Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-11-08

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Oct. 70. Weight Of pig. ss st. 7 lbs. ., :,
Oct. 81. (" Al Z" gain 80 lbs
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To insure economy in the. making o
pork, It is indispensable that suitable pig
gerry be proFided. The particular man
ner in whichthis building is constructed il
Of comparatively little consequence, if il
uniles the essential requisites of such an
important part ef the farm buildings. II
should be convenient; that is, it should be
SO arranged that he labor of feeding the
swine may be diminished as much as possi-
bic. At the preset time large portion
Of the food ofhogs ) cooked, and 'he ap-
paratus for cooking ind the place of feeding
should be near each ,ther. In some oflhs
best arranged piggerhs, The furnaces, stea-
mers, kettles, pumps, &c. are under the
same roof with The pig s,ye, and the labor
of feeding ten or twenty porkers for eight
or ten weeks is materially diminished from
what it would be where the cookingis is per.
formed in the open air, and at a distance
from the pen. The pen for the animals
should be so arranged that it .an be readily
cleaned and kept dry, and in cold weather
bed of straw or little should 10 furnished,
as no hog can fat we'll unless he is kept
warm and comfortable. Too geat a de.
gree Of warmth, or too great 1egree of
cold. seem alike unfavorable to making
pork hence the ;all and the spring months
are better for this purpose than thesummer
or winter ones though in cool orshaded
si,ua,ion, and on bare floor. hogs vii take
on fat as rapidly during the warm months
as at any o:her lime. The troughs 70: fee
ding must be secured by stanchells, or by
pins crossing tn ir upper surface in sucl a
way that al iha pigs max nhinin their share.
and not allow cross domIneer'ng poker
to place himself lenglhwise in the trough,or
run his nose ut will from end, to end, to tie
utter discontinue of,hc more peaceably IT,
clined. A lid to the trough should be pre-
pared and hung in sucn way that the pigs
can be shu, from the trough, until the food
is put in and properly distributed ; thing
easily done, and which will prevent vast
deal Of squealins and 6gh,ng. A farmer
should know that il does not sound well, or
bespcak good management, to have his
pigs make such clamor every time he is
about 70 feed them, as 70 nuke all The peiz
fact. The sizs Of the piggery will OF course
depend on the number Of animals !, IS IN.
tended 10 falten as general rule abou'
two fee, of trough should be allowed 10 each
animal, though much less space may b.
made to suffice especially, if The precau'
lion Of dividing the trough into sections has
been adopted. Where il is intended to feed
a large numbar, the space or building for
the figures, (s,eamers. kettles, &c. may
be made the centre. and the styes arranged
around it, SO as to make he make the man.
agcmcn Of the whole easy. The slovenly
manner in which some persons keep their
swine, and tho disgusting state of their pig
gercs, especially since the practice offeed.
ing the animals on steamed food has be.
come common, is truly dissracrful, and
forms a serious drawback on the profits o
feeding, as i, is clear that hog SO treated
will not take on fat, or be as healthy, as one
kept as a swine should be.
According to an article in the British
fIusbondry, system has been adopted BY
some Of those most extensively engaged ir
the pork business which appears to be 8
grca, improvement on the old method. The
s,yes are built in divisions,e each 10 contain
pig, and to fit him as near as may be. A
one end oflhis bell is the trough, al The
other sliling door that shuts in the pg
No litter of any kind is permitted, as the
stalls are on an inclined plane, and cleanot
out every day. Holes arc bored in thf
floor to allow all mois urc 10 escape. Some
have carried the system so far as not to al
low the width Of the stall to be sufficient to
the hog to turn in, bu, whether standing o.
lying, he always remains with his head Z
The trough. The advantages of this mod
arc supposed to be, that the ho5 keeps NOR
quiet has q clean dry slye, is sure OF
sufficient supply of food without fighting
for it and as necessary consequence fat
tens much faster. Supposiiions which haV
been justified by the resul: OF many expert
ment.
AS 10 the kind Of fool best adapted t
| p,t,;no nork there can be but one opinio