The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-10-21
FATTENING OF HOGS.

Anidea is entertained among many farmers,
that swine cannot be fattencd without Indian
corn: this we apprehend is an error. One
would suppose there never was any gooa
pork or bacon in Great Britain or France,
where Indian corn is seldom OF never seen.
Let us enquire how hogs are iattened Ill
England 1t may be beneficial to us, II IT on
" eraticates our prejudices III favor OF III
dain corn.
Coarsely ground oats, barley meal, pea
meal or peas unground, beans, either Whoic
or broken are commonly used. beans con-
tain Il greater quantity OF nutrition III thc
same bulk, than almost any ether sort OF
grain. 4 Winchester bushel OF peas may
add about or 10 pounds to the WciSht q !
good hog of 90 score, orperhaps son1eth'hs
more upon a larger, and cohsidcfloic iess
upon one OF smaller size. \ hos, wien put
up to fattcn in good condition, and they should
never be put up in contrary state, Which,
when fat, will weigh 70 score, VII consume
in the proportion Of oor bushels OF peas OF
other similar niatelas.
A practice has recently found its way into
Essex aud the other parts d England, OF lat
tcning swine, which has beer. found extreme
Ii beneficial, viz.---tllat ot feeding large hogs
III separate stalls, So constructed that the
animal can at his pleasure conveniently llse
up o. lay down, hat ca'in0t turn round. y
Mr.. Pattison, ut Maiden, observes that they
will thrive faster in thi, manner than any
oshcr way. The stalls are upon an inclined
plane, from the head to the tail oi the ann
NAL, and are cleaned ont every day. barley
meal mixed With water IS the food, and tins
4 farmer says he will engage that pig for
4 ward il ilcsli, weighing 1Clbs. sh III i25 Gays
i fltts It IN n
4 Obs live weigh. MAY be called a3lbs. dead,
which a Sd per pound is IS Cd sterling per
I week. t,hc quictncss ot these stycs causes
them 10 f&tten moro quickly, as they have
only t. cat and sleep.
Mr.. Arthur Young, suppnscs the most
profitable method Of converting gram ot any
Kind into food for hogs, is to grind i inte
meal. anl mis- this with water n the pro-
portion Of tiNc bushels 10 one hundred sal
Ions. STIRRING it Thoroughly s'rei'al tines !.
lgay for three weeks in te!s. Weather. 81 t2i
Fortnight ii warmer season. \, which il
, \ III have iermcntcl well md heno.ne acid
: till which time ii is not ready 70 giye.-i'lIe
| miNtarr mast ;tlway ! be stirred, linmctliatcl!
before feeding, and tive or three eisterh.
F, Should Dc kept III. ternentiag il succession
4 -'rne difference between feeding, il th
! manner and giving the grain whole, or par
{ ttly ground, is 50 profitable, that whoevc,
] triy, ii once, viii not, he thinks, be apt i
{ change it. Pea soup giycr "A winter, ini's
warm, Is he thinks III c%eclltnt faoSl nearl.
! il not quite equal u the a)ove. The food, .
/ whichever kind, must be given TO animals i
; such sufficiently short intervals rs 70 Keel
: them in a state Of rcst; sircc or this priacl
S pie ii Is chat they become lat i'll IN eXpcl:
{ tiouo nla4ncr--45cst. MttL
/! The following proportions Of sugar, sait
a and salt-pctrc, constitute the famed illnbr
t. pickle, which has been found 70 prcserY
q meet most eii'cctualiy in hot as mclt IS col
&c climates,
+, Six lbs. Of salts--s ounces OF brown suga
T % do. Of sat-petie.
y Dissolve these BY boiling them in forr gf
: Ions Of water In this pickle, when peiiec
y cold keep any sort Of flesh meet slnl
y and stopped closc.
i Fluid IS particularly c>ccl'ent for pc,
II ,,t..E ana ,,:b l.tystt Frg,o, lNct,1yFif