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February 14, 
HOGS ON A SMALL FARM. 
I will give you my experience keep¬ 
ing hogs on a small farm in a small way 
for the last two years. I would certain¬ 
ly keep more hogs on a large farm, but 
perhaps a small lot well cared for might 
make more profit than larger lots. On 
April 25, 1012, I bought a sow with 
eight pigs about three weeks old for $2S. 
The sow and pigs were thin, as the owner 
was overstocked, and had to buy his feed 
at a high price. This was the reason 
he sold them. I kept this sow and pigs 
mostly on grass and slop during the 
Spring and Summer. I fed some corn 
but not much. I had to buy it, and it 
was high. It cost me $1 per 100 pounds 
ear corn. It paid to feed a little corn, as 
the pigs thrived well. From about Aug- 
gust on we fed some early green sweet- 
corn, and later, when it got fit, field corn. 
I fattened the whole lot, as the old sow 
would not breed again. In the latter 
part of December we butchered the old 
sow and three of the pigs. We estimated 
their weight at between 1.000 to 1,100 
pounds. On January 11, 1013, I sold 
the remaining five head for $86.14. Now 
if I figure that these last five paid the 
first cost of $28 and the corn and feed 
the bunch ate, we would have at least 
$75 worth of hogs for our meat. I do 
not believe that this lot ate $58.14 worth 
of feed, and if they did it was a good 
investment. 
In January 17, 1013, we bought five 
pigs for $17. On April 11 we bought five 
more (shotes) for $35. These two lots 
made a pretty even bunch of about 80 
pounds weight. We fed them along grad¬ 
ually corn on grass and slop twice a 
day. We never fed very heavily at any 
time. On August 11 we sold eight of 
them for $136.80. The other two we 
bred. If we figure these two at the 
same price the others brought the bunch 
would have yielded $171. Figuring the 
corn they ate at 70 cents per bushel 
(which was more than it was worth at 
the time, as we sold some corn the lat¬ 
ter part of May at 56 cents per bushel) 
and the other feed they ate at market 
prices, they would have netted us $65 
lor our work; if we had sold the two 
sows at farrowing time at about the same 
price, $S0, which my brother paid for 
two sows of about the same weight and 
same number of pigs, our income would 
have been $45 more. As it is we have the 
two sows bred again and 13 nice pigs 
and one runt. One pig of the lot we had 
to kill on account of an incurable ail- 
men. 
These pigs we are now giving good care 
to turn off next Summer. They get corn 
twice a day and slop three times a day 
of a mixture of ear corn and oats ground 
together with tankage. Each mess is 
scalded with hot water. It is made 
fresh every meal. I am also boiling some 
small potatoes and overgrown turnips to¬ 
gether, and adding it to the slop. 
Whether or not there is much food value 
in the potatoes and turnips, the pigs 
certainly relish them. When these pigs 
go on grass we shall only give them slop 
twice a day. 
So far I have said nothing about the 
value of the grass eaten. Practically if 
not used by the hogs it would be value¬ 
less. The hog lot consists of about an 
acre or an acre and a half; one half of 
it is a pond, the remainder low land, un¬ 
fit for cultivation. In this way we make 
use of the waste places. On August 16 
we also bought a sow and three pigs for 
our pork. The sow has already been 
butchered and the three shotes will be 
butchered later. S. u. 
Huron Co., Ohio. 
Shot Guns and Thieves and Sheep. 
There seems to be a difference of opin¬ 
ion on the subject of the treatment of 
thieves. I have a stray suspicion the 
Hope Farm man does not love or admire 
a hen as much as he does some things. 
Suppose now he should see a thief lug¬ 
ging off a barrel of his best apples, say 
the very best barrel; I mistrust he would 
feel like defending his property, perhaps 
not killing the thief, but if he refused to 
drop the apples a few shot might bring 
him to his senses. You see some of us 
do not keep dogs. Our experience with 
them has not been pleasant; in o.ur own 
case, some years ago we had a nice flock 
of 2S sheep and lambs, and when my 
husband went out one morning, he saw 
two dogs making off over the fields, and 
THE RURAL NEW-YUKK KK 
the sheep scattered over the farm. One 
had gone a mile and a half to a neigh¬ 
bors. More than half were badly bitten; 
three killed outright, several so badly 
hurt they had to be killed to put them 
out of their misery. Trying to save 
some of the wounded ones who had to be 
treated for weeks was not an agreeable 
task, as I know from experience. Now 
note the enclosed clipping from the Con¬ 
necticut Courant: 
Bozrah, Dec. 15.—Elijah Lathrop, who 
has a farm near Garner Lake, is realiz¬ 
ing how difficult it is to keep sheep. In 
the early Summer he had a fine flock, 
numbering about 70. Dogs got into the 
flock and killed 19. A week ago last 
Saturday the flock was again invaded, 
the dogs killing a number and separating 
about 17 from the rest of the flock. These 
they chased to Scott Hill, where the 
frightened animals remained. Mrs. Lath- 
rop’s son, James Lathrop, and other men 
were searching for the missing sheep, but 
because of Sunday’s rain postponed their 
search until Monday. By that time some 
of the sheep had wandered to Cedar 
Swamp, a mile and a half away. When 
the search was resumed Monday eight 
were found at Parkham, near Colchester, 
one on Chestnut Hill, one at Stark’s 
farm, Lebanon; two were being chased 
by two foxhounds near Oscar Winchest¬ 
er’s in Bozrah, and five were missing up 
to Friday night. Of Mr. Latlirop’s orig¬ 
inal flock only about 17 are left and not 
in good condition, as some of these round¬ 
ed up were so badly bitten as to be use¬ 
less. 
I think some of us will depend upon 
a shotgun instead of dogs to defend our 
property. l. si. 
The Value of a Dog. 
Recently in Sauk County, Wisconsin, 
six big wagon-loads of two kinds of 
grain were stolen from five farmers, from 
one of them on two different occasions. 
I use this text to write a little dog story, 
because I agree with the editor in s 
estimate of the value of a well-bred and 
trained Airedale. No one would have 
shed any tears if either of the farmers 
had filled one or more of the thieves with 
buck-shot, but it is easier to keep a good 
dog than to get out of a shooting scrape, 
no matter how well the victim deserves 
all he gets. 
Upon inquiry, II. W. Savage, one of 
the men who lost the grain, and whose 
farm was visited at the dead of night on 
two different occasions within 13 days, 
says that he kept no dogs, hut is keep¬ 
ing them now. Only one of the other 
four grain-losers kept dogs, and he kept 
them too well by allowing them to stay 
in the house at night, so that all of 
these men who lost three loads of corn 
and as much rye were without canine 
sentinels day and night. The thief or 
thieves hooked up their team within 12 
rods of Mr. Savage’s barn and made, Mr. 
Savage thinks, about 40 trips between the 
corn crib and the wagon without creat¬ 
ing an alarm. Does anyone imagine that 
such a thing could have been accom¬ 
plished while there was a good Airedale 
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