Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-10-11

prosemsnt upon our scrub races. Among
those may be mentioned the Russia, Derk.
shire, and Irish Grazier. The i've lsEef
are now in greatest repute but have not
vet been Introduced into this region. We
have the Russia, however, which 10 COM
parison with our scrub hog, 10 q vastly fne
animal /; possessing many ofthe qualities OF
the China pig, with the additional aadvanta.
ges Of large size and heavy weight
Itis great folly, in the farmer, to feed the
"razor.back" al no profit, or q dead loss.
when he can procure at reasonable ex.
pense, the improved breeds ofswine, which
pay so much better for their keep. The
difference must bs immense, as We have no
doubt fair:expermsnt would fully exem.
phfy. The possession Of good stock Of
swine, too, GENERALLY. .insoivesfhe additional
advantage Of better attention and keep han
the scrub animal is apt 10 receive. Tho
farmer takes pride and pleasure 10 his
care ofa good pig, which il Is not ex,rsor.
dinary should be altogether waning 10 the
rearing an inferior one.
in relation to the management and feed
ing of a stock Of hogs, i Is altogether easier
to prescribe directions than 10 reduce them.
to practice. Crushing, grinding, boiling
steaming and fermenting food ior hogs, caa
be easily demonstrated TO be BY far the
most profitable method /; and where the stock
is small, it ought always 10 be adopted. But
we despair Of persuading The large farmer
10 enter upon It. It certainly does make
great deal of trouble, and consumes no little
time and, his time and labor cannot al.
ways be sparad from other necessary ope.
rations on the farm, although there would,
doubtless, be q fair remuneration il the
economy accomplished in the use Of the
food thus consumed. An English gentle
man, for instance (Mr. Saunders Of Stroud
Gioucestershiss,) entered upon and carried
out an experiment, than which we cannot
conceive OF any thing much moro trouble.
son,e and laborious, and at iis termination
considered himself TO have accomplished
piece of great and successful economy. He
daily made five fogsheads Of hay tea, thick.
ened mot with milk and sugar, but) with
bran, meal or boiled vegetables, and fed Il
to upwurds Of 400 pigs, keeping them in ex.
cellcnt order, and many Of them ft for the
butcher. In the course Of his experiment
he used nearly 1900 hogsheads of,be tea;
the pigs took on sleek and gloosy coats.
seemed highly gratified with their fare. and
drank themselves into particularly rich
and delicate meat, either for pork o. bacon.
Incredible as j, may appear, the entire chat.
ges Of bed, board, washing and lodging for
these 400 pigs, we're at the rate ofohe pen.
ny head per day.
Now, brilliant as was s1e success of this
with these interesting pigs NO
can hardly hope 10 persuade any ofour rea-
ders to repeat il, and therefore We do 10,
attempt il, although X is our frm conviction
that there B but little, If any, labor, time, or
expense incurred on The farm, which would
be better compensated than that spent in o
judicious preparation Of food BY cooking
or fermentation, for swine particularly. This
trouble, owing TO diffaren. organization Of
the digestive functions in the hose and COW,
would not be so well remuneraisd when in.
CURED for them.
We like the Kentucky system Of making
pork. The hogs there 90 into clover 10 The
spring, are turned upon the rye fields as they
ripen. whenHhese are consumed subsise awhile
in the wheat and oats Aubble, and fatten them.
selves in the fields Of standing corn. This
system invo YES Two particularly Important,
among other advantages. The hogs require
little or no attention ; and returning to tho
soil what they take from il the land is ih
constant routine Of Improvement. although
growing exhausting crops the greater pat,
Of the time. This method is adapted to
large business; and although it wears the
aspect of waste and sloven!iness, i, may be
whether It d hot upon Tie whole,
the most economical tina. can DO desised.,
Crops Of oats consumed while standing,
some early, and others to come in about the
middle Of August and frs. Of September.
would aid greatly in the rearing Of hogs.
and lots OF fields Of artichekes for Fall,
Winter and early Spring roofing, would
without doub,, be found couvenieDs and
profitable. The orchard, 10 ils season, will
also prove grea, help.
Tennessee Farmer.
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