The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-30
for the :farnaer.
FATTENr,G noes.


It will now be time for putting mp hogs for
fattening, and the quicker they fit to kill the
more will be the profit. Before the weather gets
excessively severe it will require less food to get
ttrm up To the proper weight. If left till the
severe cold sets IN, they will have 10 be supplied
with rations sufficient not only to enable them
to progress with the fatteung process, bnt also
with au excess of food to keep up the animal
heat. Therefore, those who may be SO situated
MS to enable them to accomplish it should CON-
mence feeding forthwith. First and foremost,
procure for them and mix in their Stops Hour OF
sulphur, tablespoonful for each, and give 1t
two or three times week for two or three weeks.
Afterwards give them o handful of powdered
charcoal every few days, mixture of ashes
and salt. These condiments act regulators OF
the bowels, and puts them in condition after
wards to do their work Of fatteniIg with great
zest. Soft food, such roots apples, pumpkins,
sanashes, should be first given, and if cooked,
and have added to them meal and bran, the
more readily will they fatten. Soft corn, husked
ont, may then be added TO their messes. Al
though we cannot hope to induce many to attend
to the process of cooking, still we have reason
to believe that even in supplying unground
corn in this condition will result in a saving ola
fourth of the food requisite.
And while treating on the hog question, We
wOuld add a recipe, given by veterinary sur
geon, for the prevention of hog cholera. by which
disease large numbers of the swinish multitude
have been taken OFF before their proper time,
o
is had TO the fallen fruit of the orchard, the acid
in the frnit will be found of much advantage to
the pigs, well as to the orchard itself, mas
much as they will destroy the cnrcnliO and other
insects which the fruit to fall before repen
ing. But if the disease, Notwithstanding all pre-
cautions, does make its appearance, il is recon-
mended to give the animals emetic, consisting
of few grains of powdered hellebOre, OF vera
trum album, given as soon as the first indications
of sickness make their appearance, which is fire.
process. The dose is from to 20 grains, accurd-
ing to the age and size of the animal, and may be
repeated every half or three quarters of an hour,
till the desired effect (vomiting) has taken place.
The best mode of giving is to strew the
face of a small quantity of milk to mix it with
piece of boiled potato-either of which will be
taken voluntarily by the patients, unless the
disease has advanced too far already, so that any
appetite is wanting, in which case it may he
mixed with little nOur, and be administered in
the form of small, round pills.
After the patient has vomted the further
treatment has TO be according to circumstances.
In most cases a slight physic of a few grains of
calomel-2 to 20 grains n dose-mixed with a
piece Of boiled potato, or made into pills with a
little -four and water will he all that is needed.
Drenches should not be given under any circum-
stances, for the drenchiDg itself is frequently
much more dangerous than the disease against
which il is intended to operate. The food if the
sick animal should desire to eat, should be easily
dgestible, and be given only in small quantities.
Admixing few grains of carbolc acid with each
meal may also have very good results-at least
it deserves trial.
When the disease has so far progressed as to
have affected the organic system the animal had
better be put ont of the way at once for even if
it RECEIVERS it will never regain constitution
which will make it an object to attempt to raise
it.
One thing you must not fail to attend to.
While in the process of fattening, supply your
pens with materials for making manure. The
very richest of fertiizing matter is the dung aud
aud bones, and other like substances, you give
them the opportunity of manufacturing guam
tity of manure worth nearly much as the food
they consume in the process of fattening. Let
these substances be removed, from time to time,
and fresh supply substituted therefor.