The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1866-04-20
FARMERS COLUMN.
Hog Raising.

ciai:HS LOT NC" Lngisuu the hlgneet per-
fiction in hog raising. It saws:
Nowhere else have the weights az rap
dlv Increased with re decrease of DAYS
Instead of keeping hog three wears TO
make him weigh rs nsns hnnA;e'l pounds.
AS is sometimes the east, le' he following
facts show the progress:
Rodney Parss,u-. Of West Spriugf-lA
purcha-ed, 10 Man iasi, two smoking grade
Suffolk pigs eh"sA united weigh, was ff-
,-s'x pounds. They were fed on milk
bran and Stops from The house through
the summer bn: latterly on corn and rye
meal. When bu,chareG on the 18Th, at
nine mon,hs DID, th-ir dresses were res
pectfuilv, three hundred and twelve end
rhlee hundred and fiftt.'hree pounds
urdatt Loorni.. of Winsnr Locks, Conn :.
a noted short horned and Co,swnlt breed
er and prize tsker writes thus of his sue
cess with swine, Of which he raises litter
spring and fall for his ou n and neigh bors'
use Dressed weight of five pure Ches>
tiers, all of one litter and my raising,
a. eight and half months old, three OF
which were fa,tened b. me and .wo By
Camaraiza He,haway Four hundred
and five. four hundred and three, -four
hundred and two. four hundred and sew
enteen and four hundred ard two pounds
The meal on which these hog. were fat
tened was mostly cooked The youth,
size and uniformity Of this family are alike
| remarkable
y~ht 80 - -.
nature. both among the living and tbs
dead; but what need In good corn
wear hogs are ALWAYS we'll fattened. Yam
kee ingenuity has not yet culmin aled in
| this direction. There are other steps o.
progress to be made. and greater discov>
cries. both in feeding and fatfening Hi'h-
erto, the mass Of farm experiments have
beer made hastily, carelessly, and loosely
| Hereafter. they vii, De more accurate
methodical and reliable In the mean
time. facts must lie seized upon wherever
found. Mr. Lawes, of Rorhsmsted. Eng
land, gentlemen Of large eizure, fortune
and experience made three experiments in
| pig feeding few years ago, that are en-
titled to much confederation. In both
the First and second series, thirtv.six pigs.
from nipe to ten months old, and weigh
irg about one hundred and forty pounds
each, were divided equoly into twelve
pens. weighed once fortnight, FOR eight
weeks, and fed with different food. The
result was. that a variety of fooo was
found more fattening and profitable than
any one kind alone; That Indian meal as
found TO be TIE most fattening in proper.
ton TO its wei ght; that barley meal fed
without limit. produced mors flesh than
Indian meal that five hundred and sixty
five pounds of barley meal, ard four hun
dred and ninety -one pounds of Indian
meal, were equivalent in increasing tie
weight Of the animals ore hundred pounds;
and that as animals fatten, they consume
less food, and increase less A bu.hel OF
corn made no more pork on fat hog than
lean one. The leao hogs eat more and
grow more; the fat ones eat ie,s and grow
loss. Mr.. Harris, of the Genessee Farmer.
who vouches for the above, and is person
ally acquainted with the parties. AMI
moreover, man of science, be lives rli.,
the most prof able method OF f,lienirp
hogs will DO to give them peas al first,
with little corn, and, as they farten
gradually reduce the peas, and increaS,
the corn, until the last few weeks OF life
when Indian meal a one should be given
lie reasons that peas are nlDfngeneou~
and therefore adapted 80 growth, vliI,
corn Is carbon acceOus. and eimpI, accu
mulates fat In England, peas are us,leail,
given few weeks be!"re killing, III o!deI
20 harden the pork.
EXCELLENT HINTS.
DO every thing 10 It's proper time.
Keep everything in lis place
Always mend clothes before Washing.
Alum or vinegar Is goo4 - -. 80 or
OF red, greer or Irto~-
Sal sods y,,l bleach ,er, whi,e; oa.
>pnoniul Is eao' =, Tor kettle Of clothes
Save your Suda Tor eaf,ten plants, OF Il
ifafdcn yaris when saud,. ..
Siis PrIaud starch with COMMON can
die, ana ii will not suck to tue iron, all,
Will be much nicer
Count your clothes-pins knives an,
forks. towels hardkeictlies g., at eas
once q week 3D..
Wash your tea trays With cold sud
polish with = little -four, and rub with
dry cloth. a.....
Frozen potatoes make more starch
han fresh ones; they also make mic
cakes
Save all your pieces Of bread for pud
dinps dry, or they will mould