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 loft as much by them as he had gained in 

 the winter. But going on in the culture of 

 potatoes, made it neceflary to prevent fuch 

 an evil. This he did, by fowing an inclo- 

 fure of fifteen acres near his houfe with lu- 

 cern, having feveral years before obferved, 

 that the hogs near Paris eat that plant with 

 great eagernefs. That he might have a 

 crop a year the fooner, he fowed it on a 

 fallow by itfelf, not mixing corn with it in 

 the cuftomary manner. This crop fucceed- 

 Ing well ; it afforded fuch plenty of food for 

 his hogs during the Summer, that he is 

 now under no more anxiety at that feafon 

 than in Winter. As to his manner of giving 

 the lucern, I fuppofed he mowed it, and 

 gave it to the hogs in ftyes, as the method 

 is in all the parts where I had made enqui- 

 ries, upon feeing lucern fields ; but he told 

 me he fed them in the field, without mow- 

 ing at all. He once tried the other way, 

 cut found that the hogs did not thrive near 

 fa well. He never confines them at all to 

 it, not even fows juft pigged ; but lets them 

 lun conftantly in the field, without any 

 thought or attendance. 



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