The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-04-04
IN FAVOR OF, THE HOG.

about the hog and as there is to be an
election in Grenada Saturday, April
! 5th on the hog question it is well AS
DR.. Ferguson suggested in his article
in The Sentinel of l4th, that the
measure receive ripe, mature full
and complete discussion. The hog
is d very valuable animal as our Ia
! hles demonstrate and is now very
costly animal as the demand from the
north and the world shows. = ira
eler in Ireland reprimanded Rat for
allowing his pig to come so often into
his humble hut, why sir, said Pat
that is the gentleman what pays the
rent" SO when we consider that the
hams and sausage on our tables are
furnished by the hog and that with
plenty of hog and hominy' the South
is independent, it becomes us TO be
rs tolerant ef the hogs rs possible.
The hog is not naturally a hlthy ami
nal. He loves a clean sleeping and
feeding place If two such places of
small area were underlaid by bats or
rocks and covered with concrete NOR
tor, the hog would go with perfect
regularity to his feeding and sleeping
place and no stencil would proceed
from them. All premises on which
hogs are kept, ought to be provided
with a small circular vat in the
ground and well concreted and kept
filled with water The hog loves
water and wallows in it in order to
cool himself and especially to kill the
vermin on his body, With three such
arrangements as above suggested a
few hogs can with sanitary safety be
kept or any premises in any town.
The hogs should be fastened IN their
sleeping places every night. A hog
lot or pen can be kept in a sanitary
condition more easily than hen
house The hog will not deposit filth
in his sleeping or feeding place if he
can help it. A little powdered copper
us and sulphur given occasionally will
keep them healthy and free from in
ltestinal worms and black oil mixed
with little coal oil brushed down
their backs will kill the outside ver-
MIN. How simple, dare these RENE
dies when compared with the Difficult
ty or keeping the terrible mites from
the bodies and roost of fowls and the
floor of the hen house clean and how
much more profitable and prolific the
hog and his products. A small ber-
muda or coco patch with litt
night and morning would supply a
family with meat AS to fencing IL
the hogs trifiing fence when rein
forced with bois' s'd'arc or locust thorn
brush held down by pole and fasten-
ed to the fence with stakes and short
pieces of wire will turn back any hog.
AS soon as a hogs snout touches a
thorn, he is gone and will not come
back any more. So Notwithstanding
the croakings of my good friends
editor Lawrence and DR.. Ferguson l
beg the Board of Mayor and Alder
man to let the people keep hogs. Do
away with the rings and don't be too
hog FOUNDER within reasonable limits. !
A poor nigger who was trying to
raise meat for his family had to pay :
Rayburn $500 the other day to get
one sow and six shoats back. Let
DR.. Ferguson learn all the diseases of
the hog, instead of writing against
hogs-especially how to spay the
SOW without fail by extracting the
ovaries. A SOW with the ovaries out
will make bigger piece of meat
than her brother barrow. Let every
farmer in Grenada County raise hogs
to the limit and let 'Hog and homi-
ny" be universal watch word. "B"