Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-09-28
Tho rnnllinr OF flosa

sphere az is most songenlsl 10 his CON
4 100 hog OF too cold hence the fall
are the best ioy making pork, The more
. 9 the weather, the less Is ihs amount
required for the wants OF ll" DdH"g
40 s.d summer months, Il pays vel.
,,,t a clover field for hngs, where they
We f,ss access 10 water and the sour
I'D s,y,ll from the house. II Is general
.. .tsd thst food IN a lrmenIgd Stale con
are nitfogen than 10 = sweet or unleT'
rs state. |, hus been found advantageous
.... . clover fails 10 have patch Ol oats
rr IS 10 iuTn the hogs into; alter ihn'
nee eating up corn N green state, OF
is what is termed roasting ears, ~ Tue
... ives faster than when the corn becomes
- Il is also found By experiment that the
lens very fast on the SOrgho Cane, cut
he time IL has lis growth, and hfown
logs in clean pen or on a grass plat
er feeding, when the corn becomes dry,
ground, as II is a waselul way oi Iced
loe corn to hogs after il has maiured.
collect together all your neI..hable ar
such as unripe fruiI. small potatoes,
ms, bsets, canoit, Sc, aud steam the
a lllh any OF these articles. aud double
X can he made on the same quantity,
led in raw state, and the hogs can
aned in less time. I, is the best way to
hog 10 give him at regular hours all
eat up clean, 50 Gs 40; to have an over.
q. him to walow in, that is, when he is
close pen.
en- hogs are confined in close quarters.
ar 10 facilitate The process OF fsnening,
Hor!d be pTo"ided with Il good house,
slc!cd, made reasonably tight, with
ioor aGd troughs With the sleeping spart-
-.. eparate from where they are ted. A
IL, ashes, chs recall, Gai rotten wood add
Aeeith anu facilitate their ts;.-ning.
~ will say they have not i.Te to Guild
3, griad their gain, and steam their VET
., e.. saving al the same time they don't
it viii pay. Let Us Examine their
PEE es. Early in the spring you will hnd
zee msr getting his teams ready, repairing
,ws, harows, harness, &c. The m g, oil
A.r 5 kncw the expense OF such preparations.
Z. Oh as the ground is in proper order tor
...a Z, tae tug 81 war commences. The
wc,, vii 5s--comc, boys. We want 10 plant. |
3d., ty acres Of com; and it is a hurry thro'
2 g, hGtiy through planting, hurry thro'
..s- 3, and hurry through hasking the corn.
G.ye-l.y besides their own force. they have 10
H. Considerable help. in order to make the crcp.
Suppose. when the corn is al! harvested, the
sad 8 forty bushels 70 The acre "a very good
a"s. e crop Tot lis co!atry,l mailing siIieen
-u. 81 bushels which, when cfI6ued, al 80
cena per bushei, amounts to $500. Taxing
1910 sonsteration the rem: Of the land, the
-5s. ID repairs Of implements, the value Of
labor 4 men and teams, the above crop has
sast srly ii not quite every cent 1t would
sell sy.. Now LEI e. bnch TO the man who
soys ae has not time to grind and cook food
'ar lbs hogs, and don't believe even IN feeding
com ia g green state. AS soon as the corn RI
qzls ur lscri6bed he commences throwing il 10
..s 90, perhaps in the mud, or so.,ethlRg the
mans Of hog pen. YOU may hear him say
h.s IS don't fatten: still he continues vast
ing 8 corn unit! he finds il nearly gone and
Ms aggs not fat. You will hear him say at
bate ,e ing time. Jas we often hear it arked)
f,rt hogs have eat their heads otf--to say
nothing OF the time lost in feeding. What
aygg bis result! Que hund!ed'keed Of hogs eat
ti1isen hundred bushels OF corn; not being fat,
iaey o7ly weighed $50 pounds each; total
Joc pounds, al Il cents PER pound amount
Ing o $3.50. Say nothing about what the
hogs we're worth when he commenced feeding
4 Top Of corr, he has lost $50 from the
prc5 Il the corn, and, at a low estimate. 500
'of n owing the corn to the hogs.
Nov let us look at his ncighbor with the ;
same amount Of corn and hogs; he has good
no.. house worth $50: say it will last ten years J
& viii repair for each year making $50 more;
a too@ias OF steam Apparatus worth 500 Ihs'
viii ,rh ten years; making $3.50 in all divi-
he'd axes SIS annually for hog pen and cook
ing Nparatus, The expenses OF feeding and
a1-' yer and ebove the other man $35; and
81 "orh OF peiishable food in n raw state
&c is the hogs when he onside-s them suit.
able ior market; their weight per head instead
&, 10 pounds is goo bounds; total from 100
-s 200 o pounds OF pork, in consequence oil
g. ing better iattened y worth one cent per
l'ga- more than his neighbours then at six
-4- yer pound, the pork AMOUNTS to ST 1900
cad examining his corn hebas 500 bushels
Nov let US sum the whole mater up; the
0aao at fed his corn whole, lost atleast 500.
a. nan that ground aud cooked hh feed his
rerl vas worth $500; vegetables wosh $40
-sy o! hog pen, cooking apparatus, &rA SIS;
extra .bor S35; total $3.50. Credit b. 90.
900 paunds Of pork at six cents per poundSI
2Ov; enn bushels of corn not fed $3.50; toul
81 91l; snosira.> he $500, leaves a balanAI
~ 's IaVoF OF sooo; or lid the loss the frstI.
Ran lslainsd, makes a difference in favor If I
he IN that ground and cooked his food Of
ssa sn = single crop Of 1000 bushel Of
c1Ta Take notice &hat the cost Of both lots
oi 10 s, prior to the commencement of FEED.
ii- a5 above crop. is on an equal footing.
81 consider the above nc. cvsr estimated:
-, b ieve by thorough test there would be
-, . greater difference. When we see the
atoge facts stariag Us the face. need we won
de. 81 the tens OF thousands of dollars tina, are
.Aroan away annually in each coun,ys When
will !armsrs awake to their INTEREST," How
eng ~ III they continue to o,s their dollars,
By tang fearful Of spending their cen,s.-OA,o