American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1824-01-23
FROM THE AMERICAN DAILY ADvER User.
FATTING SWINE.
Belmont, Dec. 10th, l

Several of my neghbors have recently suffered
heavy losses by diseases fatal to fdtting SuiHe ;
when preventive precautions had not been taken.
With the view 10 avert such misfortGnes, when |
iarmcd, on an extensive scale previously TO and
since the reyo!u,ionary'war,I iredmany experiments
in precautionary measures. as well as in cures.
most frequently failed IN the latter but at length
| adveried to nv having been informed of simple
preventive which, ! confidently declare, has,
with me- always succeeded That | might be GER
tain on this point, have fortified my recollection
by inquiry of old farming laborer, who is yet in
my employ and who had the charge OF fatting my
hogs. in pens, during o great portion OF the time
since the close of that war. He recoects the loss
OF one hog only and that by improper feeding. /
dsem it incumbent on me to re-publsh under the
hope that the subject may be as beneficial others
as it has been to me part ola note TO a commun-
cation made TO The Philadelphia Society for Pro
noting .igricuIure, March 6, 1906 see vol LIST.
Memoirs Of the Socicty-page 229.
But sour food is the most grateful and alimen-
tary to swine. One gallon Of sour wash. goes fur
ther than Two Of sweet" mean the wash acida
lated 10 the degree required for disiation-not
Gcctous.
" DRY RoTrRS WooD should be constantly in
the pens, that the hogs when confined for fatiing,
may eat at pleasure. Nature points Gu, this absorb
ent, Tor whatever II may be) as remedy, or pre-
yentlve. They will leave their food to dernur the
rotten wood, when they require it. have rot lost
a lating hog for more than thirty years. when
used il, but have suffered by neglscting it. Some
OF my neighbors met with frequent losses OF fat
ting hogs, till informed them oil my practice of
which was told by woman from East Jersey, be
tore our Revolutionary war. She said II was the u
known and practsed there "
add my experience since the foregoing was
published, whchhas been uniformly similar.
In the Cd vol page So, near the close OF very
valuable communication, from Mr. DE Gruchy, of
Northumberland, in our state who attens great
numbers Of swine prepared at hrsl with wash from
large dstilery. and finally falted with Indian corn
The following important Information will be found.
l he whole communication is worthy The attentive
petusal ofevery farmer
Dry Rotten FOOD is good thing but will
AXE the liberty to mention what 1 think better
we have three blscssmilhs in this town and nv
hogs sat UP all the ashes or cinderS they make 4
We haulit into the pens BY cart loads and the hogs
viii, as you observe BY the Rotten Uood-derourl
his al times with more ayidity than their ordinary
GOD.
The crrt9aaicd cinders contain some of the in /,
sreeisnts Of rotten lcood and perhaps in greater
proportions. lie this as il may, every farmer can
eaaliy obtain the latler and many can procure
he former Il is anxiously desirsble that pre-.
ientve, so etheacious either has been found TO
'e may not be unwissiy and fatally overlooked and
'egiec'sd Nothing in human art is invariably in
aIIloe but the experiment, is 50 easy and cheap
nat the most ncredulous should be induced 10 give
TAR trial. Clean, elevated sites or mems, dry
liter and small enclosure. adjacent to tbs pens
or ar and exercise and moderate bot constant;
u2pIy OF sat no doub. add 10 the efficacy OF mel
preventive. The diseases have seldom known 10 :
e cured. The most formidable Of them are sud.
ZEN violent and rapidly fatal, never allowing time
oF remedies. Their victims a,e unexpectedly ffor
gradual approaches are unperceiyed} attacked with
Pc la't parOxysms before their danger is decisive
PIss and sheep are subject to sudden and incura
Die malades.
PrersEtires are, therefore Of the greatest impor.
anee, FToiessed cures are, too often, mere quack.
lFies 10 relation TO both these esiimable parts Cd
'ur stock RlCHARD pFTEpS
bI'PHniers OF papers circulating in the country
'ould serve he interests Of our farmers by publish.
% zoe foregoing information.