Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1866-08-09
AGRICULTURE.
From the Germantown Telegraph.
FATTENING HOGS.

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Mn. FREAs Dear Sir,-Your letter asking o
LOT rhe result OF my experience in iattening
hogs was duly received and would have been
answered ere this, had not other duties iu the a
hurried season prevented Q
In answer to your 6rst questlon-Will it pay
| would answer that as far re my experience
goes 1t will pay better than feeding the same
amount OF grain to any other kind OF faF IN
stock, but Of course much will depend on u q
kind OF pig, his ability to lay on fat, and II u
manner OF feeding. Some pigs will lay on much
more Fat from given amount Of food than
others, nor Is II all in the breed for have had
pigs of the same litter fed exactly alike to vary
$50 pounds when killed.
II Is fayorite saying with sone that ''th
breed OF hogs II all In the trough" but for
one will not subscribe to it, Tor have tried
several breeds of pigs and And each one to poa
| sess distinctive fattening qualities without any
variation In food or manner of feeding. You
know something Of the stock have tried in
| former years and lts cost, and you also know
that ~ have come down to first principles"
and feed nothing but "Ohester County Whites"
aud have found them the best, when all things
are takol into consideration, that can pro-
| cure.
| should suspect the purity Of ose Of the |
above breed II be did not make one pound PER |
day 70, every day be lives--that is he should |
weigh three hundred and sixtyfiTe pounds |
when he is one year old. This he ought to |
weigh and could be fed to make mere If fed |
strong all the time, but think the above
weight would be the most economical on com
non feeding. fhave fed pigs 10 the same pen
with the Chester County Whites which did not
make the shove weight by one hundred and
fl y pounds and think consumed as much
o. more corn,
am wIllng TO admit that much depends
upon the manner of feeding, but all does not
depend on it, but some credit must be given to
breed, ard not all to the feed and feeder, al
though as have said before much depends
upon the latter two.
In anegsrto your eecopd question, "llow
r many pounde OF corn does i; require TO make
ore bundled pounds Of rorkl' 1 would answer
Ihat ike the other answer it must depend very
much upOn Circum5tarces-ss Tor iustarc the
, | tine OF year, The nanCsr Of teed, the form in
i which tie food ia given and the amount G!
: | shelter.
In relation to the time of year best for feed
a lug, would sny tia; 90 not consider il pro-
h'eole to tatten pigs after the lst of December,
i, for it not very well sheltered it will take the
= material for one pound OF pork to make up the
! aui,nel heat TO counterbalauce the outside
/. cold. Many Of our practical men object to this
A because they do not commence husking their
# corn soon enough to fntten of thoir hogs by
IL he above time. Did such ever try old corn
for fatteniug in October and November II
not they may take my word for it that Il will
-s make pork AVID be satisfied 10 risk 1t for ore
d month upon my assertion.
70 Now with regard to the manner of feedilg,
i, many Keep their pigs all summer upon just
"a CROUCH food 10 keep them alive, and as soor
ia SO they commence husking in the fall throT
"a than all the corn they will eat and fstten item
so up as lust as possible. This plan is wrong IN
va both theory and practice. Thoy do not gel s'
II. hal 81
or he who feeds the same amount Of corn, but
a feeds 1t regularly all the time gradually III.
~ creasing the fed as the size OF the animal in
n, creales, and not feeding heavier at one tint
than another, aud his pork will be much bet
~ ter aud healthier than when II is put on 81
80 quickly ard made at less cost.
+. With regard to shelter we should remember
Of hat to certain extent or limit shelter lie Ct
90 equivalent to food, and may be much MGR
he economically supplied in that form than in lh
a shape OF corn.
I'd Now to give a direct answer to your secna'
question, ! would cay when feeding good pig
H. expect to get from h,e to seven pound u
lv pork Tor one bushel Of good shelied corn, tia
=, a when corn Is 6ty ceuts per bushel and porl
,cr is five dollars hundred We must lock 10 III
w. manure for our profit and Ply for the trouoi
'ey Of feeding.
-. Yon will no doubt think that | leave a wild
sv mirEn--two pounds per bushel-but leay
al 1t 30 because know that s0ne pigs which
: have tatlened did Lot give three pounds 0
p1rk for one bushel Of corn. With my presen
,s sock of pigs would not have any hcsit9lio
n, Ia feeding them with fifty cent corn to max
al i've cent pork, but have seen pigs IL which
nv would not feed fifty cent corn fsr park a
IA prceeat prices. shall in few weeks ship
,as pig 10 the West to which ! should have n
~ hesitation in feeding eighty.fve cen. corn &c
hve cent pork, bat would not like to try ii Wit
all pigs
al In the above estimate | of course slude I
~ old corn fed in the months Of October and Nc
- yember, the corn to bs ground with rnijler
= toll counted in and mixed with water into
80 thick slop. Much has been written ara rno:
m said upon the BENEFITS Of pumpkins and ROOT
~, for fs!tening pigs, but after trial have com
fnt back % corn meal as the beet and most ecouC
20 micnl. | have tattened hog5 On pumokir
alone, bu. | ccud never get them 10 weigh III
tho ii corntei hog uOr DO consider the PORK d
;cf good FIR use az the pure corn ted article
- Your third question, "Will i. pay to fae
pigs ct tho preseCt relative prices OF corn m
- pork2' is answered aboye-ior feeding at td
a., time Of year eoru n; seventy cents 0ugh'
wa make pork at twelve cents per pcund b,
a, without much prof. for tue pig, which IN Il
~ ~ mouth Of October would make seven pounds
pork from bushel of corn will not make mo-
a, "' than i've now.
NV In another communication will ANEW
J., your other queries, hut mus now close f
y want OF time. In it will also answer 70,
y; question ss TO the most economical form
feeding corn to this Kind Ct stock.
"a Chester Co., Pa. 'CHs.TER WHITE