The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-11-20
From the .Ameracan Farmer.
WORK FOR THE MONTH.
EATTENING HnG3.

- 4ENlNb IlUGS,
Let your attention be turned 10 thi,
subject. lfyour supply of nuts in your
woods should be still sufficient to carry
On your hogs in growing and futcu-
'ng condition, you may continue them
therein for a short time longer: but the
moment this ceases to BIZ the case, YOU
should withdraw them, and treat than
as we advised last month; and a, hogs
take on fat more kindly under tn" in.
i!u"nce of moderately warm weather,
than they do in cold, You should be
careful not to delay the period of taking
up, SO long as to forbid the hope Of be-
ing able to complete the process Of fat.
tening before the intense cold weather
OF winter sets in; and should be- sure to
provide your hogs with good cpminrta-
tle feeding and stepping apartments,
where they will be secure from the er-
ments. The latter should be weekly
supplied with deep body of leaves. or
saw, or some other substance, equally
we'll calculated to make good, dry, COM
Portable bedding; tor, of truth, it may
be- affirmed; that there is no animal
which more enjoys such comforts than
does the hog-none which more amply
repavs its owner for the trouble and la
Dor Of supplying it. Tins thing of per-
hitting hogs 10 be exposed while fat
tenlng, in an open uncovered wet pen,
is as repulsive to our views Of the claims
OF humanity, as it is costly to I'll" own
era of them; for, if thus exposed, very
large percentage of their food is appro-
pr'ated by the animals in preserving the
heat of their bodies, which, under the
influence of comfortable quarters, would
be directed to the formation Of bone
muSc" and fat. When we speak of
covered apartments for FEEDING and
sleeping in, WE do not mean to convey
the idea that such apartment should
not have attached to them yard to
"mch at pleasure they could resort; for
we hold such attachment necessary, in
order that while the hogs may be being
prepared for the slaughter, an import ant
portion of their time may be occupied
IN converting rough materials into good
nuanure.
PLoUaHlNG STIFF CLAys.
Should you have a field of stiff clay
soil that you design for culture next
spring plough it as early this fall, or dn.
ring water, as your convenience will
permit. BY exposing the surface to the
fFos's Of winter, the tenac,ty of the clay
will be broken down and rendered
much more trlable and pleasant to work.
But while you should seize every proper
occasion throuy hout the fall, and win
ter. to plough such soil, you should not
plough when it is eeet: for clay sol
when p!oughed in a coalition Of wet.
ness, - rendered worse than before.
If such land should need lime, YOU
could not avail yourself OF better time
10 put 1t on, than Just after YOU shat
have finished your fall and winter
F!oo@hing Let the lime be slaked witt
sail brine and applied so soon as it fall
into powder.
CoRN-STALKs
As there have been short crops OF cras
in many of the states to the Eastward
OF us, which have heretofore suprii.,
the South with large quantities of Aay
and as the article is at high figure; a
present, and likely to continue so, "
most earnestly -ntreat our readers t
economic their corn-stalks; as many q
th"Io, before the grass of next spin
comes, may want them as food for thei
cattle" IT gathered from the field BIT
lore the liie-sustaining principle
bIrached out of them, if cut up int
inch aud half-inch pieces, and nike
With a small modicum of cnrn-mea
lran. or corn-cob meal, they will max
a very good food. Where the stall
may have been cut up with the fodd,
green upon them, and cured with ii
view OF being fed out, they have prove
10 be highly nuricious food, sustai
ing the stock in good heart throaeho
the season.