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Hogs, Fall Care of, for Early Slaughter.1
Although considerable has been said in that department as to the care of hogs, as well as the treatment of hog cholera, etc., yet as I find an item upon this subject among my miscellaneous matter I have thought best to give it here, hoping it may receive greater attention standing alone. It is best, when possible, to let swine have the range of a newly cleared field, where logs and brush have just been burned off, as they instinctively eat the coals that are left, which, it is well known, does them great good; but when this can not be done the next best thing is to place a mixture of salt, ashes (unleached), and charcoal (pulverized), and, the author thinks, sulphur, also, equal quantities, except the sulphur, perhaps, only one-half as much as of either of the others, under shelter, but where
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