Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-11-07
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American Farmer.
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put your hogs uptto fatten, the
be ready for their reception.
should have feeding and
apartment with yard attach
oh. In each pen there should be a
post. The surface Of each yard
be q hasin>like form, over which a
y OF plaster should be spread, and
pc COVERED to the depth of several
with woods mould, marsh mud,
9r creek mad. the earth from head.
OF ditch or road scrapiugs, weeds,
al Of which materials during the fat
Sg season. will be converted into good
sahure; for there are no better manufac-
erers OF manure than hogs. Without
nterins iuto any details of the constitu
pt elements Of hog manure, we would
y that it is considered, in the view of
chemists. superior to that of the COW,
this estimate is borne out in practice
the closest agricultural observers.
len theory and practice both arrive at
4same conclusion, we may be sure that
opinion is very nearly founded in
filling the ySrl Of hog pen with the
stances named. every few inches Of
matter as it is being placed in and
sad ON the yard, should be busted
with plaster, or with pulverizcd
;Val to prevent the escape of the
onia. Occasionally stable and cow
manure should be thrown over the
ace aud treated to sprinklin Of plaster
puIverized charcoal. To encourage
hogs TO root, every few days grains Of
should be distributed over the sur
Of the Yards in consuming and
irchIng for the corn. the hogs root up
intimately mix all the substances to-
er,, and thereby assure an equality in
Value OF the compound-a matter Of
lat consideration in such bodies. If
d provide your hogs with the rough
aterial named, each hog during the fat
hing season will make two loads Of
cd compost manure. 10 show the va
Of the urine of the fattening hogs, we
i remark that it is estimated by chem
that it is us rich in the elements OF
getable productions. as is that of the
IAN urine. and that in every pint Of
Ter, there are the elements of
heat: If this be true. and we
hat it is, we would ask is it not
lille for agriculturists to put them
IS the trouble Of saving so fruit
: = 9 fertilizer as hog manure, solid
. n rs liquid To this question there
g be but one rational answer and that
5 <s%lhrm i've one. There is no animal
that .Oils more urine than the hog, and
There is n"ue Voiding it of richer and
mOis Ier'IIizIng quality indeed, there is
nuue :" Ilsn. Each 100 pounds of hog
luv, Will give 564 pounds Of urea.
irh il equal TO so much ammonia, and
tal"iy then it is most worthy OF being
nj. aud can be to a very considerable
J by the means pointed out by US in
Judgements ofthe yards of the fat>
Qs. Besides urea the urine of
81 Gpsists of albumen, substance
$aRn, nitrogen hydrogen. oxy~
EndAru and sulphur, in common
y of potash. gypsum, chalk
T3Salts, each and all of which
shces are useful in the building up
etab;e products. Let us now turn
= - he liquid part of the manure of the
J. 20 the solid portion. What do we learn
Il the latter? Why science and practice
both combine to declare that,it is as rich in
all the elements of fertilization and vege~
talle production as that of man and
he nee it results that substances so en-
Tiching, so eminenlly calculated to fer
tilize the soil and increase its products,
should be economised and made to per-
forrS their rightful offices in the improves
msnA Of the land-in the nurture, elabo-
ra;idh and perfection of the seed commit
ted to the earth.
: Treatment Of hogs IOhen taken Mp.-All
hogs when first taken up for faLsening,
should receive three or four doses of
fiuut ofsulphur. and as many of copperas,
in discs of tablespoon, ut intervals Of
twoldays apart. These SHOULD be given
then in messes of bran or meal. Such
dosss serve to cool the blood, strengthen
Pc digestive organs, and remove those
TprIns, which some times attack the kid
Is.
Is to heir food-Their food for the
stltw0 or three weeks should be pump.
pFb apples, or roots and other vegetables,
Gilch would be the better of being cooked
mixed with bran, or meal of some
Id; the latter being increased from day
day. gradually, SO that when the hogs
me to have corn or meal altogether the
Range may not be injuriously felt by
hem.
Whether corn or corn meal be fed out
b the hogs great saving will be effected
by having either cooked, and it is imma-
,erial whsther it be boiled or steamed.
4 saving may be effected by cooking Of
rom Is to 20 per cent-by grinding into
peal and cooking. of 80 per cent.
Materials 5or the hog>pen yard.-A
Sough shoulabe kept in the yard, at all
mes supplied With charcoal, wood ashes.