Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-10-26
Gnuprr's GIlrkadurg
From the American Farmer.
WORK FOR THE MONTH.
OCTOBER.

OCTOBER.
MANAGEMENT OF Hoes, &c.-Upon this
auhject we will copy from our journal for
October. 1852, as in that article there is
all that is necessary in the premises, with
n view of bringing the matters therein
contained before our numerous new sub
scrib .rs:
Tue time is coming on pace, when it
will be necessary to put up your hogs
for fattening. In order therefore, that
you may make the most of this part of
your farm economy. we suppose that you
should prepare for your fatIening swine
good covered shed, with plank floor for
them to sleep on. or retire to, in wet wea-
ther. This shed should be divided into
two apartments-the one for feeding IN,
and the other for sleeping In. Attached
to it there should be an enclosed yard !:
its size to correspond with the number of
your hogs. Over this yard spread to the
depth of 10 or 12 inches of rough mate
rails, az marsh-mud, oOd's-mould. ior
any similar substance. Over this, twice
thrice week, SOW plaster, or pulverized
charcoal. Every two weeks after your
hogs are put up for fattening clear out
your yard and put in an equeal quantity
tice until you kill your hogs, and you will
be able from 20 hogs, if you keep the ma
nure out of the weather, or so pack 1t up
In bulk as to turn the rain water, to ma
nure as many acres of land. This is not
an exaggerated statement, and will not be
considered by those who reflect that there
are nearly TBS. of Urea in every 100
pounds of hog airline, and that there are
nearly fb. in his solid excretions and
that every pound of area is resOlvabIe in
to so much ammonia, and that this mixed
manure yields in every 100 lbs. Is lbs. of
Potash, z TBS. .Sulphats of soda, 10 lbs. OF
the phosphate of soda, and of lime magne-
STA 8 Tbs. OF. We say those who reflect
that the executions of the fattening hog
are thus rich in the elemental food OF
plants. will not consider what we say in
behalf of the value of the Weddings of the
hog as manure, to be in the least exagger-
ated.
While the hogs are undergoing the pro-
cess of fattening, corn should be scatter
tered daily over the yard to induce them
to root for it in SO doing, they will turn
over and mix the excretlOns with the
rough materials and thus aid in the alb
sorption of the former by the latter.
The material from the hog-yard, when
ever cleared out should be thrown into
bulk. in such form as will turn water, and
then be compressed with the back of the
shovel, and have fresh portions of plaster,
or powdered charcoal, added to it and
busted over the surface of the heap.
TREATMENT OF THE HoGs.-When first
penned for fattening, they should. for three
or four days, at intervals of day apart
have mixed with their food, which should
be soft, in the proportion of u tsaSpoonj"I
of Flour Of tSulph1r, and half a teaspoon
full of coperas to each hog.
Their food for the first week or ten days
should be mainly pumpkins, roots, apples
or vegetables of some kind, mixed with
small proportion Of corn meal, which
should be cooked As the feeding pro-
crosses increase the quantity of meal
The last three weeks of the fatteniug, the
hogs should be fed on cooked corn meal.
Their beds should be provided with
straw or leaves, which should be cleaned
out and renewed once n week.
REQUESTS FOR THE HoG-YARD.-Each
yard wherein hogs are fattened should be
provided with RuJbing post for the hogs
to rub themselves against, and trough
coal, rotten wood, ashes and salt.
TINES OF FEED1NG.-The hogs should
be fed thrice a day, morning noon and
evening, at regular times-regulority be-
ing promotive of success in feeding.
TINE OF PUTTING uP.-When the mast
of the woods are eaten up. So long as
the nuts OF the oak. the beech, and the
ehestnuts are plentiful in the woods, so
long may the hogs remain aboard for
they relish and fatten upon this kind of
food !; but when this description of
food becomes scarce they should be
penned up. as after they begin to fat
teen they should never be permitted to
fall off. From that moment, onaVara should
be the word until they are slaughtered.
WASHING THE TRoUGus.-It is a good
custom to wash out the troughs of the hogs
daily.