The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-12-03
Agricultural,
SWINE.

ii you have no hog pens among the APP
polutmcnts OF your farm, have some i'm
'nediatcly put up 50 hat when it shall be
tim1 to put your hogs up to fatten, the
pens may be ready for their reception
The pens shouldhave a feeding and sleep
ing apartment, with y yard attached to
each. In each pen there should be Il rub
'3iag post. The surface of each ward
should be farmed into a basin-like form,
over which a bushel of plaster should be
spread, and covered several inches in
depth with woods mould, marsh mud, riv-
er or creel; mud, The earth from headlands.
or ditch or road scrapipgs, weeds, &c, all
OF Which materials during the fatLeuing
season viii be converted into good man
ure :or there are no better manufacturers
OF manure than hogs. Without entering
'nto any detail ofthe constituent elements
OF hog manure, we woull say, that it is
considered, in tho view of chemists, supc.
rIor to that of the cow, and this cs-
innate IS borne ont in practice by the clio
sest agricultural Observers. When tlleo-
~ and practice both arrive At the same
conclusion, we may be sure tlat this opin-
ION Is very nearly founded in truth.
In filling The yard OLA hooper with
the substances named, every few inches
OF the matter as it is being placed in and
spread OH the yard, should be busted
over the plaster, or with pulrerizcd char
coal, to prevent the escape OF the ammonia.
Occasionally stable aud cow yard manure
should be thrown over the surface and be
treated TO sPriaklings Of plaster or pulvcr-
iZed charcoal. To encourage the hoas 10
root, every few days grains of corn should
he distributed over the surface Of wards +.
IN consuming and searching for the corn,
the hogs root up and intimately mix all the
substances together, aud thereby assure
m equality in the value of the compound
"A matter of great consideration in such
bodies. Ii you provide your hogs with
the rough material ramed, each hog dur
iag the fattening season will make two
loads OF good compost manure. To show
the value OF the urine ofthe fatteninc hog.
W. viii remark, thatitis estimated BIZ chem
lists that it is rs rich in the elements Of
vegetable productions, as is lLat ofhuman
urine and that in every pint of the latter
there are the clements OF Il pint OF heat.
lttiiIs be true, and we believe that il is.
we would ask, is it not worth while for
agrcnlturists to put themselves to the
trouble Of saving so fruitful a f~urtilizer as
hog manure, solid as well as LIQUID? To
this question there can be but one ration
al answer, and that an affirmative one
There Is no animal that voids mere urine
ti'an the hog, and there is none voidinp
tots richer or more fertiiizing quality:
indeed there is none so rich. Each 100
los. OF hog urine will give 5,64 lbs. oil urea.
winch Is equal to so much ammonia. and
certainly then, it is most worth of being
saved, and can be, 10 Il very considerable
extent blythe means pointed out byus in the
arrangement of the yards OF the latteninp
pens. Besiaes urea, the drine of Inc hng
consists OF albumen, a substance rich in
carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, phos-
CHORUS and sulphur; in common salt, mu-
rrtte o! potash, gypsum, chalk and glaub.
or salts, each and all of which substances
are 'sefaIin the building up of vegetable
products. Let us now tnrn from tile
LIQUID part Of the manure ofthe hog to the
sohd portion. What DO we learn of the
'atterf Why science and practice botl
combine to declare that it is rs rich in ali
the clements of fertilization and vegetable
production as that of man and hence il
results that Substances so enrichinn, SO en-
%inently calculated to ~fcrtilize the Soil and
increase lis products, should be ecoromis.
cd aud made to perform their righdul OF
ice IN the improvement Of the land-in
the nature, elaboration and perfection og
the seed %con!mitted to that earth. "
Treatment ofhogs whea taken ap.-AIl
i,egs When first taken up for fattening,
Sllvald receive three or four doses of flour
on sulphur, and as many Of copporas, IN
loses OF table spoon, at intervals Of two
apart. These shonld te given them
IN messes OF bran or meal. Such doses seryel
cool The blood, Strengthen the digestive
aud remove those worms which
sometimes attack the Kidneys.
Us 70 heir Iood.-Theif food for tbel
fist two or three weeks Should be punk.
ne, apples. roots and other yecrables
Flncb would be the better Of bong cook.
ID and mixed with bran, or meal a some
ind the batter being Increased from day
. day gradually 80 that wher. tho iscgs