The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-11-14
1874 1853 ouoht to suffice for lifetime to

1S54-1S5j ought to suffice for lifetime to
teach us the value of straw.
3. Attend to all fall ploughing. On clay
soils the ground should never, even in the
fall, be stirred, except when dry. Ploughing
deep in the fall saves much work in the
spring.
4. Sec.that the pumps.s sinks and roofs are
all in good condition. Arrange them, if you
can, so that none of them will freeze 1t will
help greatly for This end, if the pipes are
placed as nearly perpendicular as may be. A
pump frozensup, orlwith pipe burst, in mid
winter, isya great annoyance.-Ohio Farmer.
FATrENING HoGs.-Ihe hog, if circumstan-
ces are favorable, is inclined to lay up such
supply of fat during autumn as would render
it unnecessary for him to undergo much ex
ercise or exposure during inclement weather.
With plenty of lard oil to keep his lamp bur-
ming, he would prefer doing in bed Of
leaves in the forest, while the ground is COW
cred with snow, rather than to grub daily for
living. lie fattens most rapidly in such a
state of the atmosphere as is most congenial
to his comfort neither too hot nor too cold !;
hence the months of September and October
are best for making pork. The more agree
able the weather, the less is the amount of
food required to supply the waste Of life.
Against fattening hogs so early in the sea-
son, it may be objected that Indian corn, the
crop chiefly depended on for the purpose, is
not matured. Taking everything into con-
sideraton, it may be better to begin to feed
corn before it is ripe-or even at the state of
considerable greenness. After the plant has
blossomed it possesses considerable degree
of sweetness-hogs will chew it swallow the
juice, and leave nothing but the dry fbrous
matter, which they eject from their mouths
when no more sweetness can be obtained.
They thrive on this fodder, and will continue
to eat it till the nutriment is concentrated in
the ear, and then will eat the cobb and grain
together, till the cob gets hard and dry Far
mers who have practiscd this mode of feed
ing consider it more advantageous than to
leave the whole crop to ripen, unless they
have a supply of old corn to feed with. Even
in the latter case. it is questionable whether
hogs will not do better on corn somewhat
green than they would on hard corn. I'M
ground. True. it is not necessary that corn
should be fed unSround. but much is fed in
this condition, no doubt at loss.
In many parts of the country swine are fed
considerably on articles which are not readily
marketabc-as imperfect fruits. vegetables.
&c. Where such articles are used, cooking
them is generally economical. \ mixture of
>quaShcs. either summer or winter squashes)
pumpkins-thc nearer ripe the bettcr-pota-
toes, beets and apples, boiled or steamed. and
a fourth or all eighth of their bulk of meal
stirred in while the mass is hot forms Il dish
on which hogs will fattcn fast If skinned
milk or whey can be had, the cooked food
may be put with it into a suitable tub or vat
and slight degree of fermentation allowed
to take place before the whole is fed out.
The animals will eat it with avidity. and prob
ably, derive more benefit from it than ifit
had not been fermcnted Articles which are
of a perishable nature should be used first in
fattcning swine. in order to prevent waste
and turn all the products of the farm to the
best accOunt.-B0stnn (uIiirntor.