304 COWS, SHEEP, HOGS, &C. [PART II. 



294. Sheep. In the First Part I have said 

 how I fed my gheep upon Swedish turnips. I 

 have now only to add, that, in the case of 

 early lambs for market, cabbages, and especially 

 savoys, in February and March, would be ex 

 cellent for the ewes. Sheep love green. In a 

 turnip field, they never touch the bulb, till 

 every bit of green is eaten. I would, therefore, 

 for this purpose, have some cabbages, and, if 

 possible, of the savoy kind. 



295. Hogs. This is the main object, when 

 we talk of raising green and root crops, no 

 matter how near to or how far from the spot 

 where the produce of the farm is to be con 

 sumed. For, pound for pound, the hog is the 

 most valuable -animal; and, whether fresh or 

 salted, is the most easily conveyed. Swedish 

 turnips or cabbages or Mangel Wurzel will 

 fatten an ox; but, that which would, in four 



or five months fatten the ox, would keep fifteen 

 August Pigs from the grass going to the grass 

 coming, on Long Island. Look at their worth 

 in June, and compare it with the few dollars 

 that you have got by fatting the ox ; and look 

 also at the manure in the two cases. A farmer, 

 on this Island fatted two oxen last winter 

 upon corn. He told me, after he had sold 

 them,, that, if he had given the oxen away, and 

 sold the corn, he should have had more money 



