or bed in manure, either in or out of the 
 stable, it is not worth while to give them any 
 medicine ; and disenf octants are of no avail 
 That cause must be removed. 
 
 SWINE FEVER, SYMPTOMS 
 
 Lameness, sluggishness, loss of appetite, 
 with disposition to keep their bed, being Cold, 
 Chilly or Feverish and as the disease increases, 
 swollen ears and nose. Often Sloughing sores 
 of the feet, nose, ears and body occur, showing 
 Gangrene form, the same as with Cholera in the 
 malignant (worst) form. Therefore, at times 
 is difficult to determine, for the hog, with 
 
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either disease, when it is in the malignant 
 form, may show Similar, or the same Symp- 
 toms, but not in the first stage or when at- 
 tacked. But is just as difficult to treat as Chol- 
 era, and generally takes longer, as the disease 
 is like Typhoid Fever, with the Human family, 
 Lingering and Treacherous; therefore, prompt 
 treatment is necessary at the first appearance 
 of the disease, and as it is very contagious, 
 those showing sickness should be at once put 
 by themselves. As a rule it is best to move 
 the well ones to clean quarters and leave the 
 sick in the affected place. Then all should be 
 put under treatment for others not showing 
 any signs of the disease may show it in a few 
 days and it is not near as hard to check it 
 then as it is after it has attacked the whole 
 herd. 
 
 Treatment — The same as Cholera, except I 
 never use drug No. 7, Recipe 2 and No. 8 only 
 for the first few feeds. Then the medicine No. 
 1 and 9 and 10 with it. 
 
 Pneumonia 
 
 Symptoms, the same as Swine Fever in its 
 first stage, except it is accompanied by severe 
 coughing and difficult breathing. As a rule this 
 is quickly cured if taken in time. Treatment — 
 The same as Swine Fever, or use medicine No. 1 
 and 9 and 10 with it. Prompt action is very 
 necessary, as this disease kills five hogs of the 
 country to where Cholera kills one and espec- 
 ially in the late fall and winter. Warm quar- 
 ters for the hogs with good bedding is very nec- 
 essary in bad weather. With those that have 
 
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difficulty of breathing, bathe their throats and 
 chest well with coal oil and turpentine ; use two 
 parts oil and one of turpentine. 
 
 Sloughing Sores — Gangrene 
 
 Sores of the feet, ears or body often occur 
 with badly diseased hogs. To cure this use 
 any good turpentine liniment, or use turpen- 
 tine one-half pint, spirits of camphor one 
 ounce and carbolic acid one-fourth ounce. Shake 
 well and bathe the sores once or twice a day; 
 heals quickly. 
 
 Indications or Symptoms of Disease 
 
 A few of the symptoms indicating the pres- 
 ence of disease, which may develop into a fatal 
 form unless removed, are as follows: Cough- 
 ing, Costiveness, Leanness, Unthriftiness, Hair 
 Rough and inclined to keep their beds are symp- 
 toms of worms or cold if nothing more. A few 
 feeds of soft laxative food, bran or oats, with 
 the remedy as made from Recipe No. 1 and No. 
 10, Recipe 2, will cure these cases, and save a 
 great amount of food and anxiety. It is not 
 the amount of food a hog eats that pays, it is 
 what it turns into flesh. For severe cases of 
 worms, see Recipe No. 4 for special drug to use, 
 which I have had to use at times with bad or 
 stubborn cases or when I wished quick results. 
 Dose for a hog of 100 pounds or more, from 2 
 to 4 grains. Pigs, 1/2 "to 1 grain as to size. Or 
 in its place (the drug advised) add 1 pound of 
 powdered Worm Seed to Recipe No. 1, or 10 
 quarts of the mixed medicine, then use the 
 same, one pint to 8 gallons of swill. 
 
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Pigs with Scours — Often young pigs take the 
 scours when sucking. In cases of this kind 
 give the sow a dose or two of the remedy, and 
 the pigs will get the effects through the milk. 
 If they will eat or drink, take sweet milk and 
 boil it, then mix mill feed and the remedy in it, 
 and feed. This effects a cure quickly. Save 
 the Pig crop, for the Hog crop depends upon 
 this. No Pigs, no Hogs. Therefore take care 
 of the Sows and Pigs. Use medicine made of 
 Recipe No. 1. 
 
 For Thumps — Give the remedy twice a day. 
 as directed for the sick, Medicine No. 1 and No. 
 10, Recipe 2, and apply turpentine or turpen- 
 tine and coal oil over the heart and chest. For 
 Kidney Disease, treat the same, except to apply 
 liniment over the kidneys. For Sore Throat 
 or a bad Cough, treatment as above (or give a 
 dose dry) and bathe the throat. 
 
 Milk Fever often occurs with Sows. Symp- 
 toms, sow keeps her bed, refuses to eat, loses 
 flesh, and gives no milk. Treatment, use the 
 usual dose of Medicine No. 1, and other as ad- 
 vised in Recipe No. 3. 
 
 CHAPTER IV 
 
 Recipes, Explanation and Directions 
 
 Recipe No. 1. The medicine as made from 
 this Recipe is for general use as a Preventative 
 of Disease and Worms and even in mild cases 
 of sickness as prescribed will be found reliable 
 and also will cause hogs to thrive much faster 
 than when not used ; therefore, should be made 
 and used as advised once or twice a week at all 
 
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times. A pint of the medicine is enough for 
 thirty hogs or sixty pigs, as to size, at a feed, 
 as it will be found as strong as any medicine 
 bought that costs from 30 to 50 cents per 
 pound; though it can be made for 15 cents or 
 less, per pound in amount 8 1-3 pounds as ad- 
 vised in the Recipe, or about 8 cents, in amount 
 of 50 pounds or more. For further informa« 
 tion on how to make and use it, see Recipe 1 
 and 5, and Chapter II in Book. 
 
 The Drugs to make this medicine can be had 
 by those owning the Recipe work at the follow- 
 ing prices, 50 pounds, six times the amount of 
 each drug as given in Recipe, each drug in a 
 package, marked, name and amount, so there 
 is no deception or mistake. Price $4.00. Mix 
 it Yourself. 100 pounds or more, 8 cents or 
 less per pound, or can be got of a good druggist 
 at prices named. 
 
 Notice^ — See Recipe 6 for Medicine for other 
 Stock and it will show that drug No. 5, in 
 Recipe 1 must be omitted (left out) and another 
 drug used in its place to make this medicine 
 for other stock than hogs. I call attention to 
 that here for this reason : That any one wishing 
 to make both medicines, can get 50 pounds of 
 drugs of Recipe No. 1 and the amount needed 
 of the drug in No. 6 for $5.00. Then they can 
 divide the drugs Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6, Recipe 1, 
 in equal parts, using drug No. 5, in one mixture 
 for Hogs and the extra drug, in the other, for 
 other Stock or Poultry, and also use the Hog 
 medicine to make a Hog Tonic, for to use in a 
 Self Feeder, and the other medicine to make 
 a Stock Food, as advised in Recipes No. 5 and 6, 
 
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Recipe No. 2 — Used for Diseased Hogs, Chol- 
 era, Swine Fever, Pneumonia, see Recipe as to 
 drugs to use with medicine, made of Recipe No. 
 1. Use drug No. 7 only for 3 or 4 feeds, as it 
 is a strong emetic ; causes them to vomit. 
 
 How to Make the Medicine — Mix drugs Nos. 
 7 and 8, using the amount of each one as given, 
 with those of Recipe No. 1, as given, or take 
 a gallon of the Medicine No. 1 and mix the other 
 drugs, 7 and 8 with it. Then use a pint of this 
 medicine in 8 gallons of good laxative swill, 
 and add the amount of Nos. 9 and 10 as ad- 
 vised. For Treatment, see Chapter 3. Dose 
 of this medicine, or of No. 1 is a level table- 
 spoonful for a large (200) pound hog; 1/2 table- 
 spoonful for a 100-pound hog, a teaspoonful for 
 a 50-pound pig (shoat). For pigs that will 
 eat, a heaping tablespoonful in a gallon of 
 swill is enough for 6 to 10 head as to size and 
 age. 
 
 Recipe No. 3 — For Milk Fever with Sows, 
 which often occurs. Symptoms — Sow keeps her 
 bed, refuses to eat, loses flesh and gives no 
 milk. Treatment — add 10 to 15 drops of Nux 
 Vomica, or 5 of Tincture of Aconite, to a level 
 tablespoonful of medicine Nos. 1 or 6, and give 
 as a dose twice a day for two days, then once a 
 day if necessary. Avoid overfeeding or com. 
 
 Recipe No. 4. — For Severe Cases of Worms, 
 Symptoms — Hair rough, feed poorly, pot bel- 
 lied, cramps, or spasms, often mistaken for 
 Cholera, occurs more with fall or winter pigs. 
 Treatment, see Recipe 4, what to use. This 
 drug is very expensive and sometimes hard to 
 procure; in case of this kind, use the medicine 
 
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as made of Recipe No. 1 in full ; or 10 quarts of 
 it, and then add to this one pound of powdered 
 Worm Seed. Mix well and use the same as 
 medicine No. 1. 
 
 Recipe No. 5 — For making a Hog Tonic to be 
 used in a Self Feeder, or can be fed as one may 
 wish, as the hogs take it readily. A peck is 
 enough for 50 or more large (200-pound) hogs, 
 or 100 small ones at a feed. Mixed with ground 
 grain. See Recipe for instructions how to make. 
 The cost of 50 pounds of medicine No. 1 and oth- 
 er ingredients used to make 400 or more pounds 
 of this Hog Tonic, will cost about $12.00 ^nd is 
 a higher classed remedy than those sold by the 
 bucket or barrel, that would cost, for that 
 amount, $28.00 to $40.00 ; cannot any one afford 
 to make it and save $20.00. It is but little 
 trouble to make it, can be mixed by hand in a 
 wash tub, in half bushel or more mixtures, in 
 two hours or less time. 
 
 Recipe No. 6 — For Medicine for Other Stock 
 and Poultry. By omitting the drug No. 5 
 (Poison) in Recipe No. 1 and using another 
 drug instead. See Recipe 6 — it makes a valu- 
 able medicine. For a Horse or Cow beast out 
 of condition, give a tablespoonful as a dose 
 tv/ice a day for a few days, then once a day. A 
 good teaspoonf ul at a dose for a colt, calf or 2 
 sheep. Mix with meal or oats, dampened, so 
 they will eat it. A level tablespoonful for 20 
 chickens. When diseased, use twice a day for 
 2 days, then once a day. To keep them healthy 
 use once or twice a week. Can be used for hogs 
 in place of No. 1. 
 
 Recipes Nos. 7-8 — For Medicated Salt for all 
 
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stock. Two Recipes in one — Two ways to 
 make it — No doubt it will be noticed that I do 
 not recommend numerous drugs — often claimed 
 to be used in similar preparations. The rea- 
 son is, that no stock will eat enough salt at a 
 time to partake of enough of the drugs claimed 
 to be used, to be of any benefit; therefore, I 
 only advise the use of such as are of the same 
 nature as salt, or when taken will be beneficial ; 
 such as an appetizer, aid to digestion and pre- 
 vent the food in the stomach from souring, or 
 fermenting, causing gas, bloat or sickness ; bet- 
 ter than salt alone. 
 
 These Salt Preparations can be prepared 
 either way as instructed and used the same as 
 salt, or kept in a covered box or placed where 
 stock can have free access to it at all times. 
 
 Special Salt Tonic for Hogs. Use a Peck of 
 either one of the prepared salt preparations 
 made as advised, to this add two pounds, one 
 quart, of medicine No. 1 and keep where the 
 hogs can have free access to it at all times. 
 Some use this in place of the Meal Hog Tonic; 
 but the hogs will not take it as readily; the 
 same as any salt preparation. 
 
 Recipe No. 9 — For a Stock Food for other 
 stock (than hogs) make the same as for hogs, 
 as to Meal, 25 pounds, one-half bushel, salt two 
 quarts and Soda one quart, as advised. Then 
 add four (4) pounds, two good quarts, of the 
 medicine made of the Recipe No. 6. Use a pint 
 for 4 horses or cattle or 16 sheep at a feed. If 
 they refuse to eat it, mix it with any ground 
 food. Used only as an appetizer, tonic, to tone 
 the system and make stock thrive better, caus- 
 
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ing a greater flow of milk, etc., not as a cure of 
 diseases, but is equal to those sold and can be 
 made for about one-third what they cost. 
 Knowing that some object to the use of Cotton 
 Seed meal for hogs, I will say that when pre- 
 pared as I advise in making the Hog Tonic, it 
 is harmless. But in making the hog tonic or 
 stock food either one, different meals can be 
 used. Oil meal is best, or mix cotton seed meal 
 and mill feed equal parts, or use any good meals 
 to form a body. 
 
 For Stock, other than hogs, that is not doing 
 well, loss of appetite, hide bound, coat rough, 
 cough, unthrifty, etc., use the medicine as made 
 from Recipe 6, as advised in tablespoonful doses 
 twice a day for a few days, then once a day, 
 then the stock food to keep the system well 
 toned. 
 
 TREATMENT FOR VERMIN— LICE 
 
 For Hogs, For Lice or Scurvey, Petroleum Oil 
 (common black oil) is not only the cheapest, but 
 the best treatment to prevent or remove these 
 troubles. Use the same as a Dip in a tank of 
 water, or sprinkle or grease them once a month 
 (does no harm) or set a post 21/2 feet deep, 
 leaving it loose so it will move when the hogs 
 rub against it, that is what they like, wrap it 
 with a heavy rope or old sacks or cloth, bound 
 with wire and keep it oiled and the hogs will 
 grease themselves. To kill nits, use gasoline. 
 Grease of any kind, will kill lice. 
 
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THINGS WORTH KNOWING AND 
 REMEMBERING 
 
 First, That no Medicine or Medical Remedies, 
 can be made and sold through agents or dealers 
 at a profit, unless sold at a price equal to four 
 times the cost of making. Second, that the 
 medicines made of Recipes No. 1 and 6 as ad- 
 vised, that can be made for 8 to 10 cents a 
 pound, is equal to those sold for 30 to 40 cents 
 a pound. Third, that a pound of either one of 
 these medicines or our prepared medicine as de- 
 scribed on another page, will go as far in use as 
 5 pounds of any remedy that is sold for from 
 7 to 10 cents a pound. Fourth, that the Hog 
 Tonic, or Stock Food made as advised, which 
 can be made for about 3 cents a pound, is equal 
 to or superior to those preparations that are 
 sold in bulk, buckets, barrels, etc., at from 7 to 
 10 cents a pound. Fifth, the way the farmer is 
 deceived and induced to buy these cheap goods 
 is, the agent as well as the maker of them, rep- 
 resent they contain no filler but are made of 
 such and such drugs, naming those that cost, 
 often, from 25 cents to $5.00 a pound, thus 
 making the buyer believe they are buying a 
 Medicine instead of a Tonic or Condiment. 
 Again they state they are ''Licensed Manufac- 
 turers." This is another proof that they are 
 not selling a medicine, for if they were they 
 would not need any license. 
 
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J. B, SHOCK'S STOCK MEDICINE 
 For Hog and Poultry 
 
 This medicine has been extensively sold for 
 the past twenty-seven years as a reliable Pre- 
 ventive of and Treatment for diseases peculiar 
 to hogs and poultry, when used as directed. 
 
 It can still be procured by anyone, especially 
 by those who do not have the Recipe work, in 
 order to try before buying the Recipes. 
 
 This medicine is put up in 50c and $1.00 
 boxes of one and two pounds respectively, ship- 
 ping weight. You will find it a very strong 
 preparation by reason of the absence of any 
 filler or substance to make bulk, as it is made 
 up entirely of only the necessary ingredients 
 to make it most effective. You can readily see 
 that it is also the cheapest to use owing to the 
 small amount required for any given number 
 under treatment. 
 
 We have hundreds of testimonials to prove 
 the worth of this medicine. 
 
 Special prices on quantities: Three $1.00 
 boxes for $2.50; 7 for $5.00; 15 for $10.00 or 
 24 for $15.00 f. o. b. Columbus, Ohio, promptly 
 shipped to any address upon receipt of price. 
 
 This medicine can be bought of dealers. If 
 they do not have it or will not get it for you, 
 write direct to us. 
 
 The opposite page shows a fac-simile of the 
 (green) wrapper on the front of a $1.00 box. 
 This will help acquaint you with the genuine, 
 so that you cannot be deceived with a substi- 
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 Columbus, Ohio 
 
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Vaccination — Treatment for Hog Cholera. 
 Government Offer — For Cholera Cure 
 
 As I am so often asked these two questions ; 
 first, does "Vaccination treatment of hogs pre- 
 vent disease : Cholera." Second, ''Why not sell 
 your treatment to the Government," it offers a 
 large sum of money for a cure for Hog Cholera. 
 I will here give my views as I have learned from 
 years of observation, inquiries and experience 
 as to these two questions. Vaccination of hogs 
 for cholera was first suggested by Dr. Koch, an 
 eminent German scientist, and tried out thor- 
 oughly by the German Government, then aban- 
 doned and laws passed forbidding it, as it intro- 
 duced and spread the disease instead of eradi- 
 cating it. This was probably due to the fact 
 that the ''Germ" that caused the disease, could 
 not be found and cultivated. Hke the "smallpox 
 germ." Later the Canadian Government tried 
 it with the same results and passed laws for- 
 bidding it, or ev^n shipping vaccinated (im- 
 muned) hogs for breeding purposes, into the 
 country. 
 
 It was tried in this country many years ago 
 and proved disastrous, and was then abandon- 
 ed for some twenty years. In the past few- 
 years it has been practiced extensively again 
 in many parts of the United States; but to 
 judge by what four-fifths of the farmers of the 
 country who have tried it, or seen it tried, say 
 of it, it has proven as much of a failure here as 
 in other countries. 
 
 I know from observation in localities where 
 I have examined, that often with herds of hogs 
 
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that were vaccinated, a larger per cent of them 
 died than in similar herds in the same locality 
 did, that were not vaccinated, and from these 
 treated hogs, the disease spread over a large 
 area, causing a great loss to others. I have 
 also known many herds of hogs that were ex- 
 amined by those who claimed to be experts, and 
 passed on as well hogs, then vaccinated, which 
 in a short time later, many of the hogs died 
 from the effects of the treatment. Now that is 
 not uncommon; but is very common, and the 
 only treatment I ever knew that would spread 
 the disease or give it to the animal treated. 
 Now does that show success? But vaccination 
 of hogs, like any other 'Theory," if talked 
 about enough, will find advocates of it and 
 may finally cause some one to discover a more 
 successful method than now known. Vaccina- 
 tion of hogs is not claimed to be of any use ex- 
 cept for "Cholera." (The same as vaccination 
 for Smallpox with the human family.) I know 
 from years of experience that not to exceed five 
 per cient of the hogs that die of disease, die. of 
 Cholera, except in those herds or districts 
 where vaccination is practiced. In other words 
 where disease occurs, otherwise than by vacci- 
 nation, more hogs die of Pneumonia by far, 
 than of Cholera, and twenty to one with swine 
 fever, and other diseases, than by Cholera. 
 Now any one can draw their own conclusion, as 
 to whether it pays to vaccinate hogs to save 
 five per cent of them (as not to exceed 5 out 
 of 100 the country over would die of Cholera if 
 not treated) and take the chance of introducing 
 the disease for these reasons. First, it is an 
 
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expensive treatment to start with. Second, if 
 the treatment takes effect as it should, so as 
 to be effective, the hogs invariably lose flesh 
 enough from the effects of the treatment, to 
 equal the cost of the treatment. Third, even 
 if they recover, for some time thereafter, no 
 vaccinated hogs will take on the same flesh 
 with the same feed as hogs that were not treat- 
 ed. These are well-known facts and acknowl- 
 edged by those who have tried it, or those who 
 have given it close observation. 
 
 For the benefit of those who advocate it or 
 may want to try it, I will say, treat the pigs 
 when 4 to 8 weeks old and before weaning 
 them. It costs less then than with larger 
 hogs. Then if they die, the loss is also less. 
 Again, if treated young, the poisonous matter 
 may be expelled from the system by the time 
 they mature so they are fit for use. By in- 
 quiry, for years, I learned that not one farmer 
 in ten that vaccinated their hogs, ever used 
 them for their own meat, unless it was those 
 treated while young. Vaccination is neither 
 scientific practical or common sense ; but is still 
 simply an experiment. The State Serum farms 
 are called "Experiment Stations," very rightly 
 named. The eminent men, whose teaching I 
 tried to follow, never claimed it was a success ; 
 if it had been or was now, I most likely would 
 follow it, for it is the best method in the way 
 of treating hogs I know of, to "part the owners 
 from their money" and not be held responsible. 
 
 As to the other question, which I find 
 a great many people believe, that the Fed- 
 eral Government or some state offers a 
 
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large sum of money for a "Hog Cholera 
 Cure." I will state that I never knew 
 of such an offer, nor could I ever find any offi- 
 cial that did know it ; though I have thoroughly 
 investigated the matter. I do know from ex- 
 perience though, that such an offer is not likely 
 to occur unless it is some method that will give 
 a great many, other than the hog owners, work 
 to administer it. That is just what vaccina- 
 tion does, it gives a great many men pubHc 
 jobs, to both make and administer the mate- 
 rial used. That is one reason why it is advo- 
 cated so by a certain class of professionals and 
 others. 
 
 It may be I will be criticised for these re- 
 marks, but any public teacher or writer on any 
 subject may expect criticism, and as I am al- 
 ready criticised by another class, those who 
 make to sell, "hog remedies" of another class, 
 than "serum" ; for selling my work the way 
 I do, to the farmer, so a few more won't make 
 any difference. Therefore, I invite all honest 
 controversy. 
 
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CHAPTER V 
 Veterinary Department for Horses, Cattle, 
 Sheep and Poultry. — Introduction. — Treat- 
 ment of the Various Diseases, and Injuries 
 to Which They Are Subject. — Formulas for 
 Medicines. — Miscellaneous Information. 
 
 Introduction 
 
 In discussing this subject I propose to de- 
 part from the usual method adopted by other 
 works of this kind and instead of discussing 
 at length the different treatments of all dis- 
 eases or ailments of stock, with a long article 
 relative to pathology, symptoms and diagnosis 
 of each case, which causes delay and tends to 
 weary the reader without conferring any last- 
 ing benefit, to proceed, and give in as brief a 
 way as possible the treatment for some of the 
 most common and frequent ailments of stock, 
 first among horses, and then cattle, sheep and 
 poultry. In this part of the work, as well as 
 in all other parts, it is my object to be useful 
 rather than offend, or appear learned, and in 
 offering to the public the information herein 
 given, I shall do so with candor. I do not 
 claim to be the originator of all the treatments 
 given, but have in many instances tested them, 
 and know them to be of value. As medicines 
 are only used to assist nature to effect a cure, 
 those methods that will assist the most should 
 be used, and my experience is that for inter- 
 nal treatment, the proper medicines adminis- 
 tered in small doses, is far better than a heavy 
 
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dose, and a proper application externally in 
 most cases is far better than severe blistering 
 or firing-. Kind treatment in the way of good 
 nursing will do more toward restoration of a 
 sick animal to health, than so much strong 
 medicine. 
 
 Medicines, powerful in their nature, for 
 good or evil, are often administered in large 
 doses, when little or none is necessary, and 
 such treatment is often prescribed by those 
 not knowing what ails the animal, or without 
 any knowledge whatever of the effect that 
 such a mixture may produce upon the system, 
 and strongly urge that it be administered, 
 simply because somebody else had used the 
 like, and the animal did not die. This is all 
 wrong. The first business, when called to a 
 patient is to ascertain the cause of trouble. 
 Think for yourself, uninfluenced by the opin- 
 ion of so many others, and give the patient 
 prompt attention as is thought best, when 
 such cases occur that are not properly under- 
 stood and cannot be properly treated by the 
 inexperienced, promptly employ some practi- 
 cal veterinary to attend to it. 
 
 How To Observe Diseases 
 
 The question is often asked: How to tell 
 what the disease is that this or that animal 
 is affected with, as it cannot speak. To this 
 question I might repeat nature has put one 
 set of weights and measures and these only 
 should be used. Thus, if a horse or other ani- 
 mal has corns or an injured foot, they will be 
 as sure to go lame as they would with an ordi- 
 
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nary sprain. The uneasy eye, the anxious ex- 
 pression, and the sharp peculiar look, tell its 
 tale of suffering, and the description is so plain 
 and true, that every one should learn to in- 
 terpret them. Often the suffering can be told 
 by the pulse, which is felt on the inner angle 
 of the lower jaw, as being the most convenient 
 place, the state of the pulse tells the condi- 
 tion of the heart, whether the disease is of an 
 exhalted or depressed character or whether 
 sickness is at all present. The pulse is more 
 frequent in the young than in old animals. In 
 the full grown and healthy horse, it beats from 
 32 to 38 in a minute; in the ox or cow, 35 to 
 42; in the sheep, 70 to 75. For inflammation 
 and fever the frequency of the pulse is in- 
 creased, in the debility and depression it is 
 slower, but sometimes quicker than natural. 
 As the pulse varies so much it takes some 
 practice to determine and understand it. A 
 healthy horse breathes once to three of the 
 pulse beats. When the breathing is not nat- 
 ural it indicates disease, but both the pulse and 
 breathing can be quickened by exposure to 
 heat, or the hot sun. Hence the advantage of 
 placing animals in a cool and airy place when 
 unwell, as it assists nature to cast off the dis- 
 ease. 
 
 TREATMENT OF DISEASED AND 
 INJURED HORSES 
 
 Colic. — Spasmodic and Flatulent. — Colic 
 with horses is not an uncommon thing, and 
 most every person who is in the habit of handl- 
 ing them, is acquainted with the cause and 
 
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symptoms of this disease. Cause — a change 
 or excessive amount of food or water, or some 
 similar unknown cause, which is the result of 
 acute indigestion. Symptoms — rapid breath- 
 ing, uneasiness, pawing, lying down and roll- 
 ing. With spasmodic colic the pain is more 
 severe, and death occurs quicker than with 
 flatulent colic. 
 
 Treatment — Take tincture of aconite and 
 Belladonna, equal parts mixed — ^bottled — Dose 
 for a horse, give thirty (30) drops, well back 
 on the tongue. Colt, twenty (20) drops. If 
 not relieved repeat the dose in twenty (20) 
 minutes, and it may be necessary in a severe 
 case, to give the third dose; but I never had 
 that to do but twice. An ounce of each drug, 
 a small bottle of it, should be procured and 
 kept on hand, carefully marked as to what it's 
 for. Another good remedy, is laudanum and 
 ether, equal parts. Dose for a horse, sixty 
 (60) drops — a teaspoonful — given the same 
 way. Never resort to heavy drenching or vio- 
 lent exercise; avoid too much feed or cold 
 water. If cold weather, blanket well, and it 
 will be found beneficial to give a few doses of 
 the medicine of Recipe No. 6 to tone the stom- 
 ach and system while recovering. 
 
 Botts — Symptoms and treatment the same 
 as Colic, except to give as a drench, a heaping 
 tablespoonful of the medicine No. 6, dissolved 
 in a half -pint of hot water, to which add one- 
 half tablespoonful of turpentine, providing re- 
 lief is not obtained after giving the second 
 dose of colic medicine; this gives relief quick- 
 
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ly by toning the stomach and will cause the 
 bowels to move, both very necessary. Other- 
 wise, if one is afraid to treat the animal, call 
 a veterinary at once. 
 
 Inflamitiation of the Lungs 
 
 Pneumonia. — This is a common and fatal 
 disease with horses, and is caused very often 
 by abuse and neglect which causes them to 
 take cold. By riding or driving a horse until 
 very warm and then stopping them in a cold 
 draft to cool out, or by leaving a window open 
 in the stable during a cold and sudden change, 
 are some of the most fruitful causes. 
 
 Symptoms: The first attack is rather slow, 
 the breathing is more or less laborious, and 
 the patient dejected and down spirited. The 
 coat is rough, the body and legs cold, and bow- 
 els constipated, the patient stands with head 
 and ears drooped and legs apart as if to pre- 
 vent falling. On examination, by placing the 
 ear against the side of the patient, over the 
 lungs, a grating or tearing noise can be heard 
 as the patient breathes, then prompt treat- 
 ment must be given. 
 
 Treatment: First make the patient as com- 
 fortable as possible in a good warm box-stall, 
 well bedded, if in winter, well blanketed, and 
 kept dry and clean if in the summer. Then 
 give on tongue 15 drops of tincture of aconite, 
 and in half an hour the following medicine as 
 a dench ; Af racan ginger, two tablespoonf uls, 
 capsicum one-half teaspoonful, calomel 12 to 
 15 grains, to tone the stomach and move the 
 bowels. Then repeat the aconite every hour 
 
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in 15 drop doses, until 4 or 5 doses are given. 
 Feed soft food, oats, with oil meal or mill feed 
 mixed and two doses a day of the medicine 
 No. 6 with it, and keep the patient quiet. A 
 mustard solution, well applied to throat, chest 
 and over the lungs and covered iwth a blanket, 
 is very beneficial. To produce perspiration use 
 Tincture aconite, i n fifteen to twenty drop 
 doses every twenty minutes. Clothe warm. 
 This is one of the cases, where a practical doc- 
 tor may be necessary. 
 
 Note. — Every farmer should keep a bottle 
 of aconite in the house for immediate use, for 
 you will see by this work that it is very val- 
 uable, not only for diseases with horses, but 
 for milk fever with swine, cattle and sheep, 
 and hoven when used as prescribed. 
 
 Dysentery or Scours 
 
 This is something that occurs frequently 
 with horses, and especially with road horses 
 or colts. 
 
 Treatment: If where no other remedy can 
 be procured, take wheat flour, one pint to a 
 gallon of water and give it as a drink, where 
 they will not drink use one-half pint of flour 
 to a quart of water, to which add one fresh 
 egg, and use as a drench. If it can be pro- 
 cured, to this add one tablespoonful of ginger, 
 and from fifteen to thirty drops of laudanum 
 or a gill of whisky. Give every two hours un- 
 til relieved, give light food, such as oats, bran, 
 and sweet hay. 
 
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Profuse Staleing — Kidney Trouble 
 
 This is something horses are troubled with 
 often. 
 
 Treatment — Use the medicine of Recipe 6 
 twice a day and give one dose, one ounce, two 
 tablespoonf uls of Tincture of Bucha to a horse, 
 and one-half this amount to a colt, which will 
 cause staleing. 
 
 Foul sheath. — All horses are troubled more 
 or less with foul sheaths, and they should be 
 looked after and cleaned by washing in warm 
 water and castile soap, then oiled with fresh 
 lard or sweet oil. Either of these troubles can 
 be told by the difficult staleing. 
 
 Colds and Distemper 
 
 These two diseases are of frequent occur- 
 rence with horses, but neither one at all dan- 
 gerous if promptly attended to. Colds occur 
 more with matured horses than colts, and are 
 caused by exposure and neglect. Distemper is 
 a colt disease, but frequently old horses are 
 troubled with it. 
 
 Treatment: For colds — give the medicine, 
 recipe 6, in soft food twice a day and in bad 
 cases smoke, by putting pine tar or woolen 
 rags in an old shoe, with the toe cut off. Burn 
 and hold under the nose, thus smoking the 
 patient well, which will cause a free discharge. 
 For distemper, give the same treatment, smok- 
 ing every day until a free discharge from the 
 nose is started, then occasionally to keep them 
 running free, if they gather under jaw open 
 with knife, as soon as ripe, which is as soon 
 
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as the lump becomes soft. To hasten the gath- 
 ering, apply under the jaw or throat a poul- 
 tice of hops and bran. If this simple treat- 
 ment is effectually carried out, using good san- 
 itary means to keep the patient warm and dry 
 in the winter, and feeding soft food with the 
 condition powder, and in summer allowing free 
 access to grass. The chances are that you 
 will not lose one horse in a lifetime with these 
 diseases. 
 
 Epizootic — Pinkeye 
 
 This is a contagious disease. That occurs 
 once in a while in an epidemic form through 
 the country, and kills or injures a great many 
 horses. 
 
 Symptoms: The attack is usually sudden 
 and the horse soon drops its head and ears, 
 and stands with back arched and braced legs 
 as if to bring rehef. These symptoms are al- 
 ways accompanied by a hoarse dry cough, rap- 
 id breathing, scanty, high colored urine, and 
 hard muscus covered dung. 
 
 Treatment: Give one-fourth pint of medi- 
 cine No. 6 and 15 grains of calomel to move 
 the bowels. Then use the medicine No. 6 in 
 tablespoonful doses twice a day in soft wet 
 food, placed low down so as to cause the horse 
 to keep its head down while feeding, or turn 
 out on grass and give on tongue twice a day 
 aconite in 10 drop doses. This disease being 
 very contagious it is well to keep the effected 
 animal away from others and disenfect all 
 stables. 
 
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Fistula and PoU-Evil 
 
 These terrible diseases of the horse are of 
 frequent occurrence, and very annoying and 
 hard to cure, but the treatment given here 
 can be relied upon, or at least it has been suc- 
 cessfully used in many instances, and highly 
 recommended. 
 
 Fistula appears at the top of the shoulder 
 blade, and Poll-evil occurs on top of the neck 
 just behind the ears. Both these diseases are 
 caused by a bruise. 
 
 Treatment — When they first make their 
 appearance they can be observed by a swelling 
 and soreness, and up to the time that matter 
 begins to form, the corrosive liniment will be 
 found very effectual to drive it away. (See 
 prescription, how to make it.) This is a pow- 
 erful medicine, and in using it the horse must 
 be fastened so he cannot rub or bite the af- 
 flicted parts, as it will burn for a minute or 
 two. Apply every morning with a small mop, 
 (not the finger) for some three days, and then 
 take old lard, or wagon grease, and grease the 
 part well and let go three days, and repeat the 
 treatment over again three times. If this fails 
 to check it, the treatment will have to be 
 changed and one used to cause heavy sup- 
 puration. For this purpose use May apple lin- 
 iment. (See recipe.) A thin coating should 
 be spread over the aflflicted part every morn- 
 ing and carefully washed at night with castile 
 soap and hot water and then greased. This 
 treatment should be continued until matter 
 forms, and as the pus beofins to ooze out, in- 
 crease the amount of liniment and the length 
 
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of time between dressing up to two days, but 
 not longer, always washing well before dress- 
 ing. Aftei'*, three weeks treatment, cleanse 
 the wound thoroughly, and apply internally 
 until healed, the Dexter Liniment, see recipe. 
 
 Ring-Bone and Curbs 
 
 Ring-bone is a bony substance or growth 
 that appears just at the top of the hoof, and 
 extends clear around. It is caused by a strain 
 and if neglected makes the horse very lame, 
 and soon becomes hard and hard to remove. 
 
 A curb is a long bony substance on the back 
 part of the leg just below the hock, and the 
 same may be said of it as of ring-bone. 
 
 Treatment: For ring-bone the same as for 
 curb. 
 
 For a curb if the afflicted part is feverish, 
 first reduce the fever by applying the cooling 
 lotion, (see receipe,) then use the corrosive 
 liniment, bathe once a day, then wash with 
 soap and hot water — home made soft soap is 
 best — continue treatment for a week, then 
 leave go a week, if necessary repeat. This 
 same treatment will remove any splint or cal- 
 lous. 
 
 Scratches and Grease Heel 
 
 These are two of the dreaded diseases of the 
 American horsemen, although similar in their 
 characteristics, grease heel is the most obsti- 
 nate to cure. They appear on the back part of 
 the leg, extending from the heel of the foot to 
 the fetlock, and in extreme cases often reaches 
 up to the knee or hock. The scratches begin 
 
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with a scabby covering of the skin, coming 
 in patches and continuing to spread until the 
 leg is one mass of sores. 
 
 Grease heel commences by the flesh burst- 
 ing open, .and an offensive matter oozing out. 
 If neglected it spreads rapidly and becomes 
 very sore. 
 
 Treatment: Wash clean with soft soap and 
 dampen afflicted parts with Dexter liniment 
 for three days and then grease with lard and 
 sulphur. This will cure any case if kept out 
 of the water and mud. Dry snow makes no 
 difference, it is good to help to reduce the 
 fever. In all cases turn on grass or feed soft 
 food, and the medicine No. 6, to cleanse the 
 blood and system. 
 
 Another good treatment is to take one- 
 fourth pound of blue vitrol and dissolve it in 
 a guart of ammonia, or cider vinegar and use 
 as a wash, apply daily once or twice. 
 
 Thrush 
 
 This is a disease of the foot caused by ne- 
 glect, damp filthy stables, and also by a bruise 
 or injury of any kind. It often becomes very 
 bad before the inattentive owner or groom no- 
 tices it, which is observed by a very offensive 
 smell. 
 
 Treatment: Clean out and pare away all 
 the diseased part of the foot, then use the 
 Dexter liniment. (See Recipe.) Apply twice 
 a day for two or three days and keep the foot 
 dry and clean while under treatment. This 
 will soon effect a cure, or clean out and apply 
 salt and wet blue clay as a stuffing. 
 
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Dressing to Soften Feet 
 
 Sliced onions, one pint ; oil meal, one quart ; 
 charcoal, one half pint; boiling water, suffi- 
 cient to form a stuffing; stuff the feet and 
 fasten in with a cloth poke if you have no 
 boots. This is excellent for feet either sound 
 or unsound, is valuable in case of founder. 
 
 Injured Feet 
 
 In case an animal injures its foot with a nail 
 or snag of any kind, examine the foot care- 
 fully and if possible find and remove the arti- 
 cle, then clean out the foot well and apply 
 peroxide to remove the poison, then apply tur- 
 pentine to the wound, cover with a tarred rag, 
 and be sure to cleanse and dress every day so 
 as to keep the wound open, after two or three 
 days use the Dexter liniment in place of the 
 turpentine. In case of graveled foot, keep the 
 foot encased in a poultice made of oil-meal, 
 bran and warm water in a sack until open, 
 then cleanse with soap and water or peroxide 
 and apply the Dexter liniment until healed. 
 
 Founder — Corns 
 
 For Founder. — Bleed freely in the small 
 warts under the posturn joints. Give 10 drops 
 of aconite twice a day for three days and use 
 the medicine No. 6 in oats and bran mashes 
 in absence of grass, and apply the onion dress- 
 ing to feet for a few days. 
 
 For corns, pare out the foot well and apply 
 the onion dressing or foot oil until all soreness 
 is removed. 
 
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Saddle or Harness Galls, or Boils 
 
 These are so frequent and annoying to both 
 horse and man that the proper treatment for 
 them is of value. 
 
 Where the horse can be allowed to go idle 
 it should be done until well, but where this 
 can not be done, then other means must be 
 resorted to. First, the saddle or harness 
 should be so padded as to take the bearing off 
 the afflicted parts. Then wash clean with 
 warm salt water, and bathe with Dexter lini- 
 ment and meat f ryings, equal parts, which 
 will heal any common gall, or paint over with 
 white lead. Where a large collar boil has 
 formed, cut it open and cleanse it out with 
 warm water, then bathe it internally and ex- 
 ternally with the Dexter liniment, by the use 
 of a feather. 
 
 A cheap application for bruises and galls, 
 and to reduce external inflammation is a de- 
 coction of smart weed, two parts, and strong 
 vinegar, one part. Make hot, pour over bran, 
 and apply as a plaster, as hot as the horse 
 will bear. 
 
 Valuable Eye Remedies 
 
 How to make and use. — Take tincture of 
 arnica, one ounce, laudanum one-half ounce, 
 sugar of lead one-half ounce, bathe several 
 times a day will remove inflammation or 
 soreness caused by a blow or otherwise, or 
 where the inflammation has caused the haw 
 to appear, what a great many call hooks, and 
 what ignorant pretenders cut out, claiming it 
 
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is a disease. To remove slight inflammation 
 take cold salt water and bathe the eye, or bell- 
 adonna, one part, water three parts, make 
 fresh each time, will soon remove it. To re- 
 move dirt, etc., from the eye, insert flax seed. 
 To remove film, finely powdered burnt alum, 
 or equal parts honey and hen's oil, applied with 
 a feather, is excellent. 
 
 Worms With Horses 
 
 Treatment: Use medicine of receipe 6, to 
 this add one pound of powdered worm seed, 
 and use in tablespoonful doses, once or twice 
 a day. Note, the reason I recommend this 
 medicine of Receipe No. 6 in all cases where 
 a medicine of this nature is required, is, I 
 know it is as valuable as any other when 
 made as prescribed or changed as needed, to 
 be more effective in certain cases as advised. 
 Then those having this work no doubt will most 
 always keep it on hand, and especially when 
 they make it in quantities of 25 pounds or more* 
 as it is cheap to make — 10 cents per pound. 
 Ten quarts of the mixed medicine equals the 
 recipe as given. 
 
 Abortion with Cows. 
 
 Abortion, or premature birth among cattle, 
 is considered a contagious disease, and every 
 precaution should be taken to prevent its 
 spreading. The calf is invariably lost, and not 
 unfrequently the cow. If the cow survives, 
 she is almost sure to drop her next calf at 
 about the same period. Some have great faith 
 in preventing this, and contagious diseases 
 
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with horses and cattle by keeping a goat 
 about the barn. I have more faith in medical 
 treatment. A month before the expected re- 
 turn time, and in case one cow loses her calf, 
 it is well to give other ones that are heavy 
 with calf some attention, for where this oc- 
 curs, very often it is on account of some local 
 trouble and calls for a change of food and 
 care. The affected animal should be removed 
 from the rest of the herd as soon as she slinks 
 her calf, as well as should be all evidences of 
 the trouble. Then thoroughly clean up the 
 stable and use lime freely on floors, and white- 
 wash all walls. Then use once a day at least, 
 if not twice, for a few days, the following 
 treatment. Take a gallon of the medicine as 
 made from Recipe No. 6. The prescription 
 as given makes that amount or more. To this 
 add one-half pound of powdered asafetida, mix 
 well and use in tablespoonful doses for a week. 
 Then twice a week for a month. Those that 
 show sickness or fever, give one dose of ten 
 drops of tincture of aconite daily for two or 
 three days. 
 
 Bloat Hoven with Cattle. 
 
 For Bloat Hoven with cattle, take a half 
 pint of powdered charcoal; one tablespoonful 
 of turpentine; and if at hand, 10 drops of 
 aconite ; stir in a quart of water and give as a 
 drench. Hold the mouth open with the hand 
 and the wind will escape. 
 
 Milk Fever or Garget. 
 
 Garget (caked bag) is one of the most com- 
 
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mon diseases among- cattle, often occurring in 
 the spring, just after calving, or it may be in- 
 duced by high feeding at other times, or even 
 when running on good grass later in the sum- 
 mer, and it may be induced by efforts to dry 
 off a cow too rapidly. Symptoms and treat- 
 ment: — The udder is hot, swollen and very 
 tender. First one teat will become hard, then 
 the others. The best remedy is to bathe the 
 udder frequently with hot vinegar and salt, 
 rubbing it gently with the hand, then make a 
 fire with corn cobs or chips in an iron pot, 
 take a large cloth, and put one end around the 
 udder, letting the other end hang down 
 around the pot, thus smoking it well. One or 
 two applications will give relief. Give 
 one pint of Epsom salts in a quart 
 of water as a drench to move the bowels. Then 
 give the usual dose of medicine No. 6 twice a 
 day for two days, and one or two doses of 
 aconite, 10 drops. Keep the milk well drawn. 
 
 Foot and Mouth Diseases. 
 
 Frequently cattle are troubled with sore 
 feet and mouths, and become very lame or 
 weak, and, if allowed to go uncared for, soon 
 depreciate in flesh or milk, and in that way 
 prove a loss to their owner. With sore feet, 
 the animal is generally attacked in the hind 
 feet first, and they become very sore between 
 the hoofs, and can be observed by the animal 
 shaking the feet and refusing to stand upon 
 them. 
 
 Treatment: Clean and keep dry and apply 
 a strong solution of blue vitriol and tobacco, 
 
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very hot, for a few days, the same as for foot 
 rot in sheep. Or run hot pine tar into the 
 sore, repeat every day until well. 
 
 Treatment for sore mouth, the same as for 
 sore mouth with horses. 
 
 There is a foot and mouth disease that is 
 considered to be contag"ious. Therefore, if any 
 one has cattle thus afflicted, and the treat- 
 ment here given tried and not successful, it 
 would be well to call a practical doctor and 
 have them examined. 
 
 Scours with Calves or Lambs. 
 
 To check this trouble, take sweet milk, put 
 it over the fire long enough to come to a boil- 
 ing heat. Let it cool ; to one gallon of milk, 
 add a cup of wheat flour, one teaspoonful of 
 ginger and one fresh egg, and give as a feed 
 for a calf. 
 
 Grub in Sheep. 
 
 An intelligent shepherd gives the treat- 
 ment for this trouble, which he guarantees to 
 work, if the sheep are not too far gone: Pour 
 a few drops of turpentine in their ear will 
 remove the grubs, and to prevent this trouble, 
 every year about the first week in June, tar 
 their noses well, and give them a spoonful in- 
 ternally. Repeat the operation in July, August 
 and September. If this advice is followed out 
 there will be no trouble with grubs. 
 
 The Maggot. 
 
 The maggot, so called, is a formidable en- 
 emy of the sheep. The eggs that form them 
 
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are deposited by the common blue fly. When 
 sheep are wounded by accident, or are allowed 
 to become filthy when troubled with diarrhoea, 
 the eggs or larva are deposited in vast num- 
 bers. The maggots soon become active, and 
 spread from their quarters and attack the 
 skin, which they irritate and cause to secrete 
 a serious fluid. In time the skin is pierced, 
 and the flesh suppurates and wastes away, be- 
 ing devoured by the multitude of maggots 
 which crawl upon it. In wet seasons the mis- 
 chief is greatly increased. To prevent them 
 it is necessary to carefully remove the wool 
 from about the tail so that filth may not 
 gather to watch for any accidental wound; 
 and in warm, wet weather, for any dirty tags 
 of wool upon which the flies may deposit eggs. 
 In case any maggots are found, there is no 
 better application than common crude petro- 
 leum and turpentine, both of which are repul- 
 sive and fatal to fly and maggot. A sheep 
 that is 'struck" with maggots will remain 
 separate from the flock, and may be lost 
 sight of unless the flock is counted and the 
 straggler found. Weaning time, when the 
 ewes may suflfer from caked udder, is an espe- 
 cially critical period, and then extra watchful- 
 ness is called for, and the udder should be 
 bathed with lard and camphor. 
 
 Hide-Bound. 
 
 With a poor and dilapidated, or hide-bound 
 cow brute, treat same as for a horse in the 
 same condition. Feed well with rich, soft food, 
 and use twice a day the medicine of Recipe 
 
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No. 6 to cleanse the blood, tone the system 
 and aid the digestive organs. Use for a few 
 days, and then the stock food regular. If in 
 the winter or early spring, a good, warm, dry 
 stable will be found to be very beneficial. 
 
 Urinary Trouble 
 
 Cows are just as much subject to urinary 
 trouble as horses, and can be observed the 
 same way, by their repeated efforts to stale, 
 but unable to do so. To treat this give as a 
 drench sweet spirits of niter, one ounce ; water 
 one pint, and then use the condition powder in 
 soft feed or the stock food, or stock feed. 
 
 Egat, Indigestion or Murrain. 
 
 These diseases are of frequent occurrence 
 with cattle, and often prove fatal, either by 
 permanent injury or death. In the corn- 
 growing districts they occur more frequently 
 in the fall of the year than any other season, 
 and the probability is that nineteen out of 
 every twenty of such cattle so found dead 
 died from one or both of two prominent 
 causes. One of these is the gorging of the ani- 
 mals' stomachs with an enormous quantity of 
 highly stimulating food, much of it dif^cult of 
 digestion, directly after their having been kept 
 on meager, frost-bitten pasturage, which was 
 to tide them over from grass to such time as 
 the corn would be out of the field. Such a sud- 
 den and violent change could scarcely do other- 
 wise than demoralize the entire digestive sys- 
 tem ; and death, equally sudden, violent and un- 
 locked for, ensues. The other prominent cause 
 
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is the eating" largely of dry frosted grass, or 
 the woody, fibrous cornstalks and shucks — 
 more especially the latter, in eating shredded 
 fowder as now used, and insufficient water is 
 taken to soften and float it up as it must be 
 before the processes of digestion can be com- 
 pleted; the mass comes to a stand-still, owing 
 to impaction, forms a sort of blockade in the 
 manifolds or third stomach, inflammation sets 
 in and the animal becomes very sick and often 
 past help. 
 
 Treatment: As soon as the trouble is ob- 
 served, which can be told by the animal sepa- 
 rating from the herd, becoming restless, lying 
 down, then arising and moving slowly about, 
 standing with a staring look, suddenly starting 
 forward, and in doing so, often fall upon their 
 knees. Something must be done immediately 
 if you wish to save the animal. The first re- 
 sult to be obtained is a physic. This can be 
 obtained by giving lard, one quart ; raw oil, one 
 pint; or brewers yeast, one quart, or epsom 
 salts, one pint, dissolved in a quart of warm 
 water. Given as a drench, one pint of raw lin- 
 seed oil I consider by far the best. If the ani- 
 mal seems to be suffering with much pain, give 
 the usual dose of aconite, 10 to 15 drops at a 
 time, and repeat in 30 minutes. In case there 
 is any suspicion that others are affected, give 
 the medicine No. 6 in soft, wet food, twice a 
 day for a day or two to prevent any further 
 trouble, or change their food. As this trouble 
 occurs with horses and sheep as well as cattle, 
 the same treatment can be used by regulating 
 the dose given. For sheep, use a small dose of 
 
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the drench, and only five drops of the aconite. 
 This treatment used in time will save many an 
 animal. 
 
 RECIPES FOR VARIOUS USES. 
 Cooling Lotions. 
 
 Chloroform, alcohol and Golard's Extract, 
 each two ounces; mix, take one-third the 
 amount in a quart of rain water, bathe twice 
 or three times a day. This is very cooling, and 
 is used by a great many horsemen in rubbing 
 out race horses, or on receiving a bruise to pre- 
 vent callouses. Another one is Oil of Spike, 
 Oil of Camphor. Oil of British, each one ounce ; 
 Liquid of ammonia, one pint. Another good 
 and cheap one is, copperas, one-half pound; 
 rain water, one gallon; use twice a day. Will 
 remove fever and soften the skin. 
 
 Valuable Eye Washes. 
 
 Take three fresh hen eggs and break them in 
 a quart of cold rain water. Stir until a thor- 
 ough mixture is effected. Boil over a slow fire, 
 stirring occasionally, adding one-half ounce of 
 sulphate of zinc (white vitriol) to the mixture, 
 remove and the curd will settle to the bottom, 
 and the liquid rests on top. This liquid 
 strained, makes a valuable eye wash for man 
 or beast. The curd applied to the eye will 
 draw the inflammation out. The liquid, if 
 strained free of any sediment and bottled, will 
 last a long time. The curd can be applied to 
 the eye of the horse by making a hood so it fits 
 tight over the eyes, or one eye. 
 
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Or take tincture of arnica, one ounce ; lauda- 
 num, one-half ounce; sugar of lead, one-half 
 ounce, mix and bathe the eye twice or three 
 times a day, will remove inflammation or sore- 
 ness. 
 
 To Remove Callouses. 
 
 Strong hickory ash soft soap applied once 
 a day, washing with hot water before each ap- 
 plication, will remove most any callous or 
 splint. For a hard and long standing case, use 
 the soap and corrosive liniment. See corrosive 
 recipe. A good general liniment to remove 
 callous is. Dexter liniment ; apply once or twice 
 a day, and wash off with hot water and soap. 
 The hotter the water the better, it softens the 
 skin and opens the pores. 
 
 Corrosive Liniment. 
 
 Take one-half pint of turpentine, one ounce 
 of finely pulverized corrosive suplimate, and 
 one ounce of gum camphor. Let it stand for a 
 week, shaking every day, when it wijl be 
 ready for use. Always shake well when using, 
 pour in an earthen vessel and apply with a 
 swab, never the finger, and keep it out of the 
 way of children, and when using, tie the horse 
 so it cannot reach the part when applied. Used 
 to remove all callouses, curbs, etc. 
 
 May Apple Liniment. 
 
 Make a strong syrup of May apple roots, 
 while boiling add one-fourth as much strong 
 lard as syrup, keep stirring all the time to pre- 
 vent burning, cool and put away for use. This 
 
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is used for poll evil or fistula in their second 
 stage; when matter has formed, it will draw 
 it to the surface. May apple roots can be 
 bought of any druggist. 
 
 Foot Oil. 
 
 Oil of cedar, oil of hemlock and sweet oil, 
 each 2 ounces ; American oil, one gill ; Neats- 
 foot oil, one gill; Barbadoes tar, two gills; or- 
 ganum oil, one ounce; apply to frog and foot; 
 will promote health and growth. 
 
 Dexter Liniment. 
 
 Oil of spike, oil of camphor, oil of stone, oil 
 of British, oil of America, oil of opodeldoc, 
 each an ounce; turpentine, one pint. This is 
 the best general liniment I ever knew, either 
 for man or beast, as it is invaluable for healing 
 galls or sores, either fresh or chronic cases, re- 
 moving collar boils, callouses, etc., with 
 horses, and all cuts or bruises, chapped hands, 
 burns, etc., with the human family. Will also 
 remove the soreness of corns or chilblains, and 
 a great benefit with rheumatism or weak back. 
 In using it for chapped hands, burns or fresh 
 cuts, take liniment one part, sweet cream, 
 fresh butter or vaseline, three parts. Or to 
 make for family use, use alcohol in place of 
 turpentine. 
 
 Canker-Sore Mouth Wash. 
 
 Treatment: Take sugar of lead, bole am- 
 moniac and burnt alum, each one pound, four 
 ounces; good cider vinegar, three quarts; mix 
 
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and use as a wash twice a day. Good for any 
 sore-mouthed animal. 
 
 Healing Powder. 
 
 Burned alum , one-half ounce; powdered 
 chalk, one ounce ; pulverized gum camphor, one 
 drachm ; mix. Sprinkle on sore ; will heal 
 quickly, and is good to remove proud flesh. 
 
 Sweating Liniment. 
 
 Take two gallons of mullen leaves and one 
 gallon of water. Boil until half gallon of juice 
 is obtained ; strain ; to this add one quart of 
 cider vinegar, one-half pint salt, two ounces oil 
 organum ; apply hot. This is one of the best 
 preparations for injured whirl-bone, or deep- 
 seated strains I ever tried; also for caked bag 
 (garget) with cattle or sheep. When applied, 
 dry by smoking. See garget treatment. The 
 mullen, liquid vinegar and salt alone is good 
 for swelled or inflamed udders. 
 
 Louse Killer for Fowls. 
 
 This powder was formulated by R. C. Lowry 
 of the New York State College of Agriculture, 
 Columbia University, and is said to be exceed- 
 ingly effective. Most anyone can make it. It 
 is prepared as follows: Take one-fourth pint 
 of crude carbolic acid, mix with three-fourths 
 pint of gasoline and thoroughly stir into two 
 and one-half pounds of plaster of paris; force 
 through a sieve to break the lumps. It is then 
 allowed to dry in the air, and when dry put in 
 a tight tin can or bottle, and it will remain ef- 
 
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fective indefinitely. To apply this powder, use 
 a tin shaker or make holes in the top of a tin 
 can and use as a shaker. Hold the fowl by the 
 legs, head down; ruffle the feathers down so 
 the powder can be worked into the skin. It is 
 especially good for setting hens. Repeat every 
 ten days to kill the lice that may hatch. It is 
 not often necessary to dust all the fowls of a 
 flock. The best way to keep them free from lice 
 is to spray the perches and supply them with 
 a dust ash wallow. A sheep penned in the 
 house of nights will carry the lice away, as 
 they get in the wool and die or can't get out; 
 the same with fleas. This powder can be used 
 on lousy horses or cattle. Any kind of grease, 
 lard or black oil, butter or sweet cream is good 
 to use with fowls, especially small chicks. 
 Grease them around the head, neck and under 
 the wings. Dust the hen or brooder with the 
 powder and spray the perches with the liquid — 
 lime and sulphur wash. 
 
 A Lime and Sulphur Spray. 
 
 Take ten pounds of stone lime, five pounds of 
 sulphur and one and one-quarter pounds of 
 caustic soda for fifteen gallons of water. Slake 
 the lime by pouring water over it. Make a thin 
 paste of the sulphur and pour it in with the 
 lime while slaking. Keep stirring. Dissolve 
 the caustic soda in water, pour it into the lime 
 water and keep stirring. It makes a wash 
 that will burn the fingers and eyes, but kill all 
 lice and insects when applied to wood or trees. 
 Therefore very useful, not only to kill lice or 
 
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insects, but as a disinfectant for stables, hog 
 
 and poultry houses. 
 
 Diseased Poultry — Symptoms and Treatment. 
 
 All kinds of poultry, especially chickens and 
 turkeys, are subject to diseases similar to those 
 of the hog (known as cholera and roup) , and is 
 as infectious or contagious with them as with 
 hogs. This view of the matter suggests the 
 propriety of adopting such measures with the 
 first cases in a locality as shall prevent the 
 spreading of the disease in any way. The dis- 
 eased, in any case, should be kept apart from 
 the healthy ones until they have well recov- 
 ered, and upon the appearance of the disease 
 should be cared for immediately. Fowls show 
 signs of sickness immediately after they are 
 attacked. Perfect health with poultry is best 
 shown by the bright scarlet color of the comb, 
 their cheerfulness and elasticity of step. As 
 soon as the fowl feels unwell the comb changes 
 color, at first pale and then purple, and they 
 refuse to eat or leave the roost, often remain- 
 ing there until death. 
 
 Cholera or Roup with Fowls. 
 
 Symptom of Cholera. — The discharges at 
 first are yellowish green, or like sulphur and 
 water, becoming thinner, greener and more 
 frothy as the disease goes on. The breathing 
 becomes heavy and fast, the crop fills with 
 mucus and wind, the food is not digested, the 
 eyes close, and in a few hours the fowl dies. 
 There is weakness, sometimes extreme. 
 
 Treatment: Separate the sick from the well 
 ones, and thoroughly renovate, as far as practi- 
 
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cable, the roosting places, by removing all the 
 manue and hauling it away, and whitewash- 
 ing the roosts and houses, and sprinkle the 
 floor with water and carbolic acid or lime, and 
 use the medicine as made of Recipe No. 6, a 
 tablespoonf ul, in soft feed for twenty chickens ; 
 feed twice a day for three or four feeds. Those 
 too sick to eat, catch and feed them. 
 
 Roup. — During damp weather the roup 
 sometimes makes its appearance, even when 
 the fowls have received the best care that can 
 be bestowed. There are many forms of roup, 
 and it becomes contagious in flocks when al- 
 lowed its way unchecked ; but the mild form 
 is usually a cold, the symptoms being a stop- 
 page of the nostrils, which gives the well- 
 known hoarse breathing, with the mouth 
 opened. It sometimes appears also as a dis- 
 ease of the throat, and other times the eyes 
 and head are affected, in all cases attended by 
 general debility, loss of appetite and depressed 
 spirits. Treatment the same as for cholera, 
 and grease their heads and throats with coal 
 oil and lard. 
 
 Rough Food for Fowls or Stock. 
 
 In absence of grass or other green food, all 
 live stock, and poultry as well, should be sup- 
 plied with a substitute food to take its place. 
 For this purpose, good clover or alfalfa chaff, 
 or hay run through a feed cutter. Then put in 
 a barrel or tight box and pour over it sufficient 
 boiling water to wet it good ; ; cover up tight 
 and warm to hold the heat. Let stand some 
 
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hours and it will be found a splendid rough 
 food for all stock or poultry. This can be im- 
 proved by adding some mill feed or meals 
 with it, but will be relished and eaten without. 
 
 In Conclusion 
 
 I will say if this work meets the approval of 
 those who have tried it, I would request that 
 they introduce it to their friends or neighbors, 
 as by that means it will be more universally 
 known and used. Active agents wanted in 
 every county in any state. Liberal terms of- 
 fered. 
 
 Address : J. B. SHOOK, Columbus, 0. 
 
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REFERENCES. 
 
 Jamestown, O., Aug. 21, 1884 
 To Whom It May Concern: This is to certify that 
 in addition to my law practice, I ran a large farm and 
 have had considerable experience and observation in 
 the use of Shook's Hog Cholera Remedy, and can say 
 that if the directions are followed, it will do just what 
 is claimed for it, and that Mr. J. B. Shook is a gentle- 
 man in every sense of the term. 
 
 W. A. Paxson, Attorney-at-Law. 
 
 Wichita, Kans., April 22, 1885. 
 Mr. J. B. Shook. Sir: Your medicine for swine 
 received and given a trial with sick hogs. I am much 
 pleased with it as it seems all you claim for it. The 
 following June, Mr. Johnson writes: Your medicine as 
 a preventive is a success. 
 
 Alfred Johnson. 
 
 Flint, Mich., Feb. 6, 1883. 
 Mr. J. B. Shook. Dear Sir : Having thoroughly 
 tested the medicines I bought of you, both for diseased 
 hogs as well as the preventive, I will say I am well 
 satisfied. J. W. Foster. 
 
 Plain City, O., Aug. 20, 1884. 
 Mr. James Mitchell, in paying me for over 100 hogs 
 I treated for him, and Mr. John Dodge, for 40 or more, 
 said: We are well satisfied with your work, and that 
 you understand your business. 
 
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REFERENCES. 
 
 Ashmore, 111., June 16, 1884. 
 Mr. J. B. Shook. Sir: Enclosed find $1.00 for which 
 send me the worth of in your hog medicine. The other 
 I got proved very reliable. Geo. W. Olmstead. 
 
 Piper City, 111., Dec. 4, 1884. 
 To Whom It May Concern: This is to certify that 
 J. B. Shook of Ohio came here to treat our 1000 head of 
 diseased hogs. He was highly recommended to me by 
 responsible parties of Ohio, and his work proved so 
 satisfactory that any guarantee he makes here I will be 
 responsible for. John A. Mentelius. 
 
 Venice, Butler Co., O., Oct. 3, 1884. 
 To Whom It May Concern : This is certify that J. 
 B. Shook has been making his headquarters here for 
 some three weeks for the purpose of treating diseased 
 hogs. He has been able to make his word good in doing 
 all he claimed he could do, and myself and the people 
 hereabout are well satisfied that he understands his 
 business. Frank Och. 
 
 Sater, O., Sept. 24, 1884. 
 Mr. J. B. Shook. Sir: My hogs are now all right. 
 Out of the 150 I treated under your directions, I only 
 lost two small pigs. Please call and see me before you 
 leave Venice. H. W. Scott. 
 
 Isaac Reigel Cedar Hill, O., who feeds from $10,000 
 to $20,000 worth of hogs a year, says: Mr. Shook: I 
 have used your hog treatment for the past 28 years and 
 have no use for any other. 
 
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REFERENCES. 
 
 Lexington, III., Feb. 10, 1895. 
 Mr. J. B. Shook. Dear Sir: A test of the hog med- 
 line I bought of you, by myself and the owners, on 
 ver 5000 head of diseased hogs here in Moultry County 
 aved better than 93 per cent, of them, and my sales of 
 tie medicine now will be good, as people are coming 
 long ways after it. 
 
 Meyers Bros., Sullivan, 111., wrote in 1898: Mr. J. 
 \. Shook. Dear Sir: Send us at once by express the 
 mount of your Stock Remedy for the within enclosed 
 raft, as we are feeding quite a lot of hogs and do not 
 i^ant to be out of it, having learned from years of its 
 ise, its value, being reliable in all cases either as a cure 
 r preventive. 
 
 Testimonials from hundreds of other first-class farm- 
 rs or feeders who have bought this swine treatment 
 ould be furnished if necessary. 
 
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INDEX. 
 
 Page 
 
 Remarks— Why I sell this work 5 
 
 Preface— Not Theories, But Facts 6 
 
 How the work is sold 7-8 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 Investigation of Swine Diseases, by Government 
 
 Experts, Drs. Detmen, Lay and Salmon 9 
 
 Infectious or Contagious 10 
 
 Germ Theory — Opponents 11 
 
 Affects the Organs— Immunity 12 
 
 Death Rates Increases 13 
 
 Worms — Intestine and Lung 14 
 
 Exposure and Attacks = . 15 
 
 Suggestions Followed 17 
 
 CHAPTER 11. 
 Preventive Treatise on Swine. 
 
 Assist Nature 18 
 
 Oxygen — Pure Air Necessary. 19 
 
 Prevention Better Than Cure 20 
 
 Directions— Preventive Treatment 21 
 
 CHAPTER in. 
 Treatise on Diseased Hogs. 
 
 Symptoms Explained 24 
 
 Drugs — Explanation 25 
 
 Treatment for Sick Hogs, Cholera 26 
 
 Swine Fever, Symptoms 30 
 
 Pneumonia 31 
 
 Indications — Symptoms of Disease 32 
 
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INDEX, 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 Recipes, Explanation and Directions. 
 
 Page 
 
 Recipe No. 1 33 
 
 Recipes Nos. 2, 3 and 4 35 
 
 Recipes Nos. 5, 6, 7 and 8 36 
 
 Special Salt Tonic for Hogs, and Recipe No. 9 37 
 
 Things Worth Knowing 39 
 
 Medicine for Hog and Poultry 40-41 
 
 Vaccination of Hogs ._ 42 
 
 Government Offer 44 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 Veterinary Department for Horses. 
 
 Cattle, Sheep and Poultry 46 
 
 How to Observe Diseases 47 
 
 Colic— Botts, Treatment 48 
 
 Pneumonia— Lung Trouble 50 
 
 Dysen tery — Scours 51 
 
 Profuse Staleing — Cold and Distemper 52 
 
 Epizootic — Pink-Eye. 53 
 
 Fistula— Poll Evil 54 
 
 Ring-Bone — Curbs, Scratches, Thrush 55 
 
 Foot Dressing, Injured Feet, Founder 57 
 
 Galls and Boils, Eye Remedies 58 
 
 Worms with Horses, Abortion with Cows 59 
 
 Hoven, Bloat, Milk Fear, Garget 60 
 
 Foot and Mouth Disease 61 
 
 Scours with Calves or Lambs, Grub in Sheep, 
 
 Maggots 62 
 
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INDEX. 
 
 Page 
 
 Hide-Bound, Urinary Trouble 63 
 
 Murrain, Indigestion, Egat 64 
 
 RECIPES FOR VARIOUS USES. 
 
 Cooling Lotions, Eye Washes 66 
 
 Callouses, Corrosive Liniment and May-Apple 
 
 Liniment 67 
 
 Dexter Liniment, Mouth Wash, Foot Oil 68 
 
 Healing Powder, Louse Killer 69 
 
 Lime and Sulphur Spray 70 
 
 Cholera, Roup with Fowls . 71 
 
 Rough Food for Fowls or Stock 72 
 
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