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knife, which will ever afterwards prevent their rooting up 

 the sward. It answers the same purpose as ringing them. 



Perhaps the best method of keeping Swine, during Sum- 

 mer, is to have two small enclosures; the one to be kept 

 for feeding them, while the other is under tillage for a 

 fresh supply of clover, or other good grass, when that in 

 the first has failed And as they are fond of sweet apples, 

 which not only serve for food, but will even help to faten 

 them, let the enclosures be planted with a few trees of 

 these, of the best yearly bearers, st looted for the purpose; 

 some being early ripe and some later; in order that a con- 

 stant supply may be Afforded during the season. The trees 

 should, however, not stand so clost ly as materially to injure 

 the ground for cultivation. Peachtrees may also be advan- 

 tageously used tor the same purpose, till the appletrees 

 have sufficiently grown. 



Boiled clover has been mentioned, as affording a good 

 food for Hogs during Winter. In Greatbritain, boiled car- 

 rots, potatoes, turnips, Str. are mostly used for the purpose, 

 by those who go largely into the raising of Swine. 



Hogs for fating should be in a healthy state; and, to in- 

 crease their appetite, let a dose or two of sulphur be given 

 them in their food. Change of food is also good to increase 

 their appetite ; but laxative food should be avoided, as they 

 are seldom costive. When found so, a little rye will help 

 them. Probably changes of boiled roots, and of meal and 

 water, at intervals, would be found best. Mr Young- says, 

 the best method of feeding all kinds of grain, to Hogs, is to 

 grind it to meal, and mix it with water, in cisterns made 

 lor the purpose, in the proportion of five bushels of meal 

 to a hundred gallons of water; the mass to be well stired 

 several times each day, until it has fermented and become 

 acid, when it will be ready for use. In this way two or 

 three cisterns must be kept for fermenting in succession ; 

 but he says, the profits will amply, pay the expense. 



For the same reason, the grains of distileries, and the 

 refuse of starch-factories are excelent for fating Swine. 

 Mention is made of one of the latter at Lambeth (Great- 

 britain) affording sufficient to faten ten thousand Hogs in a 

 year. Peasoup is also accounted excelent for fating. Boiled 

 Indian corn is also very good ; or this grain may be soaked 

 so as to answer well ; though perhaps it is better ground 

 into meal. Indian corn of a former year's growth is much 

 the best. 



In recommendation of peas, together with a mixture of 

 barley-meal, being used for fating, the Compilers of l The 

 Comfilet? Grazier' assert, that the pork fated with this grain 

 will rather swell in boiiing, and have an improved flavor; 



