The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1861-11-30
WHOLE No. i.osi
agricultural.
Hos to Reer a Pig.


AS the sty is the first thing to be provided
let this be built Of any rough materials, say
six feet square. with q raised floor, slopnq
In trifing degree toward the corner next
the opening. The roof must lie of tile, or
Stats the whole, side and front, weather
tight. The. opening should he about two
feet wide, but no duor. Outside this, rail q
space of as large az you can afford Uhe
more room pig has the better he thrives;,
to this outer place there must he door to
enter for the purpose Of cleaning, as well as
Tor the accommodation of the tenants. Let
the outer space be paved or concreted ina
solid, substantial manner. If twenty styes
were required, this should be something like
the plan of all ; the only impro vement that
could be made would be in size, which might
be increased. However. we are providing
inr only one sow. or couple of store pigs.
The outer place should slope n little toward
the door, Tor the facility Of cleaning. A sub
stantial vessel to hold wash, and occasionally
water. should be one piece of furniture, and
the trough for the food another; and. with a
good litter of straw inside, the pig house may
be said to he furnished. Or the various
breeds and cross breeds of pigs, it would DO
useless to say mich they have been crossed
in every direction, ill every feeder calls his
pigs breed Of his own; and we are DIS wise
after looking at fifty alleged sorts, as If we
va" SoSH ohiy tlc last Hal1-VuZen. In one
Little treatise ON the pig there are nearly
thirty breeds and crosses mentioned AMI il
every cross were recognized, there would be
as many to record as there are feeders In
| squeezing plg, look for good square body
ana SNORT legs and head, and there will not
oe ',uch a'''iSS' for unless the pcdigrecs are
regularly handed down like thos. Of horses,
ana grahters are named like racers; none
will know Tom Noke's improved Essex from
| ~ M nrny nI
rest. we'll formed pig cann"t lie a bad
SORT; Judge for yourself, therefore, and
select one that can be recommended nv II
vendcr whom you know. II you are going
to keep them for killing, huy two-the sty is
| large enough to "cconmo late them, unless
they fight Once place them in poss, ssion
OF their mansion, and Il I W ieats will som
reconcile them to their situation. As pigs
| are not over dainty in their food all that Won
have to care for is that, however coarse, it
is Wholesome. Save for them the water that
anything, even the greens, is boiled in bu,
the food should NOT lie given sloppy, whether
il be meal of any kind, or mddlings, bran or
otherwise. Let what moisture you put to it
he sca'ding hot, and do not make it thin
let it be or the consistence of very thick
hasty pudding. such as the spoon will almost
stand upright in. Let the animal 60 to his
wash OF water-trough for his drink. Grains
from home brewing are good for them but
the ordinary brewers grains have little nour-
lshment. If pigs can have "A run on II COM
mon, give them good meal the first thing
| in the morning, and when they come at night;
they will forage during the day, and therlhv
amuse, if not satisfy themselves. They will
never require to be brought home, for the
comfortable meal and good bed will do all
that. While they are thus treated they will
grow, but not tattcn much when you resolve
to d" this. keep them in and give them the
day meal We are advocates for changes
"f food that is, changes from peas to bar
leymeal or oatmeal, or rice versa; but when
taltehing, all their food should he subStan+
tial; wheat meat is excellent, that is with
all the bran, huSk, etc > Just as it leaves tho
mil. Potatoes boil led are good but not
more than one meal day should be given.
when getting realty for the knife. In fact.
some who are in sraitened circumstances
make the pigs live on the waste Of the garden,
and the run Of IA common, or road side, and
give them but one solid meal in the twenty
| four hours, and that Is on their return in the
evening. Where there is good farm. yard
and plenty Of dung and all the vegetable
waste is thrown, pigs will thrive greatly
what, with the unthrashed corn left in the
straw, and the numerous ckngs among ali
kinds OF collected waste, they want but little
other feeding water they require, or drink
from the washtub, and little else. The most
profitable mode Of keeping is to grow yonr
own prOvender. The ordinary vegetable
waste of the garden will do a good deal
towards it. The chat or small potatoes from
y"tlr stock cannot be better applied. The
peas hanlm, after gathering your crop, is u
great tavorite; and feed of good barley
meal, pollard niddhngs or other grain or meal
once day, besides the garden supply, may
do As, however, the pig advances, there
may be two feeds u day Of the substantial
food, and what he likes to take of the vege-
tables One of those feeds may he Of peas,
when you come to the last four or five weeks
Of his Life, and change the middlings to bar
ley or oatmeal. The tim Of the garden
vegetables, as u sort of mid -,lay meal, III he
has not got run in other felds.) peas the
first thing in the morning, and az much meal
as he will take in the evening, will bring on
a pig rapidly.
The last fort night, very little vegetable
is t" be given; bu, we must increase the
peas to as many as he will eat, and the same
with the .meali yet It is good plan to change
the baileynical and oatmeal, OF any other
food of similar nature. Care should bs
taken upon Two or three essential paints:
Tor instance, all the vegetable food will be
better for boiling, and giving it warm, cspe-
cialy in the Winter ri0ntliS. The tniddlings,
meal or pollard, should be scalded, and not
made thin. The wash should he given in
another trough, and not mixed with his more
substantial food. His sty should be regu.
larly cleaned out. his bed we'll supplied with
straw. ald be made warm and comfortable
he should have as much as he can eat at any
meal, but no more, and whatever he leaves
should be removed, and the trough cleaned
His meal times should be morning, noon
and evening he may always be supplied
with vegetables, because he will eat no moro
than he likes, and they should be pu, into
his wash trough, after having been boiled or
stemed. Potatoes stewed or boiled do pig
infinitely more good than raw ones, and aru
next in point Of nutrment to the different
kinds OF neal.
Gienny's Farming for the Million.