The weekly standard., 1869-11-03

In three feeds per day.
During cold weather mix the meal with
warm or hot water and in Just such auanti-
ties as will form one feed as soon as done
feeding mix that for the next feed, which
when the next feeding time comes, will be
foun1 to be thick mush, and in order to
furnish enough moisture, will have to be
thinned with warm water.
Of course this mode of feeding only ap-
plies to pigs when they are small, and dur
ing cold weather; as soon as the weather is
warm enough, the feed can be mixed with
cold water, and in large quantities; but l
am not sure whether it would not pay to
continue the hot water all the time.
During the Summer, and when fattening
in the Fall, 1 use two barrels, or half hogs
heads, and in this way 1 am able to keep
the slops mixed for three or four days before
1 use it and allow it to become little sour;
if the weather is cold, little may be left in
the hogshead to assist in the souring of the
next batch. l am well satisfied that four
bushels of ground corn fed In this way.
will make as much pork as ten bushels of
unhelled ears, fed by throwing it on the
ground, or too often on the manure in the
pen.
bushel of meal Zone bushel of corn will make
one bushel of meal after the miller's toll is
taken OUT should make six to seven pounds
of pork, which at present prices would cost
from ten to eleven cents per pound. have
fed pigs which l thought made ten pounds
of pork to the bushel of corn but I have
also fed those which did not make four, so
that would feel safe in naming from five to
six pounds as the average weight of pork
which should be made from one bushel of
shelled corn.
have found that if 1 allow my pigs the
range of field of good wheat stubble or
second crop of clover in addition to their
usual feed of meal, they will fatten rapidly;
in fact 1 have known pigs to be kept in a
field of second crop of clover, with free
access to water, for four months and i'm
prove in condition all the time. Many pigs
are very fond of clover hay; 1 once fed a
brood sow for two months upon hay and
common house slop and one quart of corn
per day, and l think she improved on it.
All pigs are very fond of cut clover hay
when stirred among their slop, and will
thrive on it. By all means ring the pigs
and give them the range OF good pasture,
anu lne Hoie eiofei 1he e'lo''- oso'''
Rural Journal.
NEW Process IN WHEAT CULTURE
The result of an experiment made during
the past season, by R. A. Gilpin, &C his farm
in Westown, on the wide planting and cul-
tivation of wheat appears to be quite re-
periment, MI. oilpin says
The ground measured an acre within
fraction; it was not selected on account of
any inferiority, but was much the same as
the rest OF the teld, and was manured and
ploughed just the same. Inc SEED was the
red Mediterranean, and not very gooo, Delng
taken from the wheat grown on the place
the previous season, which was injured by
the weevil 1t was drilled In at the rate OF
4 of bushel to the acre, on the 25th OF
September, at the same tlme as tue rest Oh
the field. The pecuharlty OF the treatment
was that every other pipe OF the drill was
stopped, so that the rows OF wheat were
twenty inches apart, or double the usual DIS
tance. In the Spring, when the ground mas
become sufficiently dry to work, small gar
den hoe harrow was run between the rows,
working the ground to the depth OF three
inches; this was done only once. Ihe
effect OF this working was very apPar-
en., sne .h nea. .. 'oo f a. Ea1d A, Tho
ou.se" n"a w :. ,ra,. toll and
season 9 a9,anou 81 ~ ro;, bad
Strong: anu no I a'hS ~ 1o -, VIII" mhan tho I heads
lornieu snon Sie"el ,e ,,; tho
rent ~ Nv "as s,iS 'n r"a ~. apd hsnled in
rest oi tie n1tu mas an -. anu M for +be
Week pe'ole ore 'i.,s mao | wheat Yielded
result. .ta. sne IApse LnpSala os nhoat 70 one acre
1~sns IVY a. io,Jn5 ~ orIr nine bushels To the
anu 'ne lest yiIieeu e my III, IL ,ras tho same
acre the quai,'y Vi eaIn "a s a., - ot
"hether from uelect III lne see", " WY f ~,
season. OF tee lale P,aniing, tne WIZ ,noon;i W
wheat was inIcieu poIn ~ J;s I;s ~ osoo,,a
anu lne eAPsiiniou'ai pa.' w NV o, Tt;,
1t was enecteu JUST as the Isst was. ms
experiment musI not ue reSa.ueo oot;oI q; sn .hs
satislactory tIe SEASON ma' a. IASe 1S af tho IN
SEED osed was ln.elto. 10 ana .ae ru ~ ah"0 a.e
experiments par, u 'iv S ne,u on va. ' ~;I ,;,b
iuIeiy Sles'' pu' ont' ~ - 80 ona
ciie iesI Vi ..e .iop, ,,t - .ha ,,aa,,;I h,t
from lne eN:o u on,' o;,o,,n,,to s,,fg;
tne result is In"ei au! oneuuo' .u a.n"1;e Su. e
clently reasonable 10 a'tlacs 1ne at'e''9n IL. -.
farmers anu iiiuu'e iu''"'i 'i'"'' ~ ~
journal.
QUESTIONS FOR FARMERs-Wouldi it not
be good thing for our farmers to econo-
mize their manures? How many of them
nave tnell stsD'es Jast ., Wiz VI. ~ LII i1s hs
all the colieoS E,,id VI 'ne no. ' of Io.ds
washcu away a ouuu ~. nun Gus w y, ~sJ .Ua~
OF tnorougniy uecomP9se1 P inanuies pe sa."i sansJ
every year. enough, Inueeu, ~ enrich sIr.la. =,
acres OF grouhu "ho gatners up aii 'he
litter and dropplngs OF the cow and horse
yard every morning, and puts II into COM
| post heaps for future use
Who takes cafe OF all his straw, his tod
der, his shucks and other long provender for
| the use of his cattle and horses and sheep
| during the winter season2 Do they reflect
how much is lost to them, every winter, by
neglectiDg this matter Is not most OF the
straw thrown upon nck loosely Wltnou'
order or packing, and liable to rot IN shor'
time2 Are corn tops cut, or fodder strip,
ped, or are they permitted to remain ano
thus answer no valuable enda
Does the farmer plow deep, or is his habit
iu this respect, to plow near the SURFACE
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