I54f Kooping, 



the troughs of milk-fed pigs, generally 

 were sickly and scouring, and rough in 

 their, feathers ; and more particularly so, 

 when they had access to potatoe wash, 

 which not only purged them, but glued their 

 feathers together, keeping them in a com- 

 fortless and unhealthy state. 



The weather being remarkably favour- 

 ble, we have usually kooped the hen 

 abroad, about two hours in the forenoon, 

 in a moderately warm sun, whilst the chicks 

 where only three or four weeks old, great 

 care being taken that they did not stray 

 tar from the koop. Six weeks is their 

 longest period of confinement within doors, 

 after which it is more safe to koop the hen 

 for another fortnight, that the chicks may 

 acquire strength abroad sufficient to enable 

 them to follow the dam, they being natu- 

 rally inclined to stray too far, and to weak- 

 en themselves by fatigue. When full half- 

 grown and well feathered, they become 

 sufficiently hardy, and in a good range will 

 provide themselves throughout the day, re- 

 quiring only to be fed at their put-letting 



