Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-05-23

paSNuiS nuu euO hhi5htuB peIlOu.
Whenever you can grow the pasture
grasses and the clovers the hog will
thrive. We sent South few years
ago for your COW pea, aud to Japan
for their bean. We have dTouths that
dry up pasture grasses and we wanted
something that would be in bloom
then, 80 that succulent feed might bo
continuous. This is one of the secrets
of successful farming; the animal must
have plenty of what grows on the
farm during all the time of growth.
When land requires tertilizing, it is
better to do it through the presence of
animals by Epasturiug and buying
gram, especially mill stuffs, than by
purchasing the fertilizers of commerce.
You hav0 a mild climate here we'll
adapted to the hog. He suffers during
winter In the north and requires great
care to keep him thriving, to AVOID
colds, and the consequence of eating
too much heated feed. We have
pushed early maturity to the verge of
barrenness, and the latest we hear
from intensive hog feeding is, exercis-
ing the breeding herd when the
weather is too severe to have them in
the pasture. All this you can certain
ly avoid. Cold weather, spring rains
and too much corn are the ills our hog
flesh is heir to. 1t is necessary to the
hog in any climate that he be protect
ed from sudden changes of weather
and from extremes of heat and cold.
Profitable swine husbandry requires
that growth be made cheaply. The
red clover pasture does that best in
the north; where that plant is not at
home others must take its place. The
bean and peashave served mankind as
far back as history tells of him. The
lentil that Leah's son found in the
field was bean or pea. The pulse that
Daniel preferred to meet was legume.
Rogers tells that beans and peas were
cropping plants In England In the 18th
cent ury. The whole American hemis-
phere requires the development of the
pea and bean suited to each locality,
The Canadians grow peas and feed
hogs. where they cannot grow corn.
The Gulf States have the whipporwill
pea, that we of the North have use for
at the close of our seasons.
The State of Mississippi can grow
corn for finishing the hog; that is net
the most difficult task the hog.grower
anywhere has, however. Growing the
hog Is the probleni-growing him so
that his health and vigor and facun-
dity may not be impaired, so that he
will resist any adverse influence Of
disease from feeding, weather, or inn
proper handling that may befall him.
The nearer to nature we keep the hog
the more vigor and facundity he will
have, and the more we approach re-
fnement and early maturity the less
resisting power he has when disease
threatens.
The hog grows cheapest on the
pasture and beside the fields that grow
his grain. He is most profitable as a
subordinate department, because he
cannot consume the coarse folders of
the farm. He furnishes the Sest
market In which to sell the. by-pro-
ducts of the mill and dairy. The hog
assImilates more Of most concentrated
feed stuffs than ANY other animal of
the farm. Quicker returns come from
him than from horses, cattle or sheep.
He pays the rents Ia European
countries, he lifts the mortgages In the
Northern States, and, In conjunction
with the COW, he will redeem the worm
out cotton and tobacco fields OF the
south. Avoid permanent residence
for the hog-move him about 30 that
his environments may be clean and
uncontamlnated by germs that develop
rapidly where they have suitable
media. Put the pen on wheels and
move the litter about the pasture, aud
haye hurdles 10 confine them tempo
rarlly. They will fertilize as they go
and keep healthy. Avoid close breed.
ing, as II intensihes predisposition 10
disease. Select your breeders from
good mixers, ~ this IL the best indiea.
ton OF fscundity. No agricultural
people thrlye who buy grain or meats
and pay for them with the price Of
other farm products,
We compete now, through improved
aud eheapenlng transportation, with
all the world. The farmer IL most In
dependent who finds At least susten-
anos for bis family from his fields,
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