The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-04-16

nine. The fail pigs will need some
shipstuff, a lot of rye, some crimson
clover, what cowpea hay they will
eat, and a light feed Of corn once per
day. Don't put them in a pen during
the winter, or any other time; no
more sense in penning a pig than a
lamb in the South. We grow more
than 100 pigs per year on Sunny
Home Farm and haven't a pig pen
on the place. These winter pigs will
be good long, stretchy fellows by the
time the clover is right to turn on in
the spring, and we think their ration
should be made up very largely dur
ing the summer Of clover, peas, grass
and ear corn.
People talk that we mustn't feed
hogs on corn in the South. 1 would
just like to know why? And will
some one kindly tell us what class Of
animals we can feed corn to that
pay better price for the corn than
will good thrifty shoats that are
grazing on clover and that, when fat,
bring $40 per hundred, gross. Some
time I am going to take the time to
tell The Progressive Farmer and Ga
zette readers about a field Of corn
that fed about $500 worth Of hogs in
the fall, ten brood sows all fall and
int Siy ,Ok
1909, to June 1, 1910, and thirty
shoats from December IS, 1909, to
June 1, 1910, besides giving sixty
spring lambs what they wanted, and
thirty or forty chickens what they
were mind to steal from the hogs.
The crop cost s2SS, including inter-
est on the land at $50 per acre, and
the fodder produced would far more
than pay for the entire cost Of the
crop. How many bushels? The
Lord only knows, but it is surely
great stuff to feed hogs on when they
are running on grass and clover.
Use coal oil as a spray to keep
the hogs free of lice. Give plenty of
ashes at all times; buy a load of coal
slack and haul into the main hog
pasture. Provide plenty Of water
and have it good, and provide sheds
to protect the animals from the sun
and bad storms. Castrate the boar
pigs early and the operation will in
jure them very little. Use a disinfec-
tsnt when performing this operation
and pay no attention to the moon or
any other sign.
Sow peas everywhere, not only for
the pigs sake, but for the lands
sake as we'll. Kill buzzards and
stray dogs that you find loafing
around your farm; and if you feed
the pigs as 1 have told you, keeping
them out-of- doors and on some sort
Of pasture all the time, you will not
be troubled with cholera or any 9TH
er disease. Take care Of the pigs
when they come; every one crushed
means SIS out Of pocket this fall.
Lice on Hogs.
l have a gilt 1-2 months old that
has been isolated from the other
hogs since six weeks old. Some two
months ago 1 noticed lice on her and
have not been able to destry them.
Have used "Pheno -Chlora," one tea
spoonful to half gallon water; and
lamp oil diluted, neither seems to do
any good. Will you please give me
remedy.
NJ. A w
Editorial Answer-As we have
stated before. any man who keeps
half dozen or more hogs will prob
ably find it profitable to arrange a
dipping vat for quickly applying ma
terials to the hogs to free them of
lice and other skin parasites.
For one or two hogs, applications
may be made by hand. For this pur-
pose we have never used anything
better than one part of kerosine to
two parts Of some heavy non-irri-
tatlng Oil-crude cOttOnseed oil is
good. Kerosine oil undluted will
certainly kill lice, and the failure of
our correspondent must have been
due to failure to apply to all parts
of the hog, or to neglect to dsinfect
the sleeping quarters. We do not
like undiluted kerosine because it
burns the skin some, causes it to
peel off and gives the hog a rough
appearance. AS one application may
not destroy the eggs, a second appli-
cation should be made in week or
ten days and the sleeping quarters
thoroughly cleaned and disinfected,
or given a coat of the kerosine oil"