Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-08-06
'sHE GAZETTE.
iIo9DAY MORNING, AUGUST 6, 1850.


i,I;L IT PAY TO MAKE PORh!
Since the wheat crop has become so bligh
ted and urce:iain in western Newly ork,
change of farming has OF necessity taken
rlace. All kinds of stock have multiplied II
nroportion: so that corn has become the !ead
inc crop-which, if cultivated and Jud!cious
" fed mot sold) on the farms that produce
il. the soil will not deteriorate, nor deO''
increase, as many have cOnjectured,
The corn crop, where it can be SUCCESSFUL,
" crown. is the farmers regulator ana ana
Eslence-wheel. 1t will make less deDts
ond more money in the pocket; less bank
runtcv and more rich farms; less lousy cat
,la and more rood beef; less cords OF sheep
nndcr the fence, and more to shear; less
moor pork and more than will pay, than
.ny other crop-wheat not excepted.
Then, 51ith the conclusion to feed our gram
-afher than sell it-What shall we tced 1t TO-,
cattle, sheep, or hogs?
porii,-growing is becOmingan extensive Du-
sinasc Is lbis section. 1t is one OF the great
eat channels for turning our surplus Stops
crC cogrscr grains into money.
Then lie question arses-and 1t is OF no
oeconG2ry irportance--will ii pay 10 make
pork?
J7.on. the amount raised, it would seem
th..t the question was practically answered IN
the alil NATIVE, yet Il large class complain
thai Il is not paying business-at any rate,
more than what will eat the house Stops, rot
te1apples small potatoes, soft cora, and CLEAN
Che hcryest fields, but not feed any thing sale
able.
len offer on this as much as their pork
differs r;han brought to market-the poorer
Ih1 pork. the more the owner complains OF
his profits or rather his losses; and the bet
,e1 tie pork, the more satisfied the owner IS,
generally.
There can be no profits in raising poor
breed OF hogs, that lave no tattenng quail
ties; nor even good quality, with no con-
Yaniences nor proper care. \ good hog can
not ., fatteaed, with any profit, in mud or
;Ith. ror when he suffers from cold. 1t Is
nc Dos business TO understand the want OF
nora-tc change their feed, and keep them
healthy aad growing.
Crle comfort5 Of q hog should be consulted
q .luch &C any other animal. i'll order to re-
ce.v2 most profit from the least outlay. They
chCuld have c warm dry nest, and clean
pei. l. hog thGt Will not keep clean when
::el cared for, is not worth tattenng. The
oos. fstteaire hogs keep the cleanest. They
ira.s ii pen.
,,hare il no wCy TO Test the profit or loss
O.. making 3ori: but by actual experiment
counting the whole outlay, compared
-riln ;ha income; CT by counting the cost
ro- ely given ,imc, and the income.
nave fattened three lltters OF pigs, - IN
.>1m1e>, dressing T.772 lbs; averaging 81
'oc. each, at MAE months and seven days old
e TAI, tarlt, nd
2yIielG crosaaG-and a full -blooded Suffolk
3oer, being 7ary perfect in torn, quite clean
enc hearty.
dressed > litter of eight, February, 1859
averaging 2j2 lbs at seven months and sew
IN daya o,G; sold for @I,75 per hundred
Dressed Two filters, l. IN all, last February:
sight were seven months and eleven days
old, end nine oae year and twentyone days
ola. The heaviest weighed 400 lbs, A.,
IS5, 49,, 80, !l3. &c. The three filters
old .cr IS II, wish the lprG-2SO lbs. The nine
g2ineti io:tJ pounds each in September, for
.7-3avan il October, titty-three III November
--ol so>G. corn AnG apples, mostly f.Stlmat-
-ng the JevenIeen at i've cents pound, 1--we
.rei>,.l, .;eceu' Der lst which was the time
o" The highest E.arket price, made so
t.o97s tie cost of FEED till dressed-February
,st-cnG The manure They were led on
slecl, oae-thrG barley, and two-thirds corn
ccal2ed. Ehsy nad BOILED potatoes for din
as. az proiI pit on The corn ted--l4o
Ductels-:!oulG bring it to % per bnshel.
Il ling otaer things fed at full value. The
qrse roGs los: l. pei cent in dressing. They
mad riae lba. OF blood each.
ly profits :.ere as much if not more
.,a1ora December 1T than alter. on the
:1th.
=. Brown. I.eighDor OF mine, who has
.lGG considerable experience In making pork,
consider. his grain worth from ~ to - per
cent more put into pork, than to be sold,
-..han the ,oo.k bears fair price in propro-
I.ol 20 gram.
ne mas Just made IN experiment IN latten-
iIg pigs lie had litter OF ten plgs-a cross
OF GutIci': and Bytield-whch dressed 22O
be. each a. ten months old, and sold for So
50 DE: hundred. lie kept an Accurate ac-
court CT all they ate from the start, and their
irss cost lie feG peas, ground with 9TH
81 grain, about halt.and-halt. The pea
meal cost Is Genus per sixty pounds, and the
G,net grain IL proportion.
re laade $50 and the manure above all
cooy loi the pleasure of feeding ten beautiful,
White clean shoats ten months.
,'nese figures ere not made, thinking
these pigs are better :nan many others, but
20 sho-e tE:t pork raising can be made prof
=; jl,, eren on grain; and more so where
:he;e is dairy connected with the corn
aelG
III il pay better 70 grow and fatten beef
o. sheep, o: shall we sell our grain? These
Re questions OF vit&l Importance TO our corn
growing farmers, and should be practically
'ereG--not guessed. Is. c. S1M0Np>.
|eresce 1oun!y, +. Y.
lie Treat Eastern was visited on Friday
l:o, oy nearly $4,000 persons, Among the
yiai,ors was {; blind man, who had come