Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-11-14
THE EVENING STAR.


As the sty is the frst thing 20 be provided, L
let this DO built Of any rough materials, say SIX
feet square, with q raised door, sioPlng In
triAing degree towards the corner next the i
opening. The roof must be of tiles or Stats; |
the whole, sides and front, weather tight. The |
opening should be about two feet wide, but no |
door Outside this rail space of as large as
You can afford (the more room pig has the
better he thrives y to this outer place there
must be a door TO enter for the purpose Of |
elsaning, IS well as for the accommodation ofthe
tenants Let the outer space be paved or con-
GREETED in a solid, substantial manner. If
twenty styes were required, this should be
something like the plan of all the only i'm
provement that could be made would be in the
size, which might be increased. However, we
are providing for only one sow, or couple Of
sore pigs. The outer plan should slope a little
towards the door, for the facility Of cleaning.
A substantial vessel to hold wash and OCCASION
ally water, should be one piece Of furniture,
and the trough for the food another and, with
a good litter Of straw inside, the playhouse may
be said to be furnished.
OF the various breeds and cross breads Of
pigs, Ii would be useless to say much they
have been crossed in every direction, till every
feeder calls his pigs breed Of his own; and
We are as wise after looking at fifty alleged
sorts, as if we had seen only the last half dozen
In one little treatise on the pig, there are
nearly thirty breeds and crosses mentioned
and If every cross were recognized, there would
be as many to record as there are feeders. In
selesting pig look for good square body and
short legs and head, and there will not be
much amiss for unless the pedigrees are
regularly handed down like those Of horses,
and grunteTs are named like racers, none will
know Tom Noke's improved Essex from Jem
Styles improved Sussex; and so of the rest
A well-formed pig cannot be a bad sort; judge
for yourself, therefore, and select one that can
be recommended by a vender whom you know.
If you are going to keep them for killing, buy
two-the sly is large enough to accommodate
them, unless they fight. Once place them IN
possession Of their mansion, and few good
feeds will soon reconcile them to their situation.
AS pigs are not over dainty In their food, all
you have to care for il, that however coarse, it
IL wholesome. Save for them the water that
anything, even greens, is boiled in; but the
food should rot be given sloppy, whether 1t DO
meal Of any kind, or middlings, bran, or other
wise Let what moisture you put into 1t be
scslding hot, and do not MAKE 1t thin let it be
of the cOnsistence of very thick hasty- pudding,
such az the spoon will almost stand upright in.
Let the animal 90 to his wash or water-trOugh
for his drink. Grains from home brewing are
good for them; but the ordinary brewers
grains have little nourishment.
If pigs can have q run on a common, give
them good meal the first thing in the morn
ing, and when they come at night; they will
forage during the day, and thereby emuse, il
they do not satisfy themselves. They will
never require to be fetched home, for the COM
Portable meal and a good bed will do all that
While they are thus treated they will grow,
but but not fatten much when yeu resolve tC
do this, keep them in and give them the mid
day meal We arc advocates for changes OF
food, that is, changes from peas to barleymeal
or oatmeal, and uICe CevSG but when f1tten-
Ing. all their food should be su bstantisl; wheat
meal is excellent, that is, with all the bran
husk, etc, in il, just rs it leaves the mill.
Potatoes boiled are good but not more thar
one meal day should be given, when getting
ready for the knife. In l. ct, some who are II
straitened circumstances make the pig live oil
the waste of the garden, and the run of I
common, or roadside, and give them but on
solid neal in the tWenty-four hours, and tina
is on their return in the evening Where Their
is good farm yard and plenty of dung, snl
all the vegetable waste is thrown, pigs will
thrive grestly-what with the unthreshed corr
left in the straw, and the numerous picking
among all kinds OF collected waste, they wan
but little feeding; water they require or drinl
from the Wash-tub, and little else.
Tie most profitable mode of keeping is r
grow Your own Provender. The ordinary
vegetable waste Of the garden will do a gOOC
deal towards it. The chat or small potstoe:
from your stock cannot be better applied. Tb
pess hauln, after gathering the crop, is grea
fsyorite; and u feed Of good barley
pollard middlings, or other grain or meal ono
day, besides thh garden supply, may do
As, however, the pig advances, there may D
two feeds day Of the substantial food, an
what lac likes to take of the vegetables. On
of these feeds msy be Of peas, when you CON
TO the last four or i've weeks of his life, an
change the middlings to barley or Oat-mea
The run cf the garden vegetables, as sort
midday meal tif be has not got run IN Otht
helds,) peas the first thing in the morning, an
nc much meal as be will take in the evenin!
will bring on pig rapidly. The last fOrtnigi
very little vegetable il to be given; but v
must increase the peas to as many as he wi
eat, and the same with the meal; yet II is
good plaR to change the barleymeal al
oatmeal, or any other food of a similar natur
Care should be taken upon two or three esse
tial points for instance all the vegetable fOC
will be better for boiling, and giving it war;
especially in the winter months. II
middlings. meal or pollard, should be scalde
and not made thin. The wash should be givt
another trough, and not mixed with his mo
substantial food. His sty should be regular
cleaned out, his bed we'll supplied with stra
and be made warm and comfortable he shOa
have as much as he can eat 1T any meal, b
no more, and whatever he leaves should
removed, and the trough cleaned. His me
times should be morning, noon, and evening
but he may always be supplied with vegetable
because be will eat no more than he likes, al
they should be put into his wash-trough, aft
having been boiled or stewed. Potatoes stew
or boiled do q pig infinitely more good tn
raw ones, and are next in point of nutrime
70 the different kinds of meat.-Gtenny
Eern110 for fLs Million