Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-12-19

Wnen l teeu nOSS lOI nealIh' q" wa
as profit, want the pigs narrowed
early in the spring-say in March OF
April--for early pigs will grow faster
and do better than late ones. woulo
feed the mother literally on Kitchen
slops, and wheat shorts, and corn meal
together with moderate allowance OF
whole corn, and always give her ample
room to range around in a lot well SET
in grass so she can have good supply
of green food, which l regard as es-
sential to health, both in mother ana
pigs. AS soon as the pigs Will eat
which will be at from two to four weeks
old I feed them separate from thelr
mother in pen where they can go III
and out at will. l would wean the pigs
at ten to twelve weeks old, and keep
them on good pasture during the
summer and fall, and get all the grown
! possible from grass and clover. Mean
| time | would give only moderate sup
ply of corn, for heavy feeding OF corn
| is not conducive to health; and l must
always be sure they have good sup
! ply of pure water, for nothing is more
| injurious to the health of hogs than to
be compelled to drink filthy, stagnant
water. In September, as soon as new
| corn Is hard enough to feed economl-
caly, l would commence feeding IL
very moderately until it is hard enough
to she'll would then increase the
amount until they were nearly on full
feed. BY this time l would have lot
of ripe, sweet pumpkins, and feed I'D
orally of these once every day, and, II
| have plenty of sweet apples, l Will
give them a feed of these about three
times every week: but never neglect to
feed literally of ripe pumpkins. Hogs
must" have something more bulky
and less concentrated than corn IT the
feeder expects to keep them in a
healthy condition for any great length
of time.
find pumpkins the cheapest and
best feed to give in connection with
corn of anything ever tried, and hogs
will fatten much faster when so fed
than when confined exclusively to corn
and as pumpkins are SO easily and
cheaply raised. it will readily be seer
that pork thus made is much cheaper
than when produced exclusively or
corn. and the hogs in n much more
healthy and natural condition, hence
more profitable: and Is profits is wha
we are all after l would recommend
this plan for health and profit. Wher
hogs are so fed and have the run of {
grassy lot or field. they will be in FINE
condition for market in November OF
bny. MI ~
made is cheaper and healthier thar
that made from hogs carried over win
ter and marketed at eighteen to twenty
months. Pigs, when fed on my plan
will be eight to nine months old wher
ready for market, and il of goot
breed dixie the Berkshires) will weigh
from 275 to 800 pounds.-I. N. Barker
Watch the Sheep.-When you gee :
sheep biting itself lose no time in look
ing for the cause and removing it.
may be ticks or fleas, or some trouble
with the skin; but. whatever it is, it Il
taking your profit away. The sheer
should be dipped in any good STANDARD
dip without loss Of time. The prof
from lamb or sheep is so small tina
one may think it does not pay to d.
this for one sheep. But remember tina
our great corn crop of two hundred
thousand million ears goes through tn
farmers hands, one ear at a time, ant
if one ear Is not worth saving, on thi
principle, the whole crop might b.
thrown away, one ear at a time. TIL
great ocean is made up of single drop
Of rain, that have fallen one by one
And shepherd that despises one singl
lamb will never have profitable flock
Am. Sheep Breeder.
The health of your manure must b
studied the same as the condition an,
health of your seed. II you permit
to become foul your crops will becom
foul.
There Is no shame in paying, n
shame in receiving, an honest compli
ment.