SALT, SULPHUR AND CAARCOAL FOR PIGS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 366, 8 May 1889, Page 4

SALT, SULPHUR AND CAARCOAL FOR PIGS.

Mr Moody, of Kawakawa, sends us the fol* lowing as a " Useful Hinb :" — We have observed that when pigs are fed on a great deal of hearty food they are fond of salt and charcoal. Pigs ar3 often affected with indigestion, and the salt and. charcoal are good remedies. We cannot very well mix these things with their food in the right proportion, and, moreover, it would not be best to attempt to force apig to eat them unless it wanted to, or else its appetite might be destroyed and harm come from the experiment ; bub by mixing the salt and charcoal together, and putting them in a box accessible to the pigs, they will eat no more than they require. There is no danger in putting either salt, charcoal or sulphur where pigs can get them, but to mix them in their food might injure them, especially if any one of them should possess a voracious appetite. Hogs will eat a considerable quantity of sulphur, and it is exceedingly healthful to them ,as a. purifier of the blood, and to help them, to get rid of the vermin which infest their bodies inside r and out. We want the pigs we are going to eat to have plenty of sulphur, at least ail they will take. Their flesh makes better food.' The newest new fashion of putting the flowers on ball gowns under the lace or illusion skirt, adds greatly, to the beauty 1 of both the garments and the, blossoms. ,