Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-10-05
Hints on Fattenina Pork

1t is Giassttsal wish Many farmers to put this
off until cold weather sets in. The pigs run
in the woods, the road, or the pasture, picking
up seauty living, and come TO the peas lean
and hung - when they ougEt to be fsttcnbd-
In our practice we keep pigs in the sly the
5egt f6slttt We fhhaa thxiha quite too valuable
co-aborers III the manufacture of manure to.
sIlow them to waste .their sweetness upon Gle
desert arr" A mig is worth ten dollars year
for this purpose alone. if you will give him the.
material to work with and plSHty Of food ~
But possibly it may pay for little time in
the Summer, to keep the sow and pigs in q
good clover tsasst tast A.e wifc+e gtlss is mrs p!en-
ty than corn upon the farm. If this be donh,
all of them intended for the butcher by Christ
mas, should be shue up iinmedia ely, and be fe.l
with all they cani eat. A squealing pig IS:
worse kr the owrer's picket than for his eatss.
1t is much easier to make pork in September
and October than in Dtcerbcr and January.
No extra amount Of food is wasted in keeping
up the animal heat: 1t all goes to fat and
rhusele1 Variety of food is matter Of much
Importance iiq Astfehitg swine. Atthis season
greater 4afiefy is essfly cttnmat1ied TBss
garden, if it is a goba ole, 3ields . great many
fefHse articles gt41asbes, beess car fofs apples,
MELONS, tomatoes, and corn, Which will fhd a
good market III the sty. One of the best artiT
eIes of food for thetf is sweet cory ca uS By
Che roots ard fed Ishpie.. eFiley are very fond
of it, and it r,.lse ag..aa Thrive very fast. a
half acre near the sly may be rrostabsy culti-o
vated every year expressly for this puSpose.-
If this be DO. Oh hand, corn from the field may
be fed in the same way once day. But
swine need soinething mDre than green stuff
however nutritous, TO make TEEN fatten rap
Hiy
The cooking Of food Il ufdcfh.' ulibre ec,nom
ical than is generally supposed, especially up
on the fatna, where fuel costs little but the
labor Of preparing il. We think about one
third of the value of all the grains usdhily fed
70. swine, is saved by cooking A boiler or
boz for steanin.s il Indispensable in every we L
arranged swil house. In this the meal may
be cooked and thoroughly mixed with the
roots and other vegetables TIE neai absorbs'
large quantities Of water, is m re highly relish
ed by the pigs, and is lsbre rerftctly dgested.
Nu4refous earestAAents fully prove the econo-
nv Of cooking the fool thGeF Fotfliuafy en- an
stances. Some ciafni. thst theY car' make pe.k
for less thah three Cents a pethts in this Way
A dairy farmer IN this State n.ate ore year
4,227 pounds of corn anti oat MEAL an 81 so a
hundtedi. $40 poehdr OF slsossg nj rs cents,
I4T bHsheis Of posatoes at Is cents, all Of
which werere coolad, and half an acre OF greco
peas vsossh say Sf5s raAking the total cost Of
feed slUbs5. .'or hpt QUITE tR6' aHHsa Rdlf cents
per pound fot tbe pork. The value Of the
whey ane sodF mix was not reckoned. This
aud the labor OF feeding, are very properly
balanced against the manure they made.
There can be no doubt that cooking the food
pays we'll
A dry, warm place for sleeping is ah9tHer
important item in keeping swine thrifty
They should have s. good sty With, roof and
board Roor. aud pisrty Of straw s5'thAtl they
can keep themselves clean. With these con
ditions pork cat BE made very fnst,' aud the
sty will be stahdi to pay as well as any part
of the fsEaf sfTRngemeuts.--Amertcan Agri-
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