The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-04-11
SOUTHERN HOME AND FARM,

An able writer Of large experience in
the management OF pigs, says:
In preparing the young pigs food
the meal should be M~orOughiy c0Okcd,
not merely brought to boiling point and
then considered done, but boiled AZ il you
were making a bowl Of Cruel for your.
self--that is, il you know how TO make
one. If not, ask your wife or sister TO
instruct you at once, for the knowledge
is indispensable in the art OF raising
young pigs successfully. The hotclswill
should be sorted over, and the liquid,
with the best of the solid portion, such
~ bits OF meat, bread, biscuit, etc, q
have found in the barrel hams, wild
ducks, chickens, snipe, etc, besides
spoons, knives aud forks innumer-
able, some Of them plated cooked
separately for the youngsters,
With this soup, which at times
smells temptingIy sayory, you can
thin down your cooked meal. | have
tried fairly both ways, and am decidedly
in favor Of thin rather than thick food
at any rate until the pigs are four months
old / mean | prefer their food should
be of about the consistency Of pea soup
rather than of almost solid pudding,
which latter diet, | believe generally pre-
walls. IT il also considered to cram n
young pig to bis utmost capacity to de
velOp his growth, feeding him five and
even six times a day. For fattening,
this method nsw well, but ] have
found it the reverse Of ad advantageous for
the purpose Of developing young piga,
which, Judging from the manner they
are often fed, must be imagined to possess
digestive organs equal to those Of an
ostrich. You may, at the end of three
or four months, produce perfect marvels
of fat, and if they we're to be Immediately
converted into fresh pork, the treatment
would be correct enough, but you are
for from promoting the development Of
thrifty, well proportional future breed
ing bears and sows, intended TO uphold
the credit of your herd. | find four
times daily--divided as equally as the
season OF the year will permit--quite
sufficient to satisfy a healthy appetite,
and would rather, after feeding, have my
young charges eye me with a wistful
look IA | leave their pen, than see them
atagger to their nests, bloated and in pain
from excessive gorging. Half an hour
after their meal, peep into the
sleeping pens Of two lots OF
young pigs--one hat has been always
Crammed, and the other fed moderately
the latter are to be seen sleeping com
fortably; the former will be found rolling
restlessly about in evident uncasiness
Is it wise to strain their digestive power
to such an extent?
Immediately on n young pig bcinl
noticed to refuse his food, give him dos
of castor oil, and il this has no etlec
during the next few hours, follow it II
by nm injection of warm water, as tn
mischief, in a great majority Of cases,
costiveness, by promptly attending I
which thousands Of Young pig,
lives might be saved. For
long time--frOm Ignorance of the abov
fact failed to account for tn
deaths OF many young pigs, but ate
carefully examining each as il died
satisfied myself that my chief ain
should he to prevent all obstruction o
the bowels, and to endeavor to preserve
their regular motion. by the adoption
of Il less stimulating, though equally
nutritious diet, and by pursuing tn,
treatment Just mentioned, at the yer!
first symptoms OF sickness, ! have re
duced my mortality list to a minimum
and have had the satisfaction OF ralsin'
numerous litters of young pigs withOu
their experiencing any check in thei
growth whatever.