Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-01-19

Farmers Club, Dec. 70. heporteu Ioi
the Standard by /. ID. r. COLLINS. No
regular subject for discussion at this
Meeting.
/. ID. Il. Coihns-Some five or six
years ago commenced the practice
of feeding my hogs that had been win
tered, but twice a day, and have con-
tinued the practice to the present
time, and during this time the lightest
hog that have killed, has been heav-
Ter than the heaviest that | had ever
killed before. This is partly attribu-
table to the fact | have had a better
breed of hogs than formerly, but not
wholly | think, for | do believe that a
hog will do better on certain amount
of food given at six o'clock in the
morning, and again at six at night,
than if fed three times during the
same time. la fact have fed no more
at a meal since adopting the two meal
system than | did when / fed three
meals a day. Never fed hog more
than a common pail full OF milk or
other swill at feed. The first hog
| fed in this way was fattened in the
fall upon the meal from fifteen bush
els of India wheat, and dressed $50
pounds. | feed my pigs while young
three times a day.
Geo. f. Sprague-During several
winters when | was teaching school,
fed my horses, cattle and hogs but
twice a day, and don't know as they
ever did better than when so treated.
| have never tried the two meal sy5-
TEN with my hogs during the summer
and fall, so could not say from expe-
rience how it would do. ] knew a
man years ago who was celebrated
for killing nice hogs, who never fed
but twice a day, and he always claim
ed that they would do better fed twice
a day than if fed oitener.
4. Scott am glad this subject
has come up. 1t is something new to
me, and | don't know but there is a
chance for Improvement here, not only
in feeding our hogs but our young cat.
tie, aad in short all our stock that
does not labor. Perhaps it would
not work as favorabIy with laboring
animals.
g. ". SeaUer-I don't know but
hogs when fed upon grain or Other
rich food might do as well when fec
but twice a day, as though fed three
times, but | hardly think that wher
fed milk alone they would eat enough
at a meal to make two meals sufficient
to make them thrive and grow well
/. ID. Il. CoiLins-I would say tina
as | keep but a small dairy and usu
ally raise some calves, my hog get
but little milk excepting at certain
times, but when the feed is not mill
it is poorer, being mainly dish watel
with the odds and ends from the table
and if very poor sometimes a handfu
of bran is added to make it relish
Occasionally feed of raw potatoei
is given. As stated before neveI
feed more than common pail full a
a time, which is the same quantity
used to feed when | fed three times
day, and my feed through the summe
will not average as good as the sam
quantity of sour milk. My idea i
that in feeding but twice day, tn
hog will do better for the reason tina
the time is divided more evenly be
tween meals. The hog is fed say a
six in the morning; it takes a certai
length of time for the stomach to di
gest-the food, it then remains at res
until six at night when he is fed agair
and the process is again gone throug
with. am satisfied from my exper
ence that hogs are more quiet whe
fed in this way than when fed oftenel
Il. DaUison-I have had some ez
perience in the two meal system wit
myself and horse, and don't beIiev
in it. When driving cattle to Coz
necticut we do not practice batting {
noon, and have never succeeded
making a horse gain any on twelv
quarts Of oats a day and twelve mile
a day drive. also find it wears VI
on me severely. In some sections o
Franklin county many farmers fee
but twice day, and have rather ha
the impression that their cattle di
not do quite as well as those th;
were fed three times a day. | don
know how it would operate with hog
". J. HaStings-I don't know bu
| have been in the habit of feeding n
hogs too much. l have usually fed n
pigs about five times day and ha,
killed some very good ones, weighir
from 200 to $50 lbs. at eight montI
old. They would eat a pail full eat
at meal of sour milk. The last We,
| fed but three times a day. The o
way OF raising hogs was to yoke the
in the spring and turn them out
grass till September, then take the
up and fatten them on potatoes
feeding all the boiled ones they cou
be made to eat. | think if | was Q
ing to make as good hog as l cou
would feed more than twice a da
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