1803.] On the Benefit of heping a Stock of Swine, 21 



I would caf> off the oldefi: fows, z. e. feed rhem when they arrive 

 at 3 years of a^^e. which of co.iirfe wOdld caiife four (ows to be 

 in hand at one lime. Thefc annually would pfotluce more than 

 the 40 pigs, which are to be held on ; but the remainder might be 

 fold as they are Weaned, there being a regular and {\.c:idj de- 

 mand in the country for young pips. 



It is obvious that, at the prelent rate of marker?, 40 fvvine, 

 Weighii;g 7 or 8 ftone each, are worth more money than I have 

 flared ; but, even upon the liippodrion that markets may fall 

 conGderably, the neat profit would fiiill be as much as is de- 

 fcribed. I apprehend that people will be readier to admit the 

 truth of this part of the flatement, than that fuch a number 

 can be fupported at fo little expence ; but this point can only 

 be fluisfadtorily elucidated by an appeal to experience. 



I have, for a number of years, kept a fLock of fvvine in the 

 Way recommended. They go at large in the court or yard be- 

 longing to the farm, and receive a feeding of ofFal grain in the 

 morning, and of yams or turnips in the evening ; and the meat 

 fe,d in this way has conftantly drawn the higheft price. They 

 get alfo the dilfi-wafliings of the houfe, any milii or v/hey that 

 remains unconfumed, and have the dung-hill 10 roam upon, 

 where perhaps more food is to be gathered, eipecially if the 

 horfes are fed upon unbroken grain, than is commonly imagined. 



It will readily be figured, that under this mode of manage- 

 ment, the latter end of fummer and the hrirvell months is the 

 critical period for carrying on a ftock of fv/ine. During thcfe 

 months little threihing goes forward, and horles feldom receive 

 any corn for aliment ; hence all that can be conliftently attempt- 

 ed is to keep the animals in a growing flate, and prep.^re them 

 for fattening cleverly, when food of a more nutritious cjualiiy 

 can be procured. Clover and tares will do this eiTc<Slually, the 

 laft particularly fo when in a podded date. Turnips can alfo be 

 got by the end of September 5 and it muft be recolle6led, that 

 through the fummer months a conliderable quantity of milk and 

 vvhey can be given, upon which fwine will be found to thrive 

 heartily. 



That fvvine can be fupported upon clover during fummer is 

 not a new doclrine. The practice has long prevailed in England, 

 and ought to be adopted extenlively in this country. I once in- 

 clofed a fmall part of a field with boards, into which I put my 

 fwine flock, taking care to put a ring into their nofe beforehand, 

 fo as they might not injure ths ground, and they throve very 

 well. 



In a word, I do not know a more beneficial flock upon a farm 

 than fwine, fo long as the quantity kept is in proportion to the 



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