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but, as she will be ready to receive the boar 

 within a few days afterwards, she will farrow 

 twice within the twelvemonth, and will con- 

 tinue so long, that instances have been known 

 of their continuing to breed till near fifteen 

 years of age. 



Pigs are easier reared in a litter than when 

 brought up alone ; they should therefore be 

 kept together after being weaned until killed 

 as porkers, or turned out to be kept as stores, 

 and a couple of cows, of any ordinary breed, 

 will bring up a litter without any other as- 

 sistance than the usual allowance of meal. 

 We have, indeed, seen porkers reared to a 

 complete state of fatness, and producing very 

 fine meat, when fed upon boiled roots of all 

 kinds, mixed with pollard, and made up into 

 a mash with only a very small quantity of 

 skim-milk. 



On the subject of rearing, it is a bad plan 

 to be too covetous in bringing up a great 

 number of the pigs of each farrow ; for they 

 cannot be weaned until six or seven weeks 

 old, and if the sow has during that time 

 many of her young to nourish, she must 

 either be uncommonly well supported, and 



