Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1869 — Fattening Hogs. [ARTICLE]

Fattening Hogs.

/ , ... — . I J . A hog will thrive according to the food you give it. it will make pork according to the. quality.of food. Thus corn is better than other grain; old corn better, than new corn. Beechnuts will make a soft, oily pork; the acorn a bitter.it is said; and we know that it is a ; matter qf worldwide notoriety that .offal 'spoils pork. How is it then 'With- the pen, reeking constantly with odors—the hog wallowing in its'own filth? • ' Here is an aspect that we overlook. There ifl'alwaysmoreor lessof theexeretia of the animal taken with its food. Bometimes—and this we have often sden—the trough is Watered and lined with it, the animal urinating in the trough. Now all this has a decided effect upon the pork, which is, from necessity, more or less tainted by it/ We are. not eating good pork. We ai*e not keeping it well; such pork will not keep. The difficulty is laid to the jm,tttngylqwn, or to some other cause, when ij ifi.m a great measure, and sometimeswhopyi SHtafofo Hfeßufa*fhfte - ; putttscenvTOfKwir Is-Absorbed m To prevent nil kt l«ftt in a great measure, so as To get a fair, and. we may deem a godd; i quallty‘' of ptlrM, there must be cleanliness.’ J And fheppg, though a hog, has still some of,'the original ness left which no doubt distinguished him ere he had fakento the ditch. He will select a -dpan.dry place; and it > s this trait that must be taken advantage of. He musktbe permitted.to have a clean place where he can be clean and dry, but also cool, or he will walfqw. A separate* apartment to sleep or rest in is the besf and the surest way.. He will seldom foul his sleeping apartment, particularly if straw is put in and changed as often ns required. Thia he will have as his parlor. And it is your business to see that the other compartment is kept free frohi odors add moisture t thip by using absorbents. Dried muck is a cojnmdn resort. Dried saw-dust is also good; aiifl even ground—anything that'wilt take up odorsand m<*isx ture. Lsegrouqd thesis dry, or dust fron® the road. Have a piles reedy to use, and keep using as occasion requires. If there is but one. compartment, treated in this Wi kept odorlwa ant ,

hltfgy Will appreciate U, and 'aid in the nutter by keeping W» corner and himself Here you will be making manure worth three limit the amount of first worth. You will have a great miisanpe abated, the hbg-pen (In its rtdof,) and you will have a <iean jdg worth looking akand .nork So match; this without, fail; oply feed proper food.— Exchange. ' '