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thrown out, they take care that nothing is lost. I have known 

 a considerable nnmber of store hogs kept in a thrifty condition 

 upon that only whicfi they obtained in a yard where a propor- 

 tional nnmber of beef cattle were stall-fed. The philosophy o( 

 reciprocal uses, which is apparent in every department ot na- 

 ture, though it frequently presents itself in a form offensive to a 

 fastidious taste, is to a reflecting mind always instructive on 

 the wonderful economy of the divine providence. 



A very large hog establishment in this county is to be found 

 in West Cambridge on the farm of Abner Pierce. He keeps in 

 his enclosure about 500 hogs. They are supported upon the 

 city swill or refuse. No hogs are allowed to be kept in Boston 

 but by special and extraordinary permission ; and among the 

 excellent municipal regulations, the refuse vegetables, meat, 

 garbage, and offal of the houses are required to be kept by each 

 householder in a box or barrel which is emptied once a week 

 or oftener by the city scavengers. This, being taken into the 

 covered city carts, is delivered at Mr. Pierce's establishment, 

 about five miles from the city, daily — he paying therefor to the 

 city 4000 dollars per year on a contract for five years. 



His hogs, when I visited him, were in an enclosure of about 

 fourteen acres, partly covered with trees and bordering on one 

 of the beautiful ponds in that vicinity, a picturesque situation 

 most certainly, for animals making such humble pretensions to 

 taste and sentiment. If nothing else, however, in the summer 

 months they enjoy, as much as their betters, the luxury of a 

 refreshing bath and quiet repose under the shade, both essen- 

 tially conducive to their health and thrift. He has had no 

 general disease among them, though occasionally a case of 

 the "blind staggers." He considers this troublesome disease 

 as proceeding wholly from indigestion ; and he finds no diffi- 

 culty in its cure, by procuring an immediate evacuation. For 

 this purpose he gives a dose consisting of half a pint of lamp 

 oil, and half a pint of molasses, strongly charged with pound- 

 ed brimstone. This remedy is important to be known, as the 

 disease is not uncommon among swine, and often proves fatal. 



