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32d, 1868, 1 hereby amend by erasing the first claim 

 in the specification and by chaDgin.<>j the remaining 

 numerals accordingly. This amendment is made in 

 accordance with the suggestions contained in OiRce 

 letter of June 31st, 1868. It is believed, however, 

 that the original first claim was not met by the refer- 

 ence. Although " a hog suspended by his hind feet 

 in a butclier's stall" is undoubtedly a pachyderm in 

 a vertical position, it is affirmed that it is not sus- 

 pended "as"' (by the tail) nor "for the purpose" 

 (feeding) described. It therefore cannot be deemed 

 an apjjropriate reference to the claim. 



In order, however, that there may be no delay in 

 granting the patent, the claim in question is stricken 

 out, and a speedy action requested. 



Respectfully, 



John Smith. 



By Att'ys, H. W. Beadle & Co. 



Patent issued July 33, 1868. 



PETITION. 



To the Commissioner of Patents : 



The petition of Jonathan Smith, Jr., of Smith- 

 burg, in the county of Smith, in the State of Ohio, 

 resi)ectfully represents : 



That your petitioner has invented a new and im- 

 proved "method of feeding hogs, which he vtnly be- 

 lieves has not been known or used prior to the in- 

 vention thereof by your petitioner. He therefore 

 prays that letters-pateut of the United States may be 

 granted to him therefor, vesting in him, and his legal 

 representatives, the exclusive right to the same, upon 

 the terms and conditions expressed in the Act of 

 Congress in that case made and provided ; he having 

 paid fifteen dollars into the Treasury, and otherwise 

 complied with the requirements of said Act. And 

 he hereby authorizes Heugh W. Beadle, of H. W. 

 Beadle & Co., of Washington, D. C, or his associate, 

 to act as his Attorney in presenting the application, 

 and in making all such alterations and amendmeuts 

 as may be required. 



JONATHAN SMITH, Jr. 



SPECIFICATION. 



To all wJiom it may concerii : 



Be it known, that I, Jonathan Smith, Jr., of Smith- 

 burg, in the county of Smith, and State of Ohio, have 

 invented a new and improved method of feeding hogs, 

 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and 

 exact description of the same, reference being had to 

 the accompanying drawings and to the letters of 

 reference marked thereon. 



This invention relates to the fattening of swine and 

 other pachydermata, and consists mainly in the em- 

 ployment of auxiliary and external causes for influ- 

 encing a hogs mind or its equivalent, for the purpose 

 of inducing it to partake of nourishment after its 

 ordinary and natural appetite has been satisfied, by 

 which means the vesicles of its cellular membrane 

 are caused to aggregate fatty particles with great 

 rapidity. 



The manner of carrying my invention iuto effect 

 will be fully described hereinafter. 



In the drawing is shown a perspective view of the 

 pig pen, or its equivalent, and its surroundings, with 

 various forms of vertebrata in and adjacent thereto, 

 the quadrupedal hogs, however, being represented 

 upon the interior thereof. 



To enable others skilled in the art to which my 

 invention appertains, to use the same, I will now pro- 

 ceed to describe fully my improved method, with the 

 appliances for carrying it into effect. It is a well 

 known fact that fowls and other bipedal vertebrata 

 are induced to assume an adipose state most rapidly. 



l)y a system of stuffing. This system is based upon 

 the principles that a vertebrate will not, of its own 

 accord, consume that amount of food necessary to 

 cause it to assume the greatest adiposity in the shortest 

 period of time, and consequently independent, and 

 external means must be brought to bear upon it to 

 obtain the desired result. 



The method of carrying this system into effect is 

 usually as follows: 



The fowl or other vertebrate to be fattened, instead 

 of being permitted to partake of its chosen amount of 

 sustenance in the ordinary manner, is compelled at 

 regular and frequent intervals to absorb suitable rolls 

 of prepared food, which latter are thrust into the 

 esophagus while the mandibles are forcibly separated, 

 the biped being, of course, securely held in the arms 

 of the operator. 



The results of this system are so very marked and 

 beneficial, that numerous attempts have been made to 

 use it in fattening other members of the vertebrata, 

 but, hitherto, without success. 



Especially is it desirable to secure such marvellous 

 results in quadrupedal mammals of the pachydermata. 

 For obvious reasons, however, the system employed 

 with feathered bipeds, cannot be used with hogs or 

 their equivalents, without some modifications. Aside 

 from the uncleanly habit of the animal, it is hardly 

 practical to take the larger sizes in arms for the pur- 

 pose of stuffing them. 



By means of my invention, however, all difficulty 

 is obviated. Without using brute force to compel the 

 unwilling animal to partake of nourishment, I so in- 

 fluence its mind or its equivalent, by auxiliary and 

 external causes, as to induce it to feed long after its 

 natural and ordinary wants are fully supplied. 



I accomplish this result preferably by means of an 

 auxiliary hog, or other quadrupedal mammal or its 

 equivalent, which should be i>referably constructed 

 with a prominent framework, attenuated body, ex- 

 tended limbs, acute proboscis, and active insinuating 

 disposition. 



The method of procedure is about as follows : The 

 main or primary pachyderm, or hog, to be fattened, 

 or its equivalent, is flrst supplied in any suitable 

 manner with proper food, an abundance of which 

 should be provided in a suitable receptacle. Upon 

 this he is allowed to feed without molestation ^mtll 

 his normal craving for food is JuUy and completely 

 satisfied, at which time an auxiliary or secondary 

 pachyderm or hog, or its equivalent, should be intro- 

 duced into the apartment. The auxiliary hog, being 

 properly starved beforehand, at once rushes with 

 eager haste to the food receptacle and proceeds briskly 

 to devour the contents of the same. 



The sight of this procedure, however, awakens in 

 the mind of the primary pachyderm, or its equivalent, 

 those feelings of hoggishness so common among bi- 

 pedal mammals of the genus Homo, and he at once 

 devotes himself with renewed energy to the consump- 

 tion of the food, in order that he may prevent his 

 guest from devouring the same. 



When the primary pachyderm has taken all that 

 is possible under these pressing circumstances, the 

 secondary may be removed and again confined until 

 the next meal. 



If desirable, however, a third and even a fourth 

 auxiliary (of graduated sizes) may be employed to 

 renew the flagging spirits of the satiated primary, 

 after he has become accustomed to the presence of the 

 secondary. 



In the drawings, A represents the primary or main 

 hog or its equivalent, which may be of any suitable 

 breed and proper construction, it being provided, of 

 course, with the usual orgaus of mastication and 

 digestion. 



it is desirable also, that the hog should be provided 



