Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-11-09
COOKING Food for Swine.

Charles Stoddard, of Auburn, Iowa, gave
this account of his practice:
q use d cast iron boiler, into which |
put the proper quantity of water and bring
it to the boil. at which time there should
be no blaze under the kettle-only bed
OF Goals Beside my kettle. | have q box
into which put the meal and moisten it
with cold water to prevent it forming in
to Jumps in the kettle. As soon a. the wa
tor boil. ! stir in the meal. shut down the
cover, and let it stand for a short time,
when il will be well cooked 1t will stick
a very little at the bottom, but if the fire is
not too high it will not burn, and will clean
off easily. | know for do it every day.
hold that the value of my corn Is doubled
by cooking" s...t rfy .
Mr.. Curtis 81 am convinced that nine
times in ten cooked corn Is one-ffth, if not
one-fourth. better for hogs than uncooked."
Mr. Lyman: THE great loss farmers sus-
tain in failing to cook food Is in many cases
equal. think, to 30 or 70 per cent" DR..
Smith Il object to the undignifed prac-
/ tee of cooking food for farm stock II Is,
Is | have before said, against the great law
of nutrition 1t is waste of time besides,
and must have demoralizing effect on
swine OF cattle firmly believe that the
diseased meat brought to this market-and
every body knows the quantity is not small
is largely due to improper practices in
fattening The best Western meat is not
from animals that were forced TO an I'M
wholesome maturity. | speak for great
principle, and I conclude by saying that
animals fed on grass and grain as they find
these substances in the natural state are
best They have a mill and can do their
own grinding. | see | am in a mean mi
nority here, but the side | speak for is
the side of truth, and it VIII, | am sure. be
proved 50 on extended observation Mr.
! Curtis MY father tried the experiment
Of feeding hogs on raw corn, and it proved
expensive. His grunters grew small by
degrees and beautifully less soon they
were stiff and worthless. | also remember
| that NV father used often to have a dozeI
or twenty porkers which he fattened OIL
potatoes, boiled; and let me say, in thi
connection, that hogs will starve on raw
potatoes. Another thing, it is a well
> known facy that barbarians prefer raw food
and the more civilized nation or PEG
pie becomes the better they cooked thei
steak Practical farmers know that al
sorts of stock thrive better on grain or root
I
that are web done Mr.. Robinson %
. am willing to concede the grounds of tn
= gentleman that animals thrive best o
. cooked food but the question, and the in
:, portant question is VIII it pay, and, if St
when and where? In the west it did NJ
. prove profitable to cook corn when cor
was worth ten cents bushel remembt
well that Mr.. H. c. Ellsworth, formerl
Commissioner of Patents, tested the sui
= ject as fully as any body, and he decide
. against the practice. As to potatoes,
grant that hogs will not take them ray
but horned cattle will, and the latter fate
twice as fast as when the potatoes are coo
! ed. dispute the oft-made statement tn
men degenerate by eating raw meat. Th
= do grow fierce, and fit for blood-and
\ der romances, admit, but it does not i
- jure them physically. On the contraI
they grow strong and athletic. | agr
with DR.. Smith that corn in the kerr
rs comes in no questionable shape, but j.
nu as nature intended" Mr. Bruen: 'Ten
~ twelve years ago this question was broug
II up in Kentucky, and some distinguish
= gentlemen, among them Cassius NJ. CT;
~ made a report, the gist of which, if | m
P'' take not, was to the effect that there
IN from 20 to 40 per cent. benefit in cook
7'0 food. l know from my own exporter
that there is 50per cent. in fattening fowl
III Mr.. Robinson; 81 am familiar with the
iiO port alluded to, and there was another 8
ue' to the story. Some Kentucky feed,
! Is equally inaueitia d, lbreught'the best of
-iC idence that they could not make it pay
-ho the prices which then prevailed. In t
oni belief rest, where corn is less than
Nc dollar per bushel,"