The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-21
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Is being fed for his final fattenng
period. It therefore costs more to put
the last one hundred pounds on an AMI
NAL which has been stunted thar on
one which has always been kept
thrifty.
Scrub feeding is more responsible
than scrub breeding for the great mum
Der of scrub stock we see in many sec
tious of this and other States. Our ion
proved families Of domestic animals
have not only been bred from ances
tors selected for having certain quail
ties we'll developed, but they have also
been fed in the name best suited TO
intensity these same traits. A pure
Berkshire. Poland China, or jersey
Red pig if placed under scrub condl
ions s to food and care, rapidly be-
comes scrub like in appearance. In
fact. some Of the meanest scrubs to be
found in any place bear some minor
but u~nmistakable markings or oue or
the other Of our very best breeds OF
hogs. Good breeding merely indicates
that under average good conditions the
pig will make economic use of the food
consumed. It does not say that the
animal will make something from moth
ing. Good feeding insures the animal
an abundar ce of the right kind OF ma
terial with which to make growth.
When the pig is weaned give him a
liberal supply Of kitchen and dairy
Stops, into which some wheat bran or
middIings, pea and corn meal or ground
oats have been stirred. This is a strong
factor in keeping him from grieving
and worrying at the loss of his mother
If the Stops are not in sufficient abund-
ance a good substitute a be made In
this way: Take four ordinary oil bar
reIs. Remove one head from each, then
char the inside with fire until the wood
o longer smells of oil. Arrange these
barrels in q row convenient to the feed
ing place. Fill barrels number 1 and 3
with water and the slops from the
kitchen, into which some wheat bran
and middIings and oat and pea meal is
to 90 to make the first supply OF swlll.
Fill barrels number 2 and 4 about half
full of q mixture Of equal parts by
weight of corn and COW peas. Over
this mixture pour clear water then let
il stand from twenty four to thlrty'sIx
hours or until the grains have begun to
soften. Then with q perforated dipper
lift grain from barrel number 2 and
feed to the hogs, at the same time use
the swill from barrel number l. When
the grain is fed from number 2, the
sWill will all be fed from numOer 1
Add some of the ground food mixture,
previously described. to the water re
naming in number 2 to make another
lot of swill. Now fill number 1 about
half full of the corn and pea mixture
and cover with water.
While this is soaking feed from bar
rels numbered 3 and 4, which when
empty are to be filed, number 8 with
whole grain and water while the con
tents of number 4 is to be used for
swill making Barrels number 1 and 2
are now ready again to be fed from
By following this method n is en-
abled to have q good supply of palat-
able grain and sWill for a large herd OF
hogs the entire season. Where only
two or three brood sows are kept tt
barrels should be smaller, or at least
emily small quantities of the food should
be prepared at one time. Otherwise
the soaking material in this system
would be- in to terment, in which case
it might afford an excellent soil for the
growth of the seeds Of many of the
most fatal of swine diseases.
J. N. JOHNSON
N. Q. Experiment Station, West Raj
eigh, N. Q.
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