The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1870-09-15
Fattenlng Hogs.


There is no time 10 the year when
hogs will fattcn 50 fast "a now. Feed
them corn, stalks aud all 80 long us
the corn is 10 the milk, the hog will
chew every blade and the entire stalk
The weather Is such that very little Of
he food is consumed to keep up ami
nal beat, but all is used to produce
flesh. Nearly one half Of all the food
given to boes during the fa,,ening sea.
son is lost-uttorly so. The following
rules should be strictly observed in
faiteuing hogs. First have q pen for
them sufficiently large for moderate
exe' else. Second, provide a good warm
place for them to sleep have it so
covered that at oil times tho nest or
bed will be dry, ard. If possible, give
them plenty Of strsw to sleep on
Third, have a good clean floor to feed
upon, and never, on any account, throw
thoir food into . muddy or filthy place.
A wet. muddy bed and filthy feeding
place render the meat always more or
lees strong and unwho'esome food for
man. Fourth, four bushels Of corn fed
now will produce more flesh than six
will 10 December.
The fattening properties of the dir-
ierent grains, and tho capacity of the
breed to take on fat. to convert grain
into the greatest amount Of pork, have
been experimented upon sufficiently
to form established facts
We fiud that corn. the best grain for
fattesing, will yield ten to twelve
pounds Of pork to the bushel when fed
in the ear. When II Is ground, several
pounds moro are gained. When It is,
further, steamed or scaldcd, there is
still greater Increase, running the
bushol Of corn up to twenty pounds
double the amount of the same corn
when fcd in the car, much Of which
will then only be cracked and some
pass whole. Grinding and steaminy
or scaldlug we'll will give nearly oil the
strength Of the corn il not fed too plen.
iifully o. crowded in feeding. Fed
regularly, and eaten clean, with easy
aud perfect digestion, this is the way
to get The strength of the corn. The
msnure Is worth less. But where ma.
nure is so little pri.ed as 10 the West,
this is Of little consequences. It may
DO expensive to steam food 10 sca!d il
can hardly bs said to bc 40. There
ere also minor members of the family
that can aid in this There are few
things more apt to b neglected how.
ever. We feed corn 10 the kernel or
ground. When ground we think We
have done we'll and 40 we have but
piggy will do better if the artificial
heat is applied, preparing the food in
advance for the stomach,
Whether il is cheaper and more pro
fitabls TO fatten spring pigs, ! believe
is q point that may bs considered
established.
This makes the best aud chen pest
pork. especially the best if kept sill
late in tho season. say December or
January. While the average of pub
lishcd experiments show that spring
pigs much oftsner exceed 300 pounds
in 25O days than winisred hogs 45O
pounds 10 IS months. True, ifihe hog
could bo made to keep up the same
average gain that is often secured on a
pig the profit might bs the same per.
centags on each. But as pigs from
8 to o months old are often mado to
weigh from 300 to 400 pounds net, IL
is doubtful whether this averag increase
can DO kept up as much longer When
pigs or hogs are fattened up to Ger.
Tain point, it seems that they cannot be
led to good advantage any longer
They are the same % finished and may
IS well be killed.
A little consideration will mako
plain to most farmers that pigs that
gain from l to IL pounds q day, are
profitable, when fed to the best advan.
age. Still some will say il will take
great deal Of grain or other feed to
mako such fat, heavy hogs aud pigs |
But Il has been shown BY the most
,arsfal experiments that . bushel Of
good corn, when fed in The ear to good |
hogs. will average 10 pounds OF pork.
md has made from IL 10 10 pounds
When ground or cooked, has svsrsged
ID lbs, and when ground aad cooked.
u scalded, made two or three pounds
more. Nathan G. Morgan of Union
Springs, N. T., who keeps accurate
.ccounts ofall bis operations, 'has found
hat tone bushel OF corn thus prepared,
that 10. ground and the meal scaided)
'fter dsductiug ten per cent. toll for
grinding, and having ooly b4 pouods
Or the bushel, win give 20 pounds of
'ork--oF at the rate OF 70 pounds Of
orn for each pound Of pork. When
'ork 10 8 cents pouud, b. obtains at
hs rate Of d per bashsl ior his corr"
{ b true that this 10 one Of The most
avorabls rcsults Of ieedisg hegs ever
'ublished Bst tho above averages
'rs suGciontly favorable, though Il
would bs impossible now to find room
or even s~all share OF the published
that provo or sustaiu
hem.-Americaa Stock Journal.
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Cesldn's stand the Cats.
West Hickory. besides bsius noted
Or its big wells, dry holes and rnttle