The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-07-07
TIL e PILOT. .
FARMERS COLUMN.
Summer MANAGEMENT of Hogs.

LII hogs are 1nrD1sncQ viii BOOu pas
ture, with variety of grasses, good sup
ply of COOL running water, both to drink,
and to bathe In. and a moderate supply OF
grain In some form, they are IN warm
weather in their natural elements, and are
then in the best condition to ward off dis
ease and make rapid and profitable growth.
Many good swine beeders prefer not to
give their hogs any grain during the Sum-
mer months, leaving them to depend en-
tirey on grass. But by my experience IS,
that there is no season Of the year when il
rays better to feed grain to my hogs. 1t
then takes much less to put them In mar
condition, and it also takes much less time,
enabling the farmer to market his hogs
early, before bad weather, and before the
glut in the market, and the decline in prices
that usually occur early in the Winter.
If have given amount of grain to feed
my hogs,I prefer decidedly to divide lt,and
feed a portion during the Summer in pre-
ference to giving it al. in the fall at fatten-
ing time, as think | not only get more
pounds Of pork to the bushel Of grain, but
/ have heavier and better fattened hogs.
Some farmers object to Summer feeding
on account of their hogs, squeezing around
for feed, and not eating grass. But have
experienced no such difficulties. There is
nothing hogs like better than grass, and
it does not seem reasonable to me that they
will refuse to eat grass because they are
partly fed on grain The hogs likes a vari
city Of food all seasons of the year, and it
is well TO pander to his wants in this resnect.
Sucking sows and small pigs should be
supplied with choice pasture, and all the
grain they can eat, and house to Iun in
out ofthe hot sun. and out Of storms. And
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need variety to keep up their appetites.
Oats are one of the hest grains have ever
tried to make sows give milk and to make
pigs grow. But the hull is 20 hard and
thick, it needs to be mixed with corn and
ground and then soaked or cooked; soft
cooking without grinding would perhaps
answer, though [ have not sufficiently tried
it TO speak positively.
Hogs Of all classes should at all times
have, in addition to grass and grain sup
ply of stone coal, or charcoal aud salt. A
portion Of SD pher seems to be beneficial,
but should be fed with care to sows that
are with pigs,as it will, flied in large guam
titles, cause abortion, The coal and salt
are best placed within their reach and let
them eat as they require, nature being the
best guide as TO the amount required
Western RGrot.
THE DOMINIQUE Fowl saw in your
very valuable paper of June ! an article on
Dominique fowls. They are every way as
good as represented, if not better, and my
advice to all raisers of the Bramahs, Pc
lish, Cochns, Dorkings, and any other va
riety, is to get the Dominique, or some
large game fowl, and give then chance
| also noticed an article Oh the Black
Red Games, some times since, and would
IKE to hear from the same pen again. as
| have also got some OF that breed offo1ls
IN ny yard, and think a great deal of them.
J. j. W.
ANCIENT AND MODERN WORKERS IN
NooL.-Under this caption the Bulletin
of the National Association of Wooden
Manufacturers tor April, copies the letter
OF our correspondent, Mrs B., of Mimi
eiska, Minnesota telling how she worked
up with knitting machine some $50 pounds
Of wool, and pronounced it not only "a re-
creation" but profitable withal), with the
following handsome preface:
We have often vainly sought for a wor-
shy parallel for the ancient Roman matron
whose tomb in the Eternal City bears the
epitaph commemorative of her domestic
virtues; which were to ''stay at home
and work up WOOL
DOn,un, n,dnsit,
Ldnam Jecit.
We find the parallel at last in the Min
nesota lady, who penned the following ar
ticle for The Western Rur |. Bat if there
IS q parallel, there i contrast. Who,-
that compares the Roman woman painfully
toiling with her dstaff all day for feeble
product, with the American matron, by aid
OF modern invention, running off in mere
sport 500 stitches and turning out at odd
moments a product which meets most of
her family expenses, say that the
material science of modern times has done
nothing for dotnettic happiness?
A Coop REMEDY.-We know of nothing
better for cracks in cows teats, to which
they are much subject when first turned to
pasture, then glycerne one or two appli-
cations of which will heal them UP. The
teats should be well washed with a suds
made of CASTLE soap-itself a cleansing,
healing applicatlon--an the.glycerine put
OH at night after milking.
A mixture of molasses and water, of the
consistency Of strongly sweetened water,
sprinklcd over currant bushes will clear
them from worms Such simple remedy
is worthy of trial.
FooD FOR DUNG TURKEYS The most
suitable food for young turkeys from two
TO six days old, is boiled eggs Insects of
all kinds and cooked ivers of animals are
good also. A cheap and excellent food for
young poultry may also be found in fresh
curds, provided the whey is drained out. =
1t is not until the turkey is two or three
weeks old that it will naturally take to eat
ing grain, and then only very small seeds.
it first needs TO build up digestive APP
paratus, before it can dispose of the kind
of food it eats in after life When the
young chicks first manifest an appetite for
starchy food, be careful and furnish them
with sand or powdered brick if they are
not on the ground, as it is necessary to
swallow this with the first grain that they
eat.
PRETTY PLANTS Foa INDooRs.-Take a
common tumbler or fruit can and fill it full
of soft water. Then tie bit of lace or
cheese sacking over and press down into
the water, covered with layer of peas
Ina few days they will sprout. the little
threadlike roots going down through the
lace into the water, and the vine can be
trained IN to Irvine around the window or