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Agricultural JUest Method of Successful 1 Pig Raising. j i ^ . !? -The greatest growth in the time and at the least eijrense, is what the hog raiser v*.vta. There are a great many m % l way# or managing pis* ana larger irr? on the farms, and we will i?H:ribe a method, fully tested, j stand- unsurpassed by anyttrog we know, and '.hose who tr?Te followed simi'ar lines of BM*eement and feeding, we | will agree with us. "The first thing for success is g*M'.stock?any standarl breed ? ?vi, second. g"od quarters and ai^ronndings, so that healthfulwtj* may be assured. We are anting now for the farmers in t#0Tticular. and will say that an -? ? ( A ^ v??; caaiitr ui *ji wt5 kind is of great importance nuA every one on a farm can have t>*a>. We will mention clover in , jierncular. Plenty of green feed 1. <?. v>me kind greatly ]es?ens the van of producing pork. If some tesd of grass is not possible from *n*y cause, we advise sowing some n???. ' Beginning with the brood sows, j in moderation, and then after, Arrowing, increasing the feed t*rt.il the mothers eat abundantly, advise all ground feed made muo a rich slop. Increase this to 1 Ua full amount the mothers can until the pigs are weaned, and j v?fttinue with the pigsin the same j ay until they are about 150 to | Via* rinnnHs in w^icrht I) i nnt vpt j?u>p feeding the slop, but along) ?Jth it aod the grass they eat,, to feed corn. Increase the j tica slowly at first, and more j Tepidly later, until during the month of feeding they will, tnva almost an exclusive corn; i*et. This we believe is best for | Tendering the pork when made ?to bacon firm ; and it is alsoj i?w; for the lard. *ln this article we are speaking o spring pigs only, and how to j |??dj them through to large size j n-t-following autumn. This way I systemizing the business results 11 having no hogs to winter over' *scept the brood sows, and by ln7ing nothing but this class to; b*ep, they can be given better rttftontion and comfort. It is, how ?*er, a good practice to breed the a os again after the spring litters a'* weaned, so thev will farrow wr y in autumn, but do not ad-j v:j?y wimen hi; uic pi gs. oei i i nc rii ( >??soon as weaned to those who mike * practice of raisins more u- jess hops through the winter ?.*s< <u. "We spoke of using ail ground* m-?d, made into a thick, rich slop. I "tV?ih can be varied, but it is best It-keep about the same mixture) throughout the season that is heron with. As good a mixture a* W3 are able to recommend, i? ero&nd corn?made fine?ground i rje, wheat bran and middlings or! > ids tuff, about equally divided n quality. This makes a line milk Voduhing food for the mothers, t-od possesses all the good quali?'W for rapid growth any one can j fish for the pigs. All milk and) I 'trliPii rpfliao pan ha r.nt in f I. a ~ " ~ 1'"^ , tub daily and make a fine I attrition to its contents. The pigs, i soon as they begin to run about * irrth their mothers, will begin toll Use tho taste of the feed, and soon ! < + **inr they do, rnake a place they ' I r?*a creep into with a trough for I item, and very little trouble will j fe bad to get them to eating so;: ! Department. freely that they will virtually wean themselves, and much sooner than if managed in the ordinary way. Make the feed quite thick or so it will run freely into the trough. Do not compel them to drink too much fluid to get the nece?sary amount of nourishment. By the Mm? the pigs are six weeks old and the weather is ge'ting warmer, begin to ferment the food, but never let this get more than a day old. "The first start in fermenting fhe food can be with yeast. Once started, it can be kept up indefinitely by leaving in the feed tub -ach evening, quite a quantity of the feed to start fermentation again. As the pigs grow, amount of feed to be gradually iucreased, and according as this has to be s.i place each evening in the feed tub the quantity of the eround feed and bran for the following day. Thoroughly stir the mixture up for sr>uring during the night. Before beginning the day?s feedi ig. put in milk, or water and milk, until it is the proper con sistency for pouring into the troughs. Gauge the whole quantity bo after allowing for what must be left in the tub at night, so the pigs can have these full feeds during the day. We like this fermented food much better than to have it in the natural or sweet state. It seems to be very healthy and the pigs can eat it more readily. Some good feeders disagree with us, however, in this, aud advocate unfermented food. Some recommend, too, along with the slop and grass some corn.? This is all right, but slightly increases the cost, for ground feed properly fed will make much more pork than whole grain. "The farmer who raises hogs on a large scale, will find it to his advantage to grind his own feed, or the grain he uses, and can soon save enough by so doing, to pay all expenses of a grinding outtit. "Use considerable carbolic acid or disinfectants about the feeding pens, and plenty of charcoal made bv burning corn cobs, so they can eat all they want of the charred cobs when they want them, as the?e things are necessary for keeping them healthy and rapid.* growing."?I. S Journal. Scientific Turkev Raisins - J 0Only recently has science turne l its attention to the Thanksgiving bird, but already it has accomplished some wonderful thing* in the culture and improvement of that admirable fowl, in the opinion of many, has betrer claim than the bald-headed eagle to figure as the National emblem. On Fisher's Island, opposite New London, and not tar distant, H the greatest and most successful turkey farm in the world.? 1 he island, one might say, is an artificial wilderness of four thousand acres, scientifically managed. Over this area thousands of birds roam in a condition so close to that of nature that, though a domesticated variety, they are prac tically wild. No shelters of any kind are piovided for them. The tit ?i iwi nujo KiUilU lil CI I IlCniK i li the open, and, while plenty of ;orn is supplied, it is scattered about in all sorts of places, and ?ven buried under leaves,in order that fowls may tie obliged to hustle for their provender. 'Ihese turkeys attain gigantic uze, sometimes reaching a weightj of nearly fiftv pound?. In the' ? market at Thanksgiving time, j they reach ten cent? a pound more j than ordinary turkey?, owing toil their remarkably deiiciou? tlavor. I They are so hardy that nothing < ?hort of a hatchet will kill them. ! In wiuter they roost out on fence I rails and tree branches, and, j though often their h??ads are ac- , tually frozen under their wing?. ! their health does not suffer in the least. The delicacy of couf-titu i tion which f-iflicts turkevs else where, making them hard to rear, doe? not bother the birds of Fish er's Mand. Not long ago thirty of them were bought by the state ' authorities of Rhode Island for the purpose of inoculating them with the fearfully destructive and 'contagious dtsea-e known as "olack head,** by way of experi rnent, but none of them could be induced to take the malady.? j Boston Herald. The Broken-winded Horse--- i The Cause, and How Ani mal Should be Fed. I Broken wind or "windy" horses are becoming very numerous,! chiefly from heredity and breeding bo many sound mares. Fately Bridge, the veterinary editor of j London Farm and Home, thus presents the condition : ' Broken wind is not curable, or it would not be such a comman thing to see a good class of horse , sold at a ridiculously low price! because of this infirmity; but it | is quite possible, by judicious i management, to keep the ordinary case going with tolerable com I fort to the animal and a fair1 . amount of satisfaction to the j owner or driver who is not particularly horse proud. The first thing is to appreciate or take into j consideration the nature andj , cause of what is popularly called 'broken wind.' It is not a respiratory disease, in the proper ac-1 ceptation of the term, but is due, in the majority of cases, to bad feeding. Feeding an inordinate quantity of bulky, innutritious! j fodder, particularly badly saved, | ! moldy or dusty seed hav, is one of the most common causes of1 ! broken wind. The class of horses j most frequently found to be bro-1 1 ken-winded are farm horses and J inferior ponies. Both are greedy ( feeders, and both belong to a class of owners notoriously nigardly in their provision of corn. Thus the broken-winded horse should be j fed on the best of food, and of a less bulky or a mote concentrated . . 11 i character man 1* generally sup; plied to horses of this class. More j corn and le?s hay should be given, j land all the food should befreej ! '-om dust ami given slightly dampened, by sprinkling with salt land water. The broken- winded | horse should be fpd on the little- > i and-often principle and the dally \ j allowance of food divided into a 'large number of small feeds. 1 he jnours of feeding should be adapted to the hours of work, so that the horse is not called upon to la ! bor on a distended stomach. The (largest meal should be given at I night, after the work is over, and this is the time when the larger part of the moderate quantity of hay allowed should be fed. Linooo/l c r. , I k..n ~ | ntcu auu UI all ruuuiu uo ?<><-ii| ; occasionally in the form of mash. Carrots and green-meat are good for broken-winded horses, be-j cause they are digestible and I slightly laxative, but too much , green-meat is incompatible with 1 (condition, and the thing to be ( aimed at in the case of brokenl winded horse is the maintenance ' ft - "The Old I 5 THE BANK OF LANCA S CAPITAL SURPLUS Y Loans made on Real Estat< H Collections given prompt a ^ Interest allowed on time d< SYour business solicited. '1 the strongest Bank in Lanca; Carolina & North-West AN Caldwell C3> Nortl TIME T SOUTH BOUND. No. No. No. No. No. 57 61 63 ft 7 Ed gem 12 <>0 Mortin .... 1 00 Co I l??t t* 6 60 2 40 3 05 5 15 Lenni 6 20 .... 3 45 3 33 5 2ft Htldiu 7 10 .... 4 05 3 33 5 23 Granite S 30 5 40 3 57 6 Of) Hicko 5 40 3 23 6 25 Newt 9 00 4 58 6 58 Uncoil 1 30 6 00 8 30 Gaeto 3 f?5 6 50 ft 10 Yorkv 5 10 .... 7 40 ft 50 Chest CONN EC' Chester?Southern Kail way, Seah"?i Yorkville?Southern Railway. Ga*tonia?Southern Railway Lincolnton?Seaboard Air Line. Newton?Southern Railway. Hickory?Southern Railway. E. F. RE I of the animal in hard condition. A cool, well-ventilated stable ie a j necessity. Water is be6t kept standing within reach of the animal, so that it can drink at will, or where this is not possible, water ehould be offered before! each feed. It should be soft water, j and the trough should be kept) clean and the supply frequently changed. Regular,moderate work, without which the maintenance of condition i? impracticable, is better for the broken-winded horse thau irregular laboror long spells of idleness. At the start go slowly, until the bowels have been emptied. The distended stomach | and bowels, by pressing on the: diaphragm, increase the distress, in breathing, and this is another, reason for tiie food being morel concentrated, or w hy it should j contain the elements of nutrition in as small duik as possible.? There is always a characteristic cough associated with broken v. ind, and 011 ?onie occasions, where there has been some de- j parture trom the rules of feeding or good hygiene, or in certain states of tlie weather, there is an increase 111 the severity cf the symptom* which may call for medicine to relieve them, but I r II IIU U PU t (. At II. I.Alt IIBA II. Ai. 'II Ufcn r?i r- II'M UI Iliutli liec 111 UI~ I dinarv ca--> of broken wind, and should not be persisted in when the acute symptom* have yielded. When recourse is had to medicine from time to time, it seems morel effective than when regularly . given. 1 he bowels of the broken-! winded horse should never be ul-' lowed to become constipated,and when judicious feeding with lin-j seed, carrots or green stuff does not suffice to keep them regular, a laxative should be given.''? Live Stock Journal. \ Tragic Finish. A watchman's n#gleet permitted a leak in the North Sea ilykr, which a chilli's finger could have stopped, to become a ruinous break, devastating an entire province of Holland, lu like manner Kenneth Melver, of Vanceboro, Me., permitted a little cold to go unnoticed until a tragic tin lab was only averted by I)r King's New Discovery. He writes: "Three doctors gave me up to die of lung inflammation, caused bv a neglected cold but Dr King'r New Discovery saved my life.'' flnaranteed best cough and cold euro, at Funderburk Pharmacy, Crawford Urns., J. F. Mackey Co. drug store. 60c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. 1 Reliable." : ^ STER, Lancaster, S. C. X $50,000.00. ? $50,000.00. X e, at reasonable rates. A md careful attention. eposits.. :he oldest, the largest and |1 ster county. EM ern Railway Company D hern Railroad Co. AliLtl. NORTH BOl'N It. No No. No. No. No. ont 8 10 62 00 50 ii cr 11 05 villf 11 05 r 9 05 2 12 ? (HI 2 30 >n 8 49 1 54 7 45 .... 1 45 Kails 8 39 1 32 7 (H) 1 (JO ,ry 7 53 12 57 6 00 3 00 11 50 on 7 28 12 28 .... 1 00 .... uton (J 55 11 40 .... 10 45 .... nia 5 50 10 38 7 50 ille R 10 9 48 5 57 o on u iui i 'in ,rr > ?.?'/ o . . . t ov noNs ird Air Line, &nd I.. <fe C. ! D. Gen. Pass. A jfent. Chester, S.C. Livery, Livery, Livery! Though doing a rattling good livery business, we are deter- ' mined to do even better. Our present stocks of Vehicles and Horses are being supplemented by handsome new carriages and buggies and stylish \ Driving and Saddle Horses. Our liver}' establishment is going to be second to none in the State, and don't you forget it! 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