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elimate and region where raised. Where com is a sure crop, iS must be 
relied on almost entirely. The assertions of theorists, that it is unfit for 
feeding, except during the short fattening season, although the merest 
twaddle, in the sense they intended it, will, from another point of view, 
be correct. The fattening season of swine should be from the time they 
are weaned until they are slaughtered. Swine for pork should never 
lose in condition from the time they were born until turned off for the 
butcher. The feeding of all the corn they will eat in connection with 
grass and other food, to keep them healthy, and which will apply with 
equal force, whatever the grain fed, will bo found not only the most 
. economical throughout the West and Southwest, but in all that region of 
country where corn is natural to the soil and climate, or where it may be 
cheaply bought 
Feeding South. 
In nearly all the country South, corn may be cheaply raised as a part 
of the rotation. Here corn must be the main stay, supplemented by 
such grasses and plants as are natural to the region. The artichoke will 
do well much further south than is generally supposed, and some of the 
tuberous varieties may undoubtedly be found well down to the tropics. 
When it can be profitably cultivated, the Jerusalem artichoke should be 
used. The name Jerusalem is a corruption of the Italian name Girasole, 
meaning sunflower, the botanical name being Helianthus (uberosus, or tho 
tuberous rooted sunflower. 
Chafas, a tuberous rooted grass, (Cyperus), has become widely nat- 
uralized in the South, and is highly spoken of for feeding swine, since 
like artichokes, the hogs are left to gather them for themselves, and un- 
like the artichokes, they are most nutritious and fattening. They are 
exceedingly easy to cultivate, but are sometimes said to be difficult to 
extirpate South- This, however, is probably incorrect, since from their 
very nature, a thorough Summer fallow will kill. North of thirty-nina 
degrees they do not survive the Winter. In fact, if frozen anywhere, 
they are killed. 
Mast. 
In all the great timbered region South, tree seeds, acorns, beechnuts, 
chestnuts, the softer shelled hickorynuts, and hazelnuts, form a most val- 
uable food for swine. They should be utilized to their fullest extent. 
So papaws, persimmons, and the other wild fruits of the forests South, 
may be made available in the making of pork. Where hogs can have 
