Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-09
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WHOLESOME PIG MEAL.


writer in the Country Gentleman
writes on this subject as follows "Why
should not pig meat be good when the
pigs are born and reared on the green
grass, and fed on the same foods on
which mutton and beef are produced?
able flavor and smell. | will explain.
The pig must be more or less like its con-
dtions. If kept all of its life in filthy
pen and never breathing "A breath of pure
air, its blood cannot be pure. If fed fe-
yer producing foods, heat and fat form
ing, all its life, there must accumulate in
its blood impurities, taints, fevers or dis
orders, which will affect the condition of
the blood, and this from necessity carry
these conditions of the blood into the
flesh. as the flesh is nourished and built
up by and from the blood
Farmers know that their pork is some
times quite rank in smell and flavor.
When we fed our hogs but corn, they
were frequently in this state. Now, we
know that this food being deficient in
muscle material, and containing an ex-
cess of heat and fat, does not develop
the kidneys sufficiently, and often causes
them to be diseased. and also the liver.
All of the internal organs, composed
largely of muscle, will be deficient in
size, and, of course, unable to perform
the work they should.
In the case of the kidneys, the impuri
ties cannot be fully eliminated, and these
impurities must be continued in the cir
culation, and be re-absorbed into the sys-
TEN. This should not be. We should
feed all of our animals so as to develop
all of their functions. and to keep the
blood in a most perfect condition. To
do this there must be pure air-no ma
nure-reeking stables or pens. How can
it be otherwise than for the flesh of pig
to be like its surroundings and food, be-
cause its body must be made from these
things? 1t is not a pleasant reflection to
anticipate eating, in the autumn or win
ter, a nasty pg-pen or the accommodating
odors arising therefrom. This is about
what the pork-maker does who rears his
pigs under such conditions. 1t is not
wise to feed an excessive amount of nj
trogenous foods. as they will throw upon
the kidneys more work than they can
perform.
This is my point: We should never
gorge or stuff any animal with any one
kind of food, and especially food eX-
cessive in one element. 1t is better to
feed balanced ration. If corn is to be
fed, make half of the weight of the pigs
meal bran. With this proportion, there
will be more gain of meat, and far better
meat. Now take away half of the corn
and bran ration, and allow the pig to eat
all the grain it wants, and you will get
will get flesh fit for kings, whereas the
all-corn meat is not good food. Grass is
as much king with hogs. or should be, as
with cows. 1t is Il natural food, and will
keep the system in perfect order. new
er had Il SOW do badly in any way, when
she had nothing but a diet of grass to
make her pigs and to furnish them milk,
but | have had many sows do badly when
fed nothing but corn. This last fact ev-
cry farmer of observation knows is true.
Is it reasonable to expect that any animal
gorged with rich foods all its life, and its
system clogged, will or can make good
food: