Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-06-08
FARM. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


seasonable Hints About Swine.
1t is said that the hogs which have
been marketed during the recent pack
ing season were of better quality than
those of any former season. Farmers
are beginning to pay more attention to
the feeding and management of swine,
but there is still room for improvement
in the selection of the most improved
breeding animals, the construction of
pens and the preparation of food Suf-
ficient attention is Lot paid to the wants
of the animals in summer; they are in
many places left to depend entirely
on clover or grass, get no grain and
have no defense from the heat or sun,
or from rain. When hog is roaming
at large, he is his own physician, and
selects such plants, etc, as are rene
dies for his diseases. Swine are par
ticularly fond of plants which contain
a large proportion of sulphur Com
mon mustard, or few plants of
wild mustard, will supply this.
Radishes and the top rind
of the rutabaga contain sulphur, and
may be used with good effect The Pc
culiar smell of horse radish arises from
the sulphurous volatile oil in it. When
hogs are shut up in yard or pen, they
should be supplied with preventives of
the diseases to which they are subject.
A mixture of earth and chalk should al
ways be within reach. Coal ashes or
powdered charcoal are essential. Salt
should be given daily in small qusnti-
ties. A few grains of nitre are bene-
fetal in warm weather. Sulphur in
some shape should always be available.
Perfect cleanliness should be observed,
and regularity in feeding, etc. Now
that cheese factories are becoming so
general, it is important for farmers to
know that whey and barley meal make
excellent fattening food for swine -.
Western Rurot.
Selecting, Breeding and Care ofCattle.
A writer for the Boston Cultivator
gives the following convictions derived
from observations:
1st Stock to be profitable must be
adapted to the locality, and the partic-
ular branch of business to be pursued.
Many farms in New England can not
keep with profit the large shorthorn
stock, however excellent they may be.
For the production of milk the New
Jersey stock is not desirable; for the
manufacture of butter the Ayrshire
stock is not the best; and for the pro-
duction of either, no kind of stock is
profitable if not we'll fed and we'll cared
for.
Cd. 1t is important that in every
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good stock of thoroughbred cattle, such
as will be adapted to the feeding ca
pacities of that neighborhood, and the
particular branch of the business pur-
sued, whether of milk, butter or
cheese.
3D. In every case the base Il don't
know as this is the best term of all
herds for profit should be the best of
our native stock, taking into considera-
ton endurance and adaptation to eli
mate, &c.
4th. All stock must be kept in good
condition, well housed and well and
regularly fed, care being taken to give
as much Indian meal as will keep the
COWS in good order. No COW will last
long that is only fed with reference to
great no" Oh Iullk 10 uue eHulTe HeSlect
of fat producing food.
9Th. Variety is essential 10 healthy
appetite, and this to be determined by
circumstances, as to time of year, the
use made of the milk, &c.
9th. 1t should be known that consid-
ering the economy of feed, the COW fed
on oil meal, whether from cotton seed
or inseed, will eat about the same
quantity of hay, as though this were
not fed with it; but the cows fed on
corn meal eat less hay; some say pound
for pound, that is, one ton Of meal will
save one ton of hay.