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Show INJECTING SWINE IN FLANK MEANS SAVING Use of Ham or Shoulder Often Results in Infection. Department of Agriculture Urges Veterinarians Vet-erinarians to Avoid Possibility of Injury by Selection of Some Other Place. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Complaints from puckers Indicate that there are still many veterinarians and farmers who persist In immunizing immuniz-ing hogs against cholera by making Injections in the ham or shoulder, a practice that often results In infection and the formation of deep abscesses In the hams and shoulders where the serum se-rum and virus were Injected. The United States Department of Agriculture Agricul-ture has long advised against using those parts as points of Injection, and the department veterinarians are instructed in-structed to avoid the possibility of such Injury by selecting some other place. The ham has been favored as a place for making the injections because they can be made more ranidlv and easily at this point, but they can be made with equal success in less valuable parts, such as the flank or auxiliary space, where there is loose connective tissue that readily absorbs the serum. In making an auxiliary injection the front legs should be spread apart so as to stretch the superficial muscles between the legs, and the needle should be directed so as to avoid the muscles of the shoulder. It Is desirable to make the Injections Injec-tions at a point that will make drainage drain-age easy should an abscess form. Serum Se-rum should never be Injected Into a mass of fatty tissue, as it Is not sufficiently suffi-ciently absorptive. Although the serous ser-ous membrane lining In the abdominal abdom-inal cavity takes up serum readily, abdominal ab-dominal Injections are not recommended recommend-ed because of the danger of puncturing punctur-ing the internal organs with the needle or of carrying Infection Into the cavity. Small pigs and shotes up to 80 pounds In weight may be held up by the hind legs, with the forefeet resting rest-ing on the ground, nnd the Injection made Into the loose tissue of the flank. A pig so held Is In a good position for the taking of temperature, cleansing the area of operation, and making the Injection. Farmers' Bulletin 834, which has been recently reprinted, contains con-tains full Information regarding hog cholera and the methods of control. Manure Is Essential. Manure is very essential on poor soil where vegetables are to be grown. Every shovelful saved in the barn lot will stimulate the soil and increase the yield. Save the manure and enrich the garden nnd truck patches. Improving Tarm Place. Outside of paint, there is hardly anything that improves a place more than cement walks. And they are a real convenience, too. But gravel or cinder walks are better than none. Manure May Be Re-enforced. Farm manure may be reinforced by adding raw phosphate or "floats." Lime should never be mixed with manure, since a chemical reaction takes place when these two are mixed and much substance passes off in the form of gas. Poor Place for Poultry. Cold, damp land Is no place for poultry; that which dries soonest after af-ter a rain Is the bpst laud on which to raise fowls. |