4 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



July 25, WIS. 



HOG STY. 



TJie ways of constructing these houses are va- 

 rious : But the best are tliose which are Irained 

 and boarded. The boards, that the swine may 

 not gnaw them to piece.s, should be of some har- 

 der wood than wliite pine, and they sliould lie fas- 

 tened with ribbings and spilves. VVliatever be the 

 coustructure of sties, tliey should always have one 

 part close and warm, with a tight roof over it ; 

 and the other jiart open, in which the trough is 

 placed. Swhie will not well bear to be wholly se- 

 cluded from the weather and sunshine ; and it is 

 lun-tful to them to have a cold and wet lodging ; 

 more liurtful than many people are ready to imag- 

 ine 



Although there should bo a part of the sty 



dinner in this country, the too great freedom and 

 frequency with which it is used, already affect the 

 constitutions of the opulent, by those peculiar dis- 

 orders wliich have been entailed on the descend- 

 ants of the high bred families of Great Britain — 

 The gout was once a stranger in New England ; 

 but the luxury of modern days is preparing the 

 way for a train of constitutional irregularities, 

 which future generations can only regret, while 

 they suffer its inflictions. To live long, live sim- 



p'y- 



It is true, that animal food contanis a greater 

 portion of nutriment, in a given quantity, than 

 vegetables, and in a proper state of preparation it 

 is best adapted fc>r the immediate action of the 

 absorbents of the chyle-poetic viscera ; but the di- 

 gestive functions of tiie human system become pre 



planked and boarded and warm, covered from rain „ ■ j u 



and sun, and amply suj.plied with litter, yet the \ maturely exhausted, by constant action, and the 



greater part of it should have no wooden floor. — 

 The trough in which pigs are fed should he firmly 

 fixed to the floor, so that they may not overset it, 

 and it is very important that the divisions of a pig- 

 sty be so numerous, that pigs of nearly equal size 

 and strength only should be permitted to feed to- 

 gether, otherwise the more (jowerfu) will exclude 

 the others, and mateiially stint their growth. 



The more comfortable liogs are kept, the less 

 nourishment they require. The trough should be 

 on the iqiper side covered with one or more lids, 

 and upright pieces set before it at such distances 

 that one hog only can i)Ut his head between any 

 two of them. If sixteen hogs are to be kept in the 

 same sty, it should be thirty-two feet long and 

 twelve wide, and the apartments shonid be so di- 

 vided, that too many of the animals may not be 

 forced to lie together. And it would, probably, 

 be well to divide likewise the feeding a])artment. 

 Posts should bo set up in the sty for the hogs to 

 rub themselves. If thirty-two hogs are to be kept 

 or fatted, perhaps the better way is to have two 

 hog-sties of the dimensions last described, placed 

 together with a roof over the whole, and a passage 

 between them for the purpose of ean-ying food to 



whole system eventually sinks under great or un- 

 interupted excitement. If plain animal tbod were 

 taken once a tiay, and men ^vould substitute tor 

 the various ragouts with which modern tables are 

 so abundantly furnished, wholesome vegetables 

 and pure water, — or a weak, fermented beverage i 

 tor tlie more deleterious potations of distilled li- 1 

 quors, we should see health walking in the paths 

 that are now crowded witii tlie l)loated victims of 

 voUipiuous appetite. Millions of Gentoos have 

 hved to an advanced age without having tasted of 

 any thing that ever possessed life, and been whol- 

 ly free from a chain of maladies which have 

 scourged every civilized nation on the globe ; tl\e 

 wandering Arabs, who have traversed the barren 

 desert of Sahara, subsisting on the scanty pittance 

 of miik from the half-famished camel that carried 

 them, liave seen two hundred years roll round, 

 without a day of sickness. 



The temperature of our food is an exceedingly 

 im])ortant consideration. We are accustomed to 

 take it too warm, forgetful of the fact, that artifi- 

 cial heat destroys the muscular tone of the stoin 

 ach, vitiates its secretions and its physical powers, 

 and uiduces painful and dangerous diseases of the 

 liver. Let ns take then another hint from the chil- 



m- 



HOW TO AVOID DYSENTARY. 



Kulcs which the celebrated Dr. Rush recom- 

 mended for the prevention of this disease ; — He 

 advises that spices, and particularly Cayenne 

 pepper, and the red peppers of our own country 

 should be taken with our daily food. Mr. Dewer, 

 a British surgeon, informs us that the French, 

 while in Egyjrt, frequently escaped the diseases of 

 the country, by carrying pepper with them to eat 

 with the fruits of the land. Purging physic should 

 also occasionally be taken, as any medicine of lax- 

 I ative nature by preventing costiveness, will act as 

 a preservative from this disease. A military cap- 

 tain in the year 1778, while stationed at Amboy, 

 preserved his whole con>pany from the dyseutary 

 which prevailed in the army, by giving each of 

 them a purge of sea salt ; and some years after- 

 wards saved his family and many of his neigh- 

 bors from the same disease, by distributing among 

 them a few pounds of purging salts. This disease 

 was also prevented in an Academy at Bordentown. 

 N. J. by giving molasses very plentifully to ali 

 the scholars, which had the effect of keeping 

 the bowels in a laxative state. 



Another rule to be observed is to avoid expos- 

 ure to the dampness of the night air ; and when 

 necessarily exposed, the bowels shoidd be more 

 carefully protected than any other jiarts of tlie 

 body. The Egyptians, Mr. Dewer tells us, fur 

 this purpose, tie a belt about their bowels, and wilii 

 the happiest effect. These directions emanate 

 from a high source, and deserve serious considera- 

 tion. The facts adduced are striking, and should 

 induce others to adopt similar measures for the 



the troughs. . ,• r 



The upper part of the stv, or some part of it ' dren of nature, who subsist on aliment of a te 



IS the different arti- i peraturc no higlier than that of their own bodies. 



may be approjiriated to storin 



cles of food, which are wanted for feeding the ani , 



raals, and it would be well to have a steam boiler ; til the simplicity of their habits is interrupted by 



and who are generally hardy and long lived, un- 



beneath the same roof If a part of the roof be 

 made to extend considerably beyond the sty, it will 

 afford a cover for forniing a heap of composts with 

 the duns of the swine. — Deane. 



FOOD. 



Among those objects which inunediately relate 

 to health, there is no one more important, and less 

 regarded by individuals, than their aUnient. It is 

 a mistaken notion, that one person requires an an- 

 imal diet, and another, whose avocation and hab- 

 its are different, a vegetable regimen ; many of the 

 diseases originating in dyspepsia, the great endem- 

 ic of the Northern States, are induced by a habit 

 of living too exclusively upon a few articles of food, 

 most of which are animal. N.-iture intended tlint 



he adoption of tlie vices bitjught among them by 

 the civilized invaders of their native forests. — Bost. 



Medical IntcUigencer. 



AMERICAN DESERT. 



There is an extensive desert in the territory of 

 the United States, west of the Mississijipi, which 

 is described in Long's " Expedition to the Rocky 

 Mountains." It extends from the base of the 

 Rocky Mountains 400 miles to the east, and is 

 500 from north to south. There are deep ravines 

 in which the brooks and rivers meander, skirled 

 by a few stunted trees, but all the elevated sur- 

 face Ls a barren desert, covered with sand, gravel, 

 pebbles, &c. There are a few plants, but nothing 

 like a tree to be seen on these desolate plains, ;uid 



prevention of this destructive disease .V. 1 . Ob 



CIDER. 



Good cider can be made any where, of good 

 fruit, by the following method : When your ap- 

 ples are well ground, wet your straw with the 

 juice instead of water ; put some straw in a cask 

 next your recei^^ng tub, with a blanket on it, to 

 filtrate or strain it ; then put it into a good dear 

 strong cask immediately ; suffer it to have as little 

 air as possible, to prevent fermentation. When 

 your cask is full bung it up tight, and remove it to 

 your cellar, not to be disturbed for one month at 

 least. This cider will retain its sAvcetness for 

 years, and be as clear as neediul ; it will be fit for 

 bottling in four weeks. It should not be removed 

 in the cask it was put up in, but racked into anoth- 

 er. If there be any who doubt this mode, Ici 

 them try one cask after the above method. The 

 foregoing is certified from experience. 



BENJ. WALDRON. 



inau should subsist upon the variety of l>oimties i .seldom is a living creature to be met with. The 

 with which she has so lil)erally replenished the j Platte, the Arkansas, and other rivers flow through 

 earth, and constituted his system in a maimer suit- :this dreary waste, 

 able to partake, almost indiscriminately, of what 

 ever is agreeable to his palate ; and the injurious 



Catnip poultice, good for obstinate ulcers. — The 

 effects of" many articles of diet are to be attributed • "•''y '° ">ake a poultice of it, is to put it on in vin- 

 not so much their pecidiar nature, as to- the refine- 

 ments in cookery. Although the roast heefoi Eng- 



' egar, and boil it until it becomes soft, then thicken 

 it with bran, spread a little butter, that has no salt 



laud has beootne the magnum bpnum of a good i 'n «> o^"«='' i*) '« prevent its sticking. 



TO OWNERS OP APPLE ORCHARDS. 



Save your tar for your carriage wheels ; an.; 

 apply round your trees a hair cord, in the follow 

 ing manner, which will prevent the depredation ol 

 the Canker-JVorin. 



"Take cow or horse hair — let it be spun into 

 cords of about two inches circumference, then take 

 a ])air of sharp shears or scissors, and clip off the 

 ends of the hair upwards, and tie the cords round 

 the tree." Horticulture. 



Rot in Sheep. — Dried Juniper Berries are a 

 good antidote against this destructive epidemic. — 

 As soon as the slightest symptoms of it appear in 

 a flock, a handful of these berries should be given 

 for every two sheep per day, and to be continued 

 until all apprehension is removed. 



