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I am sensible that the mfethofi of 

 management 1 here recomaiead, is 

 liable to one considerable objec- 

 tion ; which is, that if they be fed 

 at all at home, thev will be apt to 

 haunt the house all the time, 

 cryirio; for more, and never go 

 way far in quest of food. 



Instead ofattemptinii; to answer 

 this objeetion, I wish I could make 

 it appear a sufficient ar<;;ument to 

 convince farmers of the great ad- 

 vantage, or the necessity of having 

 good enclosed pastures for their 

 swine. They will be safer, and 

 fare better ; and the cost of it is not 

 great. 



The hog pasture should be so 

 near to the dwelling house, that it 

 may not be troublesome to carry 

 the wash to the swine : And yet 

 so far off that the people in the 

 house may not be stunned with 

 their noise. And a warm cot must 

 be made in some convenient part 

 of their pasture, for them to lodge 

 in. 



To prepare a pasture for them, 

 let the ground be broken up, tilled 

 and manured, and then laid down 

 with clover. For swine are more 

 fond of this grass than of any other 

 which our country produces. Let 

 the quantity of land be so propor- 

 tioned to thenu'rber of swine, that 

 they may keep the grass from run- 

 ning up to seed. For this will pre- 

 vent waste ; and the shorter the 

 grass is. the sweeter it will be, and 

 the more tender and agreeable to 

 their palates. 



I suppose that one acre of rich 

 land in clover, will support twenty 

 or more swine, large and small to- 

 gether, through the summer : and 



bring them well forward in their 

 growth, but they should have rings 

 in their noses to prevent their root- 

 ing out the clover. 



It has been proved, by many 

 trials, that hogs, in such a pasture, 

 may be kept in good plight, with- 

 out any other food. Some say 

 they may be half fattened. 



Arthur Young, Esq. of Great 

 Britain, in the summer of the year 

 1 "66, pastured sixty four swine of 

 various sizes, on two acres of clo- 

 ver ground. And allowing two 

 pence half penny per week, one 

 with another, their feedings a- 

 mounted to seventeen pounds, six- 

 teen shilhngs sterling. Their keep- 

 ing was set at a low rate, six months 

 feeding for one swine being 5^. 5d. 

 and the protit of the clover put to 

 this use is astonishir>g. He assures 

 the public that all these swine grew 

 very fast. And in his opinion, this 

 use of clover is greatly preferable 

 to making it into hay. 1 think this 

 IS not to be doubted, though the 

 rropof hay were supposed to be 

 the greatest that is ever obtained. 



It sliould be remembered, that 

 the pasturing with swine will en- 

 rich land more than pasturing with 

 other beasts, and ht^reby the pro- 

 tit of the farmer will be increased. 

 And if a common clover lay will 

 produce a good crop of wheat, 

 much more may be expected of the 

 same kind of ground, after pastur- 

 ing swine upon it ; as their dung 

 adds much to the fertilit} of the soil. 



Hogs ma) be turned into their 

 pasture about the first of May, and 

 kept in it till the last of October. 

 And if, in iMay and October, the 

 grass should not be quite sufli 



