The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-04-01
Farm and Household Column,
Hog Cholera and Feeding.
Cor. of tho Country Gentleman.

| ~ Interesting SuSSVSlIbllS WI yVuI
correspondent from Illinois, that the
origin of hog cholera is to be found
i'm tine too exclusive use ct corn.
seems to meet with corroboratins
testimony from others. Here at the
East, wlerUWe cannot afford to feed
Exclusively on corn, except for Il few
weeks sometimes in tattenlng, We
hardly know what hog cholera is ex-
cept by rumor and by reading. There
are five Thousand hogs fed within
twenty miles of Boston, mostly upon
the swill of the city, and though
they are ut times subject to diseases
of different kinds, do not remember
to have heard of cholera among them
during the eight years that | have
been engaged in feeding them in this
way. | keep from thirty t" forty,
and some of my neighbors keep two
or three hundred, and find them gen.
orally thrifty and healthy, though VIC
do not succeed in making them weigh
SO heavily as some ofthe corn-feeders
report in Your paper. A swiil fed
hog viii not often weigh over 300
pounds at twelve months, unless ho
gets some corn in addition and al
though this may seem rather poor
business to some Of your corrcspon-
dents who are accustomed to heavier
weights, we find it more profitable to
feed swill than grain, owing to tho
high price of tho latter here at tho
east.
The argument Of Eureka (Febs
l7tM, with regard to feeding hogs all
they Can be made to eat, is no doubt
sound in general; that is when the
object is to raise pork as quickly and
cheaply as possible. With breeding
stock, however, a different course
must be pursued, or they will become
too fat to be good mothers or milk
ers. Breeding sows should be kept
in good, thrifty condition, should not
be kept too closely confined until
near tarrowiug, and by all means
should not be allowed to become fat.
The popular breed here is the York
shire. There are two kinds. the
smaller being much like the Sutfolks,
but harder; the larger breed is long.
bodied, large, and yet tne.boncd aud
thin. skinned. There is u preiudice
here against black breeds, which, I
believe, is quite unfoun,led, but III
breeding pigs to sell we have to ca.
ter to the public taste.
Early Tomatoes.-To get carly to.
matoes, says writer on the subject;
you must, as soon as your tomato
plant has made four leaves, pinch tho
top bud from the stem, then take up
the plant, pinch off two inches from
the top root and transplant it in 4
common box-frame, where the soil is
rich and loamy. The box will keep
off the wind, and the plants sowil
and grown there eli ghtcen inches apart
will produce fruit two weeks sooner
than the same planted in the open
ground. A mat, or few boards,
spread over the frame 1T night, will
keep them from frost, aud this is far
easier and quicker than soing over II
field nightly and setting boxes over
each hill. As soon rs the plants have
set fruit ON two blossoms Of each
branch, and the top has grown two
to four leaves, pinching off the ends
of each branch and top should be
again put in practice.
Measuring Corn in the Ear.-Tako
four ninths of the cubic feet on corn
in the ear as bushels of she!led corn.
This rule gives thirty eight hun lred
and eighty eight cubic inches to the
bushel in the ear. This rule is for
measuring common, good corn. If
the corn he very good, make pro-
per addition for the same; but il it
he light Gas it generally is this year),
make a due subtraction. II We have
q crib of corn to measure in tho ear,
| that ia ten feet in the clear each way
on the floor, aud ten feet high, VIC
have one thousand cubic feet Of corn
in the ear. Four-tenths of one thou.
sand equals four hundred and forty
four and four ninths bushels of shell
ed corn. A rule that used to lie prac.
tised in measuring corn in the ear in
small quantities was to take a half
bushol four times full in the ear Cor y
bushet Of shellel corn: Tirs, then,
it will take four thousand three hun.
drcd and eight-tcntl's cubic inches in
! the car to make q buslnl when the
corn is in a large, deep holy. The
reason Of this is that the corn in tho
large body fills M the spaces aud
consolida'cs much closer. Gravita-
ton also helps to condense the ears
t in the large body. Hence, ! think it
will take more than thirty eight hun
; drcd and eighty. eight cubic inches in
J the ear when lightly thrown into Il
wagon bed to make Il bushcl of she'll
t led corn. Rule to measure wheat,
: sl,cllcl corn, etc., Take fourtifths
b of the cubic feet Of grain for bushels.
Example: Take u ''"x that is five
!. feet in the clear every way, 5x5x5xA
4 500 bushels. This rule gives 9, IW
J: cubic inches t. the bushels, instead OF
i 2,!5o.A 10, i. c., 9,6lO too mach, Of
: nearly half busl,cl too much IN ono
S hundred bushels. If the grain has
!. been shaken down in the bin or box
c a due addition to the measure must
be made for the same, rs it will con-
d solidate by being shaken.
y Cure for Dyspepsia in Cows.-One
or. al0es one oz. cnrcunla. and hal
an oz. oil of wintcrgrecn, dissolved
in u half pint Of alcohol, should b'
:. given in doses of two tablespoonful
morning and evening in tambler .
F." water, for one week OF ten days.