CHAP. XXIII.] FAKMING FOR LADIES. 469 



same brood, when weaned, and fed one upon 

 skim-milk, and the other upon kitchen pot- 

 liquor, in each of which pollard and barley- 

 meal were equally mixed. They were both 

 killed when four months old, being then quite 

 fat, and weighing, when dead, about 40 lbs. 

 each ; that fed upon the wash being rather the 

 heavier of the two. Joints of each were then 

 roasted, and the remainder pickled ; but the 

 flesh of the latter had, in both cases, a taste 

 of grease which rendered it unpleasant, while 

 that fed upon milk was extremely delicate. 



We mention this for the double purpose of 

 cautioning housewives against the too profuse 

 use of any coarse garbage in feeding young 

 pigs for the table ; and, at the same time, to 

 remind them, that if it be not used, the offal 

 of the kitchen and the garden will both be 

 thrown away. The most prudent mode is, 

 therefore, always to keep a store-pig, of any 

 breed except the Chinese, which you may 

 buy at any age, for the purpose of consuming 

 those offals, on which he may be supported 

 until old enough to be fattened ; it being quite 

 immaterial upon what he is fed as a store, 

 provided it be abundant. On this latter 



