The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-24


worn sandy ioam deficient In vegetable
matter and would make about twomy five
bushels OF corn per acre. All crops ex-
.upt corn were gathered by the PIGS.
winch were confined 10 u small alva at
limc by movable fences,
On March ~, when the pigs were twenty
days ola, they were TUNED Ola ryu sN
inches high with the SOW, ana wee led
IA iltlo corn. They did not like the rye,
and could not be staNed into Bra4ins 1t
by Withholding corn. The SOW also re-
fused to cat the rye. on March 20 they
were turned on red clover four inches
hlel. aud ate II readily tiii July %. when
they were turned on sorghuu Just begin
Ming 10 head, aud were shifted from sor-
Nhum 10 swect potatoes IN September Il.
1hey did not goom to relish sweet pota-
toes and made little gain, 81 after twelve
days they were shifted to spanish pea
nuts, where they remained TIL the first
freeze, OF December :. making rapid gains.
They were then fed Oh shellud corn soaked
N water TIL January 3. when they were
slaughtered
Former experience had demonstrated
that oats alfalfa and cowpeas are all
fine for grazing pigs.
The conclusion is that red clover. sor-
ghum and peanuts form the most salts
factory succesaion OF cfopa to be grazod
by hogs. The fact that clover and pea
nuts are Ieguinos or soil hprovers.
makes this a most desirable rotation. Tho
pigs were in perlec, health ON all of thom.
Crimson clover Is excellent for late fall,
winter aud very early gprlug grazing. ana
alfalfa is flno all GUNNER.
THESE pigs were fed slS and one half
bushels of corn cach averaged 243 pounds
n, killing time 90 months old. aud the
cost of producing them was "a ccutA per
pound. Had they been left ON the pea
nuts longer ana fed corn only whom the
prnttul Ayns Frpv,u tno hard far tit IN IN
sot nuts, the cost would have been lcsa
fwo weeks on corn would have been Bll-
ficient TO harden them
Mineral food was kept before Iheea
pigs. in boxes. throughout the experiment.,
norton, a." hoa %'h ,h. VI hoas unu Sm III
inr,ns ali arnunJ ,lIe,r no ,,tr,raI ,onI
consisted of one and a half bushels of
'hhteoa'' -FOUR ponndS salt four pounds
s'aVN'" ,ne ahu WI PouhuS nara Woou
ANAL pIcrcs aud I'D, o,hor sni,,onrcs
mixed with II, and the mixture was kept
under shelter TO keep It dry.
The best pigs for pork nre out Of SOW
whose mother was good scrub and sire
u thoroughbred Poland China. aud are got
by u thoroughbred Essex or berkshire
boar. Of the smaller strain Such pigs
win be one. fourth polnnd China and one
half berkshire or Essex. They have the
hardy habits OF the scrub, the eating ca
pncity of the Poland China and the fine
bone and flesh forming qualities OF the
small brecds
Push the pigs from the start, Confirming
In small pens and feeding ON corn alone ia
wastcful Confirming IN Nlthy pens Ia
dangerous 10 their health The Mig ia n
go H. h,s oo,, a,r ,,a"a ~, da,'>s,, bo,h
1ur, ,rI ,,ino ana ,yu, nv, n,,iio,,, In
either II he cen avoid /,
The large heavy hog no longer soils
well The small young, tender hog now
fonn all markets, II homemade bacon Is
nlcoiy trimmed NJ, well smoked aud care
IN,F hhh"ieh anu cufeh " VIII pflhe sood
prices IN thc nome markets,
cure TOR warts
10 The Semi Weekly Post
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