Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-10-05
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We have heretofore, and very often, adscrtrd
10 the subject OF iattcnlug SWINE but ~
frequently honofcd with additions 10 our sub>erip-
ten list OF persons who are not much acquainted
with the contents OF the former volumes, We shall
iof then accommodation, sometimes use iepcii-
ions III substance, II not IN words.
Acid or tefmentcd food for swine la, been
much recommended Arthur Dung, high au-
thoiity among farmers, says, " the most profitable
method oi converting corn of any kind into food
for hogs, is 10 grind it into meal, and miN lh, with
water IN ciscrns in the proportion OF five bushels
oil meal 10 one hundred gallons of water; stirring
well several times day, for three weeks, in cold
weather, OF "A fortnight in warmer season, by
winch time II will have tcrmentcd we'll and have
become aod, and until then II is not ready 10 ,Se
The mixture should alHay, be stirred Immediately
before feeding, and two or three cstetn, should be
kept islmcntng IN succession, that no necessity
may occur of giving it not duly prepared Judge
Peters, oil Pennsylvania, whose authority as an az
uenllnrist Is of weight, observed, that food l.,
not only most grateful aud alimcntary 10 swine,
hui that one gallon of sour wash goes farther than
Two OF sweet.
But an English work entitled Farmers Gallon
ddr, declares, that much has been said and little
understood about pmposetv Sourine food for hogs.
II II not that acdu, can possibly tend TO pngueiac-
dllN iatten upon acid, or rather accsernt food a
s~cet>h taste and glutinous quality succeeding fer
mcmahon, and that they will do still more readily
upon such Is has never reached the acid state, |
Know, and have seen in hundreds OF instances. l.
a proof wanted jlow much more readily do the
country hogs feed upon sweet and ani,rmentcd
food, than those of the starch house upon the fer
mcnled and subacid wash, however rich. say
Subacid, for did not starch makers run off a great
part OF that which is really SOur, they would Kill
instead of attcning their hogs"
In order To reconcile these writer's it will only
be necessary advert to the different stages of or
binary fermentation, and the products of eac,
stage. The first stage of fermentation podneeS su-
gar, and is called the saccharinc t.rmentation The
second stage develops achol, spirit OF vine, and
IL called the yinous fermentation. The third stage
produces vinegar and is called the acid fcrmenta.
ION and the fourth and last stage converts the
matter iermenting into substance which is moi
only offensive, but poisonous, and IS called the pu-
trid or destructive fermentation. Thus, if YOU
soak wheat, other tarinacCouS substance, IN water
oil proper temperature, il will first become sweet
and begin to sprou, or vcgcatc; it will next af-
lord spirit or alcohol continue the process, the
wash turns sour, at first slightly and then more
strongly acid, and at last the whole becomes pu-
trid. Itprobaby contains mos, nourishment uhen
II is sweetest, but ii is valuable till very sour when
Is worth little or nothing and when the pulrid
fermentation has commenced it i worse than no.
thing, as food for any animal The farmer then
should give his iormencd wash to his pigs while il
is yet sweet, or but beginning To turn sour.
y. r. Farmer.