The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-24

So his barrel of -four with the lard costs
him 500 Two barrels of -four in this way
swallow up bale of cotton.
Hogs are healthy in the south, much
more so than in the west. when they
have half a chance, or good treatment.
Hogs are more easily managed than any
other animal an a farm if they are well
fed. The key to hog discipline and good
behavior is his voraeious appetite, which he
will risk his ears and his life to crafty, He
will run, for his swill and corn when the
most vicious dog cannot make him run. He
will run to his trough when the farmer and
all his boys cannot make him run the way
he don't want to. The hog shepherds
"choo-ee." or the sound of horn blown to
call him to his regular meals will bring him
In bee line, squealing, and at $40 speed,
as far as his keen ear can hear the call. No
shepherd dog, or any other dog, is needed
for well-fed and weIl-disciplined herd of
hogs. One hog has more hard, pr actlcai
sense than a whole flock of sheep.
White clover pastures are excellent for
hogs, but these pastures cannot be planted
in the pine lands of the south so successfully
as in the west and north. But white clover
grows we'll in portions of the pine lands,
and red clover will grow on these lands
when they are well lined, But lucerne
will grow on these lands, and lespedeza is a
pretty good substitute for clover pasturage.
Hogs commence grazing lespedeza in
March, and in some places in February, and
they feed upon it until the hard frosts of
November.
Good grass-eatirg hogs should be bred i'll
the south--it is much easier to make liv-
ing by grazing than by roofing. The root
ers lose flesh by hard work The Berk-
shires are the best rooters, and the Poland
Chinas are the best grazers.
Good grass is needed to keep hogs grow
ing during the summer months, and green
corn or sorghum should come in to help keep
the hogs in a thrifty condition until the fell
crops begin to mature. A dozen Figs may
be kept growing all summer in a pasture
or orchard near the house, fed on swill
and milk, and corn when short of other
feed.
Plant corn for fodder corn in March, then
in April. and in May and June and July.
hogs when they need it, and feed the horses
and mules and mich COWS out of the same
patch, also get roasting ears for the table
The several patches may furnish this kind of
food for man aud beast for several months,
until October or November frosts. Sorghum
may be planted in April and so may Kaff1r
corn, and they may be fed to hogs and
other animals when the seeds are ripe, and
the seeds fed to chickens, as we'll as to hogs,
pigs, mules, horses and cows, and the seeds
may be saved for winter feed for chickens
etc.
A field about four acres in length by two
acres in width with a movable fence two
acres in length planted one-fourth, or two
acres, in sweet potatoes, two acres in COW
peas, two acres in Spanish peanuts and two
acres in fodder corn and pumpkins or
cashaws, would fatten large number of
hogs without the trouble of harvesting or
feeding out the crop. By using the nova
BILE fence each crop could be fed separately.
The pea vines rotting on the ground and
their roots rotting in the ground, the potato
vines and peanut vines and corn stalks and
roots would help enrich the soil, the hogs
roofing for potatoes and peanuts, and their
droppings on the soil would help enrich il.
Rotating these crops and fertilizing liber-
ally with home made and commercial fertil-
izers, the crops would be heavy and profita-
BILE.
A few bushels of corn to each hog in De-
cember would help secure good and cheap
pork. March pigs in this way could be
made to weigh $50 pounds in December or
when killing time comes. An acre of sweet
potatoes and COW peas with rich soil and
high cultivation should be sufficient for
from fifteen to twenty-five March pigs.