The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-10-17


4srough sts columns to address o few words
81 he cornsplansers ;of Virginia In order to
xnIp,ress them with the great Importance OF
feeding q large portion OF their surplus
z0orH crop 20 ,stocsk-sheep cattle, ana
s6Wsne-bnt swine especially. In looking
over the market quotations in your week
Ely ~ lind that during the present month
/ corn has been quoted higher IN the
cincinnati market for several weeks
ssaisin I'm the Alexandria market. How
q fhns q for high ?"a The reason IS
s 81 plain TO every close observer that he who
/ runs may read. They feed their corn 10
:8fock,s to swine especially, and find their
proft In so doing, for pork Is quoted
g firn,D and bacon "steady and in fair de-
nand u; and our corn-planters here in vlr-
Hinia ARE actually sending off their surplus
a0rn and selling it SO asto net them less than
: fty, GEMS per, bushei--now the Cincinnati
quotation for eorn-when they would be
abfe to realize nearly or. quite double that
ar4ollnt il the corn had been fed on their
own farms, to say nothing OF the manure;
and It has been found By actual experiment
that the Increased amount Of corn that can be
raised from the manure Of q single hog Will
axcsed half the amount Of corn consumed
by the hog. Cattle that might be purchased
every ialt at low prices could be probably
fed on the farm and made into beef during
s the winter, and it might, also be probably
led 10 sheep for the purpose OF mutton and
!, fdrfy lambs, the Inter always commanding
kigh prices in the spring. 1t has been
found by repeated trials that one .bushel OF
corn fed to any good breed OF hogs VIII
mike ten pounds OF net pork when the
hogs are put up to fatten anu fed on corn
sHlone; but when hogs have range in
ynfcN n 0ln Stnhhln-flplnS
4 they require very little corn, and one bushel
! OF corn might be safely put down as making
at least twenty pounds OF pork; and
think that any farmer who has
! ever tried the experiment with any I'M
proved breed of hogs will agree with
ne that five. bushels of shelled corn
will. then make ouer one hundred pounds OF
net pork. Five bushels more fed to them
when put up to fatten would increase tAeir
weight fifty pounds more, which would be
making one hundred and fifty pounds, or
ever, Of net pork from ten bushels OF shelied
!. corn, which would be equivalent to ouer
one dollar per 6,sshel for corn Ito say nothing
! of the tmanure), ut present prices Of pork.
which are lower than those ruling for
The last two years. ) But some may ask.
Where can we get hogs to feed! There is
nothing easier, and now is the time to Sc
cure supply for another season. = ;,,.;.ss
!. 3 IN almost every nejghborhood stock sows
can be purchased, from one to two years
old that are intended to be fattened and
made into pork. Let every corn-planter, on
large or small farms, purchase from two to
ten Of such COWS and breed them to pure
bred Essex or Berkshire boar in November.
II possible purchase those in thin order
that have Just weaned their pigs Gas they
win cost lessl and arrange it so they will
drop their pigs from 18th February to 10th
ARfch. II soWs cannot be had near home
they can be readily purchased by the car
load in any stock country at low
prices when I'M stock order. Ten.
sows, at "a low. estimate, would
produce sixty pigs, which would con-
snme, at the highest figure, ten bushels OF
corn. each, and at low estimate would
rake 5000 pounds Of pork, which at eight
cents net Enough prices are higher 1aoo in
all eastern markets, and have been for the
fpast two years. would realize to the farmer |
more tRd1 one dollar per batShel for his corn,
Do say nothing OF the manure and expense
sO2 Smelling, hauling, &C., DC, which always
has to be done when the crop is sold from
the farm. Mr.. William A. Little, on Bos-
ssbeIfe farm, IN. Stafford county, near this
plaee, raised last year from two grade
soWss bred to a pure Berkshire boar, if
teen pigs, which were dropped on the 9th of
March and slaughtered on the 9th OF Deem
ber.5 Three OF these were turned out foT
breeders. The other twelve weighed from
146 to 192 pounds each, averaging 175s
pounds each, at just nine months of age.
There hogs were kept in good grass lot Of
soDae ten acres (haying wire put in their
noses to prevent rooting) until harvest,
when they had the run of the stubble-feld;
and Mr. Little is Of opinion that they
did not consume over three bushels
of. corn each until put up, and then,
III the most, five bushels more, max
ing eight bushels to each hog. This
pork last season would have readily COM
in our market here at home, nine
cents per pound, which would be the sum
of Si5.75 for each hog; and putting the
corn consumed by each hog at ten bushels +
would be ouer one dollar ard fifty cents per !
b1sheE for corr, fed on the farm. D Jortu7 +
ndfos minimum snd ST bona n0rint. Gg,.icotaS.
II this commune alton lnow already too longl
Is NOT consigned to the waste-basket may at
some future time send you another commu-
nications on the salne and other kindred
subjects. al ~ A. p. r.
q fredericksburg, September 80, 1875.
There Is much practical sound sense In
he letter oi our correspondent. But his
estimate OF ten pounds OF meat TO bushef
% corn seems heavy. That is . point that |
sgricuItnrists should agree npon-i. e., pro |
portion OF meat to food. IL ispGtch.]
a Smart Rook.KceDcr.
IRroFn The Atlantis Constitutional
asked Amos how his boy was getting
AioDg ut school.
.. Plsg taks.adats boy |; :Isdone tuck him
away from dat skooI. 7, 5;
80 Why, what Tor 2 ;ssi r.gs
81 1Jh OIL be was gettin' mos TO smart