The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1856-11-12
FATTESING SWINE.

II Won have no hog-pen among the appoints
menls oi yonr larm, have some immediately pm,
up, so Thai when il shall b. lime 10 put your
hogs up 10 falien, the pens may be ready for
their reception. The pens should have feed.
ing and sleeping apartment, with yard attach
ed 70 each. ln each pen there should be
rubbing posi- The surface nf each yard should
be formed into basin-ike form. nver which
bnshel ci plaster should be spread, and then
covered several inches in depth with woods
mould, marsh mud, river or creek mud, The
earth rom headlands, or ditch or road scrapings.
weeds. &C., III Of which materials during llle
fsuenng season will be converted iniu good
manure for there are no better manufacturers
Of manure Than hogs. Without entering into
any detail of the constituent elements Of hog
manure, we would say, That il is considered,
10 The view Of chemists. superior TO that Of The
COW, and This estimate Is horne out in practice
/ by Tie closest agricultural observers. When
theory and pracce both arrive At the same
conclusion, we may be sure ll,al lhis opinion
/ il very nearly founded III truth.
i Ia filling the yard or hog pen with the sub
stances named. every Few inches Of the maier as
/ Ills hing placed 10 and spread on the yard,
should he ,lusIed over with plaster, or with
pnlrerized eharroal, TO prevent the escape oi
/ lhe ammonia. Occasionally stable and COW yard
manure should be thrown over lie surface anil
be treated 10 sprinklings Of plaster or pulverz.
ed charcoal. To encourage the hogs 10 roof
every Few days grains Of corn should be di-.
lubuled over the surface Of lhe yards; in cru.
snmiug and searching Tor The corn. the hogs
root up and intimately mix III The substances
together ant thereby assure an equality IN the
+ viur of tie comp1uud--a matter ofeteat con.
sderalion ~ such bcdies llyou provide your
hne. With lie rough material named, each hog
during the iaiiening season will make two loads
Of good compost manure. To show the value
ol The urine " The latirning hog, We will re-
mark. that il l. estimated BY chemists that il i.
as rich IL the elements Of vegetable productions,
a. j. that ul human urine, and thai 10 every
pint nf tie Aiicf there are the elemsns nl put
Of wheat. II this be true, and We believe that
il is, We would ask. Is il mi worth while fur
agricullufiss to Iul themselves 10 The trouble Of
saving 80 fruitful ieniizer as hog manure,
solid rs well as liquid Iolhis question there
ran be bnt one rational answer, and that an
Affirmative unr. Thpre Is no animal that yolls
more urine Than the hog, aud there y none
taidine Il of riehe, ~ mote ieriiIizing quality I;
indeed there u nnne % rlth. y oh 600 Lbs.
II hog urine viii give 564 b.. 81 urea, wl,irh
is cq1.l 10 so much ammonia and crtiqinly
Then, it's most snnhy Of being saved. and can
BE-. 10 yeiy CONSIDER BE extent, W The means
pointed out by Us 10 the arrangement or The
yards u the fsilrnlng pens. BESIDES urea, TIE
urine of the l,pg consists u alhumcn, substance
ticl in rarbon. nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen,
phosphorus and sulphur, 10 common salt, mufl.
l,c o potash. gypsum, chalk anil glaubrr salt.,