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AxND TliKlli VAUIULS liUKEU.S. 



CAL'TIONS. 



ami calves ; uiul if it was not for them it , 

 would not bi' coiisuiued. To this wlit-y wore 

 merely added what waste and leaviut,'8 were j 

 made in the house, or what is called the sioil- ^ 

 lens. When she had the younp pi^js, she luid j 

 about 12 lbs. oforttnieal allowed the first week, 

 which was made into porriiiii;e. The mode of 

 feeding for fattening was on oalmeal and 

 potatoes. Tiie latter were boiled by them- 

 selves; to 21 lbs. of meal were added 7 lbs. of 

 potatoes, they being boiled to a complete jelly, 

 and then mixed witii the meal, and made into 

 balls. It consumed 90 lbs. of meal, and 30 lbs. 1 

 of potatoes per week, with whey and water to 

 drink ; so that in eight weeks it consumed 

 720 lbs. of meal, the price being lid. per lb., 

 and which, therefore, amounts to £3 15*. ; and , 

 the oOlbs. of potatoes per week, amounts to 

 210 lbs., which, at Id. per pound, amounts to 

 5s. ; and there were also 20 lbs. of wheat bran 

 given to it at diflerent times, to keep its bowels 

 open ; the price of this bran was Is. 2d. ; and 

 for 2ilbs. of meal, given to it when it had the 

 young pigs, 2s. Gd. The price of the pig, at 

 tirst, \\as 125. : which makes the total amount 

 laid out on this pig, to be £4- 15*. Sd. ; and, j 

 therefore, by deducting this sum from the ' 

 £27 12s., the produce, it leaves a clear profit | 

 of £22 IG*. -iid., besides the valuable manure it 

 must have made in the course of the two years." ; 



The ibllowiug cautions, which we have ■ 

 slightlv altered, in conjunction with the direc- 

 tions already given relative to feeding, are 

 suggested by Mr. Kichardson : — j 



Avoid foul feeding. No food fit for the 

 table can proceed from unclean feeding. — Add 

 salt, in moderate quantities, to the mess given, i 

 It is advantageous to do this. — JTeed at regular 

 intervals. Nothing is more essential to a 

 healthy animal. AVithout this precaution, all 

 other attempts at cleanliness will be in vain. — 

 Cleanse the troughs previous to feeding, by 

 washing out carefully. — Do not overfeed. Give 

 only as much as will be consumed at the meal. 

 Never allow any to remain in the trough : 

 clean it out for the store pigs. — Vary the bill 

 of fare. Variety will create, or, at all events, 

 increase appetite; and it is, farther, most con- 

 ducive to health. These variations should be 

 guided by the state of the dung cast : this 

 should be of medium consistence, and of a 

 greyish-brown colour. If hard, increase the 



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quantity of bran and hueculent roots. If too 

 licpiid, dimini.sh or tii.spenso with bran, and give 

 beans or acorns, and let the ntess be firmer. If 

 a portion of corn can be added, hucIj uh may 

 have been spoiled, and rendered unfit for other 

 purpose.««, it will bo found to answer |H'rfectly 

 well. — Feed stock .sfpitratcly, in classi-.-*, uc- 

 curding to their rehitivi^ conditions; keep sows 

 in young by themselves; stores by themselves; 

 and bacon pig:< and porkers by themselves. It 

 is not advisable to keep stores too high ia 

 llesh ; for high feeding, however strange it 

 may seem, is calculated to retard development 

 of form and bulk. It ie better to feed pigs 

 intended to be put np for bacon, loosely, and 

 not too abundantly, until they have attained 

 their full stature. They can be brou'^ht into 

 the highest possible condition in an incon- 

 ceivably short space of time. It is by such 

 a system of management as this, that the 

 monstrous swine ave raised — their weight 

 frequently exceeding 1,200 lbs., or, at all 

 events, half a ton.- Do not regret the lost 

 or scarcity of potatoes, so far as swine-feeding 

 is concerned. The potato is capable of being 

 replaced ; and its loss has been the means of 

 stimulating inquiry, and producing experiment, 

 which has resulted in the discovery that many 

 other useful vegetables have been hitherto 

 neglected, and thoughtlessly passed aside. — 

 Do not neglect to keep swine clean, dry, and 

 icarm. These are essentials, and not less im- 

 perative than feeding ; for an inferior descrip- 

 tion of food will, by their aid, succeed far 

 better than the highest feeding without them ; 

 and, while speaking of cleanliness, we may 

 reiterate the benefit derivable from washiiig 

 pigs; this will amply repay the trouble. 

 They are always washed for agricultural shows, 

 where they must be exhibited fat. — Watch the 

 warJcets. Sell when a reasonable profit is to 

 be got. Many a man has swamped himself by 

 his cupidity, and by desiring to realise an un- 

 usual amount of gain. Recollect how very 

 fiuctuating are the markets, and that a certain 

 gain is far better than the risk of loss. Even 

 great capitalists have fallen from over-avidity. 

 Before leaving this subject, it may be bene- 

 ficial, as well as interesting, to give a few in- 

 stances of pigs which, by difterent kinds of 

 feeding, have, in a given time, arrived at a pro- 

 portionate increase of wcighi. 31 r. Laureraco 



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