The Lincoln County herald., 1869-06-03

Grass fsr Hogs.

Many n our farmers DO not know The
important value Of grass % feed for hogs |;
at least one. would not thi6k 90, when
their hogs, Of oil ages, may be seen dur.
ing tho whole summer 10 small yards, or
st best on very scanty pasture. Farmer
who know the real value Of such feed
would % soon think Of raising cattle, sud
making milk and butter, BY feeding their
stock grain alone, during che whole sum.
mer, % 70 make the business profitable,
without good supply Of grass. ! must
nay that somo men make pork with little
or no grass, aad and IL more profitable
than selling their grain but, If they
would raise less corn aud more grass, their
net PROFITS would bs two Or three dollars
10 one otherwise, aud At much less cost
Of labor.
You will frequently go large Geld Of
tame pasture dotted sll over with cattle,
when on the same farm the hogs are 10
small yards eking out poor existence 90
dry corn. If the owner knew that il the
same amount Of grass consumed BY .
portion Of his cattle was given to his
hogs the profits on tho latter would be
two 10 one on the former, you would
certainly SEQ . reform. He would put
hal hogs On pasture immsdiatsly, Il hs had
70 dispose Of part Of his cattle In order to
do 80.
A good supply Of grass for breeders is
Of untold value. They should be put on
pasture two or three weeks before breed.
ing time, as it increases the milk greatly.
Breeders, on good supply Of grass with
some corn, will not only retain their flesh
but grow continually, and be easily fat
tened in tho fall or winter, will be large
and healthy, aud their growth will not
be checked during the winter. If
breeders, with their pigs while tho pigs
are confined in email yards during the
summer, and fed on grain alono, it will
take two Of the former to make shadow
in the fall, while the latter will be small
and poor, and 60 into winter quarters
good subjects for disease. Il is the prac.
ticc Of many farmers to let their pigs roam
1t large over the whole farm. The re-
suit is, the pigs do we'll but the corn
fields and patches suffer greatly for 1t
which is . great loss. This loss might
be easily obviated, and the Same gain
maintained with very little labor and ex-
pense.
Farmers frequently make mistakes by
putting their hogs on pasture in early
spring, before the grass gets good start
and while the ground is yet soft, with
natures rooters audisturbed !; the result
is they go into the agricultural business,
and soon prepare the ground for re. seed.
ing. Hogs should have their rootcrs cut
if not, they will soon ruin pasture, and
keep . yard in miserable condition. The
best plan to spoil their rooters is to send
at once and procure q Buckeye Hog
tanner; it will do it perfectly. saw q
man, few days ago, rc.seeding his hog
pasture which had been occupied BY bis
rootcrs since last fall. Ey little negli.
gcnce he has lost his parture for the
greater part of the season. In glancing
over hi: premises, I concluded at once be
did not take the Western Rural; at least
he did not follow any of Its valuable pre-.
cepts. If it is taken il must be by the
ladies for the benefit Of th, interesting
discussions from the rag carpet brigade,
or the friendly CO talk Of Mr.. j. II.
Thomas, Mrs: Hestia and others.
Tho writer has been 30 situated that he
had no pasture. In that case l COM
uenced feeding my hogs green oats as
soon as it was tall enough to NOW, and
continued it till after harvest. found
that they thPlved much better, fed that
way, with half rations Of corn, than with
corn alone. and the former was much
q. B. in Western Rural.