Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-10-08
MAKING PIGS PROFITABLE.

A correspondent of the Western Rural
describes the method of making pigs prof
table as follows;
I saw in your paper of late date an in
quiry as to the way by which to make pigs
profitable would say in the first place,
keep no more than is sufficient to eat what
feed you have. If one pig viii eat it, give it
to him; it is better than to feed it to two.
In the next place have a good, warm, dry
place for them to sleep in with plenty Of clean
straw changed twice week.
raised nine pigs last season from Suf
folk SOW and Chester boar; fed on milk and
corn, mostly in the ear, and all the milk they
would drink. They averaged 2l7 lbs dressed,
when eight months old. Keeping hogs poor
one year and fat the next has exploded with
me years ago. I Irecollect having two pigs Of
a neighboriug farmer in l845. fed mine
well during winter, on cora and slops of the
house. He fed his so as just to keep them
alive After about four months | saw his
pigs and said to him: "Our pigs do not look
as though they were Of the same litter" He
said they did not but that be would make as
much pork ia the fall as mine. tod him
would remember it, for i'll was fool il was
time knew it. slaughtered mine Uhen
they were fourteen months old. One weighed
567, the other 467 pounds He kept his one
month longer, and one weighed 232, and the
other 288 pounds.
III had not much milk, I should prefer
corn, rye and oats, groand ia about equal
parts, scalded and let stand until it ferments
PERSUASION BETTER THAN Force The
AmerieaR Stock Journal says: we some
times see men having the care Of aud driving
a team Of horses or mules, whipping the poor
animals because they do not understand their
wishes. Many time the lead horse or
mule is numerically beaten for no other reas-
on than that the drivers order is not under
stood. If the driver, in such case, should
speak gently to the leader, pat it "a few times
on the neck to reassure it of his friensbip,
take hold Of the bride and lead it a few steps
IN the direction he wishes to 20, and all this
without any excitement or anger on his p9 rt,
the leader will always do his best to please
him. In driving horse to a carriage. how
ever gentle and well trained he may be, some
thing may happen to alarm or frighten him -
this is no fault of his-be cannot help 1t, all
he needs is a word or two of encouragement
gently spoken, to reassuFe him OF his mas
ter's care and presence, aud that all is right.
The driver should recolleet that he gets
alarmed or frightened too, sometimes, and
would thiuk hard ef being whipped for it.
CLOVER AxB TmoTHY.--A. Hardley, in a
communication to the North Western Farm
ey, gives what he regards as three important
reasons why clover should always be grown
with timothy: First, the clover. being tap
rooted, penetrates deeply, stands drought,
mellows the soil, and the timothy grows much
stronger and holds up the clover. Second, If
sown for pasturage, the timothy almost uni
versally prevents the clover from swelling
cattle. Thirdly, timothy hay is too binding,
especially for cattle. and clover too washy.
(snccu.lent,) hence both together are better
than either alone.
To these the Country Gentleman adds, un-
der the bead of the FIRST, that where grass comes
in rotation, tits Of the utmost Importance
on clay soil that at least part of this grass
be clover. 1t viii serve to mellow and loos.
en- the heavy soil in a remarkable degree, so
that when turned over With a plow, it will
not only be rich, but loose and friable.