1893 
Live Stock Matters. 
FORKFULS OF FACTS. 
A Good Sow. —I have a thoroughbred 
Cheshire sow, two years old last May. 
She farrowed seven pigs March 28, 1892, 
which sold for $14 when four weeks old; 
September 24, eight pigs, which sold for 
$24 when four weeks old; March 27, 1893, 
eight pigs, lost one, the rest sold for $24.50; 
September 4, 11 pigs, which sold for 
$38.50. Sow and pigs carried off $8 in 
premiums at the county fair this fall, 
and I have refused $50 for the sow. She 
has been fed little grain, but has been 
pastured and fed milk. 
New York. a subscriber. 
Keeps Them at Home. —I have owned 
three dogs. When one was about a year 
old, sometimes he would be away from 
home when wanted. One day I caught 
him away from home, and I determined 
to try the experiment of castration. We 
performed the operation, and, as he was 
always at home thereafter and attended 
to his duties satisfactorily, I have since 
castrated two others. They have not 
the bravery of an entire dog, yet they 
ljave been faithful stock drivers. 
Scranton, Pa. j. h. h. 
Castrated Dogs. —I do not believe in 
castration, as a dog must certainly lose 
ambition. I am a member of the Milton 
Coon Club, and we have a castrated fox 
hound used for coon hunting. He could 
not get another ounce of flesh on him, 
neither does he lose any while hunting. 
We used him eight days in our annual 
coon hunt at Pomfret, Conn., and he was 
as fat when we finished as when we be¬ 
gan. He is generally the first dog to come 
in to rest. The master of hounds says 
that if he were not castrated he would be 
one of the best hunters going. I do not 
say that the operation renders them en¬ 
tirely worthless, but my experience is 
that such dogs are not as good for any 
kind of work. Howard davidson. 
the RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Feeding Wheat to Hogs. —I am fat¬ 
tening 25 hogs, using wheat as the prin¬ 
cipal food, and find it very satisfactory. 
I soak the grain in cold water until it 
swells, but do not allow it to get mushy. 
During the first two weeks I have fed 42 
bushels of soft corn and 20 bushels of 
wheat. I received 5% cents per pound 
for the lot. The account stands as fol¬ 
lows : 
HOGS. 
Credit by gain, 750 pounds, at 5^c.$39.60 
Debit, 42 bushels corn, at 20c.$8.40 
Debit, 20 bushels wheat, at $1.26 . 25.00- 33.40 
Profit. $6.20 
One dollar and twenty, five cents per 
bushel seems to be quite high enough 
for wheat. The hogs are pastured on a 
clover field three to four hours each day. 
We think the manure will pay for that, 
as we expect to plant potatoes there 
next spring. d. A . R . 
Armstrong County, Pa. 
Some Dogs Benefited.— The castra¬ 
tion of dogs tends to make them grow 
larger and fatten. As size is no object 
in a good driver, I would not perform 
the operation until the dog is a year or 
more old. The effect on the disposition 
cannot be foretold as it varies with the 
animal. Some dogs as they grow, be¬ 
come lazy and spiritless, while others do 
not change at all. Collies are inclined 
to be too fast and some are benefited by 
the change. I would not advise castra¬ 
tion unless the animal had contracted 
the habit of roaming away from home, 
or was so energetic that he could not be 
broken to drive. c. e. chapman. 
Too Lazy to Live. —The only experi¬ 
ence I ever had in this matter was with 
a collie, and he became almost too lazy 
to live. The boys called him “ Rather,” 
because he’d rather lie down than stand 
up. I never saw him stand on his feet a 
moment more than he was obliged to. 
He would drive the sheep all right, but 
he needed a great deal of urging and an 
occasional whipping to make him work. 
He came of an excellent strain of collies, 
and his good qualities were inbred, but 
he lacked spirit and snap. Several parties 
who have experimented in this matter 
inform me that the effect of the opera¬ 
tion has proved anything but satisfac¬ 
tory, and a good veterinarian tells me 
that he would not encourage the practice 
because it rarely improves a dog in any 
respect, while it very often renders a 
good one lazy and worthless. 
FRED GRUNDY. 
Are These Sows On Top ?—I will send 
you a clipping from one of our daily 
papers containing a hog report which 
shows what can be done out West. There 
seems to be a rivalry among some of our 
best farmers as to which can take the lead. 
A short time ago it was corn, until it was 
a common thing to see ears of corn 14 to 
16 inches long and well filled. Last 
Saturday a farmer brought in two hogs 
weighing together nearly 1,200 pounds. 
To-day another farmer sold one weigh¬ 
ing 630 pounds and another 620, or 1,250 
for the two. Rt 
Hannibal, Mo. 
The newspaper clipping spoken of is 
taken from the Courier Post and seems 
to allude to a local contest in growing 
hogs for profit. Many of these local 
notices are of quite general interest- 
why not send more of them now and 
then ? 
Mr. John P. Thomas, of Marlon, will have to come 
again before he downs little Ralls In the hog line. 
Since my last report I have sold $25 50 worth of 
shoats (grandchildren of my two brood sows) mak¬ 
ing a sum total of cash sales within less than a year 
of $207; besides, my two sows have brought forth 27 
more pigs. One had 12 and the other 15; live died, 
leaving 22 still on hand. I now have, after selling 
$207 worth from these two sows, 22 pigs, 6 fat hogs 
and three shoats and the two sows left. Mr. Thomas 
sold $125 worth and has his two sows and 27 hogs and 
pigs left, while I have sold $207 worth from my two 
sows and have the two sows and 31 head of hogs and 
pigs left, and all of this within le-s than a year. So 
you see I am ahead of Mr. Thomas nearly $100 in 
cash sales and have me re hogs left than he has. My 
sows started In November with 15 pigs, had 24 in 
March and 27 more a few days ago, making66 In less 
than a year; besides six of their last fall pigs had six 
pigs aDlece at nine months of age, making 36, added 
to the 65, and making a sum total of 102 pigs from 
the two brood sows In less than a year. Now who is 
011 t0p? J. R. MILLER. 
Saverton, Mo. 
the latter is not quite so large as the 
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In selecting a ram to cross on the 
Merino to produce a mutton sheep, it is 
desirable that he be of good size, large 
body, quiet, hardy and will fatten easily. 
These characteristics are prominent in 
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DISCUSSING MUTTON RAMS. 
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more than one breed should be selected 
to meet the varied conditions and care 
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country, even though the same object, 
that of producing mutton sheep is desired 
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