The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-06-19
CHEAP PORK.

Pork. as a rule. costs too much. and
this is because it is too long in making
II costs too mucH when j. requires more
than one years growth to make 3OO OF
$50 pounds. II is not so much the
quantity of feed which makes up The
cost as the time in which this feed IS
used. A pig 250 days old may have
eaten l 500 pounds OF corn and made
weight of 500 ponnds on it.which leaves
a good profit, while one 450 OF 500 daYs
old may consume the same quantity OF
corn. but it viii weigh not more than
200 pounds, which will leave loss
And this is because one winter is passed
through dufing which either no gain
in weight is made OF there is al actual
loss in flesh. 1t viii not pay now, II II
ever did. to throw away feed in the
mere support of life. Unless the food
is spent with the most profitable results
money is lost. and as winter feeding
mostly results in loss of weight, or at
the best requires a large consumption
of food to supply the necessary loss of
heat. winter feeding can not be profit
able.
There is never any wisdom in going
to extremes. The ''happy mean'' IS al
ways the best. Forcing the feeding Is
costly. and larger quantity OF TODD
crowded into an animal than can be
bealtbfuIly assimilated and turned into
flesh IS a useless waste just as much as
the too slowly matured animal is In
rearing pigs. then, it is advisable TO
b We a system, and arrange the meth
( DDS OF keeping them to suit it. For
instance. no pigs should b. fed over
! winter but he breeding stock. The
! brood sows should have pigs il March
I or earlier, and these pigs reasonably
| well fed should weigh 80 or 300 pounds
by December. II is plain to every ex-
pert pork grower that these suggestions
imply good deal more than aP-
4 pears At fast sight. To have pigs 80
i early suitable pens, properly wateTed
I must be provided, and this Is a point
1 that requires q good deal of considera-
} ton and preparation, and to feed pigs
/ reasonable well IS matter upon which
1 a volume might well be written. Bu, Z
few suggestions on this point should bt
made just here More pigs ale hurl
and more pork is wasted by uureasOua-
BE feeding in bo;h diree.i ions than il
any other way. Overfeediug produces
disease. which puts back the pigs and
wastes both time and food. Spare iced
ing merely prevents iul growth auG
loses TINE. What is needed IS full feed
ing Of perfectly wholesome and apDro
pirate food. This means varied die
OF green Rerbsge, such Is grass aud clio
veI, or other other green forage, as rye
barley. peas aud corn, with some grain
and ground feed, and lastly, tu.l feed
ing Oh corn Tor a finish only. IL mean
also sound corn aud not baif-matured
innp+ ritiOus grain. which j. auiy fl fOi
food after it has teen matured by cook
ing. Too much corn Feeding produce
the worst OF diseases-the intestinal Ie
yer caused by the non assimilation Of
large part OF the food. and the. couse
quenL excess of CARBON sce1us matter u
the blood. aud spinal meningitis, Whicl
produces the verv frequent paralysis O
the hind quarters. - Ihat the mos
profitable way Is 10 keep lie animals il
high condition and perfect health. al
10 fi1i>h with The com feeding Us Iauid
Is as paSSiJl-.-N Y. TfUrs