Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-02-18
Raising Pork.

Pork, says W. II. Yeomans in the New
York Ob4erUer, has been an important
production of the farm in the past, aud
is likely to be in the future, alth ugh a
speaker at the meetig nof the Connecticut
State Board of Agriculture, hoped the
day would come when pork would cease
10 be produced and cease to be an article
ol diet Upon the farm other matters
are TO be considered than prejudice, and
the direct and indirect profit coming
from pork raising will be likely TO exert
an influence for some time in the future.
In the raising OF pork there are several
points that have an important influence !;
hogs or pigs will consume for food, and
thrive thereon, waste material that wo ID
hardly he turned TO any other purpose,
and which is an important help in pro
noting the growth and development Of
the animal, especially while Young and
before the time for fatteniug arrives. 1t
is not an uncommon thing for farmer
having an average family. and well pro-
vided with mich cows, to secure the
early growth and development of several
pigs upon waste material alone.
There is nothing better for pigs than
skim milk, and this, when supp emented
by scraps of stale bread and other refuse
from the table, will cause rapid growth.
While it is true in case Of farmers in the
vicinity ofclties. villages or near shipp ny
stations that skim milk represents Il com
mercial value, comparatively few farmers
so consider it, and hence it is cassed as a
waste product. although some recent
trials point TO its profitable use as u feed
5ng product for other animals. Again.
hogs are profitably employed in cha-ds
IN devourlng insect infected fruit. and
SO render important and valuable aid in
The prevention, to some extent, of some
Ct HE pests that threaten to Overrun the
rmcr. So during the summer and early
ftll quite number Of hogs may be very
cue lply kept.
And 50 long us they serve 50 useful a
purpose as that Of turning TO some pro,it
the waste substance of the farm, and
with the remembrance of delicious sau-
sagrs. nice pork chops, the juicy spare
r'h and the much sought pork ham, to
e. ta'r with the demand that arises for
hard III the culinary department, as wei
a. the Piece of nice pork with which TO
season the pot Of baked beans, or of corn
and beans, the vision of the time when
pork raising will cease will grow dim and
fade away.
Another important consideration, and
Ole which has much weight with intelli-
gent farmers. is the ability OF hogs or
pigs 10 convert refuse material into a
most alnable fertilizer, especially wien
Soliined, as is the more general custom
Of the present day. With pen well
supp led with turf, leaves. weeds, and in
ia I almost anything that has fertliling
ei rents IN its composition, a large
amount Of mlnure will be made which
tof some crops possesses u peculiarly
beneficial eject
For home use pig that can be made
10 weigh say three hundred pound, when
eight or nine months old. furnishes the
70 ~ desirable PORK, and il fat is an OBJ
jt ton, the experiments Of Professor
u 'nfy. Of Wisconsin, 10 TO show that il
g lie minished toa considerable OK.
t. 4. and lean meat supplied in its place
by q change IN the mode of feeding
thti instead Of supplying large amount
OF fat producing food, such as corn or
corn meal the food contains muscle and
br1e producing clemens. more protein
NJ tcriaI is fed. So IL fat meat which IN
tb eyes Of some Is 50 objectionable can
W. fepiaced 10y large proportion OF lean
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