The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1895-10-24
Corn and Pumpkins for Hogs.

When feed hogs for health. as well
as profit. I want the pigs 1arro"eu
early in the spring-say In Marcn VI
April-for early pigs will grow raster
and do better than late ones. Wouio
feed the mother literally on kitchen
Stops. and wheat shorts, and corn meal,
together with a moderate allowance VI
whole corn, and always give her ample
room to range around in a lot we'll SET
in grass so she can have a good supply
of green food, which I regard as es-
sential to health, both in mother anu
pigs. AS soon as the pigs will eat
which will be at from two to four weeks
old, feed them separate from tneH
mother in a pen where they can 90 ID
and out at will I 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 a moderate sup
ply of corn, for heavy feeding OF corn
is not conducive to health; and must
always be sure they have good sup
ply of pure water, for nothing is more
injurious to the health OF hogs tnan 70
be compelled to drink filthy, stagnant
water. In September, as soon as new
corn is hard enough to feed economl-
cally, I would commence feeding II
very moderately until it is hard enough
to shell. I would then increase the
amount until they were nearly on full
feed. BY this time I would have lot
of ripe, sweet pumpkins. and feed lib
orally of these once every day, and. II
1 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 ripa pumpkins. Hogs
must" have something more bulky
and less concentrated than corn if the
feeder expects to keep them in
healthy condition for any great length
of time.
l 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 seen
that pork thus made is much cheaper
than when produced exclusively on
corn, and the hogs in a much more
healthy and natural condition, hence
more profitable: and as profits is what
we are all after I would recommend
this plan for health and profit. When
hogs are so fed and have the run of a
grassy lot or field. they will be in fine
condition for market in November or
early in December, and the pork thus
made is cheaper and healthier than
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 when
ready for market, and If Of good
breed Qike the Berkshires) will weigh
from e75 to 300 pounds.-I. N. Barker.
Watch the Sheep.-When you see
sheep biting itself lose no time in look
ing for the cause and removing it. It
may be ticks or fieas. or some trouble
with the skin: but, whatever it is, 1t is
taking your profit away. The sheep
should be dipped in any good standard
dip without loss of time. The profit
from a lamb or a sheep is so small that
one may think 1t does not pay to do
this for one sheep. But remember that
our great corn crop Of two hundred
thousand million ears goes through the
farmers hands, one ear at time, and
! if one ear is not worth saving, on this
principle, the whole crop might be
thrown away. one ear at time. The
great ocean is made up Of single drops
of rain, that have fallen one by one.
And a shepherd that despises one single
lamb will never have a profitable flock.
Am. Sheep Breeder.
The health Of your manure must be
studied the same a. the condition and
health Of your seed. II you permit It
to become foul your crops will become
foul.
There il NO shame in paying, no
shame In receiving. ~ Acosst eempf-
ment