The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-02-29
Raising Pork.

Pork, says w. II. Yeomans in the New
York % ercsr, has been an important
production of the farm in the plst aud
is likely to be in the future. althlu q
speaker at the meetgnof the Connecticut
State Board of Agriculture, hoped the
day would come when pork would cease
TO be produced and cease to be an article
of 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; I;
hogs or pigs will consume for food, and
thrive thereon, wa te material that would
hardly he turned TO any other purpose,
and which is an important help in pro-
noting the growth aud DEVELOPMENT of
the animal, especially while young and
before the time for lattening arrives. 1t
IS not an uncommon thing for farmer
having an average family, and well pro-
vided with mich cows, to secure the
early grow h and development of several
pigs upon waste material alone.
There IS nothing better for pigs than
skim milk, and this, when supplemented
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 ofcities. villages, or near shining
stations that skim milk represents a com
mercial value, comparatively few farmers
so consider 1t, and hence it is classed as n
waste product, although some recent
IN Ifc l.,
ing product for other animals. Again,
hogs are proftably employed in orcha ds
in devouring insect infected fruit, and
so render important and valuable aid in
the prevention, to some extent, of some
OF the pests that threaten to overrun the
farmer So during the summer and early
fall quite number of hogs may be very
cheaply kept.
And 50 long as they serve so useful a
purpose as that of turning to some profit
the waste substance OF the farm, and
with the remembrance of delicious sau-
sages, nice pork-chops, the Juicy spare
rib and the much sought pork ham, to
gether with the demand that arises for
lard in the culinary depar ment, as well
as the piece of nice pork with which 10
season the pot OF baked beans, OF of corn
and beans, the vision of the time when
pork raising will cease will grow dim and
fade away.
Another important consideration, and
one which has much weight with intelli
gent farmers, Is the ability of hogs Of
p gs to convert refuse material into /
most alnable fertilizer, especially wher
confined, as is the more general custom
Of the present day. With a pen wei
supplied with turf, leaves, weeds. and il
fact almost anything that has fertli in!
elements IN its composition, a larg
amount of manure viii be made whicl
Tor some crops possesses a peculiarl
beneficial effect.
For home use pig that can be mad
TO weigh say three hundred pounds whe
eight or nine months old. furnishes tn
most desirable pork, and if fat is an oh
lection, the experiments of Profe,so
Henry of Wisconsin, 20 TO show that /
can be m nished toa considerable ex
tent, and lean meat supple in its plac
by change IN the mode of feeding
that instead of supplyiuga large amour
OF fat producing food, such as corn q
corn meal, the food contains muscle an,
bone-producing clemens, more pr0tei
material is fed So if fat meat which 1
the eyes Of some is so Objectionable ca
be replaced by large proportion Of lea
meat. or is well mar be with II. Dor
may still be received with a good degre
Of favor. There is also much less Ii,
bility OF disease where animals are Re
protein food, than where fed exclusivel
on fat-producing food.
In the general process of fattening II
animai should be fed all the food that
can assimilate, and sufficient 10 keep
quiet, since ercise tends 10 a waste {
so much material as may be necessary
restore the waste occasioned by muscul,
effort. So. 100. if the temperature
growing cold the animal should be kel
warm for he same reason, that while
Is necessary that every animal shoul
maintain a normal temperature, # IN
must be supplied by food il occasions q
unnecessary waste To avoid this cor
sltioH many prefer 10 complete the