Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-10-02

one door 20 the Oenor. Tna Walk 10 o
the same height 90 the sllls. The pig
can get at NO wood work except the par
! titions between pens. use cheap horss
!, dressing from the village, and Away
intend to keep the pigs dry and clean
When pigs are four weeks old they an
taken from their mother. At 6rst th,
feed Il milk with q handful Of corn
Later on add handful Of brown mid
diings. The feed Ii increased gradually
feed some green grass and weeds, ap
Piles, pumpkins, beets, ETC., In theiI
season. usually have maugels for th'
breeding sows, as partial feed In tht
. winter. When pigs are four months ole
I begin to give them corn meal, q hand
full or two at first. I sell when elk tr
eight months old, the weight being 25t
to 800 pounds. Have made some tests
) aud found that with thirty pigs one-hall
) Of the selling price will pay for the grain
feed. keep just enough 70 consume my
milk. II kept more the cost Of the
grain would bear larger proportion tc
the price. l like the White Chester,
best. In the building briefly described
above, l will add that the upper hall
story l. used for hens. In the building
are 81 windows, IL for the pigs and s
for the hens.
A. RoBERTs, (Member)
| PoRTER-lt IL q fact that the pig has
been, and is, Q very useful adjunct upon
our farms for long period Of time, but
ne has not been as profitable As he might
be made to be with better care aud feed
ing. He should be kept growing from
the time of birth until slaughtered, and
10 ordsr 10 do this he should be kept In
a dry and warm enclosure, and be fed
regularly all the good and wholesome
food he can readily digest. would
keep him 10 the orchard or pasture dur
log some portion of the year, say the
spring xnd early summer, and 10 the
basement or manure shed the remainder
of the time until slaughtered, supplying
him with muck, forest leaves, or some
other substance that he will work over
into a valuable fertilizer. II In the WIN
ter, would keep him on the manure
heap, either In the basement or else
where, ss II would increasr'the value
of the manure more than Is per cent.
The White Chester is the breed should
prefer. The proper time, ~ . rule, TO
have SOW drop her pigs is the last OF
April or the very first Of May, In my
opinion. Keep the pigs growing and
fattening for seven months, aud with
good care and plenty OF good food such
as milk and shorts, corn, corn meal.
etc, they should dress from 200 TO 800
pounds each, and sell In market readily
At highest prices. A. II. MASON.
KEzAR FALLs-I have never kept
swine except for family use, but l be-
lieve II could be made profitable by
proper management. think hogs will
do much better TO run In some pasture
10 the summer months. They not only
Improve the land, but get one-hAlf OF
their living. put two shotes on piece
OF land that was never plowed, and to-
day, Il Is very nicely plowed and I think
about ten cart loads Of loose rocks are
lying around. All the shotes have been
fed Is milk and some waste, and II will
cost very little to fstten them. l am
now giving them early apples. think
farmers would do well to turn their at
tention TO raising sweet apples for swine.
| find them better than corn and very
much cheaper. The best breed for this
vicinity Is the White Chester. keep
them In winter on the horse manure,
and feed what rough waste we have and
and very little corn. Ny manure is
worth double by having them on Il. l
would have pigs dropped the hrst OF
March for profit. JOHN SEAvEY.
PARis-Every farmer should keep
few hogs on the farm to use up the
skim-milk and waste, the number to cor
respond with the size OF the farm and
taste OF the farmer. | think the breed
that has been, and Is to-day, the most
satisfactory, is the White Chester. l
would breed In April and rs early -
possible Ia the fall, 40 ~ 70 give the
pigs 4 good start before cold weather.
Always keep them growing, and have
old. We have had the best luck when
we have kept them on floor rather than
In the basement. II. ID. HAMMOND.
RUMFoRp-In regard to breeds Of
swine, | favor the White Chester, and
should keep them In the basement on
horse manure. think they are great
benefit there. kill when they are
about six months old snd will weigh
about 200 pounds. feed on skim milk,
feed -four and corn meal, but have never
kept any account Of cost.
Eff. ELLIOTT.
HEBRoN-How far apart should straw
berry plants be set TO produce the best
results? How wide should they be Al
lowed TO spread? Whist Ia the best
method TO fertIlize sn old bed where the
ground Is completely covered with
vines. ISAAC z. BEARCE.
fSorE-we presume you viii use the matted
row system, and II 90. would sdyisc placing
the rows from three and ono-half 70 four feet
apart. with the plants from twelve % eighteen
inches apart In the row according 70 the variety.
Enough runners can be allowed 20 take rooS 20
II YOU nave dne, well rotsed, barn manure, free
from weed seeds. you will md IL best OF all
for fertilixing your old bed. II mot. use npe
ground bone and unleached hard wood ashes.
ter. A liberal application win be found pronta-
ble.-Secretary.l
BUCKrIELp-I believe the White
Chesters are superior 70 any other breed
OF swine. keep my pigs growing and
market them twice year, spring and
fall, and believe we are getting an honest
dollar out Of them.
v.P. DEcosrER.
BETHEL think the only way to get
profit on hogs is to make them work,
either In the orchard or manure pile. In
the August number Of the bulletin
through an error / was made 70 say, VI
have shipped So bushels Of berries up to
to-day" II should have been 6S bushels
to-day. Il. r. MAXIM.
EAST DIxFIELD-As success In farm
ing depends largely upon the fertility OF
the soil, every method Of obtaining
fertilizer should be considered, and as
that from the pig pen is one Of the very
best, the pigs should be worked TO their
full capacity. II the money usually
spent for commercial fertilizer was
judiciously expended In and about the
| pig pen We should get better results In
the field, while the money received from
the sale Of pork and young pigs would
90 long way toward cancelling the ex-
pense. N. d. CAMPBELL.
wOoDsToCK-I have had some ex-
perieuce with hogs. The White Chester
Is the breed prefer. In regard to feeds,
It all depends upon the object In view.
have fed pigs for the market, giving
them all the milk and grain they would
eat, and dressing them when they would
weigh 100 to l50 pounds and sending
them to Boston, and made we'll. II they
are kept for breeding they can be kept
cheaper. Farmers should keep more
hogs. They are good for an orchard II
one Is situated 90 as to let them run In