The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1860-08-08
From the Genesee Farmer.
WILL 1T PAY TO MAKE PORK ?

WILL 1T PAY TO MAKE PORK?
Since the wheat crop has become so blight.
ed and uncertain in Western New York, a
change Of farming has Of necessity taken
place. All kinds Of stock have increased,
aud fields Of coarser grains have multiplied
in proportion SO that corn has become the
leading crop-whioh, if well cultivated and
judiciously fed (not sold) on the farms that
produce il. the soil will not deteriorate, nor
debts increase, as many have conjectured.
The corn crop, where il can be success
fully grown. is the farmers regulator and
balance-wheel. II will make less debts and
more money in the pocket; less bankruptcy
and more rich farms less lousy cattle and
more good beef; less cords Of sheep under
the fence and more to shear; less poor pork
and more that will pay. than any other croP--
wheat not excepted.
Then. with the conclusion to feed our grain
rather than to sell it-what shall we feed it
10, cattle, sheep. or hogsi
Pork growing is becoming an extensive
business in this section. Ii is one Of the
greatest channels for turning our surplus
siops and coaser grains into money.
Then the question arises. and il is Of no
secondary importsnce-will il pay to make
pork
From the amount raised, il would seem
that the question was practically answered
in the affirmative yet large class complain
thar il is not a paying business-at any rate,
more than what will eat The house stops,
rotten apples. small potatoes, soft corn. and
CLEAN the harvest fields. but not TO feed any
thing saleable.
| Men differ on this as much as their pork
differs when brought TO msrket-the poorer
the pork the mere the owner complains Of
his profits. or rather his losses aud the bet
ter the pork the more satisfied the owner is.
| generally.
There can be no profit in raising a poor
breed Of hogs. that have no fattening quail
ties nor even good quality. with no con
veniences nor proper care. A good hog
cannot b. fatted. TO any profit. in mud or
| filth. nor when he suffers FROM cold. IL is
no boys business tn understand the wants Of
hogs-to change their feed, and keep them
healthy and growing.
/ The comforts Of hog should be consulted
as much as any other animal, in order to re-
ceiye the most profit from the least outlay.
.
clean pen. A hog that will not keep clean
/ when we'll cared Tor is not worth iattiBg.
The best latting hogs keep the clesnest.
They are remarkably neat-more 50 than
mos, animals in their pen.
] There Is no way TO test the profit or loss
Of making pork but By actual experiment.
counting the whole outlay comp,red with
the income or by counting the cost for any
given time and the income.
I have Iatted three litters Of pigs. 25 in
number. dressing -..--2 lbs. averaging Sil
lbs. each, al nine months aud seven days old.
| They we're from 4 saw -I.rlcestershire and
! Byfeld crossed-and uil.bloOded Suffolk
boar, being very perfect in form. quiet. clean
and hearty.
/ | l,lrrssed a litter OF eight. February. 1859,
averaging aS2 lbs at seven months aud seven
days old sold for q. = per bundled. Dressed
I twa litters, seventeen ~ all. last February !:
eight were seven months anil eleven iays
/ old. and nine one year aud twenty .one ,lays
old. The heaviest weighed 400 lbs. ~.
I6S. 45l. ass. Ii3. &c. The three ltiers
sold for s6i5. with the lard-3s0 lbs. The
\ nine gained lortv pounds each in September,
! forty seven in October. fifty three in Noyem.
ber--on soft corn and apples. mostly. Es-
\ timating the seventeen az i've cents pound,
/ live weight, December lst. which was the
highest market price. made s75 above the
cost Of feed till dressed-february i,t--and
the manure. They were fed on meal, one
third barley and two.lhirds corn. scalded.
They had boiled potatoes for dinner. The
profit put on the corn fcd--l4O bushels
would bring Il to sl.25 per bushel, calling
other things fed at full value. The large
hogs lost II per cent. 10 dressing. They had
nine lbs. of blood each.
My profits were ss much if not more be.
fore December ist than after, on the u.
]. W. Brown, . neighbor of mine, who
has had considerable experience in making
pork. considers his grain worth from 20 TO
Is per cent. moro put into pork than TO be
sold. when the pork bears far price in pro.
portion 10 grain.
lie has just made an experiment il fatting
pigs. Ile had a litter Of ten pgs--a cross Of
Suffolk and ByGeld--which dressed 600 lbs.
each Al ten months old, aud sold Cor .. so
per hundred. lie kept accurate account
. ol al they ate lr0n the start, and their FIRST
cost. lie ted peas. ground with other gram,
about half.and.hal The pea.mral cost IS
cents per sixty lbs, and other grain 10 pro.
portion.
!. lie made ESQ aud thc manure above all
: cost. foe the pleasure Of feeding ten beauti.
(. fol. white, clean shaats ten months.
These figures are not made thinking these
y ni0a are h.ffee tl,an manV athera hut IA