Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-11-07

We publish in another column lhe

We publish in another column the
proceedings Of the Agricultural Board.
hoping. yet fearing. II the object is
merely to get up shoes. we can not
promise much good to result from it,
but freslly to develope facts, then the
society viii do good. One such
faet.as that furnished by l. G.. Scoby
a year or two ago. in regard to the
price Of corn fed 10 hogs. is worth a
dozen sho,os. except to young folks.
who like fun. One such fact AS the
following from an old acquaintance
living in Switzerland county. is worth
thousands Of dollars il practised up
on. And such facts may be ELECTED,
BY every reading and thinking farm
er. We know q farmer. east Of Brook
vile, who wasted corn enough last fall
"a good farmer toto have bought
q mill, and boiler.and paid ahand $50
per month to have ground and boiled
his corn, aud fed his hogs. At the
present prices Of corn, it does not pay
to feed the raw material to stock
The following is the letter:
"Being desirious of knowing which
| is the best way of doing whatever is
to be done, ! am in the habit of ma
king experiments with view to know
by experience or by actual test.
The following is the result Of an
experiment made by me last fall in
feeding hogs. l wished to fatten eight
hogs, four Of which were Of one it,
ter, and weighed when put up, 245 lbs.
each. I took one hog from each lot
and put the two in one pen. and the
six in another pen, giving both lots
equal chances. l fed both lots all
they would eat, Of good sound ear
corn, for the term Of six weeks, keep
ing An accurate account Of the corn
consumed by each lot. The corn CIV
en- to the six hogs was thoroughly
cooked, while that fed to the two hogs
was dry. in the ordinary way.
The result was. the hogs fed on dry
corn gained 10 lbs, TO the bushel Of
corn, and those fed on cooked corn
gained 10 lbs. to the bushel Of corn.
The manner in which ! cooked the
corn Is as follows / made box 2
feet wide. 8 feet long. and Q feet deep,
and nailed plate OF sheet iron on the
bottom, which was sufficient 10 cook
Is bushels Of ear corn ut time, and
set on q small arch. and cooked II for
about twelve hours. II takes but q
small amount Of wood. but q great
deal Of water In order TO cook it,
Hereafter. l intend crushing the corn
on my Little Giant before cooking II,
as I think Il will be still better for this
reason: noticed last fall that the
hogs that were fed on the cooked corn
ate cob and oil for two or three weeks
after that ate corn only"
/ Yours, respectfully,
U. II. srown.
Allensyille, Ind.
In New England noarly all hog
are fallened on mush. The price o
corn Is such as not to Justify feeding nj
! we do In this country. Scott d He'd
ges have made q cheap kind Of Dol
Ter. with pipes attached. by whicl
food for cattle and hogs can be bolle'
on very cheap scale. II 10 bushel
Of boiled corn will mako ~ much por|
. or beef as 10 bushels not boiled. n
indicated by Mr.. Stoves experiment
: tho man who fed 1900 bushels las
; year will save 800 bushels by tho us
of the Giant and boiler. which vii
cost him less than 600, while IN
!. corn saved will be worth al least. ssa
leaving eieb TO pay for the extra ID
Dor Of this method Of feeding. Th
. man who fed 600 bushels can saw
enough TO pay for both the mill an
boiler, In ono year. saving one thIr
Of tho corn. The Giant now for cal
= is great improvement on the on
sold last year. A specimen Of bot
= the Giant and the boiler can be see
at our oiAce.