980 THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



recommend the Stowell Evergreen as the best variety. It will 

 bear much closer planting than field-corn, and a majority of the 

 stalks will produce two ears. It remains a long time in good 

 feeding condition, and I have long been of the opinion that an 

 acre of this corn would produce more valuable food for early 

 feeding than any of the large field varieties. Pumpkins would 

 also be found a cheap and valuable food for hogs managed on 

 this plan. 



One advantage of this method of managing hogs would be 

 that the land could be made to grow two or more crops. For 

 example, the rye could be cut twice, and then plowed under 

 and planted with pumpkins or sweet corn. By taking out 

 alternate rows of beets, sweet corn could be grown as a second 

 crop, and the clover, after furnishing a cutting, could be plowed 

 under, and put in a later crop. I plant for family use more or 

 less of Stowell corn each year as late as July 4th, and rarely 

 fail to have roasting-ears from it for two or three weeks before 

 frost. This corn will make profitable green food for at least two 

 weeks before it is ready for the table. A succession of crops 

 of this kind would enable the farmer to feed a large number of 

 hogs from much less land than is now required, besides sav- 

 ing fences. 



There is no other stock that can be so easily soiled as hogs, 

 for in rainy weather they can be fed corn or ground feed, and 

 will not suffer from the change. 



"Winter Care of Hogs. Whatever system of management 

 is adopted, some hogs will need to be wintered on the farm ; for 

 even if we grow only spring pigs, and market them the coming 

 fall, the breeding stock must be wintered. There are a few 

 simple rules which should be observed in the winter care of 

 hogs, which will go far towards insuring success. 



1st. There should not be too large a number of hogs kept 

 together. 



2d. Large and small hogs should not be wintered together. 



3d. A suitable bed must be provided. 



4th. Some attention must be paid to the food, to see that 

 they have sufficient variety and some bulky food. 



