The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-11-25
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No animal raised upon a farm varies
y much 10 actual value asths hog. \
|esg'nssea,5 long legged, looae7ja'nsed, {
consolidated, quaint, un-
Dasy, uncomfortable rootcs Is an abso-
lutte loss, As we'll IS perpetual annoy
lnco to any farmer who has the least
pride 10 lis business, or taste about the
looks of his stock. On tho other hand,
no icy invested in stub:nosed, short
cared, small limbed, lround-bod thin
skinned, quiet aud Glenn animal, is bet
teE thsp,iO fancy railroad stock, not 70
mention the acmforts Ct having models !
Of the beautiful hard by your door.
The best and most profitable breed
for ordinary farm purpcscs-whcn little
j. led during the summer but the ret
use from the family table and the sour
milk or whey, as the case may be-is
hog Of about medium, size, and Of a
thrifty family II gross and 'sawny,"
there will b. too large frame in the
f,l % COVER probably with fat; if
small-boned, and Of course small every
way, you will feed food that will not |
yield a return, for the reason that
growth is in such an animal unnatural.
Of the well-known races, the "Chcs-
tersSounty". pigs are among the best,
They arc, rather above tho medium
size, are 6nc-graiaed, good feeders, and,
what il tho, best OF all, are quiet.
Well cared for, at eight months old
hey viii weigh from two .bandrea" and
fifty TO three hundred pounds. =
The best tima for fatteuing is in the
months Of septcmb~r,. October and
November, and the worst in December,
Janaary and February. A certain
amount Of food is needtul to keep the
animal warm when the thermometer is
at zero. All this is, saved when it
stands between thirty and sixty de-
grees. In addition to this, the abso-
lutte loss Of food BY freezing to the
spout and trough, and the inevitable
mixing With snow aud slush, is aever
less Ordinarily than Eve per cent, not
to say anything about the trouble and
cost Of continually tha~ins frozen swil',
and bringing it to the temperature that
will be tho most acceptable to the un-
comfortable and seui-torpid animal.
Ndta few farmer, feed corn in the
ear, and some even raw potatoes, to
their fattening swine. One-half would
probably be an underestimate Of the
loss BY this easiest but most slovenly
and costly practice.
a larger number mix dry meal with
cold water or Stops, and Immediately
feed it to their hogs. The loss in this
case is not as much as in feeding the
cor, ulground, but it canno: be less
than from fifteen to twenty-five per
cent.
Still others cook their meal with
their potatoes, both thoroughly, CON-
plctely mixing the one with the other,
and then adding to the couglomerate
wafer sufficient to make i thick nusl,,
present it to the grati6cd and hearty
caters, thereby saving nearly all the fat
producing value contained in the grim
and the potatoes.
For several years We have adopted
this plaza. Every thing fed to on.
hogs, while atteoios, is cooked, but
nothing ground. To on, bushel and a
half f''posatoes (,oashed,) We add three
pecks Of dry corn in the kernel, and
then With liberal supply of water in
kettle almost steam-sisht, we cook for
at least three hours. The kernels are
then three or four times their original
size, and the potatoes are mush, and
then when thoroughly mixed the dish
i al acceptable as can be presented to
alot Of fattening hogs. And as every
particle Of the food is Cor can be) re.
duced to paste by the slightest masti.
cation, much more by the action of the
stomach, there can be little If any loss.
The advantages are, that you save
the time of taking your grain to mill,
the tell, and having your grain always
at hand in proper condition to use.
There is a steadiness about the food
= that j. one Of main elements Of success
in feeding fattening animals,
An addition Of few quarts Of rye
and an occasional peck Of oats, making
a little variety, is always a judicious
plan; either Of which is easily cooked
as the heavier and larger kernels Of
corn.
r. sTo fattea WE'LL; hpss must have q
clean pen and comfortable nest. An
addition Of muck or mold or dry leaves
should be made to the yard at least
twice week, and the bed should have
special attention as often as every 9TH
CT night. Wadiog round up to their
bellies 10 mud is very Improbable bus
,iperrIfor an animal u7op "hieh We are
anxious to place as cheaply as possible
tie largest amount of'tat; while nights,
worn out 10. tie restlessness that vet
] straw or vet earth always makes inevi!
table, are MT especially conducive to
the same desirable end. and
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