Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-04-20

From tie Tennessee Farmer.

We invite the attention -four readers to the arl-
Gle in this number, from that valuable work, the
fathers REGISTER, on the raising and fattcning of
Hogs Twill be found TO contain some humorous
srcasms, IN the ;bsurd mode ed ,pied in Virginia,
and with little alteration, too generally rractised in
ibis country, of rearing this valuable animal, a
mode which tho adopted for its supposed economy,
isin truth, perhaps the most waseful, the most ex-
uavagan,, and the most improbable ever yet devil
.ed The actual loss annually sustained in Ten
nessce from the mamie, in which hogs are general
ly reared and fat,ened, is immense, and would,
could it be ascerancd with precision astonish those
by whom il is rcsorted TO, under the erroneous I'M
preston, that i, is recommended by its economy
We should hczltd little by asserting, that by
more humane and judicious mode of rearing hogs,
double tie quantity Of pork could be annually raised
from the food now expended in raising the half and
that pork too of far superior quality. To raise
hogs with profit, except in few situations, posses.
sing peculiar advantages, situations now rarely TO
oe met with, two rules must be observed. First
10 feed the sows in such manner rs to enable them
10 keep the pigs fat until weoncd. Secondly, never
TO -ufier them 10 be- ore poor after they are wean
3D. BY observing these rules, especially with the
aid Of clover, it will be easy to make hog a, from
.we!ve to eighteen montha weigh double, il not
V"iec Us WuCt, Us iiiuHy noW 10 az tWO anu tnlee
years old, and with no greater quantity of grain
than is now often expended in rearing and fatten-
ing the latter. The suggestions Of the writer Of
The article alluded to, are well worthy the attention
ofall who wish 10 convert their corn into pork with
profit. The absurd selfish notion. that whatever
hog picks up in the woods, or in his neighbours
Aeds, is so much clear gain to his owner, ought
ons since to have been banished, by the notorious
ac' that many no S thus raised, after beng fatten-
Gu will not, at reasonable price, sell for as much
as the corn COST consumed by them. Whereas,
one Judlciousy raised will sell for double the price
0'he grain expended in rearing and fa,tening him.
u any one doubts the truth Of this assertion VIC on
y ask him to make the experiment on two l'tters OF
pss' Keeping en- accurate account of the food con-
sumed, and of,be price of the pork yielded by each,
ana his doubts will be speedily removed.
iokeep stock of any description, in state OF al.
mos! constant starvation is cruel and immoral, and
VIII, on fair experiment, be found that in this
Instance, as we'll as in every Other Providence has
+" connected the duty and interest Of man, that he
.anao Violate the former but at the expense of the
aHe' Were this great truth we'll Understood and
s.a considered, it would produce many valuable
.p'osemsn's in Agriculture, it would save the IN
t y'en' and helpless domestic animals from dread
ta mass OF suffering, and it would save the earth
,Nn. .ne lmpoverishment, by which posttrty are
.Oeeled to oppressive labors and hardshps for its
n1 O'anon which an enlightened regard to their
noe interests, on the part Of their ancestors
.u0 nave rendered wholly unnecessary. AS the
Ms o, noes ought probably, in The present s'a's
3a'' tennessee, TO form a prominent item o.