Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-23
shotes and pigs, in connection with

ShOteS and pigs, IN connection with
the pasture, on a two acre patch
Il viii furnish good grazing un-
til about July 18th. | feed in con-
nection with sorghum, once day
at regular time, two nubbins of
corn to every head | have.
Il utilize such corn mainly,
which is unfit to feed my work
stock, and which unless fed to
the hogs, would become a COM
parative waste.
I'd. | have what is called
three rotation fields of ten acres
each, used mainly for experiment
tai purposes, having in view the
upbulldirs Of soil.
In one Of these | SOW oats
in October, which will furnish
good winter pasture for calves,
colts and pigs. After harvest
ing the oats which usually takes
place the later part of May, | per
NIT my hogs also to gather what
ever waste grain there may re-
main in the field. About the mid
Gle of June this field is again
planted in peas, Spanish COOLERS
(groundpeas) cora, sorghum and
sweet potatoes. This crop is
planted for hog food late in the
fall, the hogs doing their own
gathering, and being allowed to
feed on whatever variety Of food
they may prefer and as much Of
it as they choose.
sd. Another Of the rotationI
fields has been planted in cornI
in which at laying by time were
sown, broad cast, from one and
a half to two bushels of whippoot
will peas. The entire product OF
this field, except the peavine, ID
used in the fattening of hogs.
About July 18th, when thu
peas begin to mature, I turf
into this corn field all the shoteS
these expect to kill during thu
winter. | let them eat what
and as much as they please, haW
ing care, however, that at al
times they have access to the pa
ture and water. They also ,haH
excess to a mixture of salt, chat
coal and hardwood ashes placed il
covered troughs convenient fdr
them to reach. When this field
is exhausted, the corn fields
planted with corn to feed wok :
stock, every acre of which ought ,
to be planted at laying by time
in peas will have been harvested
and the hogs turned in to do the
cleaning, after which the cpp i,
planted in the oat field will ibe !
ready to be occupied. BY the !
adoption of this method you will Z
not only raise and fatten hogs at !
a normal cost, but materially i'm .
prove your soil. :
my farm is situated in the .
hills of DeSoto Parish. My main :
dependence for physical upbdild- =,
ing the soil is the droppings from !
stock and pea culture" :
Colonel Chas. Schiller, commits !
sioner of agriculture and ihmi- y
grafton, has received a large s
number of requests from farm =
ers for information in reg aid to !;
the killing of hogs in answer to Il
these inquiries the Commissioner y
has made up the following sug- y
gestions: :,
When hogs are fat select any I
time during the month of Qecem :
Der, January and the first half of :
February when the weather is =
clear, with wind from moth or !,
northwest, with the thermometer =
registering below IS at sunrise. !
Have your water hot and scald u
IS soon as hog is dead, Hang up J.
disembowel the animal just D
IS soon as it is cleaned. No butch =
,ring animal should ever be per- =.
to cool off until it has been u
lisemboweled. Cut up the car. Il
ASS as soon as it is through drip n
ling. Saw or split the backbone. Fl
Let it and the spare ribs remain Ia
n the side, and make them as m
ong as you can. Hams and il
small. Hams to sell h !,
eadily should weigh from fifteen r.
o eighteen pounds. Jowl will
nix nicely with trimmings and d,
With shoulder in making sau W
age, either for house use or the Of
Feet, when cleaned 10
properly, and put, raw, in strong m
'rine, will keep all right for sew Ii
raj months. Spread the joints dc
nd sides in your smoke house, Of
pplying a small quantity Of salt Of
D each piece. Let it lay until h;
ext morning to cool, then pack c.
way, using plenty Of clean salt L
ITO Sugar Cure Hams. To a ce
alf bushel of fine salt, add half an
ound pulverized Saltpeter,' one ar
O11nd Of finely ground black ct