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turned about 45 a year ; and this amount there is no dif- 

 ficulty in obtaining, large pork selling at 3s. 4d. per stone 

 of 8 Ibs. (II cts. per lb.), and small pork at 4s. 4d. (14 cts. 

 per lb.). Success, in the raising of pig stock, I found, was to 

 be attained only by attention to fully carrying out the fol- 

 lowing principles viz., the accommodation for pigs must 

 be sunny, dry, sheltered from cold wind, and yet well ven- 

 tilated. Their sties being carefully protected on the north, 

 east, and west sides, and open only on the south ; so that 

 whilst no cold winds can have access, there should be no 

 obstruction to the sun shining in and on to their beds. 

 The pigs must be regularly and carefully attended ; suf- 

 ficient should be kept to wholly occupy their attendant's 

 time, and to them should that attendant's time and atten- 

 tion be wholly given. An old man is better than a young 

 one ; and this is an office suited to one infirm or past gen- 

 eral labor. The sows must never be permitted to farrow 

 earlier than the end of March, nor later than October. The 

 cold of winter is fatal to many farrows, and young pigs 

 are ill able to bear up against it. Provide roots (potatoes, 

 kohlrabi, swedes, carrots, and mangel wurzel) for their 

 keep, aided with boiled corn, from September to June ; 

 and tares, clover, beans, and maize, green, from May to 

 September. Breed from large, strong sows, with boars 

 of the finer breed, having in view the gaining of large far- 

 rows, good nursing, and a rapid attainment of weight ; 

 look to the mother for nursing, and the father to correct 

 coarseness of form in the mother. Attached to the sties 

 have a boiling-house with copper and food cisterns ; and 

 in front of the sties a yard for the pigs to be turned into. 

 Attention to these points makes all the difference between 

 profit and loss." 



The point in Mr. Davis 5 statement to which we wish to 

 call particular attention is this : " Breed from large, 

 strong sows, with boars of the finer breed, having in view 

 the gaining of large farrows, good nursing, and a rapid 



