To 2454 bushels corn, at 50 cents per bushel $ 1227 1216 do. rye, at 60 cents do. 729 60 200 do. malt at 70 cents do. 140 --------- 3870
120 pounds hops, at 25 cents per pound 30 100 cords wood, at 2 dollars per cord 200
Hauling whiskey, per gallon at 4 cents 464 40
120 poor hogs at 4 dolls. each 480 ________ Total expense $ 3671
By 11610 gallons whiskey, at 50 cents per gallon $ 5805 50
120 fat hogs, at 7 dolls. each 840 _________ $ 6645 50 _________ Clear profit, $ 2974 50 Profit of a common distillery 1148 10 _________ Balance in favor of a patent distillery $ 1826 40 _________
To do the business of a patent distillery or to carry her on to advantage, requires a little more capital to start with--but either the patent or common distillery, when they have run two or three months, managed by an attentive and brisk dealing man, will maintain, or keep themselves agoing.
Where wood is scarce and money plenty, the patent distillery is certainly to be recommended, indeed, in all cases, I would recommend it, where the proprietor has money enough. It is by far the most profitable, and will sooner or later become in general use in this country.
Raising, feeding and fattening hogs on potale, a business pursued and highly spoken of, but from my experience I have discovered that few good pigs can be raised entirely on potale--as it has a tendency to gripe and scour too much; but after they are weaned and a little used with slop, they will thrive well.
If a hog in a cold morning comes running to a trough full of slop, that is almost boiling, and is very hungry--their nature is so gluttonous & voracious, that it will take several mouthfuls before it feels the effects of the heat, and endangers the scalding of the mouth, throat and entrails--and which may be followed by mortification and death;--moreover, hot feeding is the cause of so many deaths, and ill-looking unhealthy pigs, about some distilleries--which inconvenience might be avoided by taking care to feed or fill the troughs before the boiling slop is let out from the still.
A distiller cannot be too careful of his hogs--as with care, they will be found the most productive stock he can raise--and without care unproductive.
The offals of distilleries and mills cannot be more advantageously appropriated than in raising of hogs--they are prolific, arrive at maturity in a short period, always in demand. Pork generally sells for more than beef, and the lard commands a higher price than tallow; of the value of pork and every part of this animal, it is unnecessary for me to enter into detail; of their great value and utility, almost every person is well acquainted.