Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-09-20


Every farmer should commence to feed his
hogs by the first Of September, as it is much
easier to fatten them in warm weather, than
in cold, besides early pork mostly brings the
highest price in market From the present
indications pork will command as high prices
this fall as last, therefore every farmer should
use all the facilities in his power to fatten
them as soon as possible,
The growth Of hogs should be made as
rapid as possible during warm weather 1t
should be remembered by every pork raiser,
that given amount Of feed will produce lar
ger results in summer than in winter 10
winter large amount Of vitality is expen1 -
in resisting the cold, and therefore an incr,-so
Of feed il required just to sustain the system
in healthy condition.
At first feed lightly Of grain. Give them
all the pumpkins, squashes and roots they
will eat. II other feed is scarce, let the far
mer commence cutting up green corn for his
hogs by the first Of August, or even earlier
1t will be economy to do so, rather than to
let them 60 without till it is ripe and then
feed il to them.
If you wish to fatten your pork rapidly. do
not give great quantities Of rich food, grain,
Sc, at once, but give a regular feed Of a
small quantity until you give what you think
they will eat up clean--but as soon as they
leave any feed in their troughs you should
not feed them again until they have finished
eating up their breakfast or dinner, as the
case may be, when you may give them rather
diminished supply, leaving them sufficiently
hungry at meal time to eat with rolish what
is given to them. Too much feed at the
commencement OF iattening is as bad for
swine as improper food, a stunted growth be-
ing the noticeable result In both, and any
breeder Of experience knows that it is worth
almost as much, if not more, to fatten a stunt
ed hog than it is worth
BY the middle Of September the fattenng
process should be commenced in good earnest
and the work completed before severe cold
weather sets in. As a rule we believe, that
where hogs are kept in open lots without shell
ter, as most are, two bushels Of corn will lay
on more fat in October than three bushels
will in January.
II you feed corn on the ear, be sure and
have good dry pen or lot to feed it in. 49,
Many farmers will throw corn to their hogs in
a wet, filthy pen, where they stand in mud
up to their knees 1t is more than half vast
ed before they eat it, and what they do eat,
does not do them much good if they do not
have a comfortable place to sleep in.
1t will scarcely be credited how much is
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mat Is, that the hog can only be Prontao,y
led up to certain point--that Is II Wlll only
pay to continue the iattening process so long
as the animal VIII eat enough 10 Jay on hesh
and tat rapidly When mat point Is reached
nothing Is gained by going tu5'her' ana the
curer should have II then IL the farmer I'VE
near enough he Will nnd II pays better to sell
his tat hogs alive to the eurer' than XIII them
himself
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