THE WISCONSIN FARMER.



               Fatening Swine.               them an equal length of time
on apples and
                                            potatoes, alternately, giving
equal quantities
  On every farm there are articles which may of each article in the same
period, and weigh-
be made useful in fattening swine, if taken | ing the animals at each change
of food. The
in season, but which if not so taken will be potatoes and apples were boiled,
and an equal
totally lost.  Of these we may men ion slum-| quantity of meal was mixed
with them, stir-
mer apples, and "wind-falls ' of the late I ring it while the mess was
hot. After a trial
kinds. Later in the season, pumpkins may; of several weeks, the gain of the
pigs was
be used to advantage.  September is a good I found to be slightly in favor
of the apples.
month for fattening swine, the temperature I The apples were a mixture of
sour and sweet
being generally neither too lit nor too cold. I _mostly sour-being principally
wind-falls
The same quantity of food will produce much o Of winter varieties.
more pork now than in December. Besides.    Considerable use may be made
of apples
it is much more convenient and every way for feeding swine, the present autumn,
thus
better to feed out such articles as v e have i saving potatoes which will
keep through the
named before cold weather comes and renders winter, and also saving the corn
which will
them liable to be injured by frost.       keep any length of time.-Booton
Cultivator.
  Summer squashes, if cooked, will fatten i_--__
hogs very fast. Many people who have used                  Large fleece.
them consider them as profitable a crop for i
summer and early autumn feeding as can be   Mr. Hiraim Taylor, of Sugar Creek,
Wal-
grown. They are easily raised, and a large I worth county, Wis., the 3d day
of June, shear-
yield can be obtained on almost any soil. with
a moderate quantity of manure. If the crop ed a full blooded Spanish buck,
aged two
is properly managed, the vines will produce a years, the fleece weighing
22 lbs. This splen-
regular supply for a long time. It is best to did buck is called young Champion
of the
take off the squashcs when they have reached I
their full size, but before the outer portion be- West, and is owned by Hiram
Taylor & Co.,
comes hard. Hogs will seldom eat them raw I Sugar Creek. lie was raised by
J. T. Stick-
to much extent, but by steaming or boiling I
they are made palatable, and by mixing with ney, Vermont, atd is probably
as good ayoung
them, while hot, some meal or shorts. a dish is buck as is to be found anywhere.
The clip
formed of which the animals are very fond, above mentioned is one year and
six day's
and on which they will thrive well.       "rowtl
  In regard to apples much has been said in |
regard to their value as food for aninials, es-  Mr. Taylor also reports
the weight of his
pecially for fattening swine. Various exper- clip as follows: ninety fleeces,
the average
iments indicate that when cooked. they are 1 weight being seven pounds-no
fleece going
worth nearly or quite as much as potatoes for  i   b    s
this purpose. Hogs will eat ripe, palatable below five pounds. We call this
hard to beat
apples raw, in considerable quiantities: but
they will not eat those which are hard, espe-      Preventive of Hog Cholera.
cially acid ones, to much extent. It is snoe- I
what so with the human family. If we eat    A correspondent asks us for a
rentedy for
apples or pears raw, we want them fully ripe hog cholera  We have seen a
good many re-
and mellow: but for baking, or cooking in imedies proposed, but they seldom
cure in all
other ways, we frequently use those which are
not fully ripe. Hence apples which are too cases. Prof. J. B. Turner, of
Illinois, a gen-
hard to be fed to swine raw, tmay be given to ttleimn in whom we place confidence.
contrib-
them in a cooked state with advantage  Iti
would probably be an object to Save in this utes the following preventive
of hog cholera
way many of the winter apples which are to the Prairie Farmer:
now falling from the trees. Most New Eng-   Take 1 peck of ashes, 4 lbs.
of salt, 1 lb. of
land farmers are in the practice of cooking black antimony, 7 11s. of copperas,
1 lb. of
potatoes for hogs, end the same apparatus sulphur, J4 or -lb). of saltpetre;
pound the in-
which is used for this purpose wvil answer for gredients fine and mix them
well, and keep
apples and other articles.                I them constantly in a trough by
themselves,
  Several years ago, the late Payne Wingate, | and each hog will eat what
he needs of the
of Hallowell, Me., made some interesting ex- medicine from day to day. If
predisposed to
periments in regard to the value of apples as cholera, they will eat it much
more freely than
compared with potatoes for fattening swine. if wholly well; and at such times
the expense
We have not this report at hand, but have a will be considerable. If, through
any cause,
pretty distinct recollection of its principal a hog gets down, pour down
him or induce
points, which are as follows: he took two him to drink in slops one gill
of coal oil per
shoats, in the month of September, and fed day, till lie dies or recovers.



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