USES OF THE CORN. 



in order to make myself as easily understood as 

 jDOssible, divide my matter as follows : pig-feed- 

 ing ; sheep-feeding ; ox and cow-feeding; poultry- 

 feeding; horse-feeding. Then when I come to 

 the grain^ as affording food for man, I shall 

 arrange my matter as follows : "porridge, mush, 

 homany, samp, puddings, cakes, bread. 1 shall 

 place the name of each part of the subject at the 

 beginning of the paragraph that will treat of it, 

 allotting one paragraph to each part, the several 

 parts being designated by the names as above. 



148. PiG-FEEDiNG. — In the last chapter, I 

 mentioned the under ears or nubbings as they are 

 called in America; and observed that these, like 

 the under ears of wheat and other grain are not 

 only imperfect as to their number of grains, but 

 also sometimes as to their state of ripeness and 

 other circumstances. The nubbings are more 

 perishable than the other part of the crop, and 

 are not worth so much room and other trouble. 

 They are never shelled in America, except under 

 very pressing circumstances ; but, the moment 

 the husking begins, the hogs begin to receive the 

 nubbings, for the purpose of fattening. They are 

 tossed down upon the ground in the manner 

 which I have before described ; or, if hogs alone 

 be wanted to be fatted, the Americans usually 

 make a good large temporary sty, on the front 

 of some shed, to serve as a sleeping place for the 

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