214» Prolific — Breedmg Months, 



After receiving the boar, for which 

 the middle of September and the middle 

 of March are the most advantageous 

 seasons, the sow should be confined until 

 her irritability has ceased, which will re- 

 turn within a few days of her parturition, 

 a sign which demands attention. After 

 she has become heavy, she should be se- 

 curely lodged by herself, lest others injure 

 her by lying upon her ; and at any rate, 

 during the time of bringing forth, as other 

 swine would devour her offspring as they 

 fell. According to the above breeding 

 periods, the pigs will come in the middle 

 of January and of July ; in the first monthy 

 with the spring before them, and their 

 nursing mother, in the interim ^ ta defend 

 them from the winter's cold; in the other, 

 they are nurtured in a warm season, weaned 

 in the harvest-field, and then enabled to 

 endure the rigours of the approaching win- 

 ter. It has proved totally unsuccessful to 

 rear pigs in the winter season, although 

 ^ley may be bred for roasters. 



SiGN^s of approaching parturition. 



