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four times the quantity, which the kettles alone would 

 hold. ]n these, roots and other food might be steamed 

 and fermented, at the will of the owner or superin- 

 tendant of the process. Where fermentation is the 

 object, it may be w^ell to mix with the sweet wash a 

 little of that which is already soured, to serve as yeast 

 or leaven. 



The following system of rearing and fattening swine 

 on an arable farm is recommended by a writer in the 

 Farmer's Magazine. Upon a tillage farm consisting of 

 three hundred acres, whereof two hundred are kept 

 under the plough, he is of opinion that a considerable 

 sum may be annually gained from keeping swdne, were 

 the arrangement made in a systematic manner. One 

 main advantage of such a branch of. rural economy 

 arises from little or no capital being required to carry 

 it on, while the trouble and outlay attending it scarcely 

 deserve notice. With the addition of one acre of broad 

 clover, and one acre of tares, for the summer and 

 autumn months, and the like extent of ground for 

 turnips and yams during the winter and spring months, 

 this stock of swine may be amply supported. 



Were two breeding sow^s kept on a farm of the size 

 mentioned, and their produce reared by the farmer, it 

 may be calculated that forty swine, weighing seven or 

 eight stone each, would be annually fed off, in the 

 months of January and February each year, the time 

 when pork is most in demand. That such a number 

 of swine can be supported and fed upon the ofials of a 

 three hundred acre farm, and other auxiliary articles 

 specitied, may be pronounced a certain fact. 



The breeds he recommends are the hardy smaller 

 sized varieties, but not the Chinese, or any of the pot- 

 bellied sorts ; because he has found that such breeds 

 will thrive and grow fat where larger and finer breeds 

 would starve. 



