The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-10-28
THE FOOD OF SWINE.

1t h,s always been inferred that
hogs were melancholy ami mails; but
so long as people, are to eat them, it is
hardly advisable to act on this sup
position. Doing so for dr' successive gen
erations has developed new and terri
bic diseases in swine, unknown thirty
or forty years ago The Detroit .1rib-
u'se discourses as follows on this sub
ject: , =.
If there is anything in rural prac-
tice which needs reforming more
than another, it is the manner Of
raising and feeding swine. From the
time they are able to eat they are of.
fered all manner Of refuse about the
place, such asrank weeds, filthy slops,
spoiled vegetables and meats, dead
fowls, &c. They are allowed to rum
mage the dung yard, and CLEAN the
refuse of food in the faces of cattle
and horses, on the ground Of economy.
But we imagine that the quantity of
food saved in this way is very ins;g-
nlfcant-not to exceed the value Of
bushel of shelled corn year
among the whole stock on an tordina-
~ sized farm. The objections to the
practice Of peeping swine in this way
are so serious, however, that the rea-
sons in favor of it have no force at
all. -.4...
The origin of trichinosis in swine
may be always,traced to the consump-:
tionofyile stuffsin their food, orto bes
ing housed and yarded amid filth and
foul air. Eyeryfsy months the press
announces !e a ascot trichine in an
individual or whole family, with ali
the horrible details and suffferings.
which attend the parasitic attack.
a.
Only lately some new cases are re-
ported here in the West, which are
alarming. We are quite sure that
every farmer and everyone who feeds
and fattens pig will only need to
have their attention called to SO i'm
portant and serious, = = matter to secure
q complete reform in the practice IF
feeding an animal which will take
whatever is offered to it, and will live
in t the most filthy holes. ,,, ,..
On the farm the swine should have
clover pasture, and for swill only
milk and corn meal, no dish.water or
meat scraps from the table, as they
are sure to purify and poison the
mass in the barrel or tank. Pure wa
ter with little meal added is pref.
cradle. The dish-water may 90 to
the compost heap, u and the scraps
from the table to the poultry, while
they are fresh. Spoiled meats should !,
be buriedaor mixed with composted1
materials; they. should never be Civ gil, ],
ed to any domestic animal. Large
numbers Of swine are frequently consst
fined il small IN, quarters with very, lit,
tle regard ' l.t t9 CLEANLINESS q pure air.
pr course, some IF them must lose
appetite, the firstsign ofthe dera n no
meat Of the organs 81 nutrition and
assimilation. 4 They 10 NOT Thrive
but they are kept along till slasiuutgIh-z ]
tering time, and are dressed and pack
ed among the lot. Such animals are are 5,
extremely liable to be infested with:
trichine and other parasites, s. and
those who consume, them re as food az,
pose themselves to sickness, disease of.
a lingering nature, and to death ID a.
most horrible form, >,x 5c, s,.. &C.; ~,
Interests, therefore, as. dear al
health and life require thorough M
form il keeping and e feeding swine
Let their food : b y, a a. pure asas hat1
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