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FAR M E R S ' R E G I S T E R . 



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about twenty trallons altoo-ether, ioiiviijg ia the 

 luh about 12 gallons to fill up on. 1 cuuiiitneil 

 pJoppiiiiT iliem in litis way /or seven weeks, wliicli 

 WHS aiioiJt weaniiiij; lime. In tbis lime ihe\ con- 

 sumed about tVi^nty bushels, and at an averaiie 

 cost of 50cts. per buf^hel, they co.sl S expended 

 in meal and bran. Froni ilsese pii>s i sold ^HIO 

 dollars worth, leaving me some fiye or six pigs oti 

 han.i. 



Descn'phon nfthe Rvsaia Hogs. — Their color is 

 generady while, wiih lonjj coarse ha r, iheir head 

 is lonnf and coarsely leaiured, their ears tire not 

 so broad as the common variety of the country, 

 j'et Inuirer and narrower, and come reiriilarly to 

 a point, proj^■cling Ibrward, andihey do not appear 

 to haveso nujch command ot'ihem as other bieeds; 

 they have fine length and heiirht, their bone is 

 iari^e and fine, they stand well iipon iheir pastern 

 joints and liaekeri: quite industrious; they are thick 

 ihrouah the shoulders, indiH'erenily ribbed, (or 

 suddenly inclined down) iheir plaie or kidney bone 

 rather narrow and ovaling than otherwise, hants 

 pretiy good, thoutrh not so good as ihe Irish, Bed- 

 lord or Berkshire, yet prelerable to the variety; 

 tlieydonot graze so well as many others; they 

 want more time t(> bring them into market than 

 the above named breeds. Give them from 18 to 20 

 monihs aijf) they will mak;^ very large hon-p; they 

 are quite prolific, their usual number is from nine 

 to twelve pics a litter. I have (iound their cross 

 with the named breeds to be a valuable acqnisilirn 

 totheirirrazing, aptitude to Jiitien, and rapid growth 

 al the same lime. 



Reariiuj;, treatment and management of thorough 

 bred male hogs. — To ensure iroud size, fia-m and 

 fijllnt'ss in their hams, siraisht in their stifle joints, 

 and to give a uood and regular iriuwlh, 1 seldom 

 or ever sud'er my boar to serve a sow until he lias 

 arrived to»!he age ol' 8 or 10 monilis, and older il' 

 possible, i give ihem a lot sufficieniiy large for 

 exercise, and give ibod enough to keep them ir\ a 

 high slaie ot' flesh while growing; by so doinir, I 

 have no fears, from past experience, ol injmiiiir 

 iheir libidinous propensities-as so nuich olijected to 

 by aged men, who pretend to be hog irrowers in 

 Kentucky. By this mode, I am satisfied that 

 you will have stromjer, more vigorous, aciive and 

 regular sized pigs in everj' littet; and furthermore, 

 you will find \our sows in luiering are not so apt 

 to produce pigs iinac], Jitfy nrn) feeble, as when 

 got by a young or poor boars. In this way I breed 

 ihem, antl, according to my former view, never 

 sufleriuLr them to run at larije wilh spayed sows, 

 &c. I believe by this treatment ihey will be good 

 producers lor ten or twelve years, if not louirer. 

 They are dangerous animals, and should not lie 

 permiited to run with horses and caille. 



This is the practice ihal I have adopted, and 

 shall ll;llew unless I see some further iulormaiion 

 from the pen ol some other writer upon the subject. 

 I am always ojien to -conviction, and willing lo re- 

 ceive instruction, and will not spare time, trouble 

 and expense lo procure correct principles. I should 

 be pleased to see some writer who has the weiiihi 

 and benefit of years and experience on his side, 

 that I miizht look up to, as a sou to a fin her, for 

 further ii)li)rmalion, as I am but yet in the moruinir 

 of life. I jt>el much delicacy in coming out in ihe 

 columns of a public agricultural work, but still, 

 from solicitation, and as a fiiend to (he cause.of agri- 

 cultural pursuits, 1 have ventured. Wc find re- 



corded in '.lie book of Genesis, chapter 3(1, verse 

 23ilj one of the first conimauils ihul God gave to 

 man — "lo till the ground bom wlieiice he vvas 

 taken." J.viiiis E. Lettox. 



3IiUersburg, Ky. 



ox OAT PASTURE AXD IIUPROVKMEAT OF 

 fcOlhS. BY WILLIAM YOUNG OF DELAWARE. 



From Muinoirs of the Pliiladelpliia Agricultural .Society. 

 Moekland Farm, March. 9ih, ISIO. 



Sir, — In compliance wiili your request, made a 

 considerable lime ago, 1 have inclosed a narrative 

 of' the oat pasture; and several circumstances un- 

 der which 11 has been introduced, with immediate 

 advaulage to ihe livestock and worn fiekls. 



I liave endeavored to copy it from the fields 

 t.hemselves; I have however, designedly as ii were 

 gone back, to give another view, of some ciicum- 

 siances which are deemed imporiant, and noi wilh 

 a view lo overcome 3 our [aiseiK e, but to remove 

 doubts, and miroduce the experiments belbre \ou, 

 in a ditierent [joint ol view. The inlerences res- 

 peclinjr ihe advanlages, or use of the oat posture, 

 iiave been, 'and still may be, deemed a whimsical 

 expedient lo spend' money; it may be riiliculed 

 t)y others. But as it has outlived, and overgiown 

 every thing of ihat nature fiere, there is some 

 hope that it may become indigenous elsewheie: it 

 has been weighed fop years under hopes and li-nrs. 

 Noi that I dread criticisms, nuide under ciictim- 

 stances which otier a healing, in a private, and 

 belorc the public tribunal, on ecjual ground, loot by 

 loot with the critic, it would uive satisfaction to 

 convince, or loiie convinced, improvemeru is the 

 goal towards which I bend my course, it a new 

 path shall be poin;ed oul, and which has wild 

 greater advantage been trodilcn for several years, 

 and with a greater number of simple fftcis to re- 

 commend il, it will be cheerfully lollowed. Oili- 

 erwise the course now lieaien by some years ex- 

 perience, canuoi be abandoned. 



I am mcsi respectfully yours, 

 William Youkg. 



George Clymer. Esq. 

 Vice-President of the Ptiilad. See. for promotiiig 

 Agriculture. 



Ti is rrpnerally acknowledged, ihat the best land 

 may tie reduced to sterility, liom an injudicious ro- 

 tation of crops. It remains in a great measure to 

 be proved, wheiher a farm, which from bail man- 

 atiemenl had been rendered barren, can be resioreil 

 to iis pristine ferliliiy, by a treatment not beyond 

 ihe reach of every farmer, (nor wiihoul the fum,) 

 who possesses ihe land, Iree Irom incumbrances, 

 \\ b.ich are nearly eijual to the supiposed value of" 

 his worn-out larm. 



Wlien an inquirer examines the publications of 

 those who hiive given ibe results of their ex|»eri- 

 ments,it appears not only practicable, but easy: Ire- 

 quetulv however, some circumstance is not men- 

 tioned iri Ihe communication, or somethin<r not at- 

 tended to by the reader, who intends to make ihe 

 same successful experiments, but fails, from the 

 causes Slated. 



The Rockland farm exhibited a subject for ex- 

 periment, us it had not only been reduced by crop- 

 ping, but generally, beconie a ccminoti for evuy 



