The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-06-18
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EXparI,nemtstn Feeding Hogs,

ittaiE To whether it will pay to
cook iced for ho@s l will give my ex-
perience in few words, In September,
1869, | weighed ninety hogs after they
-hat beenI9a or, cooked feed For about
a,nionth. They weighed l5, ,225 pounds
l fed, them atter'they had been weighed
loo Bushels ui' corn, ground into very
coarse meal, cooked it, and fed it in
eighteen days, then weighed them again
THEY then weighed II ,52s pounds, show,
ing gain Of 2,S04 pounds, or 145
pounds per bushel fed. The hogs were
9,eE9ss of the Chester White and the
'natiSe hog, and might fbe called good
smooth lot.
The next trial was March 18th, 1871,
fQppe. .2QhT 100 days-with $50 hogs
tint weighed, on that day,i4,475 pounds
and June goth, weighed 22,94O pounds :;
gained 7,405 pounds after eating 500
bushels five bushels per day. of corn,
boiRd, showing d gain Of fifteen pounds
per lbushel. This lot of hogs was in
bluegrass timber lot pasture. August
24t6 they weighed 26,465 pounds, and
had eaten $50 bushels of corn. cooked,
and had gained ten pounds per bushel
AIeRy will say '$his is small gain; my
ilisgsi gained more than that,alid didn't
feed them any corn;" but did You weigh
tIiemp If you had, you would have
found they would weigh like poor sheep
They might be large, but not heavy
THUS the feed Of $50 hogs was only one
quart, each, per day,tand the grass had
saA dried up. So the gain was in ma
king the hogs larger and in fair condi-
ton, well fitted for heavy feeding, which
Iywillspon prove. don't claim that
this is fair test of the value of cooked
corn, ,forrtbe hogs were only kept in a
growing oendition, not fed what they
would eat.
eAugust 14th j added four more to the
number, which made the weight 26,955
pounds then commenced feeding green
corn, from the field ;. Fed 961 bushels OF
corn, that yielded fifty five bushels per
acre, from August oath 70 October 2lst
They then weighed 42,545 pounds, q
gain of Is, ,594 pounds, or 16t pounds
per bushel. / think corn while it is in
the milk, and short time after, is near.
nv as good us cooked corn Sixty oi
these hogs were sorted and put in s
y'tfd with gootl water and a good place
to sleep, In December they weighed
100 pounds each. Fed as they had pre-
viously beenon dry corn,all they would
eat. they gained eight pounds per bush
eFfed.e e'P9', 1ra 70 80
Another lot Of 100, in January, was
treated in the same way. They weighed
275 pounds, and gained 104 pounds pei
bushel for that month. The first hal
of February they gained g pounds pei
bashel. But it is very seldom that hegi
can be fed under so favorable circum
stances as these were. They had gooj
water, warm place TO sleep, and th'
very best of Winter weather. l think
take it one Winter with another, bv tn,
common way of taking care of hogs
they do not gain over seven pounds pc
bushel for theacorn fed.
loH am now feeding 200 hogs; hav,
weighed them, and will report tn
amount gained after eating 800 'bushel
of cooked corn, if desired, also the tria
of cooking corn for cattle two year
ago, and the gain of cattle fed on greel
ebrn last Fall. 2
i While I am about it, let me describ
tg.yz Iuodosof ffee1tng. build chea]
building sixteen feet square, by settin
heavy posts in the ground, and run u
eight feet above the ground. On tn
top of these put heavy joice, with tn
plates spiked on, and used fourteen fee
roof boards, which makes the roof te
feet above the upper floor The roo
boards are 5attened with fencing, naile
TO the roof boards in three or four pls
.ces with clinch nails,and having no sur
port for the roof except the ridge pol
pnd plates. OF course the ends of th
building help support it. The advar
tage or having no supports midway {
the roof boards is, that if any wate
gets through the roof it will run dow
on the inside of the plate, and then OF
This kind of roof will not leak if Il
boards are grooved near the edges {
each, board. A roof made in this mai
ner will stand under as much snow as
fiat shingle roof, and give as good sa
isfaction. This building did not CO..
over fifty dollars, and will hold ovt
600 bushels of corn on the upper foo
Then have an alley 125 feet long b
ten feet wide, with row of troughs Q
each side, to keep the hogs out whi
feeding, or if the feed is hot,
These wings constitute fence, an
cost no more than a fence. The allie
has wooden track the whole leEgt
into the building, with car that hole
bushel. l have well so that the w
gterf can be pumped directly into Il
steam boiler, and into the cooking tu|
which hold forty.two bushels. l al
sorry that it don't hold seventy. five, fl
itsdont take more than an hour or 6
more to cock forty bushels than ten.
simply takes little longer to get it hot
then it makes but little difference ho
large the tub.
.efoI'have improved over the printed il
structions they say, soak the corn ov'
night then let the water off and put Il
steam in; hut find the corn. will be {
dry it will not cook, but be hard, nj
much more than half cooked. fir
the best way, is to heat the water frs
then let the corn down into the. tub, ,ha
ing just sufficient water to cover Il
corn; after the corn has cooked cou
lie of hours, two,thirds of the wat
will be soaked into the corn. Then
the rest out in a barrel sunk in tt
ground, or directly into the troughs,
there is great deal of substance in t
hwater The water must be let of,
the lower six inches will not cook
all, even if the steam enters in two
three places at the bottom. Anoth
thing-if the water is left in the tub, t
corn will sour and rot IN two days;
the water is left of, every kernel will
thoroughly cooked, and will keep b
for three or four days. l use one
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