15G BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



and one-half to three dollars. Common sheep, in the fall, arc worth 

 from two to three dollars. We have a breed of swine, now called, 

 ■with us, the Brighton hog, which is most esteemed. Pork can bo 

 grown at eight or ten cents per pound, and if a plenty of muck is 

 furnished them, the whole business will pay and leave a grease spot." 



FROir IIEXRY IIOECS, HOPE. 



" In regard to swine, I do not know what to say. The truth is, we 

 buy anything we can. for a pig, in the spring, without much reference to 

 breed or quality. I think pork can be raised at a profit, though I don't be- 

 lieve it is in this town. Before the rot seized our potatoes, wc wintered 

 from one to four shoats ; since that time, but few keep any. If we 

 would now raise, instead of potatoes, turnips or carrots, or peas and 

 oats mixed, and grind them to winter our shoats on, and in the sum- 

 mer give them the refuse of the dairy, with some Indian meal and corn, 

 and in the meantime, make all the manure we can witli them, by put- 

 ting into their pens, litter, muck, and the like, I think pork will pay and 

 leave a profit." 



FROM B. F. EASTMAN, FHILEIFS. 



" But little special attention is paid to raising impro^'ed breeds 

 of domestic animals. Several nice bulls, about one half Durham, 

 have been kept in town. The French Merino are, or would be, un- 

 doubtedly, the best sheep for our locality, if we had them ; but there 

 are none such in town. Our best flocks of sheep arc about one-half 

 Merino, mixed with the native for the other half Such flocks, last 

 fall, were worth three dollars per head. A cross of the Suff"olk and 

 Mackey, wc think, are the best swine. Pork cannot be grown at a profit 

 to sell, when produce commands the prices it has for a few years past." 



FROM CAMDEN. 



" Some attention has been given to raising improved breeds of cattle, 

 or rather to improving our native breed by crossing Avith the Durhams. 

 In this way we have raised some very fine animals, although many 

 prefer our native stock to the other. But little stock, however, is 

 raised in this town, but that little from the best animals. Therefore 

 our stock, though mostly native, will compare favorably with most 

 towns in this section of the State. I am not prepared to say what 

 are the best breeds of sheep. Common sheep are worth from two to 

 three dollars per head. Various opinions exist in regard to swine. 

 My opinion is, that the breed known among as the Newbury Whites, 

 are preferable to any. other. Pork can be grown at a profit when a 

 part of the feed is raised by the grower." 



