The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1871-10-12
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FOR Mark ET.
Ms1y iarDe,s I, II the X l'ao op;;
.portuaity otmskiur the must Of the corn
crop BY neylectiug the hogs until late
in tho season ; allowing the setn to be.
come hard and tho weather so cold
that il Is utterly impossible to make
= fair Lotto hogs out Of shoats. When
the corn is soft aud the weather not
too cold, i, the time to give tho hogs 4
good start. In this case they are
ready for any market, yet may be tod
with profit as late as January, ifpror-
erly managed. >..
Hogs usually do quite we'll on olo-
yer with no other feed, up to the first
Of August, when the pastures are apt
to become dry, and The grass tough
And that is a time Of year when it
does not pay to starve the swine. Bet
ter cut up corn even when in roast.
ing ear, and feed stalks and all, by
this means, may be avoidedths. Danger
Of over feeding thin hogs. Begin with
small quantities aud increase the amount
very gradually until full feed is
given. Great damage is often done
through car!essness in this respect, as
In this way the seeds of disease may be
sown, finally to develop into the worst
stages Of hog cholera. During the first
stages Of the tattening process it is
necessary that hogs should have
abundant room for exercise, and have
access to pasture ss long as the wealth.
or will permit. The advantages are
many, aud the reason obvious for this
practice. It not only aids the deye)-
opment Of the bone and muscle to
make larger hogs hut is-a> sanitary.
measurejvhioh tends to promote good
health in them. The grass answers IS
change in the feed, and has a tent
enoy to continue the disteution OF the
stomach, and promote itsfpowers Of IT
similation. By this u:euns, hogs may
be fed with profit much later in the
season than in any other way. +
Nothing pays better than constant
care in the management d swine
And nothing short Of this can prevent
disease and insure the r. greatest profit
Low prices should not abate the inter
cot in this branch Of agriculture, any
more than in any other, for there is no
doubt that tho production Of parA
may be made to pay as we'll as ANY,
thing else on the fam. The ueylec,
Of this is al Argument in favor Of any
product because of low prices Low
prices should rather tend. 10 a better
management Of stock as it is an estab
lishet fact that this inclines to lessen
the expense Of preparing the Same for
market. -
y. Daring the. pust few years, great
care s has been taken and progress
made. in the improvement OF the breeds
Of hogs. Even greater progress has
been made in this. direction, than in
the proper and. general management to
maintain this development. High
breeding Is profitable when ACCOMPANY
cd with high feeding and high farm
ing; for highly bred animal is net
suited to rude, primitive system Of
agriculture. Thus it may be that low
prices will occasion such neglect in
this direction as to cause deteric ration
in the breeds of swine more rapidly
than they have been brought to per-
fiction. At,present. there is not a very
large class Of tho farming community
who arc sufficiently practical aud
scientific to maintain even the present
stage of Improvement in the breeds of
swine with the elcouras ement of high
prices. However, farmers are contin-
ually adding. to their stock of knowl-
edge in this direction; yet the great,
est benefits will not DO derived until
every branch Of agriculture is brought
to a higher state Of perfection 81
Thus it is plain that unless farmers
continue that management in the care
Of their stock by which those highly
bred animals are brought to perfection,
they will fail to realize benefits which
have been secured and which they can
easily retain. - Western Rural.