New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-05-27
Feeding Hogs For Loan Meats.

IL Is cheaper TO produce meat that
contains large proportion of lean
with the fat than to fatten hog to
such condition as to fit it only for
the production of lard, and it is a fact
that feeding for lean meat a greater
weight of carcass is secured, and at no
more expense than in producing an ex-
cess of fat. This is explained by
reason of the fact that when an animal
is given food containing the elements
of growth of bone and muscle as well
as of fat the condition of the animal
is sustained in a manner to permit
more perfect digestion and assimila-
ton, and a greater proportion for the
support of the system of the nutritious
elements that are required, and which
are more evenly distributed through
the body instead of the semi-diseased
condition produced when corn is given
as an exclusive diet.
Hence the farmer who diminishes
the ration of corn allowing but por-
ton only, substituting therefor bran,
middlings, milk and clover-cut fine
and scalded-will have his hogs larger,
heavier, healthier and of better quality
OF flesh than from corn. While giving
the advantages of systematic method
of feeding for the best results in pro-
ducing the heaviest pork, the fact that
prime lard brings price that makes
it desirable on the part of the farmer
to have his hogs fat, it must be admit
ted that it is a serious obstacle in the
way when lean meat is advocated, but
the lean is simply interspersed with
the fat, it must be admitted that it is a
serious obstacle in the way when lean
meat is advocated but the lean is
simply interspersed with the fat, and
the greater increase from the variety
of food does not diminish the supply of
lard. The farmer will find that on
those portions of the carcass from
which the lard is produced but little
difference will be observed. and the
hog will be much more valuable as a
whole. -Philadelphia Record,
49, Astounding Ignorance.
1t is astonishing, nay, more. it is
really astounding, the extent to which
men of ordinary intelligence depend
upon that which is not food to correct
in their stock the results of a vicious
system of feeding and handling. This
thought is suggested by request made
to an exchange by Missouri farmer,
asking IF it would be good plan to
throw lime into the pond from which
he takes his water for stopping swine. :"
What he wished to accomplish bv do
ing SO, he does not say, but he was evil
IDENTIFY possessed with the idea that
lime was a medicine and that hogs
need medicine When men are willing
to study right foods and proper methods
of feeding and of keeping, as much as
they now study how to obviate the i'll
effects OF their Improper and unphilo-
sophie methods, they will think less of
lime or any poison called medicine.
than now. The Rural World holds
that breeders may, if they will, so feed
and otherwise treat their farm stock as
to keep it in health, that they can SO
breed and feed as to keep everything
vigorous, thrifty and healthy, and build
up such constitution as to even enable
all kinds of stock to be almost impervi-
GUS to contagious diseases. Western
Rural.
Market Gardening.
Market gardening has advantages
which are attached to some other oc-
equations. It is a very healthy occu-
patton; it can be carried on upon a
comparatively small scale, if need be,
without hopelessly handicapping the
chances Of success; part Of the pro-
duce grown can be eaten by the
pr0War SO that soma nn1tinn nf a