The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-04-12

then !
Ia bu. of corn, at S5c per bu. S14S7
Tho millers toll for grinding
So bu. corn and cob, at 4c
per bu. 1.i0 Sl6,27
Through Sept and Oct. which
is 81 weeks, the four pigs
have bu. per day of peas
and oats, ground, mixed
with bu per day Of cooked
hot vegetables, the whole
slightly fcrmentcd they,con-
sumo, then,3t bu. peas and
oats per week, or say 30
bu. in the 81 weeks, worth
Gee per bu. 1890
Also, 30 bu. small potatoes,
or other refuse vegetables,
worth, cooked, 20c per bu.,
which Is rather high 600
The miller's toll for so bu.
peas and oats, at 1c per bu. 90 % 90
Through November and De-
cembcr,till killing time say
weeks, the -four pigs have,
on an average, the meal
made from bu. of ground
corn and cob, per bay, well
cooked, which is bu. corn
and cob per week or 66 bu.
in all, eqnal to % bu. of
corn, worth Soc per bu. $3.50
Total for grinding 81 bu. corn
and cob, 4c per bu. 2,24 2Goi
Worth of the pigs at weeks
old, 81 each 500
Total cost of fattcning the
pigs SIo,ol
The other side of the account
When slaughtered the pigs
will average 300 lbs each,
dressed, or will weigh 1900
lbs. the four, worth &c per
lb. SiO0
They have prepared 80 loads
of compost, between the
18th Of April and the lst of
Jan, worth bu. of corn,or
Soc per load $3.50 lO9,59
Deduct cost OF fattcning 1851
Balance over and above mar
kct price Of the materials
consumed S33 90
MEMoRASDuM.-lf the price of corn were
ST. per bu., then on the Ia and % bus. Of
corn In the above account of cost of fattcning,
there would be an addition Of 15c per bu.,
making and increased cost of S6,S2.
SO far as I can judge, or have reason
to believe, the above statement Of the
cost of getting four pigs of a frst-rate
breed up to the weight of 800 lbs each,
dressed, is plenty large enough but if
the reader should insist that il ought to
be made larger, / in turn may with pro.
priety claim additions to the other side
of the statement for while the average
price Of corn for run of 10 years past
would not, in my region of country, ex.
coed Soc per bushel, my pork has on an
average sold for more than 7 cents per
IT,; aud l think it may be truely said that
an extra quality of pork such as the sys-
TEN of feeding 6rst.class breed of pigs
as above described may always make,
willany year command, in any considerable
market, from to | or &c per lb. more
than the current price of pork. As for
the weight of the pigs, | may claim sbinc
100 lbs. Ut more GU tho addition on the
four and as for the compost made by
the pigs. had better pay one dollar a
load for it rather than not have it,
By feeding the four pigs from Sept.
lst, to about Dee. Isl, on greater qtiau-
tity Of cooked vegetables and less quan.
tity of meal per day than is reckoned in
the above account, the expense Of feed.
ing would be lessened but in Offset the
pigs thus fed and killed at the age of 10
montLs, Ls,would not weigh as much, the tex.
ture of the pork would not be as firm nor
the price quite as high as if fed as stat.
ed in the account above. Still farmers
situated in localities rather uufavorable
to tho profitable raising of grain, and
where it commands rather high price
in proportion to the price of pork, may
frd i; advisable, in fattening swine, to
feed more largely Of cooked vegetables
aud less OF grain than is my custom, and |
take up with lcss amount OF pork
For one, am satisfied that il is profit. |
able to fatten swine ofa good breed here
in New England, provided the business
in oil its departments is managed under
siandingly, aud with strict system. | !
have to say to nv brother farmers, that
before purchasing town msnurcs very |
largely or sending thonsy Of for foreign |
fertilizers. Il Is we'll to look |
about aud soc if cheaper materials and
means ct home are fully employed for
fertilizing the soil At less cost The
subitanees near at hand and 81 for max :