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March 16, 1853
Weekly North Carolina Standard
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
What is this article about?
Advice on using common charcoal as a nutritious feed for swine and geese, enabling fattening without other food and preventing sickness.
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CHARCOAL for SWINE.
It is not perhaps generally known that one of the best articles that can be given to swine while in preparation for the tub, is common charcoal. The nutritive properties are so great that they have subsisted on it without other food for weeks together. Geese confined so as to deprive them of motion, and fattened on three grains of corn per day, and as much coal as they can devour, have become fat in eight days. The hog eats voraciously after a little time and is never sick while he has a good supply. It should always be kept in the sty and be fed to the inmates regularly like all other food.
It is not perhaps generally known that one of the best articles that can be given to swine while in preparation for the tub, is common charcoal. The nutritive properties are so great that they have subsisted on it without other food for weeks together. Geese confined so as to deprive them of motion, and fattened on three grains of corn per day, and as much coal as they can devour, have become fat in eight days. The hog eats voraciously after a little time and is never sick while he has a good supply. It should always be kept in the sty and be fed to the inmates regularly like all other food.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Animal Story
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Charcoal Feeding
Swine Fattening
Geese Fattening
Animal Nutrition
Story Details
Story Details
Charcoal provides great nutritive value for fattening swine and geese, allowing subsistence without other food, rapid fattening, voracious eating, and health maintenance when fed regularly.