The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1868-12-04

Fa'tening Hogs


mHst rot he frozen. Give him aboct
;.q lait II clear water after each feed
in-. armnvc say water or whatever
" III rhv trnDa.., before tcelug.
Have r'l his lrnl sweet ana clean. Il
rrapp,' treated iut boz hAs . lAsii
u> taste. md will eat nothing thsti~
iaI.ur Alialtile salt once u week. !.
anl iiihe hog >eetuS to rah themselves
uurh. al.i sloculul q. sd pnnr for
nch ha.,.
\ iai'en,ng hoG, toray or his care
an.l feed. unst have . good roof over
,im. p'sn'N ,f fresh air. dry bel
wiih itN straw. ihe hog is very seilsi
i've cold. and ii you worry hlm *
LILLE von soon lind how quickly bis
langs become oppressed. Now com.
Ianh sense teaches that Il hog that is
vrf an! shiv rirr with cola, rr Wheel
ing witA oppressed largs. canAot d
gs,i Nj. ford ami Convert il into lard
an ~ AZ. a~ Ite can when hr enjoys
ina lnN1ry ot being dfN. clean and
warm. auI uhyn he has the full aud
free u.e nf lis lan4s.
ihe labor aud expense OF threSEinr
and grinding is made another ohiec
rirn. Let Us see. Tie miller in
Cuio i entitled 70 one.eshth Of all
com 4rouaa and no, bolied at his mill.
This high compensation MAS fixed. 20
d"udt. 10 consideration 0! the small
proportion OF what is grown being
-ronrd. The usual compensation for
.,ruiing is one tenth. Now let rs
suppose the mill ten miles from the
farmers residence. which would be a
: beral average distance in Ohio
Let him carry a wagon load OF say
togty La,hels of old dry shelled corn
70 the mill on tie 18th Of August
On the both let him take another load
AMI carry home the grist. Let him
repeat this as often as may DC neces-
s.rr.
Nov every miller knows. and every
farmer ought to know, that hnshel
~ sound old dry corn by measure,
well ground will make FIVE pecks By
Of meal. This, with one
eishtA If for toll. gives thirty FIVE
quarts Of meal to the hushel, which. I
II properly ted will feed 4 hog OF az
erage siz. eleven DAYS Ten bushels
50 used viii feed hog one hundred
and ten days. or from September lst
to December goth. Take as'ock hog.
tie first Of September, from fifteen to
eighteen months OLD OF good breed. \
Healthy AMI in good stock order;
weigh him and treat him hy the above
ank following directions, and more the
result. Ii yonr hogs come tardily to
their feed. oi leave a part Of i IN the
trough, omit tile feed at noon and add
u little salt 10 give them a relish Tor
tile ucXt feed The hog is subject to
,iispaI sia, ana il it is once brought ,
Oh by eiattobv, it will return. \ hog
once over fed on solid food. never
ill-s well afterwards. A indicious
feeder. hy care and caution. can feed
tn bushels each to old hogs in one
hundred days. To spring pigs pro
perry treated until September. it will
require twenty days more. The pis
should come on an average, within
fifty pounds Of his older brother
The proportion OF lard will be less. \
but ia the tine quality OF hams espe-
,ially. the pig mill be much better
than the hog.
Now as to economy or profit. The
experiments OF five pounds and eleven
ounces Of live pork Tor a bushcl of dry
corn, fourteen pounds and seven
ounces for bushel of boiled corn.
aud seventeen pounds for bushel OF
ground corn boiled. are probably. in
the common careless mode Of feeding, I
n fair average. hardly need 20 any
farther in advocating the grinding OF
corn to make pork. | will say, how
ever. .hat Tor every fi'ty-siX pounds Of
soind old corn sert to mill, ground. !.
toll oil, have realized twenty-five
pounds Of dressed pork and can do it
again. One fifth OF this ! would ex.
pect to make with good shelter and
lodgi ny. would not expect the
same success on large scale. but the
farmer who pnrsucs one branch of his