Middletown transcript., 1896-11-07
MIDDLETOWN. DEL, NOV. Z, 1895.
OF Interest
To Farmers

Present and recent low prices for
pork only suggest different method of
the disposal Of the product says writer
in american Agricullurist." The
cost of production at the present time
is low, and my own experience teaches
me that with this feature in their favor,
farmers can arrange to make pork rails
ing mean more to them, so far as
dollars and cents is concerned, than
ever before. A poor hog is expensive
at any and all times to the feeder, and
never will return in his carcass the
value he has cost. Keep pigs that will
be ready-for slaughter any time after
three months Of age, and that will
make the choicest family pork.
The pig ready for market, the ques-
tion comes up how to get the most
dollars out Of him. This can be ac-
complished by dealing directly with
the consumer, and in no other way can
this feature be gained. Well-to-do
families in our large villages are only
too glad to secure supply Of home
fattened pork at a price well in ad-
vance Of the western product. Like
every other branch. Of farming, the
highest success cannot be gained with
out some effort on the part Of the far
mer to get desirable customers. The
best customers desire the carcass neatly
cut up ready for use. This would be
new feature with many farmers, but it
would mean good many extra dollars
to those who will persevere in working
up such trade as this. This plan, to
large extent, does away with the
competition with western pork. 1t is
certain that wholesalers will not in
terest themselves in the disposal of the
homegrown product. and rarely will
the smaller marketman pay any ad-
vance, claiming that the western is
more desirable in every respect.
The advantages of pig raising to the
farm are many. Much material. con-
tanning much and desirable feeding
value, can be used in the pigpen, with
marked profit, which would otherwise
60 to waste, aid the farmer never
would appreciate money benefit only
for his pigs. Manure of the highest
quality for plowing under accumulates
rapidly in the pigpen if kept supplied
with the proper material, such as
weeds, sods and grass in summer, and
a plenty of bedding in winter. Do not
allow the business to dwindle, as has
the goodIold-time sheep industry, but
push it for all it is worth.
Here And There.
Successful farming is science. The
best-posted man is generally the most
successful. A thorough knowledge of
The nature of the soil cultivated and its |
to seeds and grains equips
,he tiller of the soil for the application |
of his practical knowledge and expert |
snce. The farmer is all the better for |
liberal literary education and course |
n business college. He is enabled to
conduct his operations intelligently |
and on business principles.
No farm should be poor farm after
t has been occupied for FIVE years, un-
ess the soil it of such character as to |
make the farm incapable of impoye-
nent When farmer is not gaining
'omething in his soil he is losing money
10 matter how much he sells, as it will
,e but few years before the revenue
rom the farm will cease. With the
I'D of clover q farm can be made bet
or every year, and also gotten into /
irst-class condition if fertilizers are
lsed in connection with clover,
Let any farmer who keeps sheep for
he wool they produce estimate it's
Innual value and then compare such
7alue with that which he derives from
mutton and lambs as to determine in
which direction the sheep give the
argest profit, and he will not hesitate
o increase the size Of the sheep by i'm
,roving with mutton breeds.
Hundreds of farmers do not know
low many tools and implements they
ave purchased since owning their
arms, nor have a place for them. IL
hey will enter all these items in boo ok
hey will prevent loss and know at all |
imes what they have on hand. Tools
re lost without the fact being known.
1t is claimed that great as is our
nnual wheat crop it does not exceed
be production Of poultry and eggs.
his ie due to the fact that millions Of
ollars worth of poultry and eggs are
reduced in the suburbs Of towns and J,
illages, AS well as on the farms. 7,
When little pigs begin to eat they
ometimes have scours. To prevent |
his the food should be cooked until ,
hey get past the danger stage. No |
ow having pigs should be given slop
hat is sour or filthy. Clean, whole {
ome food, not too concentrated, and !,
OF too much alta time, is better than {
,eding q surfeit Of any and all kinds, j
lat serve no purpose than to do harm t