Maumee City express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1838-184?, 1839-01-12

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Pics AND PraaEnrEs. The improyements
which are annually taking place 10 A agriculture.
fare seen and felt as much ia the attention tIiat
is nowpaid TO the rearing and fstle4,inc of
good farm stock, as In any thing.
We are pleased to see that the hog comes
IN fora share Of this attention, and there seams
10 be atthis moment q particular enquiry
Throughout the whole Union, what breed IL the
best, and bow can they be best aud most pro-
ftably managed' ~. 5
The increased culture Of roots, enables those
who raise large Quantities Of them 10 multiply
the tenants of the stye, inasmuch as thew 1rsr
enabled to feed them and keep them II 4 heal
thy growing state at cheaper rate il uenv
regions, by feeding them with these, than
they CANDY grain. The hog seems 10 be j.
sort of omnipoyous animal, that 10 like his
friend, protector, murder and derourer, man.
he can eat almost any thing; but the food
which appearsto be most congenial to him, il
roots, nuts and seeds Of grains.
That roots were designed to enter largely
into his diet, is plainly indicated By the forfna@
tion of his snout and his habits Of using Il.
Give him a chance and he VIII soon demoyl~
strate to you that he not only knows where
to find them, but how to dispose them.
They are not so well calculatedto fatten him
as they are togive them health and strength
to keep him alive and active; but they are.
a very useful ingredient In the fattening pro-
cess, and when combined with rain, may en-
ter largely into his diet while preparing him for
slaughter.
Fruits, also, are very grateful to his palate,
and apples are now coming very generally in
to use, as an article of food for the swine of
the farm. Cooking his food. whatever il may
be, has been found by experience to be great
improvement. Hence any one may be desi-
rous of rearing and fattening pork to The best
advantage. should prepare piggery or build
ing, devoted exclusively for this business.
The style and fashion of this building need not
be very splendid, though every one may con-
suit his own taste and means, in regard to it..
Three requisites, however, should be attended
to, viz:-It should be convenient--it should be
warm-it should be tight and dry. The size
should be according to the number you wish to
keep. AS general rule in building and en-
closing, a circle will take the least stuff and q
square the next less quantity and a parallelo-
gram more than either. For instance, cir
Gle twen.y feet in diameter, will require near
ly sixty three feet of fence or boards to enclose
it. A square twenty feet each way, will re-
u
area than the circle; but paralelogram which
shall contain as much area as the square
(40O feet) say forty feet long and ten feet
wide, will require one hundred feet to enclose
it.
A circle is somewhat difficult to construct,
but square is very easy. Suppose you erect
building twenty feet square and have your
pens on the outside--three of the side will give
your space enough to accommodate and feed
thirty swine. You can have your wood, steam
ers, boilers and vats, in the twenty feet room
and feed them all without going out of the
room by having lid or trap door to lifl up and
give you chance to the troughs. If you can
have it placed on the side Of a hill where wa
ter can be obtained easily, and have a cellar
dug into the hill the floor of which shall be
on a level with the floor Of your boiling room,
it will be very convenient, butif not, a cellar
below may be madein the usual manner and
granary in the chamber above.--lMaine Far
mer.