The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-08-25
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FACTS FOR KARMERs.

A correspondent of the Highland Democrat.
published at Peekskill, New York, furnishes
that paper with the following communities
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A few years ago CHANGED in Albany to
meet farmer who is noted for raising un-
usually heavy hogs. The year before he
had brought to market one weighing over
700 pounds, and said that year. that he
should have one of 900, or near that mark.
AS there always seems to be a cause for ev-
cry effect. was anxious to know the course
De .PEW TTs1sa. said !. 49,, -, g..
Che right kind of critter. Get the right
breed. and then pick out the good natuFed
ones from the litter; l can't afford to feed
cross critter; ] sell them when they are
pigs" "How can you iudge?" said T.
"Well, If you watch them when they are
feeding you will find that some pigs are al
lers fighting about their yictuais, and some
go in for eating. There is as much differ
ence in pigs as there is in folks x
? t'Well, when you have selected the right
kind of pig what next is Important"
el''Well, then you must have nice place for
the critters to live in, and feed them on the
right kind of victuals.'
'What kind of food?"
swell, the best and cheapest kind of food
have found, when 1t comes time to put on
the fat, is p0rched corn. / generally man
age to buy barrel or two of Southern hon.
ey. if it is cheap enough, as it is sometimes.
When it is not over four cents, and pork is
six, it pays first rate, and sometimes you
can get it for two; it costs me about three
cents on an average, or it won't do to risk
It. About half pound day is enough;
1t must not cloy their stomachs. but a little
of it with their corn or meal will make the
critter gain more extra than the weight of
the feed"
care these things all?''
eaWell, yes, pick out the right kind of
critter. keep 1t in agood place, give it plen-
ty OF The right kind of vietuals, and have a
good humored hand to take care ont, and
it's Just as easy to raise 600 weight hogs, as
1t ,is to have little scaly runts that won't
weigh two, and it won't cost no more. and l
don't believe twill as much''
II Now there is much sound philosophy
in that mans experience. remember when
riding in Northampton Co. Pa, with Yam
kee acquaintance, he remarked 'that it was
singular that farmers of that vicinity did not
keep a better breed of hogs" '.Why that
remark % said /. ':See those hogs over
there fighting" said he 'tsuch DISPOSE
toned hogs can never be fattened on any
quantity of corn"
> That parching corn is the most econo-
mical way of preparing it, many experiments
testify. The application of moderate heat
for some time, has the effect to change
part OF the starch into a swedish substance,
called dextrine, which is more easily d-
gested into fat than starch that is, part of
the making of fat is accomplished By the
agency of heat. When parching is done in
proper way, and upon large scale, it is
cheap way of cooking corn. Let any man
who is inclined, try the experiment this fall
upon two pigs as nearly alike as possible
feed each the same quantity of corn, in one
case parched, in the other not. and observe
the result at the end of week, or better at
the end Of fortnight.
The more elowly the corn is parched the
better. tits not necessary to have it s'pop"
Perhaps the word roasted would be better
but in this case it is to be understood chat
the corn is not to be blackened, burnt, or
or even Drowned but slightly.
. AS respects the importance of1having a
good natured attendant, 1 have been con-
yinced for many years, (see Lamber's Ply
siology,) for have never met an exception
to the rule, that he who produces fat cattle,
horses, hogs, or any creature, is always
fact of not little interest. The first two or
three hundred pounds of hog can be pro-
duced from corn alone, but to produce pork
above that weight, good nature must be ad-
ded 10 the corn, and the percentage of good
nature rises rapidly as the weight increases.
August and September are the hvorite
months &c. plant out strawberries, with those
who desire a crop of fruit the next season.
In making a strawberry bed, warm, dry
spot of ground should be chosen, with, if
possible, good loamy or clayey sub soil.
A, moist, wet situation is very unfavorable.
It is best to subsoil at least two feet deep,
and if the soil is poor, let it be enriched
with well decayed stable manure. In set
ting out, take care that the plants do not be-
come dry from the time they are taken up
till they are replanted, and see that they do
not wither afterwards. Many persons cut
off the leaves, if they are afraid of their will
ting under Eot suns, but a much better plan
is to shade. Inverted 4-inch fiower.pots
are excellent for this purpose they may be
taken off at night. The dews will so invig-
crate them, that the shade will only be re-
quired for few days. Sometimes in Sep
TENDER they may need good watering but
this should never be attempted unless
thorough saturation of the bed is given !;
and in few days after. the hoe and rake
should be employed to loosen apd level the
surface. which the heavy watering will, in
all probability have caused to bake and be-
come very crusty.
Strawberries are best grown in beds about
four feet wide for the convenience in gather
ing the fruit. and giving them the best Gull
tivation. About three rows in bed, and
the plants twelve inches apart in the row,
will be good arrangement.
An irish Judoe tried two most notorious