The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1855-01-10
Fro m the I'e,as journal.
EoG RAISING.

4 .NrSSlAo. IsDllHfN'--t iNSlhN WI iHN
San Marcos, tweatS miles from il:
source. ! have been in Texa. twely I
years. and for about eight years, have
devoted ny attention 10 fhc raising oi
hogs. The country is well adapted Ia
this business. The different varieties
Of OAK and the Pecan, found growing
every where except On the open prai-
rics, furnish an almost inexhaustible
supply of food for hogs. This, with
What the, find IL the grnund By ront-
ing, will keep them in good condition
the year round, without feeding them
corn. ] have raised all Of mine in thin
way. have lei them run our, and
have never kept them shut up or led
them corn. think they thrive best,
when they run at large. | have had
hogs, only eighteen months old, that
weighed $50 pounds; aud hogs at the
age Of two wears, that weighed 45O
pounds. | commenced with 80 stock
hogs Of gnod breeds the different va.
Iricties | du moi remember bad some
| know. 0f the Irish srazicr, Kind
that ! prefer . any other. have MT
aimed To increase my stuck Ia large
amount. but have, ctcry year. sold
more or less. The receipts cf N,
sales, sumo years have been as high as
$500.
Hogs IN this country are not ssbjeet
10 ans disease. Wounds on them are
sometimes infested with worms, but
they soon get ril Of these if they can
find mud and water to salluw in.
From my own experience haze lcarn-
ed something IN regard to The raising
Of hogs, that | have never read IN
books, and which | will state for the
benefit 0f those WIN may wish "a en-
gage III this business. A sow will have
pigs when she is twelve months old |:
the first litirr will be 1, 5 or d; after
that she will usually have from S to
- al litter. This. | suppose, is well
known. But where a number Of saws
are running Together. With pigs u dii.
lercnt ages, iuund almost invariably
that the larger aud older pigs would
rob tlie smaller and Younger ones Of
their mix and ille .uws manifested
no particular pariiality for their yuunS.
In such a Stale oi things. the tuung
pigs nltcn,lid not get sus.cnance enough
10 thrive well.
To remedy this evil, il was uecessa-
~ 10 cause all the snws 10 have their
pigs. at ur near the same time. | rl.
lccted this by keeping The boar from
them tlll the last snw lad her litter;
then, or Wiihins week alter lbat ttnlr,
! separated sl tie pIgs from the Suns,
aud found. by - dung, that the SUMS
would all take the buar WITHIN twenty.
four hour, irnin the time nl such srpa
ration. ! never found il necessary 10
keep the pigs lrnm Tie SIMS morc than
twent, -four hours. lIy pursuing this
cnnrsc. have had my spns come IA
With their pigs invariably about the
samr time, aud al regular intervals ol
iDNui stNfUiftH MIthNs MS Wda Eu-
ablcd me 10 give ti,em better attention
al tie critical period u thcir farrow-
ing. aud ia secure TO yuaitg pIgs the
full cnju, mcnt Of their uatufai tights.
have been asked TO make sonir
statements as tn tic increase d hugs
in iii, country, aud the profits uf ips
raising. The calculation isea,iIy mad,
from what have SAID above. tine sow,
alter her first litter, Will have eight
pigs at 4 litter, upon an average, aud
at regular intervals nl sctentccn weeks;
aud about hall ii these will be females.
From these data il Wuuld loilUw that
tie prulacc ii one SOW IN five years
Mould be over 2.ODn hogs, worth mnre
Than f,c times that amount ~ dollars.
lhis Is nn PAPER; the actual practical
results Will depend upon the amount
uf skill aud attention rcall, devoted lu
the business. JOINS l.. BUON.
No,cnlbcf sih. 1851.