The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1889-01-26
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But as the posts are all tied together with
the four wires, they naturally support each
other-"in in union there is strength the
strong help the weak stand long. And the
winds having no force against the little Wqfes
like against the broad pianks, the posts are
not swayed to and fro, and so3a broken down
as they are Whel4 planked. So it reqaires
one-thIrd less posts to make wire fence; and
then the posts serve about three times as
long and as go the wires they cost only
about Gne-third as much as the planks, and
yet they will last ten times as long; and the
staples cost about the one-tenth as much AS
the nails; and it requires about ten times
more of labor and time to make and keep in
repair plank fence, than wire ene. Then
why not have wire fences and save the vast
difference in cash; and raise hogs within en-
closures, and make q handsome profit on
them, as can be shown satisfactorily
Mr. Sol Harmon residing between OpeIou-
sas and Washington says he was employed by
Mrs. Gardiner In ante belum times to super
intend her plantation in Bellevue. She told
him there were quite number of sowS suck
ling little pigs, as she was short in corr he
had better kill off the the pigs because they
should suck their mothers nearly or quite to
death, and then die themselves. He told her
let him manage that He had a large kettle
mounted over brick furnace, and filled it
with cotton seedsSand water in the morning
seeds were fed out thus cooked to the hogs,
and the kettle filled up again and afre made
under it as before, to be fed out next morn
ing. And thus he raised great number of
large fine hogs, that gave thousands of
pounds of meat at nominal cost. But in
stead of cooking seeds, now we have cheap
machinery for hulling them, and then they
become an excellent food for hogs and cattle.
The hHlled seeds are easily masticated and
digested by pigs and calves. and being largely
composed of starch and oil are highly nutri-
ious and fattening. A little corn at the out
cene, to 8 harden the fat, might be fed ad-
vantageously. As the cotton seed hulier can
be run by the same power lsteam or horse
that runs gin, every neighb0fhoohoughG to
have at least oE5, and besides reducing the
cost of raising pork to a minimum, every
family could have plenty of good milk and
butter all the year round, as well as plenty oil
hog meat, without impoverishing themselves
to fence the poor hogs outside to starye un-
less they can manage to ges into somebody i
Held and steal living. And while the hogs
ire starving out on the barron commons, the
poor people are Wasting their money on
fences, which they ought to use in buying
good mich cows. What mistaken policy
Mr.. Settoon, agent at 0pelausas depot, says
be bought small pig and raised it in pen
in town. He fed only $3.50 worth of corn
and got 25 gallons of lard worth $25, and $40
worth Of good meat. Ny son DIR. Paul Foster
gave my son Earnest q small pig and kept
the sister on the grass. Earnest fed his about
SIS worth of corn, and got l8 gallons of lard
worth SIS, and about $40 worth of meat.
Now here are q lot of actual facts, and lei
the inhabitants consider them for themselves
and act according to their own judgment; fol
they will hardly fail to see that il is o very
| great and rninous mistake TO try to raise
hogs outside and fence against them, instead
of fenoing them in pasture and feeding
them there, and make d profit of so to 81
per head and save the impoyerishing ex
pense of fencing against them running Al
| large, as shown above by facts and hgures
that may be seen TO be eorreet.
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