The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-07-07

already secured that they are hopeful
OF breeding hog presently that will
have two streaks of lean to one of fat.
AS rule, the American hog is a we'll
fed animal, and his diet is almost ex-
clusively corn. The four footed hog
does not obi 9ct to corn, whether it be
raw, ground or cooked. The biped hog
prefers the juice, Corn lice is said to
make the tWo-footed class greatly re
senble the four footed ones, and on
good authority it is declared that
heavy ration Of corn juice will make
the biped hog wallow in the mire just
as the quadruped does on a hot day.
Wheat has lately been trying to cap
ture some of the laurels won by KING
Corn as feed for hogs, but it finds
favor only to limited extent and most
feeders prefer one Of it's by products.
Corn as diet for the American hog is
without a successful rival, and the
farmer who knows how to breed good
hogs and grow plenty of corn and grass
for them posse ss3s the key to the situa-
tioD, and no foreigner need expect to
get the combination without first be
coming natural I'd and learning to eat
his pork we'll cooked.
In the management of the American
hog we have as many diff 5rent methods
as we have breeds and breeders. There
is management and mis- management
MALE and female created he them, -
aud the latter seems to be in the ma,
jority. It is a waste of time and good
money to keep anything but the right
sort. Whether their ears be pricked
or dropping, whether the hair be black,
white or red, makes but little differ
ence, 80 that they grow rapidly, ma
ture early, have vigorous health, pro-
duce good itters and then take good
care of them when they are produced.
They will get to market in time to pay
the interest on the mortgage, the taxes
on the farm, and have a little left over
for a rainy day.
With all the expenditure of money
and all the application of skill that has
been devote d to making the hog healthy
and happy, he has not yet been rem
dered proof against cholera. If the
American hog in Iowa was not subjec
ease, it is a mystery beyond solving
where the products Of hogs in the State
would stop. With absolute immunity
agains5 attacks of cholera, Iowa would
feed the world. Then loud wall would
go up from the breeders. Perhaps it il
on the whole no bad thing that we have
this safety valve arranged to ad just th'
swine industry, but yet have OBJ
served that we are all willing that th'
safety valve shall be permitted to oper
ate the other fellows hogs in cholerI
time.
There was time when the American
hog received very little care or atten
tion. His snout was long and his leg
as long as his snout. For actual ras
cality, inborn cussedness, activity anC
storage power, the American hog 0
that age had no equI. With his trunk
like proboscis he could root out tn
third row Of potatoes through cracl
in rail fence, and with very littlt
effort he could drink every drop 0
cream from an old fashioned churl
without tipping the churn over or spill
ing the cream. T1ere were American
hogs because they loved liberty and tn
pursuit of happiness, and they seemet
to get more happiness out of their pur
suits than any other animal on earth
They would hold masaOO convention
and they usually convened where ther
was the greatest abundance Of mass(D
TIE sky was brought into use as a shel
ter for them during inclement weather
and when hog killing time came arounC
the old fashioned squirrel rlf9 was al
absolute necessity. The boar was neve
selected and was seldom seen except a
unexpected moments, and then it wa
best to view him from long range @
the top Of a fence. Considering tn
herd from the standpoint of its fgh TIM
qualities, the boar was then more thai
half the herd.
1t takes lots of genuine grit to be
farmer, says the Rural World. Legis
, Iaturos ond trusts c0nohina tn r0h hin