The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-02

to market fail pigs in the summer or
carry them over and fatten in the fall.
Usually the latter plan is adopted.
GenefaI Suggestions as to Manage
mant.
Each SOW. after she is one rear old,
should have two filters per year, one
In the spring and one in the fall. 1t
IS not advisable TO keep sows over
three years, and many advise siaugh-
ter1ng at the age of two years.
The breeding houses should be kept
clean n free from dust. The doors
and sides should be sprayed thorough
~ al least once a month with kero-
sene. Crude petroleum is better if it
can be obtained. Whitewash occa-
sionally. See that the herd has no
lice. For keeping the herd free from
lice there should be several posts near
is attached a gunny sack wound into
a roll. Nail one end to the post just
above the ground. Then wind the
roll around the post IN coils FAR
enough apart to permit the other end
to be nailed 2 feet above the ground.
keep this gunny sack saturated WITH
crude petroleum. II the hogs have
lice they will rub against these posts
and destroy them.
ANY hogs purchased from other
herds should be placed in quarantine
two weeks for the development of any
possible disease or vermin.
Avoid all mudloles in yards or
pastures. Access TO pure running
water is desirable, but low wet
sWamps and mudholes are Just as
dangerous for hogs as for men. Much
Of the SO-ca1led hog cholera is only ty-
phoid fever resulting from w~allowing
in foul mudholes.
The following mixture should be
KEEP constantly in supply in a dry place
and accessible at all times to hogs
and ~;"s. This mixture aids digestion
and tends to keep the hogs in perfect
health:
Charcoal, liz bushels; common
salt, 4 pounds: hardwood ashes, 10
pounds; Stacked lime, 4 pounds
Fresh water, shade in summer.
| grain food when on grass, a dry bed
free from dust, shelter in winter, and
when confined an area sufficient to
prevent it from becoming foul with
droppings or mudholes, are some Of
the essentials of successful hog rails
ing.
It is not the object Of this ape to
discuss the relative value of breeds
of hogs. The important point is to
have long vigorous Sows. Select the
brood soWs from the best dams, and
especially from those thHt have a
good flow of milk, are good feeders,
and ave large, even filters. The i'm
%portance Of this can not be overestl-
mated.
Use thrifty, sGuare-built, short
limbed. we1l-bred males. Keep the
| males in medium flesh and SiVe them
plenty of exercise.
Use shelter houses for winter with
some bedding Ceaves or straw, to
| avoid piling of hogs, which may &C.
cur where 10 protection is given, and
from which is sure to result consid-
cradle loss.
Feed in a place protected from
winds during severe cold weather or
a cold storm.
pastured on peanuts, acorns, and all
~succu1ent food, by feeding on corn
| alone for about three weeks. 1t hard
ems the flesh and improves the flavor
Of the meat.
Preserving the Product.
Farmer have sustained great losses
in the South because of the impossi-
bility OF depending on steady old
weather at killing time. A few warm
days at that time Will spoil n meat
supply of a year. Since public atten-
ton has been turned to the importance
of producing a home supply of pork,
there has been a strong demand for
central packing houses. These will be
totally unnecessary for a number Of
years, or at least till there is an am
pie home supply. What is impera-
lively required is for every market
town to establish a small killing and
storinp Plant, which shall have. in
connection with the ice plant, two or
three rooms that can be cooled by
ammonia pipes to a winter tempera-
ture.
A few yards and sheds for holding
and feeding hogs will be needed, be
sides a room for killing, provided
with a %scalding vat and a table for
scraping and removing hristles. and
an overhead trolley for ~suspendlng
the hog, removing the entrils and
vitals, and then conveying into the
cooling room, where the dressed hogs
ham upOn rods. When sufficiently