The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-01-10

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tance of such an industry to the State
cannot be overatated, and every ont
wishes those engaged in it abundant sue
CESS Correspondence Nesos and Courier
No Reason for Southern Farmers tt
buy Western Bacon.
A great deal has been said to the far
mers at the South to induce them to raise
their own supplies. Its generally con
ceded, by the farmers themselves, tha'
it is much cheaper to produce at home
ali food crops necessary for farm stock
but It is not generally believed that il
will pay, to raise the meat needed by oul
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Taking circumstances Just Z as they are
this may possibly be true; but making
circumstances as they should be would
very much change the condition o.
things. In this, as in every other bust,
ness, ne should seek the best appliances
and the most convenient and profitable
arrangements. Let US arrange our crops
our pastures and our conveniences fol
proper care, and the matter will be sue.
cessfully settled.
Our lands and our labor are very much
cheaper than at the West. With proper
preparation and judicious cultivation, oul
crops can be produced as chesply and as
abundantly as at the West, and the cap.
ital necessaryto bring about the same
results is, therefore, very much lessened,
In other words, q hog worth in the mar
kets twenty-five dollars, grown upon
cheaper lands, cheaper products and, in
q more favorable climate, will bring q
larger profit to.a Southern farmer than
if raised under the conditions necessary
at the West.
THE mistake We make is the expensive
food given tohogs. 1t is not desirable
nor profitable to feed hogs to exclusively
corn, as generally done at the South.
Much ofthis expense will be reduced in
in good pasture. It is astonishing to see
how thrifty and vigorous hogs become on
good Bermuda pasture, with very little
other food. Such pasture can be greatly
Increased by sowing red clover at the
proper season with the Bermuda, and
have both grow together. The land
must, of course, be well prepared before
receiving the clover seed. Lucern, a
special food for hogs, has been found
adapted to the. soil and the
climate of the South. These grasses will
not grow, to advantage, on worn.out,
thin land; nor does it lever pay to expect
profitable results in grazing the lands
usually given to pasture at the South.
Select good land, prepareit thoroughly,
fertilize as far as may be possible, and
seed to the grasses already indicated, and
the foundation is laid for profitable hog
raising.
In addition to pasture, crops may be
grown at little expense and yet bring good
profits in furnishing suitable change.
in the early months of the
year with rye, to be followed, successive
ly, with early oats, early: peas, the CLEAN
inga from the grain fields, later peas,
sweet potatoes and ground peas, large
numbers of hogs can be grown and the
expense, as compared to the income,
scarcely appreeiable. To raise hogs sue.
eessfully, and at a profit, We have only to 9
get ready for it. .p.t!is !, 5.5..z7,s.... ia
j The main reason, I imagine, why far
mers do not give more attention to
raising hogs, is the destruction caused
by contagious diseases. This objection
cannot obtain in any more force with ua
than at the West. Nebraska, recently,
suffered a loss of two millions of dollars
swine plague, and Iowa nearly as much
Indeed, I know of no section any more
exempt from the ravages of disease than
the States at the South. No advantage
therefore, can be claimed over US in this
particular. The meat we buy has beer
grown under the same chances for loss as
that We raise.
After getting pastures end crops ready
we must use the best means known tc
prevent losses from disease. In this
connection it may not be amiss to say
that I have never lost my hogs from
disease, when ]. gave them turpentine
regularly-one teaspoonful to- each hog
once.a week. $ I shall not undertake. tx
give thesreason.for the remedy. 1 state
only the result. 5;.i..t.-, 56i
!, Possibly the best argument for raising
our own supplies is found in the fact tina
those farmers Who live at home invariabl!
have money, while1those. who buy wha
they eat.are always financially pressed
NJ cannot believe it pays to delay tim
and waste food on interior stock. We d
not want Regs 2 years old before they ar
ready to be slaughtered. Get the bes
breeds, such as develop. rapidly, pus'
them early, give them good care and con
slant attention. slaughter at twelve t
fourteen months, weighing two to thre
hundred pounds, and you will not regre
the trouble of raising your own meat OF
the farm.-Southern ChHivator.
-. Fight With an Eagle.
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