264 FARMERS' REGISTER— RAW OR PREPARED FOOD FOR HOGS. 



signaled lot No. 3, the reporter was anxious to as- 

 certain the respective merits of the sexes in feeding, 

 and he put up two males and one lemale in this 

 crew, which he caused to be fed on raw and boiled 

 food indiscriminately, as it happened to be left 

 over, after serving the other two lot.s of .shots. 

 Two of the pigs of this last mentioned lot were of 

 a very peculiar breed, being a cross of the wild 

 boar and the common sow; they were marked ex- 

 actly like a zebra, but did not take on fat so readily 

 as the other pigs; hence they were not so profita- 

 ble, but their bacon had a peculiarly rich and deli 

 cate flavor. The reporter had all the three lots of 

 pigs repeatedly washed with soap and water, and 

 he thinks it refreshed them greatly, and caused 

 them to relish their food. 



The reporter e^•ery eight or ten days, say from 

 the 2d of July till the 2d of October, made repeat- 

 ed observations on the appearance of all the ani- 

 mals; and he may now state generally, thatlot No. 

 1. (males,) fed exclusively upon boiled meat, did 

 thrive throughout in a superior manner to the 

 others, and even to those who had an occasional 

 mixture of raw and boiled meat: thus showing 

 that boiled meat is at all times more nutritive than 

 the raw. The reporter thinks that in all cases of 

 feeding swine, they should be fed on prepared 

 food, adding always a sufficient portion of salt, 

 which seems a necessaiy condiment in most de- 

 scriptions of prepared food. 

 Original expense of the purchasing and feeding the 



Swine. 

 To paid for 10 pigs at 25s. each, £ 12 10 



To amount of expense for feed 



1833. 



Table of weights of the Swine. 

 I. He Pigs. 



Aug. 19. Ditto taken 

 of this date, 



ingLot, No. I. 

 ditto, of ditto, 



No, 



£8 2 

 11. 6 9 



- 14 11 



Amount, £27 10 



Items of expense of food for Lot, No. I. 



To 4 bolls of beans at 21s. £4 4 



expense of hashing ditto, 8 



fuel and salt, 10 



30 bushels of old potatoes, at 8d. per 



bushel, 1 



40 ditto of new ditto at Is. ditto, 2 



Oct. 12. Ditto 

 of this date. 



taken as 



27 2 8 



55 8 4 



Total increase of he pigs since 2d 

 July to 12th October, 



10 8 



28 5 12 



38 6 4 



//. She Pigs. 

 July 2. Weight taken as of 

 this date, 



AufT. 19. Ditto taken as of 

 this date, 



14 1 



17 5 



Oct. 12. Ditto taken as 

 this date, 



of 



3 4 8 



31 12 8 



14 7 



Total increase on s^e pigs from 2d 



July tiU 12th October, 17 11 8 



Abstract. 

 Increase on he pigs from 2d July, until 



the 12th October, 38 6 4 



Ditto on she pigs from 2d July till 12th 



October, 17 11 8 



Total indrease, 56 3 12 



Ditto of food for Lot, No. II. 



£8 2 



£4 4 



To 4 bolls of beans at 21s. 

 30 bushels of old potatoes 



at 8d. 

 25 ditto of new ditto at Is. 



Amount of expense for food, £ 14 11 

 Price at xohich the pigs sold for. 



To Lot, No. I. at 45s. each, £11 



Lot, No. II. at 29s. each, 7 



£18 10 



j^bstract. 



To amount of the price and expenses 

 of feeding the swine as per pre- 

 ceding page, 



Amount received, being the price 

 of the pigs sold, 



tiosB in feeding the swine, £8 11 



£27 1 

 18 10 



By these tables and statements, the reporter 

 shows a loss of £8 lis. on feeding of the said 

 swine, but which could not have taken place had 

 the pigs been bought at a reasonable price at the 

 time, the reporter having paid 8s. or 10s. more than 

 they were really worth, on account of the recom- 

 mendation of the breed, and being anxious to fur- 

 nish the Society with a report: the result of which 

 satisfies him, that the prepared food is the best to 

 be given this description of animals; and, besides, 

 the meat is considered to be superior to those fed 

 on raw food. It will be observed, that lot No. 2 

 did not at all keep pace, or bear a proper compari- 

 son, with lot No. 1; although they did not consume 

 the same quantity of food (and hence were not so 

 extravagant in feeding,) still the reporter thinks 

 they ate an additional quantity of grass, this being 

 given to both lots. Respecting lot No. 3, Avhich 

 got a mixture of food both prepared and raw, they 

 approached nearer to No. 1, in respect to their 

 feeding properties, but they appeared occasionally 

 shy at having their meat so mixed. The reporter 

 was therefore convinced, that it is better, inijeneral, 

 to continue for some time only one description of 

 food, as, whatever the animals become accustomed 

 to, they begin to relish and thrive accordingly. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



In addition to the communications before stated to 

 have been received, we have to acknowledo^e the fol- 

 lowing: "Review of Dr. Spofford's Address to the Ag- 

 ricultural Society of Essex, Massachusetts"— "On ga- 

 ma grass" — "On buckwheat and millet." 



