The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-01-23
Agricultural,
IEEDING ASH GEMENT OF
.NJOTk.

IEEDING Avn NlNlGEWLA bF
STOrk.
Hogs designed for slaughter ought
not to be longer than to the ngc Of ten
to twelve months there ~ no profit IN
keeping pigs OF amy considerable SIZE
through the winter. Where but II small
number are handled, say from ten TO
twenty, they may bcproiitably disposed
Of Ut II Younger ngc, gay eight to ten
months. We were shown 1t half dozen
pigs the other div ut Judge Ayrry'8 that
would weigh two hundred and forty
These pigs hNy" never been ont Of tn"
ucn have been led corn and swIll from
the house, with snlt twice q week, aud
occasionally meios. Judge Avery never
keeps his pigs longer than to the age oi
min" months, and makes them cycrngr
from two hundred and seventy five to
three hundred pounds net, and some"
Times even larger WtlElitN.
Thj, management requires that pigs
should be farrowcd as early aS tn" latter
part oi February or the first of March,
~ it is not profitable to make pork in
cold weather. When hogs are kept in
lnrgc numbers aud cannot be prepared
T4r, n,url,t al anti. "a, wanna an ut,,4
the pigs may be- fnrrowcd late IN the
fall, When they nre allowed to run out
the small pigs will be less troublesome
IN the winter than at any other period.
We hnyr mlyucatci feeding cattle in
IN the fields ruihcr than in the barn
yard in the mud, and it iS announcement
feeding corn fodder to hcri Of cattle
Of any SIZE in the bhrn-yard ut all. We
therefore advised feeding in pasture
lots, and when dry, or the ground ~
frozen, TO feed in the meadows. Every
farmer knows that when the ground is
soft, the irampinR OF mc@d"ws with cat
lie is isinjuriOus. But whcntlr mrulUw8
are gctting old and the grass light, it will
do good, ever when the ground is II lit
he soft and al old blue grts, pasture
X hardly ever too soft 10 feed on. OF
course it will he Understood that We are
speaking Of outdoor feeding during the
day assuming tlmt nS most people have
barns in which their cattle are sheltered
at night, they will br fed there night
and morning, and II little fodder will be
put ont for them to pick ut through the
day.
Many people are IN the habit Of
throwing their corn in the shock over
the fence, and leaving it there N large
lunches Just where the manure IL not
wanted, and where fodder is not eaten
half "a well H when scattered about
oycr the field. Others haul all their
fodder and stack it up near a cattlc-yurl
sometimes away from the barn in
Nli'l lll'N INV HlNb lll'll ttlWN NllIh,
aud thus through the winter ARE kept
ON straw and fodder alone their cattle
and sheep.
On this management stock never does
well by spring they are very poor. The
manure ~ also poor, and yet from the
large bulk piled mp Of corn-stnlks and
straw, 1t requires II grcnt deal Of work
to get it ont. Indeed We frequently see
this straw manure neglected and left III
this condition fo. years and no use made
of it. The straw ought to be- used for
bedding in the barn. Here and for
this purpose it will pay-pay in the
saving of liquid manurc-a most i'm.
pOrtnnt consideration, for these liquids
nrc valuable IA plant food, aud in de-
composing and rendering available for
tho sune purpose the straw itself, and
all the other ingredients of the manure
heap.
We would therefore feed a little hay
with grain in the barn. and bed literally
with straw, thus adding to the comfort
as we'll AZ to tho thrift OF the stock
turn out for water and exercise every
day. aud. unless the weather i, too
severe. leave them out To cut rough
food till evening.
II il is not convenient to grind the
corn (which is always recommended
when 1t mill il near) it may be shelled,
especially for calves, who will eat it
readily and do we'll on it. But the
best food for calves, * II mixture Of
ground oats, corn and bran. Farmers
should Away, aim to have all their
wheat ground and sell the -four, "a rs
to have tho bran nnl shorts.
The feeding should begin before the
grass il all gOnc-the farmer bearing in
mind that the object il not merely