Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-10-25
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adelpbia Agricultural Society, IN a
communication which appeared in the
Philadelphia American Daily Adver
tiser; that "sour food is The most CRATE
iul and a~liementory to swine Oae
gallon Of sour wash goes farther thar
two OF sweet L mean the wash acid
uiated to the degree required for dis
tiilslion, not acelous.
ID rotten wool" Ikept constant.
ly n .'yes tor fattenlng Dogs to eat al
pleasure IS good thing, but | will
take the liberty to mention what |
think "a better; We have three black.
smiths in this town, and my hogs eat
up all the ashes and ciRdeTS they
m4Se: we haul it Iuto our pens by
Cart loads, aud the hogs will devour
this al tunes with lore avidlly than
their ordinary food.
Charcoal, it has been said, will an
swer a similar If not a more valuable
purpose than either cinders or rotten
wood" If swine are supplied with a
small quantity of Goals according to Il
statement by an Ohio farmer) say
two pieces a day TO each, about thr
size OF a hens egg, they will discon
tinae roofing, remain more quiet, ana
fatten faster Than they will otherwise.
Charcoal will operate on the hum,u
frame as q ~cathartic, and probably
may have the same effect on the an
mai We are treating OF l. so 1t m,y
supersede the necessity OF using brim
stone, antImony aud other drugs witt
which hogs are often dossd Al II
rate it wall cost but little to give them
a constant access to Goals, which ma,
be sifted or raked hom your fire place,
and they will be induced by instinct,
to consume such quaniities as will pro
mote their health and expedite thelr
fatfenlng
When you first commence fatten
ing your swine, care should be used
not TO give them o than they viii
eat with an appetite Ii they become
gorg.d or cloyed, their thriving is re-
tarded, aud there is danger from stag
gers, and other diseases consequent
upon rep'euon or the high living TO
which these four footed epicures are
addicted
TIE practice in Scotland is to rear
swine chiefly on q potatoes, and to
fatten them on those roots boiled OF
prepared by steam, with a mixture Of
oats, barley or bean and pease mra
TaeIr tronghs should be often replen
ished VITA a small quantity of food
at a time, and kept always clean and
seasoned occasionally with sait.. Nj.
Marshall, an emnem English agricul
turalist, says, 'you0g pig, require
,oarm meat food to m8keihem grotU
Corn (graln) and cold yater will make
them healthy; but warm beverage is
CONSIDERED as a requisite 10 a quick
growth." The same writer mention,
another mode of mlnaging swine,
which NAV be worth attention. Some
f gIish farmers, be says, keep two
or three luile store pigs in the fattins
siye. Wnla the fatting hogs are tax
ing their rrpas, the little ones war
behind diem; ADD as soon as thew
beuers are served lick out The tr~oughs"
"B sides the advantage of having
by this expedient no vase, nor fou'
troughs, ther is another, The large
pigs rise aler'ly to their food, lest The
small mes should fofestall them; and
fill Themselves the fuller, knowing
thy have il not again to go to.
"The disadvantage of this practice
is, | understand, the large ones are
apt to lord it too much over the little
ones, especially 10 a confined stye. l.
no veve, they had a separate apart
men' assigned them with an entrance
too small for the ~fatteuiug swine to
follow them, this disadvantage would
be in a great measure remedied
IN English farmer (a,tened s pigs
IN the following manner, which may
be recommended in cases where q
constant ADD regular attention cannot
b. given 10 feeding the animals. He
placed two sroughs in the stye: one
he filled with raw potatoes, the other
with pease and gave no water. When
the pigs were thirsty they ale the DO
tatoes. In this way it is probable,
that the animals could not only do
withou, water, hot likewise needed no
birthstone, antimony nor other medi