femall one of the wimo breed and in the ! Dark honey made from buckwheat is
condition , ferior in quality, but dark chestnut
Tho mot I remember iilwnt it i that , honey is of a superior flavor. But
I sold the pigs, for they were only , go a long way towards fuelling
six month, old, they were" eating just an articlo, and bee kee'iors should
its much as thev did when thev member that good dark honey will not
wore four months old and weighed 100
pounds apiece, and that tho last bushel ,
of com only put on half as much jMirk as '
tho first. It takes a good pig to put on
DO .winds a month after it has lvaehed
the tint mile stone, inaiked" 100 pounds;" much of this gives a decidedly dark color
hut it can be done today, although as a to tho honey and an inferior quality,
rulo our Cheat ers and Polands are smaller One should have the ambition to make
boned and smaller hogs tlmn they were a tho honey product of the farm as well
dozen years ago. Of late years we have known for its quality as tho fruits, for in
been breeding too much to fill .joints, this way a better price can in time lie
aiitl especially have the Polands obtained for it. There are so many
orated. compounds called honey in the market
With them we left the hog and took t that the genuine article becomes swamp-'.he
color, m that Poland China of to- ed, and no fancy price will be paid tot it
Jay is not as large as it was when wo
ad tho old spotted hog. having nearly as
much white as black. With them I al-
ways calculated to put on .( ixmtnls a
uionth after thev had reached the 100
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I find that it is hard wack to get a hunch
that will put on 50 pounds.. mouth right
along after they get to weighing 100
pounds apiece, unlets they have plenty of
milk.
