The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-12-25
FATTENlNG HOGS.

On the first day of December, four shoats Of
the same breed, nearly Of a size, and as much
alike in every respect as could he selected from
a herd Of ninety odd hogs, we've made choice
Of; each carefully weighed, and placed in a sim
Gle stye where their food could exactly be regu-
lated. They weighed between 81 pounds and
100. The two whose weights together made
lS5 pounds, were fed on one gallon of shelled
Indian corn weighing seven pounds 10 each, 70
every 81 hours and az much water as they wan
ted. This quantity Of food was a plenty for
them; generally they about consumed it. Some
FIVE or six different days between the first ofDe-
cembor and 4th Of January, the time the expert.
ment was going on, they did not eat their whole
allowance.
For the two s%loats, whose weights together
made l73 pounds, seven pounds Of good Indian
corn meal, by measure ten pints, were made in
to good mush, or hasty pudding, and divided be-
tween them for every twcnty-four hours. That
is, these two had allowed them exactly half the
weight Of meal which the others had of raw
corn. The seven pounds of meal were daily
mixed with scalding water, and then we'll boiled;
the whole process Of cooking was done on an
average in II hours. They were all fed twice
a day end at the same time. The evening feed
of the shoats fed on mush was generally warm
tho morning food, having stood all night, was
generally cold. The seven pounds, or ten pints
of meal, when cooked, weighed an average of
thirty pounds, and measured an average Of
three gallons. There was a difference of nine
smallest had the least appetite, and his allowance
OF fifteen pounds Of mush was just as much as
he appeared 10 want or would eat up clear; the
other was greedy, and always sharp set, des-
patched his mess quickly, and wanted more.
Before the experiment had progressed a fort
might, there was a very p%erceptiblo difference in
he appearance of these PIGS. Those fed on
mush assumed a more thrifty, healthy, fresh APP
pearance, particularly of their hair, and this APP
~pearance became more striking as the experiment
advanced.
On the All of January, while preparations
were making for killing and dressing, they were
again weighed on the moot. One Of those then
whose daily allowance had been seven pounds
ofcorn each, had increased 30 pounds in the 81
days: the other, which had an equal allowance
Of corn, had increased only 5 pounds. | could
not account for the difference by any thing |
could discover, either before or after killing; the
appetitos Of these Two were much more alike
than of the others; and their health was appa-
renfly equally good.
OF the pair fed On mush, whose daily allow
ance had been three and a half pounds Of meal
each, the greedy one had gained % pounds and
the other u pounds.
These are all the material facts in these cx-
pertmcnts, except that a very small portion of
salt was put in each mess of husband there is
no miracle in them. The hogs allowed three
and a half pounds of meal each, gained less
than three-Gourths of a pound each daily, and
this surely they might have gained from the
meal; but they gained more than those fed on
double that quantity of corn. The saving Of
~oAe-half the immense quantity Of corn consul
med in raising and fattcning hogs in Maryland,
have these experiments accurately repeated and
tested by different porsons.--Maryrd Ag. Rep.