Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-04-07
TERMs OF SUBSCRIPTION.
Wheat-fed Hogs.

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belief attention is called to an article in
the Rural New Yorker Of March II a
large part of which it reprints. The
article is from contributor in Ohio,
and it contains matter which should
have the attention Of every farmer in
in the West Wheat, for the main arti-
Gle of food, is our great crop, and we
may easily provide the timothy and clio
yer pastures so necessary for growing
hogs. The correspondent reports tie
result Of hls visit to the farm of Q. A.
Cory, in Ross county, Ohio. Asked
how long he had been growing swine,
Mr.. Cory replied:
Il have made it a speciality for II
years, but have given it particular at
tention for only eight years, more par
ticularly as to the adaptation of foe DIS
and getting two crops year. The
pasture | use is clover and timothy.
heretofore in one field my pasture has
been Alsike clover and timothy, which
make a better growth than the common
red. In this field feed off my fall pigs
In box at the outlet OF a tile drain
they get water that never freezes, except
in very cold weather. | also avoid any
contagious disease by watering them in
this wav. On the stream that flows
through my farm m stock are often
exposed to disease from hogs dying
above my place. My pastures, in the
main, are timothy, Alslke and common
red clover-the two clovers in about
equal quantities, | aim to give the
pigs a start towards independence when
about the age of ten days by giving
them a little sheled corn, or better,
wheat in pen to themselves near tn,
sows' nest. 10 that pen / have a shall
low trough containing little slop at
temperature of about 80 degrees. This
is made of brown middlings and water.
| scatter the shelled corn on both sides
of the trough, so that the pigs passing
over the trough are sure to get into it
and get taste of the slop | nave no
skinned milk, as | keep but one or two
COWS, and the milk and kitchen Stops go
to the poultry-yard. Experience with
45 fall pigs now on hand Is to the effect
that they do as well with wheat as with
corn and slop. This lot never saw slops
till they were 10 weeks old, and, SO far
l can tell, they have done just as well as
others raised on slop and corn
FEED WHEAT AND SELL CORN.
In answer to the question as to why
he fed wheat, Mr.. Cory said:
at is cheaper than corn, because at
6S cents per bushel it is cheaper than
corn at 40 cents a bushel This is how
l came to feed wheat When ! can sell
corn at 40 cents to 30 cents per bushel,
/ can make mora out of it than | can by
selling wheat at 6S cents. The main
reason now for feeding wheat, which |
have learned by experience, lies in the
fact that wheat is more perfect ration
than corn for a young growing animal.
| feed dry, whole ain-not in troughs
or in piles, but scattered as thin as for
chickens on floor or grass sward, The
object is to compel the animal to con
sumo it twice in masticatiou. The slow
masticatiOn and the hardness of the
gram excite an extra flow of saliva, and
this is the best agent to liberate sugar
from the starch in the grain Scierce
teaches that this is the best known agent
for this purpose. feed corn somewhat
In the same manner, only in the ear,
never feeding more at the winding up
than they viii eat up clean in 80 min
utes. / always want them to be ready
for their feed. | only feed twice a day,
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and not varying more than 10 or 10
minutes. | regard this as important,
for 1 have noticed that, when fed at reg
ular hours, the saliva will escape from
the mouth at the first or second bite.
When fed at an unreasonable hour, this
is not the case
HEALTHY PORK WALKS ITSELF OPT.
The correspondent then asked Mr..
Cory how be secured perfect health in
the herd while pushing them to market
80 young. He replied;
II think can secure it by Just feed
ing wheat, it being a we'll balanced ra
ton of itself. Experience teaches that
it cannot be done on corn with the very
best stopping, One may do it in this
way for time or two, but he canno