The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-08-01
lgruultural.
WILL 1T PAY TO MAKE PORK3

VI coa'ser grams nave multiplied in pro-
portion so that corn has become the
leading crop-Whcb, if well cultivated
and judiciously fed (not sold) on the
farms tnat produce it, the soil will not
deieriorate, nor debts increase, as mapy
have conjectured.
The corn crop, where it can be success
fully grown, is the farmers regulator and
balance wheel. 1t will make less debts
and more money in the pocket less
bankruptcy and more rich farms less
lous! cattle and moro good beef; less
cords of sheep under the feLce and more
to shear; less poor pork and more that
Will pay, than any other crop-wbeat
not excepted,
Then, with the conclusion TO feed our
! grain rather than to sell it-wha, shah
We feed it to, cattle sheep, or hogs
Pork growing is becoming an exten
s've business in this section. 1t is one Of
the greatest channels for turning our sur.
| plus slops and coarser grains into money.
Then the question arises, aud it lie Of
no secondary importance-will it pay to
make pork
From the amount raised, it would
seem that the question was practically
answered IN the Affirmative; large class
cVrnpIaln that it is not paving business
at any rate, more than what will eat
The house slors, rotten spp!cs, small po
tatoes, soft corn and CLEAN the harvest
fields, but not to feed anything saIeable.
Men differ on this as much as their
pork differs when brought to market
the poorer the pork more the owner com
plains Of his profits, or rather his losses
aud the better the pork the more salts.
het the owner is, generally.
There can be no profit in raising a
poor breed Of hogs, that have no [,ttcn.
my qualities nor even good quality,
with no conveniences nor proper care. a
good hog cannot he lalted, 10 any profit,
IN mud or filth, nor when he suffers from
cold. 1t is no Loy's business TO under,
! stand the wants Of hogs-to change their
feed, and keep them healthy and grow
| ing.
The comforts Of hog should be con-
suited as much rs any other animal, in
order to receive the most profit from the
least outlay. They should have a warm,
dry nest, and clean pen. A hog that
Will no. keep clean when well cared Tor
is not worth fatting. The best fa,,ing
logs keep the c!eanest. They are re
markablv neat-more SO than most ami
mails in their pen.
there is no way to test the profit or
loss OF making pork bCt by actual expert
ment- counting the whole outlay com.
pared with the income or by counting
the 20 for any given time, and the il.
come.
/ have fatted three litters Of pigs, 25
10 number, dressing 1872 lbs; avera-
ging 3ll lbs. each, at nine mouths and
seven days old. They were from a sow
Leicestcrshire and BY field crossed and
fuII-b'ooded Suffolk boar, being very
perfect in form, quiet, clean and hearty.
dressed litter Of eight, February,
1859, averaging 252 lbs. AT seven
months aud seven days old; sold for
S7.75 per hundred. Dressed two itters,
II in all, last February eight were
seven months and eleven days old, and
nine one year and twenty one days old.
The heaviest weighed 400 lbs, 474, 495,
454, 435, Alb, etc. The three iitters sold
tor S6l5, with the lafd-2S0 lbs. The
nine gained forty pounds each in Sep
tembcr, forty seven in October, fifty three
in NOvember-on soft corn and apples,
mostly. Estimating the seventeen at five
cents pound, live weight. December
LIST, which WAS the highest market price,
| made $75 above the cost Of feed till
dressed-February Island the ina.
nure. They were fed on meal, one third
barley and twothirds corn, scaded.-
They had boiled potatoes for dinner
The profit put on the corn fed-l4O
would bring it to $l25 per
brshel, calling other things fed a, falI
value. The large hogs lost Ia per cent.
in dressing. They bad zine pounds Of
blood Zach.
My profits were as much il not more
before December lst than after, on the
II.
J. w. Blown, a neighbor Of mine, who
has had considerable experience in ma.
king pork, considers his grain worth
from 20 to 20 per cent. more put into
pork than to be sold, when the pork
bears fair price in proportion to grain.
He has just made an experiment in
fatting pigs. He bad litter of ten pigs
"A cross Of Suffolk and BY y6eld-which
dressed 200 lbs. each at ten months old,
and sold for $3.50 per hundred. He
kept accurate account Of all they ate
/ from the start, and their first cost. He
fed peas, ground with other grain. about
halfand half The pea meal cost rs cents
per sixty lbs, and other grain 10 proper.
+ tion.
He made $50 and the manure above
ali cost, for the pleasure OF feeding ten
beautiful. white, clean sAoats ten months.
These figures are not made thinking
these pigs are better than many Others,
but to show that pork raising can be
made profitable, even on grain and
more 80 where there is dairy connected
with the coro.feld.
Will Ii nav halter to grow and fatten