The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-21
SOUTHERN HOME AND FARM.


Few OF our larm animals require mo
careful attention during winter tina
swine, and certainly none pay better e
the care bestowed and yet, many farm
ers who carefully stable their horse
and provide warm quarters for their CA
tie, calves and sheep, seem to think INA
hogs can take care Of themselves. Ihi
they are perfectly willing to DO, PFC
vided the material Is at hand. ina
is, they will do the best they can unde
the circumstance. II they can ind
stack they will burrOw there aud ii
warm il there ~ timber, they will carr.
straw or leaves to the denscst thicket
and build q high bed enough 80 they ma.
lie dry, 80 far as d%ampness FROM th,
ground ~ concerned. In fact, swine vii
exercise more tact and ingenuity TO s!eeI
comfortably than any other Of the ami
mails of the farm. Their lack Of natura
covering requires that they 90 TINS, ant
thus il becomes one OF Their strongest
instincts.
Another pccuIiarity Of swine is that
they will lie together, if possible, and
this from the same natural instinct M
before given. Also, ~ a means Of self
protection, they are essentially greGa'
rious, more 50 than any other0f our farm
animals except sheep. In Il state OF
domestication, none OF our farm animals
have been made more artificial than
swine, exceptour workingshorscs. Hence,
none are more liable 10 disease when kcpt
together and fed in large dfOycs. II
allowed to follow their W instincts
they remain healthy. When treated
artilicially, we must provide them lhe
means Of comfort just ~ We should and
do with other farm animals. Ihey must
have shelter from cold in WINTER ana
from heat in summer, and be provided
while growing with n variety OF food.
None OF our farm animal. are more
choice in their food, If 50 allowed, none
require greater variety, and none are
more clearly in their habits than swine,
Yet they have always b en- considered
the type OF unclcanIiues., both in their
food and habits. II has come down to
us from the time OF the l4racIitcs, whose
adherence Of swine amounts almost TO
n mania. Considering that swine are
the most important among our meats
IIOiICIDE NIlDIhI0i " ND''lN bN'Il W ~
about time that farmers came to recOg-
nizc what they really require in their
artificial condition. They are given at
the head of this paragraph.
One Of tho peculiaIitlrs Of swine, when
confined TO close quarters, IL their
especial greed OF CarbonaceOus matter, as
coal, or other changed vegetable matter
OLA ike nature. When allowed to follow
their natural instincts they get this from
half rotten wood, and in the earth when
roofing, Kings are put in hogs noses
they are kept in filthy yards, or close
pens they are fed on corn and water,
and expected to thrive. 1t il little
wonder that epidemic and contagious
diseases decimatc them and extend to
the droves of those vino really do under
stand their requirements, and try Logiye
them the best possible care.
Swine eat fewer vegetables than any
other farm animal, and yet they are
carniyerous feeders, They require animal
food or its equivalent, roots, pants and
grain. II is true they may subsist on
corn and water when confined in a close
pen. Vet it il mot to he commended
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becomes epidemic or contagious in its
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