482 FARMING FOR LADIES, [chap, xxiv, 



other unmarketable corn, yet should be only 

 used in the commencement of the fatting ; the 

 process of which should be completed solely 

 with hard grain, together with skim-milk, if 

 it can be spared. 



There are various modes of effecting this 

 object, according to the fancy, judgment, or 

 means of the party pursuing it ; but experi- 

 ence shows, that whatever may be the food 

 on which the pig is to be fattened, it should 

 be given regularly, at stated periods, com- 

 mencing with that of the most inferior qua- 

 lity, and gradually increasing it in nutriment, 

 though not in quantity, as the animal in- 

 creases in flesh ; for not only is change of 

 food desirable, but, as the want of exercise 

 palls the appetite, the most nutritious sort 

 should then be given. Thus, besides steamed 

 potatoes, brewers' grains, bran and pollard, 

 made into mashes with wash, and mixed with 

 increasing quantities of ground oats, tail 

 wheat or barley, and, lastly, barley-meal with 

 bruised beans and peas, are the most com- 

 mon modes. One bushel of peas to four of 

 oats and barley, or three or four bushels 

 of potatoes with two bushels of ground oats 



