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matched inch boards, and divided in the center of the 

 tub, so that one part may be closed while the other is 

 open, if desired. , 



At the house, a barrel should be placed in some con- 

 venient place, for the reception of all dish-water and re- 

 fuse. If this barrel is 

 set on wheels, as shown 

 in the engraving, fig. 45, 

 copied from the Ameri- 

 can Agriculturist, it can 

 be easily conveyed to the 

 pig pens, and emptied 

 into one of the tubs 

 above described. It 



Fig. 45. PORTABLE SWILL BARREL. , , , ,, , -, 



should then be mixed 



with a little meal, and allowed to remain until the 

 particles of meal become quite soft. It is then much 

 more easily digested. If a slight fermentation takes 

 place, by which the starch of the meal is converted into 

 sugar, and a little of it into alcohol, the pigs appear to 

 relish it all the better. A small amount of meal fed to 

 store pigs in this manner, in summer, enables us to obtain 



46. HEWN-OUT PIG- TROUGH. 



much more benefit from the milk, whey, and house wash 

 than when fed alone. 



Every pig pen should be provided with two troughs 

 one for food, and the other for water. 



When wood is abundant, the commonest, and perhaps 



