The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-01-22
~HsFFrJE UEPHRTNENT
Fattening; Hogs. ,,v

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Fattening Hogs: MI ,
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~ When hogs areIf4i4y on tn cir way of
j. being fattstled;; receiving. several times a.
day all the food hey hey can cat, the more.
they cam be made to eat the.faster they
will fatten, andsfle mufes profit the farm
n err will derive from the affooood ven them
e. and consumed liz ii a. ,sssiorsq siiB .
81 81, There was once a strife IN Ia certain
q sigLhborho6dso of good farmers az to who
should Annually have The fullest hog,
ri Backbone took u pig of'tte ,,.sa me litter,
b so tlat they all Started alike. But
~ somehow, it TUNED out that one certain
man always came out ahead. This con
rtssaus, victory excited wonder and curiosl-
ty. But at last, the secret leaked, out.
xiihe ydceessssffuill farmer was ID the habit
III giving living bis Il RI all That it sweuid eat,
and the . turning inte7this .psujan5ther''
o. hungry pig (which, %. course would
secomnsnee feeding 'voociiferoasly + This
u would arouse into .aetionf the sluggish.
appetite Of the other pig, tandali aseo'
would turn in eating with eagerness,
land resoIutely competing with the hun
Aigrylpig.l BY this. means he hog that was
, being tattelsis VAS tuafed several times
a dav to repleflon. .saAlsiDoI 81 sb
There is anothersw way by Mhiehaaohog
Gamble induced 9oieat6nIuch more than.
he otherwise would, and consequently
be made to lay On fat very fast. Let
ashogt beafed, for INSTANCE, all he will
eat OF corn in{the5 ear Then .faile his
trough, half fall With cleanR,WaIer, and
strew. into this, trough three OF four
quarts Of .shelled CORN, and itgwiH be
found thatitha hog pappetite will come
,uao him againgaadFthis additional adrduunt
'of food Win also % CONSUMED I, s -
,as' generally The ease that these
.I,hegs whieAy do, notstalSsfon fat very rap
idly. are poor eaters and IL is'an object
Vt importance, worthy Z 3 otfthse;,. farmers
attention I make them, fpllleaterss ky-
cry fattening hog, which is really tthriv-
ing satisfacrualy,T wiaI always denote
that by his peculiar shutting and diff
cult breathing just 'aftesrr: eating al that
he will eat. And perhaps il will be
g,fonnd' That even sernblhsggsn about which
80 mnch compliant To- made for ,dsheir
l4shyness in taking, on fat, can be made
ITO give much more satisfaction If GONE
,steheetnall means are. taken to make them
greater eaters. sstEgxios tHso ,elst 7strf344
uhat- a..I.yp.I III rNy s3a
-tLkveslandDeads weight or sAri-
gina .egsE 1siynAE. z z-Zuft1YuI Il 90 -!
e The 2afnSobnpt t 81 meal, Obtained LII fro a,,s. a
domestic animal seld by its @Iiye weight
ais Eeryovariable,sand experiments have
PRESENTLY been. made in liverpool to- as
certain the. proper allowances to- Be
made FTsoM the statistics to. be derry
ed from tho public slaughtershouses or
-abatoirs Of Paris and Brussels, IT APP
'psafsi that the race and the condition of
the animal, besides many .otlertilcircnm-
stances, afsctlthe rssait,L and that GER
tain animals yield as much asz7U per
cent. Of meat, while others only give
SO per eetehht!s The fhfheAama Weight # meat
.produeedahowever, is scalc6lated at IS
per cent. Of the live weight in beef cat
tie. 7 In the casefof sheep, the proportion
lis from 40 70. so per cent. From >,ex-
ssperiments made, it bappsaars, that the
ssdihereatg products obtaiaed from oxen
sandasteep are as follows .usAniox of the
hive wsightqof' 1922 potfnrds Yields meat,
a77i,A pounds skim 'lI11.0.; grease, IS;
blood, 55,1 feet and shoots, "a; ,ehead,
Ii tongue, 6.60;1lungs and haart,rll5.-
1885, liver and spleen; '20.85; intestines,
Sc Is; loss and evaporation, 154.32-
making the total Of ,322 pounds bounds, The
products from a sheep weighing l10.2
pounds snare as fellows; Meat, s65ll
pounds skin, F7:714t:: grease 5..5I; blood.
..4,4o8; feet and boots, Z, 2o4i head,
.z.408; tongue, lungs, heart, ~flivsy, and
spleen, 4408; intsstiHes, a66l2; loss
and ssvaporations9 10. Astounding the
total of 110.2 pounds. Is.st
ssaA GHEAP PANT FOR FENcEsgETgs-
Two quartseot lskim-milk, eight ounces
of fresh Stacked limes six ouucesiof boil
sd linseed-oil. twoouaces of whiteIBaf-
.gundy pitch dissolve i'll The OIL by
gentle heat. The lime 9 must Be- slaked
10 cold water and, dried until it erara-
shles intoifine powder. tienAlnixp itswith
one fourth part Of milk, adding the oil
and pitch lmixsdl BY degrees. tr the
mixture, adding The, ~remaindare of,sthe
Rllkg land ethena'ada threeispeunidss of
Spanish sWhise.nhO t1er coiors may DO
used instead Of the Spanish, Nv white il
sneecssaary. This, paint is highly re-
faOmmendsd by English gardeners for
painting gates, sheds. or otherrs farm
bufidingsAHeasA and HON.. .,sgtt
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TREyTMENT OF .SMALLPox,s'We re-
commend the following 10 The notice of
our physicia1s. aIf unon ffSiaf itsbonfd