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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7742, 18 February 1905, Page 3

Waverlcy, December 18, 1904. The following is taken from the Auckland Weekly News of the 18th wood, Taranaki, writes : " In an issue of the News a little while back I noticed inquiries about sick pigs, and thought I would take the liberty t giving you my experience, which you can pass on to your readers if you choose. In the early spring I had five young pigs, seven months old suffering from what appeared to be severe colds. Their heads war® swollen, their mouths open and their breathing l thick and whistling. I had by me a packet of Kykes's Drench, which I regularly use for cows at tinifc. I made a pailful of :arm oatmeal gruel, put into it three large cupfuls of sugar, and half a packet of the Drench, and a good spoonful of dripping to make it rather greasy. This I fed them at six in the evening, and afterwards shut them in with a warm straw bed. In he morning they were considerably etter, and the following day all right ; in fact, they have done well ever since. I generally get Sykes's >rench at the store, but it is nianuat Plymouth.7'