The Placer herald., 1873-08-02
II OUSE AND FA RIM.
EXPERIMENTS IN FEEDING HOGS.

'!ows:-Ih'rfy-twO hogs were LED twenty
Elk days in an Sacre lot. They consume
1893 bushels of unshelIed corn, 20 pounds ,
the buehel. Their aggregate weight at I'll
beginning of the period WAS 6, ,420 pound,
ut the end, $3.50 pounds: gain; 2,33
pounds. When lie commenced feeding til
hogs were worth 81 Gems per pound
amounting to 1924. 10; after feeding. 3.
-cents per pound, amounting 10 1882. 80
gain, 1O7 so. The 1873 bushrls Of com, a
IS cents per busl,el. cost S67 .55; net prof
on The corn, $40,25. E>ery4 pound
Of lshelled) corn made one pound of pork
A live hog. weighing 42S pounds, lost by
bleeding, pounds; by both bleeding and
dressing, 81 pounds, or little over one
seventh, of The live weight.
Mr.. Zigler also fed to Is hogs, on the
floor in pen, 100 bushels, by weight, f old
Z eIel!ed corn, in forty two days. The ag-
ere ate weight Of he logs at the beginning
Of the experiment was 2, 400 pounds; at tho
end, 4,26O pounds, gain Of l, ITO pounds,
or 2 As pounds per day on hogs averagin;
Mt the commencement 1GG pounds. In tIr
experiment 3 pounds of corn made one OF
pork, in the other 3-5 pounds. In The
latter case the pork was sold for 103 cent?
per pound.
Mr.. e Hersey, Plymouth county, Massa
chuseits. made the following experiment
with n special view TO ascertain at wha,
sze lie gain was greatest III proportion to
the amonni of feed. Two pigs, SIX week,
old, weighing 40 pounds each cost Sc
they consumed 335 bushels Of Indian meal.
18 cents per bushtl, $26 ,13; 6 bushels o
fine feed, 30 cents per bushe,. 81 80: Il
bushels of lo'a,"es. % cents per huslel, 50;
cost, Of dressing, 50; total, $33 ,93 They
were slaughtered when eight months old
and made AGA pounds of pork, which was
fod at cents per pound, amounting TO $39
.b2; profit, SO cents The feed was meas
Lred and the ligs weighed daily until the,
reached 100 pounds each after that The,
sFsre weighed once in week. 1t WAS founG
that The il crease Of Iork cost the least PEI
. pound, namely, cents. live-weieht, wien
,,he pigs weighed about 1C0 each, and the
most when they were at their greatest
weight
To PREVENT Sows DEvoURING THEIR
NouNa.-A Scotch farmer writes u
noticed some time ago a method for prevent
ing sows from deyonrng their young, whcl.
itiiey will do at times, and sometimes the,
won't let down their milk. When this state
'of things isnot caused hy a diseased con
'diiion of the uterus, it is said that the SOW
can he brought TO terms by pouring mix
tnre OF from ten to twenty grains of spirits OF
camrhor with from one TO three of t;ncnr,
OF opium, into the ear The sow will i'm
mediately lie down on the side Of the ear 10
which lie application was made, and remain
quiet for several lours in this position,
without interfering with her pigs; and on
recovery drom the stnpor, will Lave lost hen
irt1 biliy i" regard TO them. Another
method is to rub the pigs all over will
brandy. and make the same application.
about the nose Of the sow herself.
correspondent of the Country GenHe-
man says: IL tavc heard OF met cd of
making IA crop Of potatoes after the leaves
H'ave been all eaten from the vines. Evtr
ofler denudcd of foliage the potato stem.
Will remain green some davs in drv. ho'
weather, and eight or ten DAYS in cool and
wet weather. Then. in ORDER TO make +,
crop, the vines are completely plowed unde,
and covered up. These vines. 50 protected
pn-h new roots ard stems, and sometime,
good crop Of potatoes is made"
10 CLEANSE CARPETS I teaspoonfnl
liquid Ammonia in one gallon warm water.
will often restore the color of carpets, even
if produced by acid or alkai. If ceiling
has been wliewashed with carpet down.
and few drops are visalle, this will re-.
move it. Or. after the carpet is well heater
a'ad brushed, sconr with OK gall, which will
not ouly extract grease hut freshen The colors
i pint Of gall in S Hons of water, will
40 large carpet. Table floor cloths NAV
be .hus washed. The suds left f ON a
wash, where ammonia is used, even if al
most, c'eanses these foor-clotbs well.
TAPIocA PUppING Soak three tablespoon
fns Of tapoca in water, put tapioca in one
quart of oiling milk and ho'l ten minutes
beat the yolks at four eggs. a cup of sngar
and three taIlespoonfuls of,roco ,nut stir in.
boil five mint longer, pour in pudding
dish. Beat the whites to stiff froih, will
three tahlespoonfuls of white sug ,r; put this
over the top, and hiown five minutes.
FROZEN CrsTAED--One quart of cream
two quarts Of milk, one and a half pounds
OF sug +. yolks of four eggs. Mix ilk eggs
and sugar, put On the fire. and let them
scald; just cook enough to take away t.,
raw taste: when cold. add cream; favor
when partly frozen. If lemon is used, one
large one, rnd and juice, is sufi cent for tlis
quantity.
FoR A CoUGH.- Roast large lemon very
carefully, without burning it. " hen it is thor,
onghly hot, cut and squeeze it into cup
upon three ounces Of sugar. finely powder
ed, Take a spoonful whenever your conel
troubles You. 1t is as good as it is agreea
ble to the taste. Rarely has it been known
to fail of giving relief.
SwEETENED DcUGHNUTs.-One pint o