, 1870-04-20

noleo 40 atAnding among The best Of Ane1icsl
helcs. The catalogue gives list Of ffty-nin
cowo md hoifers and twal1e bul1s. Al 0
theeeawan, it is announced, be sold without re
rerTe on June s, 1870. -. Warren Ferris, @
ofsego County, N. T., writes the Country Gen
tte'"an That Two pounds OF hops can be pro
duced a. easi1y and certainly, and a. Is It'll,
erpense, ~ ono pound Of butter or one pount
Of cotton, md that ten cents should co1er 4,
sspensca OF EairtnE one pound Of hopa. ;.
Ihs Madison Courier eays:
"On Friday we passed over the railroad
M Isom tnis city 70 Indianapolis, on allow train
md bad ample time TO mike notes. Along tht
route, on each Eide Of the road, NC noticed the
farmers ousllJ engaged in plowin8 and clear.
ING, preparatory to putting in their CROPS, The
Eheat fields looked remarkably fine and graeu
1or tho scAson. We werp informed that III
unn1aAl BREADTH OF this grain was suwn Ias.
!au, especially in Bartholomew and johnson
Counties. Although the r1ina of the paat Ten
dayH prevailed in Tho counties named, vet the
ground heelns to be in splendid order for the
p1owing."
fATTES1x0 FIGS At NaHT NoHTB.
1hoee who lko Bweet. young pork, md nice
Juicy ham, VII find somc valuable information
in the following letter, from ona Of our bes,
post-GroWers. Tho feeding OF pcaa at the
West IL rather new, but wo should bear il
mind Tat the change in tho climate has beeu
favorable to this crop The difficulty with
peas Is crop, formerly, was their habit oi
mildewing. Wc ALSO have the pea bug, but
this docs not injure them for this use
"WriSEBAGo COUNTY, Ill, April L.
As We SEQ SO much about breeds Of pigs
and Eo little about raising and care Of pisa,
and management of hogs, thought fow sug.
gestiona at this tino might DO OF some value
to thoec raising pigs. In the first place, Gaze
md constant attention arc the gyest BE-
cEcts Of success. Fer this Bection Of the coan-
tV am fully Satisfied that carly spring pigs
can most rroftablJ be made fell pork, prop
crly fed and cared for. Pigs at months old
should be made 10 weigh two hundred
and sixty OF more, live weight Three ycaru
ago last fall, hsd forty pigs, \ little lesH than
eight months cid, which weighed two hundred
and lfty-nino and one-lAl{ pounds on the
average, though not of ~ good b1eod a. VIC
kayo now to fat young. Wintering pigs to
make logs Of them ia what call poor econ
ory; even II they are raised part Of the time
on grass, Which Is tho best, no haye got to feed
corn from the first Of November till the first
Of May, six months, almost as long as We have
to feed spring pigs, and il xou make any
thing e1tra Of them, they must have plenty
ct corn, OF somo other substitute, which il
not convenient or profitable to many farmers.
Now one hundred pounds extra weight oycr
the spring pigs arc more than the average.
Put the spring pigs 1t eight months old Ut two
hundred and sixty pounds, and the hogs that
hAve been wintered and are sixteen months old
At thleo hundred and si1ty pounds live weight.
Thus to get one hundred pounds Of live pork,
you spend double the time getting tho hogs OF
your hands. double tho time in caring for
item, and double the time in getting tho
money they are worth.
"To he succeseful, and mise good spring pigs
for fall fatteningg, We want good breeding sows
from one to four yeA1s old. A sow that il two
years old will misc larger and much better
pigs to fat young than = young SOW. With one
litter year, md which should come about the
first Of March, we can have III the best part Of
the yenr to make our pork in. With a good
hog house, made wxzm hnd tight, we can raise
Figs tie frst Of March about as we'll Us ut any
time; one month gained in tho spring. givea
you one month in the fall. Again, have
more time to take care Of pigs in March than
I have when the spring work commences.
Tho main roint in raising pigs Is care,
constant care-care that they hare proper feed
and everything kept quiet about the hog house.
Short, dry, fine straw, and not too much Of it,
makes the best ncat for young pigs. A good,
warm hog house Is Just as essential to pigs a
agood, warm barn and stable to colts.
~ don't mean to Say that q pig Is worth Is
much as horte but, stop one minute, and
eco how much moro money il paid out Tor pork
every year than for horses. Thap, again, see
how much better farmers provide for thei1
horacs than thoy do for their pigs. I have
raised both for market. Tho pig. when made
to weigh eco or 20, will outseu the horse
every time; but the horse must have good
place and good care, while the pig must takr
his chances ns he can find them With quito toc
many farmers.
~ will now switch back on the min track
For the first four months, pigs can't cat much
but.shonld have al they can cat as soon Is tht
sows fail to give enough milk FOR them. MAXI
trough OF pieco OF foor joist, two by eight
with strips nailed On the sides one inch higl,
Thoy will learn to est out Of such trough
two or three weeks sooner, with little caro
than they will out Of high trough, that tho,
can't reach or zee into, Cooked feed, fet
regularly three times day, will keep the1
right sloag. For feed ~ 10 corn and o.t
nalt and ha't, aud sosk 1t over nigh. in M
kettle that is get in an arch in 1ny hog house
twenty hy forty feet, and too small at that
After being soaked twelve or fourteen hours i
will not need much cooking. To one and
half bushels Of tho mixed corn and oats I'd
one barrel, or more, Of water. After il i
soaked, bring tho whole to boiling heat, au
then stir in meal til it 10 thick enough 70 th,
| the ro1n and oats viii not settlc at the bottom
Of the kettle. I ike this better than cles
Indian meal stirred in boiling water. I hay
cooked : good deal of feed for the last fiv
yeare, and find it to pay well either for pigs o
hogs, and especially for sowH raising pigs.
now have two COWS that haze twenty-five
pigs Conc eleven, tho other twelve) two week
| old They were led on the above feed, an
the pigs show their keeping, and look slick m
| shiny. Now, for four months to como. thes
| pigs can't cat very much, but be sure and kec
them growing. Never lose feed moro thu
you would your dinner till the teas CONT
which will be about the middle Of july.
Now about peas. I have raise
peas for Elk Year,, and find them
| paying crop for pigs md hogs.
prefer land plowed in the fall for peas, cult
| vated ls early ~ the land will admit Of i
| the spring; fer tho peas Will Lie moro evenl
on the ground plow them under three @
\ four inches deep, or about half aa deep Is th
land was plowed in the fal1. Drag over ono
and the job is done. Five acres OF peas wi
keep fifty pige busy three or four week
through harvest. They will need no other foe
As long rs tho peas Last. they must have pler
y OF water that they can 60 TO At any tim,
fcas require the most water Of any grain tia
| growe. After the peas arc gone coma tn
Early York posAtoes. II planted early they vi
Ia ready to begin to boil or steam; whe
cooked add q little meal, and once or twice
week = little salt After the FIRST ueck feed a
they viii eat I'LL f1oeang weather Then 50
have got aome NICE pigs without feeding mae
CON- Now tiniAh up on cosll two CT ttre
weeks, and ron have got pork that yoa nee
not be afraid to est II you can tell me OF
cheaper and better way to mako pig pork a,
open to conviction Ono or two moro s1gso
tons and will close. Il your pigs OF hos
get notion Of lying down In the trough, dri,
in two OF three pins, sharpening thsl
threo OF four inches high. and you viii 400
have them broken Of that trick.
To castratc Al old boaf that Is hard to hA,
die, take forty gallon eask with one hea
out, vel sooped; attaz you catch tho hog, sll
the bazzel over his mad and end il up, wit
the hog in, and there Kill be no trouble IN hoii
ing and Managing him These hog-tAmars
don't think much CT sometimes use the,
on piss that I winter, aud when DO, after
cut the Grlsne Of the noee. take my jAc]
Oifc and cut that In two In tho mIddls. Thl
| will cauao two little looae bAIla 10 c1nN On Ii