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self a few years since in relation to this subject. They were 

 given to some portion of the public at the time, in another 

 form ; but they may here reach many by wlioni ihey liavp not 

 been seen, and to wijdm they may be interesting. 



Jil vperiment 1. Two liogs about one year old : one of them 

 a barrow in very good condition ; the other a barrow recently 

 gelded and in ordinary condition, were put up to be fed exclu- 

 sively upon Indian hasty pudding or Indian meal boiled with 

 water. We began feeding them the first of March, 1831, and 

 weighed them again on the nineteenth of the same month. In 

 the eighteen days they consumed six bushels of Indian meal. 

 They were offered cold water to drink but did not incline to 

 take any. 



The result — 



No. 1 weighed on 1st March, . . 233 lbs. 



" " 19th " . . 269 



gain 36 



No. 2 (recently gelded) weighed on 1st March 190 



" " 19th " 247 



gain 57 



The gain of the two was 93 lbs. in 18 days. The quantity 

 of meal consumed by them was 10 quarts per day to the two. 

 We allow 30 quarts to a bushel deducting two for grinding. 

 The price of corn at the time was 70 cents per bushel. The 

 expense of the increased weight is 4.5 cents per lb. 



March 21, 1831. Killed the hog mentioned first in the fore- 

 going experiment. Live weight 273 lbs. Weight when dress- 

 ed 215 lbs. Loss in offal, loose fat included, 58 lbs. or a little 

 more than one fifth. 



Experiment 2. No. 2, mentioned above, weighed 



on 23d March, . . 253 lbs. 



do. on 30th April, . . 312 



In 3S days, gain, 591bs. 



