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cient for their support, some pota- 

 toes or other roots may be thrown 

 to them. 



The fence about the pasture 

 should be so tight and strong that 

 the swine will not need lo be yoked: 

 Because yokes do much towards 

 preventing their growth, as 1 have 

 found by letting yoked and unyoked 

 ones of the same litter run together 

 in a pasture. 



It will be a great advantage to a 

 hog pasti.re, to have plenty of wa- 

 ter in it through the summer. Run 

 ning water is best, as it will alTbrd 

 them the most wholesome drink, 

 and attiie same time, serve as well 

 as any other for them to wallow in ; 

 and it will keep them clean, which 

 is no small advantage. 



But the most dirty puddle water 

 is better than none, as they can cool 

 theni!<elves in it in hot weather, 

 which is greatly refreshing lo them, 

 and conducive to keep them in 

 health. 



The best way of managing swine 

 is, to keep them always in middling 

 plight : Not too fat, lest their 

 health should be in danger, espe 

 cially when the weather is hot : 

 Not too lean, because this is apt to 

 give them a ravenous appetite, and 

 tempt them to eat things that are 

 not wholesome for them. ^J'hose 

 that have been long starved, can 

 not be made fat without great ex- 

 pense : Sometimes more than they 

 will repay with their flesh. 



When it can with convenience 

 be so ordered, it is an excellent 

 piece of husbandry, to make a hog 

 pasture of an orchard. Their dung 

 is alloveed to be the very best of 

 manure for the trees. They will 



keep the ground light and loose ; 

 destroy insects that infest the trees, 

 and feed heartily on the premature 

 apples that fall, which the farmer is 

 too often tempted to grind up for 

 cider. And the shadow of the trees 

 will be very grateful and comforta- 

 ble to them in summer. An orch- 

 ard may be prepared with clover 

 as well as any otherspot of ground. 

 But it should be remembered that, 

 when the trees in an orchard are 

 young and small, swine should not 

 be permitted to go among them : 

 For there will be danger of their 

 wounding them, and stripping off 

 some of the bark. 



I would not wish to have the 

 keeping of swine wholly engrossed 

 by the farmer. In populous towns, 

 where there is so much as room for 

 gardens, every family should keep 

 at least one, to take off the refuse of 

 the kitchen, dish water, &c, which 

 would be otherwise thrown away. 



Let him be kept in a pen, or sty, 

 perpetually. For the weeds even 

 of a small garden, thrown into his 

 pen, will be ten times better for 

 him, than all he can pick up in the 

 streets, though there may happen 

 to be a little grass in^ the bye lanes. 



Me should be fatted and killed in 

 the fall; and i half year old shoot, 

 bought in, to supply his place. 

 They who keep but one swine, or 

 even two, had better purchase 

 their pigs than attempt to breed 

 them. 



It is perhaps of more consequence 

 Ihan some are aware of, to be fur- 

 nished with the best breed of swine. 

 There has been very little care 

 hitherto, in ourcountry,taken about 

 ' this matter. 



