320 



Experiment 5. In this case it was not intended to force their 

 thrift, but to keep the swine in an improving condition. They 

 were shoats of the last autumn, and were of a good breed. 



Tuesday, 3d April, 1833. Put up four shoats, and began 

 feeding them with Indian hasty pudding. 



3d April, 22d April, 25th June, 



No. 1, 176 lbs. 202 lbs. gain 25 264 lbs. gain 62 



2, 119 153 ■ " 34 226 " 73 



3, 150 170 " 20 218 " 48 



[Total, 183 pounds. 



4, 121 145 '' 24 Killed 30th May. 



From 3d April, to 22d April, the above swine consumed 

 seven bushels and one peck of Indian meal. From 22d April, 

 to 25th June, seven bushels of Indian meal, cooked as above. 



One of the above. No. 4, was killed on 30th May; being ab- 

 sent, the live weight was not ascertained. 



On the 25th June, the three remaining hogs were weighed, 

 and in the 63 days from 22d April to 25th June, they had gained 

 in that time 183 lbs. as above. 



After 30th May, when one of them was killed, one peck of 

 meal made into hasty pudding with a small allowance of the 

 waste of the kitchen for a part of that time, lasted them three 

 days, that is 22-25 or less than a quart, say ^ of a quart per 

 day to each. 



At first we employed half a bushel of Indian meal to make 

 a kettle of hasty pudding ; but we soon found that a peck of 

 meal by being boiled sufficiently would make the same kettle 

 nearly full of hasty pudding and of sufficient consistency. The 

 kettle was a common-sized five-pail kettle, set in bri<jk work 

 in the house ; and it was remarkable that the peck of meal 

 produced nearly the same quantity of pudding, that we obtain- 

 ed from the half bushel, which showed the importance of in- 

 ducing the meal to take up all the water it could be made to 

 absorb. 



The price of Indian corn was at that time 75 cents per bushel 



