Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1853-12-22
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AND OTHER SrocK.-Farmers are very
slow to learn that warmth is equivalent
to food, and that none Of them should
ever keep more animals than they can
keep warm and comfortable through the
winter. The Maine Farmer says on this
subjects:
In the mild regions os the south and
southwest, where hogs can roam at large
nearly or quite all the year, and do their
own fshucking,' and crack nuts at their
leisure, pork making is not much OF
job, and not much Of science. But
with us, where the hog comes on to the
list of leisurely loafers, and demands
not only comfortable shelter but clean
straw and dlhot suppers, pork-making be-
comes one of the sciences. O.
At this season of the Tear this pork
ological science comes il requisition,-
and every one who has a p.g in his stye
and no pig in his barrel must be on the
alert if they wish to make the. most of
their swill. We do not propose to give
anything more than few November
hints on this subject now. And in the
first place, it viii be necessary that your
pig hath t0drm quarters. 1t is law of
animal life that proper and profitable
action of all its functions should be car
ried on amid certain degree of warmth
This warmth is generated in the animal,
and is called animal heat. Il, then,
you do not place the animal in situa-
ton where this warmth can be retained,
the organs become cold, the whole ma
chinery will move sluggishly and not
half perform its Office. and you meet
with loss by not obtaining full re-
turn, from the means which you expend
omit. So keep piggy warmis the first
experiment. c
The next is to give him a suficiency
of nutritious food.
We here in Maine, generally, have an
abundance of apples and roots, of vari
GUS kinds to give our hogs, which will
bring them up to good degree of mus
cular size and strength, and when thus
attained, top off, as farmers sometimes
say, with diet of corn or pea meal.
These last articles containing more oil
and farinaceous substances than the for
mer, bring on state of fatness which |
constitutes good pork. Various expert
ments have been tried by observing men
in order to test the profit or loss in our
section of country by feeding hogs with !
Indian corn. This profit or loss every
one can see must vary continually ac-
cording to circumstances. The late Mr..
Colman, after long and careful practice,
come to the conclusion that by cooking
the meal, when corn was 81 cents per
bushel, and round hog cents per pound,
it was saving business.
Recent experiments have indicated |
that with commonly thrifty breed of
hogs, and reasonable attention, bush
ell of Indian corn viii make Is pounds
of pork. Assuming this to be correct, |
you can easily calculate eproft or loss
of your pork factory accordingly as you
find the cost of your corn and the mar
ket price of pork,
Here is an article Just as fully to the |
point from the Genessee Farmer. Pom
der its truths and then put every animal
you have in good warm place
Thus science informs us why it is that
cattle and other animals subsist on less
food in winter, and keep in better order,
if well stabbed, or housed and regularly
fed than they willif subjected to the ri
gors of cold storms, snow, rain, mud, |
and irregular feeding. The latter sys-
tenn consumes both forage and flesh
needlessly, and of course involves pro-
digious loss to such as follow it.
Warmth is the equivalent of food, be-
cause food is used in the bodies of all
animals to generate what we call animal
heat How far warm stables will save
hay, grain, roots, corn-stalks and other
food of domestic animals is not known;
but number of experiments have led
to the conclusion that one-third may
thus be saved with advantage to stock.
A man at work out in the cold of winter
needs double the food that would serve
him if he remained idle in warm room
through the winter; and the same is
true of an oxor horse. A large share
of all domestic animals do not work, and
are kept for the production of flesh,
milk, or wool. They need reasonable
amount of exercise to preserve their
health, as well as good keeping in the
matters of food, drink and shelter In
wintering hogs, true economy requires
that one should keep no more than will
give the maximum of flesh for the food |
consumed. To keep pig without his
gaining in weight involves not only the
amount of food he consumes, but all the
injury resulting from stunting his
growth. Few arc aware of the damage
done to young animals by permanently
arresting the growth of their bones and
muscles. A stunted pig, calf, colt or
lamb has received an irreparable inju-
ry. You can no more fully make
amends for the shock given to the vital
functions than you can give horse a
new seeing eye in place of one that has
been put out by violence. No after
feeding of horse will give him new