The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-11-08
SOUTHERN FARM TOPICS.
About Hog Raising.

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We have On cur desk, Hog raising
In the Sou'h," BY Prot ) VI. Tracy
The work is intended a. q help TO those
whJare raising and breeding on .
somewhat extended scale, but is we'll
worth a careful study To those who
raise only the home SUPPLY. One en-
couragiug feature We note, - during
the last ten year, there has been Il rap
"a increase in me number OF hogs raIs-
Cd In the south. IL - claimed that ten
years ago w per cent u the pork con
sumed in the Quiz states came from
the great packing houses in the nor h
west. The Brrk- hire AID roland Chi.
DR serms 20 BE- the ftyorite breeds
am 'ug Southern farmers. A great
deal IL said about food and feeding,
which Is worth li.tle 90 the man who
buys thee or four pigs, places them 10
a CIO-e pen and feeds o. EN- mostly on
the REUSE from tie kitchen and farm
one imp IrtAut feature 10 from an sx-
tended experiment by Prof. Henry Of
Wisconsin which shows cOnolusiyely
that pigs weighing from 400 70 $50
pounds are much the cheapest meat.
or course II 10 uuder-tOoc that the pig
must reach this weight at from sx 70
eight months old After he reaches
700 pOut d., about One-fourth "a per
cent? more food WAS required To pro-
duce 100 pounds - gain. We read last
year statement BY Missouri farmer
covering several years experience
which proysi clearly, that a hog soon
"eAt his head Off" alter reaching one
year old We have several times kept
acCurtts records OF the cost Of home
grown meat AMI found that close man
Akemeut Is required 70 keep he cot OF
production below the val q Of the pro-
duct But by all mta raise your own
meat ami DO 20 at tn least p ssibls
cost FIr-t arrange To save every par
tiCIs or nan ~, Iqu and solid, and
this will amply pay for the time and
trouble Of feeding, besides PREVENTING
II from S"aklug into the ear h aud
sometimes causing sickness and death
by coutt mluatlng drrnking water. A
well kept = z sly where plenty OF Alb
sOrben0- are used aud Clcane aud ma
nure ,arrlrd away aud spread once
week IL by NO means OifeLsi q or dan
ger u To health, b I on the other Ia d
hillthy pm - abput the w r-t thing
pb~NID Y w IN y OIl tue premises. Next
do away with the abomInablp disease
breeding old swlll tub Remember that
the meat you have tu rat i, made from
what the pig eats, and IN order tor him
20 make good ~ at, he must have pure,
eau fO 'd to eat and water To drink
Scraps from the tCh n are all right
II fed while frr-h, aud % j. fresh kiLCh-
en- sop aud dr-h water were it not for
the soap thy often cont in II you
Use any of the powdered soaps you had
better keep II away fr IN stOCk for W
have seen several rep rts uf its having
KILLED them Dirt ~ a5 e-sentIal To
the well be ng OF n hog and all other
stock IA water to duck. Give them
clean soil or clay evrry few days at
least, "A little every day is better The
The dieto the pig beng of n condensed
nature he does hot when & mined get
the necessary amount of ash to max,
good, rOng bones which accounts Tor
so many weak boned and lame hogs.
THIS G n be overcom" by putting n lit
Tie ashes IN the food. vemIX one part
salt To two of ashes and put little in
every iced, say a teaspOOnfull to thre-
small plgS aud Increase To n spoonful to
the hog as they grow In size We have
never had lame or crippled hog. If
oVertaXlng the digestive organs "A lit
Tile charco ! every day will a'd diges-
ton. here Is nothing equal To mi
IA n food fOr Iig- ! he next best thing
IL wheat bran and middlings about half
and tall by measure. Remember the
plg Is n grass citing animal and should
always have some such green "a grass
weeds, clover, green corn or some such
food. In winter sweet potatOrs, pump
Fins, heets, etc, or in tn absence of
these clover or pea hay or corn fodder
Remem nor in feeding, growth is what
you want until you begin to fatten,
hence let your feed be rich in prapor-
ton and avoid corn and its product
meal, until you begin to fatten, and
then ga tnally add corn or meal until
your whole grain feed consists of il,
which point should be reached six to
eight W eks before Nj ling. BE sur.
piEgie - free from lice at all times as
not many Of us have any food to waste
on IL ding lice. IL is said that not n
hog hts ever been known to have chol-
era that was not lousy.