Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-02-06
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csety.
The charge that we are mad At the
Agricultural Society. because we didn't
get premiums, is a mistake. I'VE have Ia
ken premiums on nearly every thing we
ever exhibited, except shanghais. and we
would have taken the preprium on them
had not Shirk and others exhibited better
stock. We wish to improve the Society
that II raay be instrumental in improving
Agriculture.
In addition 10 the suggestion made last
week, as to the means Of learning how to
raise corn, oats and wheat we would call
attention 10 the market for corn, or in 9TH
er words we would like to know, from
series o. experiments, by different men, In
different parts Of the county, how many
bushels Of corn II takes TO make hun
dred weight Of hog. or, In other words,
how much farmer realizes for his corn,
when hogs are % per 100, Isaiah g.
scoby tried the experiment once, with
satisfactory result, but who knows how
much Of that high price Is owing to bis
excellent breed Of hogs(D Let some body
else try IL. Let dozen try It. at tho
same time, IN different nsighborhoods.-
Lett be tried for series Of years. Lot
tho society offer premium Of $40 to ev-
cry man who viii weigh 3 pigs on the first
OF April, and feed them corn in the ear.
In tho ordinary way, on tho ground, In
the mud when 1t rains; another Q. on corn
meal, uncooked; another 3, on corn and
cob meal cooked. Let them be Of the
same quality Of hogs, and. as near an age
As possible, and let them DO weighed on
the first Of July and again on tho first Of
October. Lot the expcrimentor report the
exact amount Of corn. by weight. fed 10
each lot Of hogs, and the growth, mp to
July, aud the growth upto October Let
a similar experiment be tried in reference
TO cattle. Let II DO followed up for seve-
raj years, and a class Of facts will be ellie
ted that will DO worth millions. We arc
happy 10 announce that Mr. Debolt OF
Bloominggrove township Is engaged in
this experiment Let Inducements be Of
fered TO others. In this connection we
would suggest another experiment. II is
becoming fashionable TO send pigs TO mar.
ket at about the ago of - or 10 months.
True, they weigh $50 or 300 pounds, but
wonld not corn put into these pigs. one
year longer, bring better price than II
does up to that age ? Who ever tried the
experiment We know some men who
think il would. Let the experiment DO
tested, by continuing part Of tho lots
above alluded to, over another year. II
Is only BY such experiments as these, that
real scientific agriculture can be promoted.
The question should not DO who exhib-
It's the largest hog, but who makes the
most pork or beef, In the shortest time,
aud Of the least expense. When these
experiments have beoen fully tested, and
the culture Of tho hog becomes matter Of
science, we would recommend that the
value Of different kind Of grasses for pas
tnrage and meadows DO tested In the same
way and so on until the whote Of farming
and gardening DO tested and improved.
Mr.. Samuel b. Clay Of Bourbon Co.,
kentucky, has recently published the re-
suit Of experiments on this subject Hs
fed six hogs, IN various ways. with the re-
suit that on boiled corn, bushol made II
65-ioo lbs; and Of dry corn so-i0o lbs,
making pound OF pork, when corn Is %
cents per bushel. cost, from dry corn.
$40 cents, from mush, clio, from boil.
cd corn, 9-l0. Let US encourage such
experiments. and note the results. These
experiments Of Mr.. Clay show that one
bushel Of corn, In cooked meal, Is worth
about three bushels fed In the ordinary
way. Now tho establishment Of this fact
by repeated experiments. would be worth
millions, and IL Is just for this purpose
that the society 10 formed.
The Same principle should DO applied "a
domestic productions. Thus, how apple
butter Is mado--whether with molasses
or sugar or only apples and cider How
bread Is made-how butter Is madc-how
preserves arc made and all such things
The law Of the state Is right but tho prac
tico Of our society has been wrong.
Asto the ladies' department. we would
not discourage it--not at all. II would
be poor show without tho women o.
their work. We arc not hostile TO quilts
or mats, but let tho exhibitor toll how
long ID took her TO make II, how much thu
material cost and all that.
Now gentlemen and ladies, we arr
through. for tho present, II you don't lIk,
what wa have said. say so-this Is fre'
country and tho American Is at your cor
vice. But II You don't like II, dom
growl about II until you arc able 10 show
tho falsisy Of our position.
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