[ 38o ] 



way; through this door the potatoes were thrown 

 into the room out of the waggon. In this upper 

 room was a pump, which conveyed water to a large 

 trough, in which the potatoes were wafhed; and 

 from which they were immediately thrown into the 

 furnace beneath. The foul water was let out 

 thro' an aperture in the wall, adjoining the trough. 

 The potatoes were walhed in a wire fieve. 



By this faving of labour, one man could ferve 

 ^O or loo hogs. Adjoining the boiling-houfe, were 

 flies, divided into eight compartments, and capable 

 of lodging 80 or 90 hogs. Into thefe flies I put 

 80 flips of my own, and 10 old fows. I alfo di- 

 vided an ox-flall in another part of my farm for the 

 accommodation of a larger lot, to be purchafedj 

 and having an old brewing-furnace, I put it up at 

 a fmall expence, being fanguine in my hopes of fuc- 

 cefss but at my firfl outfet, difappointment flared 

 me in the face — for going to Briftol to purchafe 

 hogs, I found them fo enormoufly dear, that I could 

 fee no profpedl of their paying any thing. How- 

 ever, I bought 1 1 2 as cheap as I could, and after 

 they were home, I weighed them and found that 

 they cofl 6s. per fcore, live weight. I was in juf- 

 tice therefore bound to value my own fows and flips 



at a high rate. 



EXPERIMENT, 



