Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-09-22

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las. Weight when dressed 2l5 lbs Loss IN oiEal.
loose fat included, So lbs or a little more than one
fifth
EXPERIMENT II.
No : mentioned above weighed
On 23I March, 253 lbs
On 30h Aptil. 3l3
In IS days, gain, % lbs
No ;, shoa purchased from drove, weigh d
On 2Stl March, 100 Us
do do. On 30ih April, 81
Cam in 80 days 81
This IS fraction over ID ST. pc, day each,
yearly | ID. . ~.
H. this case thcr food was exclusively bolel pc
tatocs mashed with Indian meal Exact nn1ouut
Consumed not asccrlaned, bu, fed as freely as they
would bear.
EXPERIMENT III.
The TWO last named hogs were for the next
twenty DAYS, put upon Indian hasiy pudding OK
cNs'vely, with the following result,
No. >. weighed on 30h April, 3lo lbs.
do. Do, 20 h May, }o2 l5s
GAIN in 20 days. 70 lbs.
No. weighed on 30rh April, l5l lbs.
Co do. 2o,h May, lS5 lbs.
Gain in twenty days, 81 lbs.
The two in the above named twenty days, con
sulncd four and one half bushels of meal cooked as
above Meal 10 cents per bushel. Gam Of the TWO
lOl pounds III 30 days.
EXPERIMENT ".
Sundry SWINE purchased trcm drove and fed
with meal and pc etoes whshed and mashed 49,
2Sth Nareh 1881. l9h May, 1881
N weighed ~ bs. 1853, gam So dys, IS ,Dr.
3 H. 100 ls6, do. So
'fhc .wo d.lssat1s used on the farm. and, d 3
Il owe
2j'if OF Ap,.l, 1881, - OF Ma is3i
10. we,e1ed i5i ID, goo :ain u say 81 os
do. Ito l65, 10 20
Such arc some fsw lr'nls IN fer NC 10 The iced
ms and atennS Of SWINE, whieh haze mate or
information Of winch have obtained from other
SOURCES, which may at ieRst lead the luqusl'Ive
farmer 10 further experiments md inquiries "a
subject of Erea, importaneelo las interest, TIN m
tercnces tobe made from them snail leave to others
The tesalts, VIII be observed, IRE no, uniform.
The thrlf of ANIMALS much depend on various 9TH
or circumstances, besides the kind Or quantity of
food gwen them Nuch depends on the hrccd as
every farmer knows much on the health Of the
animal something on the season Of tho year. |
failed IN attempting to ftten several swine IN one
rious iinds Of feed were tried, and the failure wao
totally ncxplcab!G until they were slaughlcrol
WIN the incs,inos were found corrodcd with
wo,ms resembling those found IN the human ston,-
ach, and this have no doubt prevented their thrift
The same fact has occurred IN another instance,
and with :he same result | failed IN attempting 10
tattcn some oher swine, which had been driven
10 considerable distance and exposed, probably
not half fed on the rond TO severe cold and slouns
Some Of them were trust.blttcn in then limbs ana
! though attended and fed in the most careful
manner, they made no progress Tor months. In
an experiment recently made of giving swine raw
meal mixed with water, have found falling on
IN their gam Of nearly one half compared with -
wing their food cooked, such MS boiled 20 alto S
and carrots mixed with meal while hot the result
being ~ styc containing number of SWINE, as
2I9 10 800. In respect to confinement or freedom
various opinions are entertained. der Turner
of New York Says that hogs should never know
what liberty 49, but should be kept close all then
lives, and as inactive as poss bic That by this
method double the qauniitY OF pork can BE- pfodn-
ced, with the same expense of feed" f.. Peabody
Esq. Informed me that the Shakers al Canterbury
y. II told him that they deemed /, Indispensable tc
the thriving of their swine thai they should have
access 20 water, 10 wallow wash themselves IN
and ia they 10y means did SO well without H.
On tins point have no irinl farther than salts
myself that Eating hos injured by bcirg sui
tered 10 REQ IN the earth.
With respect 20 the age at which it Is advantage
tG put me to tat'cn have only to remark tia
1t is vii, with other animals there som,
breeds which come much sooner to maturity lhnn o
Tiers. a successful farmer In Saratoya county, y. Y
says tina, March pigs killed about ChrIsmas,arc tn
most profitable tor 20 h. -Four pIgs of what Is call
cd the Grass breed, were slaughtered at Greenfield
New York, which wels hed 3iS lbs. 3lS lbs. BIZ
lbs and 306 lbs. at nine months and seventeen days
old
On this point, however. | take leave 10 present :
letter with which was hou$ d by John Lowell
Esq whose authority in the agricultural communit,
is Justly estimated
Boston, AprU l8, 1881.
To REV. HENRY COLEMAN:
" Dear Sill have been prevented by the stat
OF my eyes from answering your inquiries as II
my experience in raising old or young pigs
| never lcintered any pigs, us nj
person resides on my place from Dec. LIST TO AIaJ
Isl. /, was therefore matter of importance to m
to ascertain on Whit description OF pigs, rothe
of VIVA. age, the most flesh could be pu. in my lIm