Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1836-09-30
TrrNING HOGS.

FATTENING HOGS:
&C., dav of December four shoats
On 'ns m ~ breed, nearly of a size, and as
% ! , like in every respect as could be Sc
ID a sso + n herd of ninety hogs, were
Jed IS;so Of each carefully weighed, and
de cnO'.V senorate stye where their food
td u .rar,Iv regulated They weighed
!. DC sishty.One and one hundred pounds.
f'eu '' gbose weights together made one
Two Wv. Nd" eiphty-fve pounds, were fed on
'iIf Ta " Of sRelIed corn, weighing seven
wv each. for every twenty-four hours,
lpa'w ~nch water as they wanted. This
D r. of food was a plenty for them, gen
tllOy L - about consumed it, Some five
y , gisy days, between the first of De
81 u' and fourth Of January, the time the
nD .;n ~or was going on, they did moi eat
I, whole allowance
~ " .S" two shoats, whose weights togeth-
to' ~ ia pounds, seven pounds OF good
liau' ,orn meal, by measure ten pints,
aap node into good mush, or hasiy pud'
'F , n,I divided between them every TWEEN
a" Sonrs That is, these two had al
pl' ,hem exactly half the weight of meal,
S We. % 'Se others had of raw corn. The
nSp ' ",n of meal were daily mixed
T' ,be scading water, and then well
lJ ". he whole process Of cooking was
oIFu an average Of l-2 hours. They
~. y, oil oil led twice day, and at the same
,' u" The evening feed of the shoats fed
"r mo,b was generally warm-lhe morn
G G@J having stood all night, was always
y The seven pounds of ten pints of
w. when cooked, weighed an average OF
nonods and measured an average OF
,.p Gallons. There was difference Of
nv Donuds in the weight OF the latter pair
Se smallest had the least appetite, and his
Inr,nce of fifteen pounds of mush was
,s a, much as he appeared to want, or
aid eat up clear; the other was greedy,
M always sharp set, despatched his mess
&prkly, and wanted more.
Bsf3re the experiment had progressed a
Iotoight there was very perceptibIe diff
renee in the appearance of these pigs
rhcse fed on mush assumed more thrifty,
8snhy fresh appearance, particularly OF
heir hair and this difference became more
ktnkinq as the experiment advanced.
4 On the 4th of January, while preparations
were making for killing and dressing, they
Mere again weighed on the hoof One oI
hose then, whose daily allowance had been
|sren pounds Of corn each, had increased
|uen,y pounds in the twenty.lour days; the
bher, which had had an equal allowance Of
kcn hal increased only five pounds. |
toud not account for the difference by any
khug IcouId discover, either before or after
billing the appetiles Of these two were
much more alike than Of the others and
|Fheir health was apparently equally good.
OF the pair fed on mush, whose daily al
lowaace had been three and half pounds
|of meal each, the greedy one had gained
,Nen.yihree pounds, and the other twenty
|oue pounds
These are all the material facts in these
experiments, except that very small por
ton Of salt was put into each mess of must
land there is no miracle in them. The
hogs allowed three and half pounds mea
each gained less than three fourths Of &
pound daily, and this surely they nigh
have gained from the meal but they gained
more than those fed on double that quantity
Of corn. The saving of one half the i'm
nrnse quantity OF corn consumed in raising
and iai'ening hogs in Maryland, would b,
well worth the offer of premium to hav,
these experiments accurately repeated anc
tested BY different persons
Nd. Ayr Report