Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-05-31
For THE Y"IRGINIAN.
To Zdchariah Drummond, Esq.

FOR THE yIRGiNIAN.
To Zdchdriah Drummond, Esq.
Seeing in the Virginian Of the 18Th day OF
April, a number of interTogatories propounded
TO me by you on the kind and management of
my stock of hogs If the information | am
able to give will he useful 10 my county, |
shall be much gratiied, believing every good
citizen bound to give the result Of his expert
ence for the benefit of sociely. | proceed TO
answer your interrogatories in the order they
are propunnded. You ask first Z" what breed
OF hogs nine are" ! ans Ner that do not now
1ecollect the name by which The breed is called
-one OF my neighbnrs brought a male from,
Richmond he was black, his hair very thin,
no hri;lles, the ears very long. and the hog We
~ Lengthy in proportion TO his heigth, The SOW
from which | have raised my present stock oil
hogs, was a stock that | found in The ~neighbor.
hood many years ago, in the possession Of Mr..
James Patteson ; | an inclined to the opinion
t0ey were of the English breed.
Secondly.-You ask as to their " nature
health and hardihond." | answer that they are
industrious, gentle hogs, healthy aud hardy. |
have seldom ever lost one by disease. the sows
are large aud generally raise about ten pigs.
Thirdly--Whe,her or not, I could with the
same " expense raise more meat than | could
ofthe common and scrub breed" Answer, |
think | could, | think with my management,
the hogst kill of my breed a, Is months old
will generally weigh 800 lbs. the scrub breed
with the same keeping would weigh 1875 lbs.
Fourthly-'' Whether my hogs are kept in
houses, run in the woods or in the fields" |
answer that they generally run in the fields
'aey are housed, only when fattening for pork,
Filthy" What kinds OF food are your hogs
treaied with ? What medicines, If any. admin.
stored for Tho promotion Of health, or for the
cure OF diseases :" answer, from my man
agement, | never have had to give any medi-
c'nes for the cure OF diseases in my hogs, they
never having had any. My farm is divided in
'othree fields; each field comes up TO the kitcb
en-. Whichever field is in pasture has in it a
trough near The kitchen, where all the offalls
rom The kitchenis saved in tubs aad particu-
Early the soap suds used in washing clothes
all of which is carried to the trough, morning
anu evening. The hogs by this management are
'hteity and require no other feeding Of conse-
quence, except the clover and gross they ge'
IN the fields, for about7 months, They require
corn 'eediI'g for about FIVE months in the year.
nay management romote the health of my
iatnily as well as my hogs, by carrying all the
~wastimgs of the kitchen furniture to the hogs
instead OF throwing it at the kitchen door, as is
oa'eh tnt: practice. Your friend,
JOHN HENDERSON.
buckingham, May 81, 1880.
I. ). killed one At IL months old, weigh
ing 200 lbs. one at IA months and 20 days old,
weighing 1913 lbs. one at same time . years
and l month old, weighing 40i lbs one 8 years
ana . months old, weighing 600 lbs.
wan The same management the common
n need would have weigl ed from lbs TO 300 lbs
1here Is much in the breed OF hogs, but much
Asfs u AZ management. J. II.