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The greatefl: part of thefe hogs ar^ fatted in the 

 courfe of the winter; and though it may be fuppofed 

 they do not gain much in the fold as to flefh, yet 

 they improve confiderably in growth ; and the effefts 

 of the fold in the fecond crop of wheat is fo evident, 

 that I have no doubts of the propriety of continuing 

 the pra£tice. 



Theexpence of the fold, allowing for the improve- 

 ment of the hogs, was rated at thirteen (hillings per 

 acre, and which, in a country where dung cannot be 

 purchafed at any price, is very trifling, compared with 

 the return in flraw and grain. 



Our meadows are annually mended in the fame 

 way, referving the aftermath for flieep, which, if in 

 fatting, give half an oil-cake a day each, in addition 

 to the fold of grafs ; and if (lore flieep, the grafs 

 only, leaving the ground that has been fed open for 

 them to range in. I did the fame with the hogs this 

 year, and gave them potatoes of the lafl: year, and 

 continued it to advantage tiU the clover was fit to re- 

 ceive them. 



The hogs, when running about the yard, had as 

 many potatoes as when in the fold. 



All thefe methods anfwer very well j but unlefs I 

 could communicate my whole plan of farming, gen- 

 tlemen may be mifled if they adopt particular parts. 

 My time is too much occupied in other bufmefs to 

 admit of this. 



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