The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-08-05


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tor "a nHusoa. loss ~ appetite and per.
haffs thu satne franlta. III sllhnf eaHa
lhe piR8 ~ not thrive. Another mIa-
take which must he guarded against IL
feeding awili ~ milk loo ytf
When what OF rye bran ID mIsod
with the awilI. fermentation Il very
fHpid, especially IN hot weather. and
The swlll will reach a condition unfit
for food before The gwner Is aware VI II,
unless he mixes only a sufficient guantI.
~ at a time for one or two feelings
ahead. Fermentation In a swiii barrel
where aour milk IL mixed with the CON
tents IA actively going on all The time.
Az fermentation changes the character
Of feed, the farmer often feeds bic
young pigs just exactly that which Is
almost II not absolutely poisonous,
while ho Il %supposing NIL Of tho time he
Is giving them tho most healthful and
nutritious kinds u food. For instance.
no puts skim milk into his swill barrel,
No much Of II that IL Is not fed out "a
II Is simply sour and lopperd, and II re-
mains there until II undergpcs the
other forms Of fermentation, and be-
comes either acetous or putrcfnstivc,
either condition rendering II unit for
food. A swill barrel, to put Il IN plain
language, so sour that It's contents arc
either vinegar or alcohol. or so sinking
that putrcfaction IL evident, IL not the
proper medium for healthy pigs. Tho
deleterious effects Of bad food may
DO countcracted somewhat by feeding
charcoal freely, which pigs, with q
knowing instinct. will always devour
greedily. "a little and often" Is tho
rule Of oil successful pig %raisers; "a lit
tlen means just what tho pig will eat
without leaving the trough, and when IL
Is first taken from the SOW, 1t could BIO
measured In a gill cup; rs Il grows older
and larger, the ration should grow with
increased size aud appetite. "Often"
means, when the pig Is young, not less
than six times q day and When older not
less than four, until the growing age Is
over and the fattening season begins,
when a pig will cat three times In = day
all the food II can digest.
To do just right the milk skinned ip
the morning should all be fed by night
time the same day, that Is, skinned or
sour milk should all DO fed within twelve
hours alter skimming, and bran mixed
h il should also be fed within twelve
hours. In hot weather six hours would
be better. To manage this business
properly there should be two swill bar.
rels, and mixtures be made accordingly.
one being fed as the other Is emptied.-
y. D. Curtis, IN Rnral New Yorker.