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made into good mush, or hasty pudding-, and 

 divided between them for every twenty-four 

 hours. That is, these two had allowed 

 them exactly half the weight of meal which 

 the others had of raw corn. The seven pounds 

 of meal were daily mixed with scalding 

 vvrater, and then well boiled ; the whole pro- 

 cess of cooking was done on an average in 

 1 1-2 hours. They were all fed twice a day 

 and at the same time. The evening feed of 

 the shoats fed on mush was generally warm — 

 the morning feed, having stood all night, 

 was generally cold. The seven pounds, or 

 ten pints of meal, when cocked, weighed an 

 average of thirty pounds, and measured an 

 average of three gallons. There was a dif- 

 ference of nine pounds in the weight of the 

 latter pair — the smallest had the least appe- 

 tite, and his allowance of fifteen pounds of 

 mush was just as much as he appeared to 

 want or would eat up clear; the other was 

 greedy, and always sharp set, despatched his 

 mess quickly, and wanted more. 



Before the experiment had progressed a 

 fortnight, there was a very perceptible differ- 

 ence in the appearance of these pigs. Those 

 fed on the mush assumed a more thrifty, 

 healthy, fresh appearance, particularly of 

 their hair, and this difference became more 

 stricking as the experiment advanced. 



On the 4th of January, while preparations 

 were making for killing and dressing, they 

 were again weighed on the hoof. One of 

 those then whose daily allowance had been 7 

 pounds of corn each, had increased 20 pounds 

 in the 24 days : the other, which had had an 

 equal allowance of corn, had increased only 

 5 pounds. I could not account for the differ- 

 ence by any thing I could discover, either 

 before or after killing; the appetites of 

 these two were much more alike than of the 

 others ; and their health was apparently 

 equally good. 



Of the pair fed on mush, whose daily al- 

 lowance had been 3i pounds of meal each, 

 the greedy one had gained 23 pounds and 

 the other 21 pounds. 



These are all the material facts in these 

 experiments, except that a very small portion 

 of salt was put in each mess of mush — and 

 there is no miracle in them. The hogs al- 

 lowed 3i pounds of each gained less than 

 three fourths of a pound daily, and this 

 surely they might have gained from the meal ; 

 but they gained more than those fed on double 

 that quantity of corn. The saving of one 

 half the immensequantity of corn consumed 

 in raising and fattening hogs in Maryland, 

 would be well worth the offer of a premium 

 to have these experiments accurately repeat- 

 ed and tested by different persons. — Mary- 

 land ^gr. Report. 



From the Sciota Gazette. 



Cireat Sale of Durham Stock, . 



Imported by the Ohio Company for Importing 

 English Cattle, in the years 1834, 1835, 

 and I83G; — held at Indiax Creek Farm, 

 the residence of Felix Renick, Esq., 

 Agent of the said Company in Ross 

 County, on the 29th day of October, 183C. 

 The Stock of the company was in fine 

 condition and in great demand. 



Oy^ Notwithstanding the high prices at 

 which the stock was sold, some of them ex- 

 changed owners immediately, at very con- 

 siderable advances ; and for others more 

 than fifty per cent, on their cost was offered 

 and refused. ^ 



Reformer, a bull, not sound, sold to John 

 T. Webb, of Ross county, for $48. 



Matcliem, a bull, sold to Abraham Renick, 

 of Kentucky, for $1200. 



Earl of Darlington, sold to Batteal Har- 

 rison, of Fayette county, for $710. 



Young Waterloo, a bull, sold to R. D. 

 Lilley, of Highland county, for $1250. 



Duke of York, a bull, sold to R. R. Sey- 

 mour, of Ross county, for $1120. 



Experiment, a bull, sold to James M. 

 Trimble, of Highland county, for $1150. 



Comet Halley, a bull, sold to R. R. Sey- 

 mour, of Ross county, for $1505. 



■ Whitaker, a bull, sold to William M. 

 Anderson, of Ross county, for $855. 



Nimrod, a bull, sold to Elias Florence, of 

 Pickaway county, for $1040. 



Duke of Norfolk, a bull, sold to Robert 

 Stewart, of Ross county, for $1255. 



Goldfinder, a bull, sold to Isaac Cunning- 

 ham, of Kentucky, for $1095. Afterwards 

 sold at private sale to General Vance and J. 

 H.James, of Champaign county, for $1400. 



Duke of Leeds, sold to John Crouse, jr., 

 of Ross county, for $575. 



Windham, a bull, sold to Charles Davis, 

 of Ross county, for $500. 



Columbus, a bull, (not sound,) sold to 

 Thomas Huston, of Pickaway county, for 

 $180. 



Davy Crocket, a bull, sold to Peter L. 

 Ayres, of Ohio, for $490. 



Snowdrop, a bull, sold to Stewart and 

 M'Neal, of Ross county, for $480. 



Independence, a bull, sold to Heglar and 

 Peterson, of Ross county, for $400. 



Perry, a bull, sold to William H. Creigh- 

 ton, of Madison county, for $400. 



Goliah, a bull, sold to Isaac V. Cunning- 

 ham, of Sciota county, for $300. 



Logan, a bull, sold to Elias Florence, of 

 Pickaway county, for $750. 



John Bull, ahull, sold to William Renick, 

 jr., of Pickaway county, for $615. 



