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in his pocket. But, if he had kept, through 

 the winter, four or five summer pigs upon this 

 corn, would they have eaten all his corn to no 

 purpose ? I am aware, that pigs get something 

 at an ox-stable door; but, what a process is 

 this ! 



296. My hogs are now living wholly upon 

 Swedish turnip greens, and, though I have taken 

 no particular pains about the matter, they look 

 very well, and, for store hogs and sows, are as 

 fat as I wish them to be. My English hogs 

 are sleek, and fit for fresh pork; and all the 

 hogs not only eat the greens but do well upon 

 them. But, observe, I give them plenty three 

 times a day. In the forenoon we get a good 

 waggon load, and that is for three meals. This 

 is a main thing, this plenty; and, the farmer 

 must see to it with his OWN EYES; for, 

 workmen are all starvers, except of themselves. 

 I never had a man in my life, who would not 

 starve a hog, if I would let him ; that is to say, 

 if the food was to be got by some labour. You 

 must, therefore, see to this; or, you do not try 

 the thing at all. 



297. Turnip greens are, however, by no 



means equal to cabbages, or even to cabbage 



leaves. The cabbage, and even the leaf, is the 



fruit of the plant ; which is not the case with the 



Turnip green. Therefore the latter must, 



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