The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-07

a great part OF Il must seek market
In secondary forms. as pork. beef. dairy
and poultry products. says an exchange.
OF all these the pig and hog give the
most general promise OF success. To
those who give plenty Of time and skill
20 the business. poultry offers larger
returns; but is market Is more likely
70 be glutted than Ia that for pork,
which rarely goea below the price that
young. quickly fattened pork can be
sold for. Il Is near the time when sows
should be coupled for spring narrowing,
and some suggestions az 10 the best way
10 make the most OF grain In pork may
be useful. In the FIRST place. the larg-
est part % the swine herd should be
young animals. This will require The
keeping OF moro than the usual NUM-
Der OF breeding sows. How many
farmers who have plenty Of corn keep
more than one or two breeding sowsl
Accidents are always liable 10 happen.
especially with young sows. which often
In their lrst litter produce only four
10 six pigs. and one or more OF these
may be a runt or be accidentally killed.
The reason the farmer keeps 20 few
breeding Bows Il because he calculates
on a full litter, and on feeding these
eight. tn or twelve months before
turning OF TO the butcher. but spring
pigs are Stays salabla Al prices which
pay well for the cost OF growing them.
and N enough breeding sOwa are kept
70 eat most OF the grain, by the time
the pigs are sold the probability u that
this grain will return more money 70
the owner than n fed In any other way.
But the breeding sows should also DO
the best that can be procured. and In
stead Of being fattcned with their first
litter or after their second Hitter they
should be kept TO breeding until four OF
Ave years old. BY this time the old
SOW. though quite "a capable OF pro-
ducing a iine litter a. ever. usually de-
yelops undesirable tricks which make
Il undesirable to keep her longer she
will probably develop the habit OF cat
Ing her young. or she will become 70
strong and determined 10 escape all
ordinary enclosures that nothing but
confinement In a tight zen will hold
her. SO far as ability 10 breed IA con-
cerned. the SOW. n not allowed 20 set
too Eat, win breed until eight or ten
years. and perhaps longer. II a NUM-
Der Of sows are kept for breeding. sep
arate pens must be provided for each
This makes some extra cost. but the
welfare Of different sets Of pigs OF vary
ing size requires their separation. 20
that the stronger may not overmaster
the weaker. After the pigs are weaned
or sold on the sows should be bred
again, even though the pigs are sold
cheap, as suckilnEs In late summer or
fan always are. Keeping the SOW
breeding steadily n the best method
10 prevent her from getting too fat
She viii. n full grown. need only pas
ture and some milk In summer. and
roots OF some kind with milk and
little grain or wheat mlddllngs In win
ter There "a no better Income from
investment than comes from a we'll
built brood SOW. bred 10 choice stock.
and producing two or three good IT.
tiers Of pigs per year.
Color In Butier.-But u Is doubtless
true that there n a common misappre-
henslon as TO the nature Of this natural
butter color. Il Ia supposed that Il Ia
. a fixed quality OF the butter. and Is not
subject to change by any process Of the
butter making. Ny experience differs
from this common belief. for ! have
found Il 10 be very FAR from a fast
color. a. might be said. and very easily
changed by exposure 10 light. a. well
as BY the action Of the salt. due doubt
less TO the effect OF the chlorine Of the
salt. this Chlorine being a well-known
!. most effective bleaching agent and de-
siructlve to almost all eolora Thus
when the butter II made. n Il BE- en-
posed 10 the light. the outer surface Of
Il may be deepened somewhat and In
the working Il will become notified or
a streaky. unless great care IL taken 10
: mlx Il well. Even then the light
streaks will be apparent II the butter
IL examined by a microscope. and the
a mass viii have a stFeaksd or marbled
q or patehy appearance. This defect Of
l. course arouses suspicion Of the charae.
Il ter OF the butter; for II Il IL not wholly
a and completely perfect In every way. q
A Il open 10 this questionable character
= all through. And thus Il IL that the
!, color OF the butter Il rightly one Of lie
a chief points Of excellenee.-H. Stewart.
a In Country Gentleman.
. Conserving the Fertilliy.-The coll
- being 90 important factor In human
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