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Brought forward £,()i 12 o 

 February 8, 16, 22. 

 322 hogs, average i4ifcore,6s. lod. per fcore 1567 o o 



N. B.' None died. 

 720 loads of dung, at 2S. per load - 72 o o 



Profit {^.\\^ 8 0. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



£'iyOO 12 O 



The foregoing experiment fhews, that no kind 

 pays more for the food than fpay'd fows. It is true, 

 they are not worth fo much as other fat hogs, by 

 near is. per fcore, particularly if they are heavy, — 

 but then they get fat quicker, and on lefs food. 



In the courfe of this experiment, I tried grinding 

 the potatoes in an old apple- mill, inftead of boiling, 

 but did not find it anfwer. If room could have been 

 found, to have mixed them with meal, and depo- 

 fited them in a refervoir, fo as to have fermented, it 

 might have fucceeded. Having near half of my 

 potatoes left, I refolvcd to fat another lot ; but as 

 the fpring was near at hand, I was obliged to pur- 

 chafe fmaller hogs, thinking that large ones would 

 not be faleable. The difpofition of the buyers 

 feemed to be much changed 5 for though they did not 

 regard a few years fince how large fat hogs were, yet 

 I now 



