The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-06-11
Farm, Garden and Household.
Growing and Fattening Hogs.

Growing and Fattening Hogs.
The hog is accustomed to great va
riety of food. He will eat animal and
herbaceous food alike-there is moth
ing that comes amiss to him, and he
thrives upon all. To select food for
him, then, is not the thing. Though
you can fatten them on one kind of
food, you cannot do it economically.
Take what breed you like, and it is
economy in producing the greatest re-
suit from given amount of food-that
is the point that gives the profit in hog
husbandry. The cheapest food, then,
is to be sought if it answers the pur-
pote. By the cheapest we mean also
that which accords with his nature, and
which he relishes and thrives upon.
Corn alone, though the great hog feed
made specialty-is not the most ad-
vantageous. The exception to this is
in the West, where corn is very cheap.
But even here, other grain and feed
added, will produce better growth of
muscle and fat. All animals require
variety of food, and the hog is no ex-
ception. His appetite then will be
satisfied, and all the wants of his sys-
tenn supplied. Grass in summer suits
him he revels in clover field. Milk
suits him the whole year round, and
assists rapid growth. Milk contains
great variety of elements in solution,
and is an aid to the digestion of the
more solid food. He likes vegetables
they stimulate his appetite, not only
70: the vegetables, but for the more
concentrated and richer food. Though
a hog" he is governed by the same
physiological principles as other ami
mails, and is, therefore, liable to dis
ease-to many ailments; but most of
these are caused by abuses in manage
ment Where he is we'll attended to,
and supplied with variety Of good
food, he seldom suffers from disease.
Breeding a Good Colt.
Whoever wishes to breed fine colt
must be willing to put himself to q GER
tain amount of trouble and expense.
There is an old saying that "the gods
never drop nuts already cracked into
mems mouths" Now the country is
full of men who are ambitious to raise
q five hundred-dollar colt, but who are
at the same time unwilling to be at any
considerable trouble or expense to do it.
They wish for the five hundred ddollal
colt but they wish to get it in such 6
way that j, will not cost them over fifty
or seventy-five dollars. It is not difficult
for an intelligent breeder to raise five
hundred-dollar colt it is not extrava.
CANT for such person to expect to raise
a colt, which, at five years of age, shall
command thousand dollars for every
year of his age, but it costs time, atten
tion, and considerable money to insure
such a result An ordinary dam viii
not produce such colt. An ordinary
stallion will not beget such an animal
Stations whose services can be obtain
ed for ten or twenty dollars, and mares
of low blood and negative characters
can never beget or conceive such foal
Murray.
Ozoning Air.
An easy means of ozonizing the ali
in sick room, as described in Ger
man periodical, consists in the use of
powder composed of peroxide of man
ganese, permanganate of potash, anC
oxalic acid, which has the property O
giving out, in contact with water, a,
abundant quantity of ozone. For
chamber of middling size it is suficien
to use about two tablespoonfuls of tn
powder, over which are poured from
one to one and half tablespoonfuls O
water every two hours. In this wa,
the quantity of ozone produced is ex
actly what is wanted the presence of
larger quantity in the air would occa
sion irritation of the throat and cough
ing. All metals, except gold and pla
tinum, must be removed, on account O
the oxidizing effects of the ozone.
About Peas.
A writer in the London Gardener
Chronicle planted early and late peas a
the esametimein in the same drill. The earl,
sorts, he says, "Came up first, caugh
hold of the stakes, supported the other
until they got hold of the same, and tn
result was he had beautiful crop O
peas three weeks before the late varie
ties were ready to gather, thus giving
double crop off the same ground an,
with the same sticks" He recommend
the plan to persons whose gardens ar
rich, but limited in extent. A wise oil
farmer in New Hampshire plants two O
thlee peas in each potato hill and
works splendidly.
Morning GlOries.
Few people seem to remember bo,
beautiful a dingy back yard may be
come, at the expense of some labor an
very small amount of money. Dull
unsightly walls may be covered by tn
bright green lea yes and star-like bios
SONS of the convolvolus, while narro'
strip of earth may be made to yiel
flo vers enough to perfume the Who'll
house. Put in the morning glorie
everywhere. They are the best an
cheapes5 trimming to be had, and the
never fail with half chance.