The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-10-22

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farm be works up leaves. weeds and
sods into fine manure, and, when the ami
nal isslsaghtered, every particle 0f itean
be made use Of They are profitable Cut
they are soonly when rightly ell and
managed. 0ur usual plan i 70 allow
them the run of the woods during the
summer and fall months, a. an immense
amount Of nutriment can always befound
by these industrious. animals. such as
roots. grasses q vasiouss kindls. and-the
nuts.from many varieties Of trees. = They
are fed, in addition, good swill-fsed sl0p,
night and morning. Thisl slop IS made
by placing half busbel of good feed into
barrel of water, and when slightly fer
mented, fed as wanted. Nothing in all
our experience williso seour, syoung pigs
especially, and stunt older ones, too, as
old rancid slop, and the hog cholera IS
brought on by just such feed and BY feed
ing in filthy pens snd yards The man
that cares not to feed his stock on decent
food, don't deserve to have any aud he
rarely succeeds in getting a profit out Of
them, as some mysterious disease usually
makes its appearance and sweeps his
stock Of hogs or pigs, As he calls It bis
luck, when most Of he.time it can be
traced 70 bad food and worse surround
ins.
Whilst hogs and half-grown pigs may
run together in the woods and thrive By
such treatment, the sows should be
brought home some time before they pig
and put into separate and comfortable
pens and variety Of good, wholesome
food, and made tame by daily going into
their pens and rubbing them with straw.
Charcoal or old burnt wood should be oc-
casionally given them; itcorrects the
rauc,dity Of their stomschs, and is great
help to them in other ways. We feed, in
addition to what slop they may need, and
only as much as can be eat up clean. some
sweet eornstalks, and all cut from the
ground. The stalk has a gOodiy amount
Of sugar in It, and IS as much relished.as
the ears Of corn. When the SOW Is near
pigging, care should be taken to have
some 6ne-cut straw thrown into the pen,
and only little, 50 that the little fellows
may not be lost in the straw and smoth-
cred or laid upon Only moderate guam
tity of food should be given the SOW be-
fore and after piggiag, and she should be
watched 10 see that. she cares for her
young. Some, if they have not been ted
properly, win eat their young, and if the
pens are not built tight, and the little
pigs get out among the other pigs, they
will be eaten by them An old German
gave me a cure for sows eating their pigs,
and it IS to give them meat some days be
fore they pig, though / find thst il is
much the best to fatten and slaughter al
such wild ones.
After the pigs are few days old they
should be allowed little milk with oats
ground fine and made into thin slop.
This is one Of the best kind Of foods. as il
contains all the materials that 90 to make
up the pig. and We fnd that it Is equally
good for all animals, Young and old, on
the farm. In addition TO this food we
give little oats whole, in clean plaee
On the floor. as it is change, and, fol-
lowing the example Of the mother, they
will soon learn to eat them greedily.
Small potatoes, pumpkins. sugar beets,
and mangels, aud turnips, are bodied NJ
in large boiler, and, after theY are
thoroughly cooked, these vegetables are
mixed with several bushels ofa mixture
Of equal parts Of grouRd oats. corn and
mill feed. This is a very good food and
fattens rapidly. This boiler is situated in
the market house. and we use it for a
variety Of purposes boiling feed and
water, for scalding hogs, and for keeping
the room warm when we are preparing
vegetables for market. 1t consists of a
large iron pot, holding some forty gallons
into which water can be pumped right
from the well. 1t Is bricked rp, >, that
the hot air can circulate entirely around
it before going out Of the chimney, and
by so doing the entire heat is pretty well
used up bef0reit escapes. There are many
better methods than this, but they are
much more expensive though, if were
going to buy, would get one Of the i'm
proved kind For all practical purposes
this suits and several Of these big iron
pots can be picked upas the secondhand
stores, and, with little ingenuity and
some work, can be made to answer Just
as one costing $50 or more.
In the feeding Of pigs. not 50 much de-
pends upon fine buildingsand appliances
as in having plain, practical pens, and IN
the owner either attending t. the feed
ing himself or seeing that ii is done with
regularity, three times a day, and the
food given Of the required kind and just
enough and NO more. and the pens kept
clean. Thirty or forty pigs. well fed and
kept abundantly supplied with litter,
will make an immense amount Of ma
nure, and of the best kind suitable FOR all
crops They should be allowed the run
ofthe barnyard. and at feed time. if edu-
Gated rightly, will 20 into their own pens
without Baiimore Amsrican.