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Columbian Horticnltitral Society — Pigs. 



Vol. III. 



three apart, and manured with good coarse 

 manure. The potatoes were cut in small 

 pieces of two or three eyes each, and three 

 pieces planted in a hill. No extra pains 

 were taken with them. The produce was 

 790lbs. Considering- the complete failure 

 of every other variety of potato on the place, 

 we think the result, upon the whole, a good 

 one, although we fondly anticipated a crop 

 of 40 or 50 bushels. We have had them 

 cooked in a variety of ways ; we cannot say 

 they were very fine; as good, perhaps, as 

 any other sort of our own raising this year; 

 but then it should be known that we have 

 not had even a St. Helena or any other pota- 

 to that was fit for the table, the produce of 

 our farm, the present season. We believe it 

 •will prove a valuable potato for stock, but 

 not for the table. 



A small lot of the Rohan potatoes have 

 been left on sale at the office of the Farmers' 

 Cabinet. 



Columbian Horticultural Society. 



The meeting of Saturday last was one of 

 peculiar interest. A letter was received 

 through Messrs. Gales and Seaton, from 

 John Hornlitz, Esq. Swedish Consul at 

 St. Ubes, who, at the request of Mr. .1. F. 

 ToRLADE d'Azambuga, iu Lisbou, transmit- 

 ted to the Society a sealed box containing a 

 parcel of onion seed, which was received 

 and distributed for cultivation. The Society 

 is proud to perceive that its usefulness is 

 known and appreciated at so great a distance 

 from us. 



Joshua Peirce presented "two heads of 

 grain resembling barley," the accidental 

 growth in his garden, which, he says, is not 

 cultivated in this part of the country, and 

 may be speltz. 



A communication was received from "Mar- 

 quis CosiMo RiDoLFi," of Mile.to, in Tusca- 

 ny, under cover of a very polite letter from 

 Richard Henry Wilde, Esq. desiring to 

 open a correspondence with the Society, and 

 an interchange of such seeds, &c. as might 

 be mutually advantageous. The Corres- 

 ponding Secretary was instructed to open 

 such correpondence, and a package of seeds 

 was ordered to be put up and transmitted by 

 the first opportunity. The Marquis was 

 unanimously elected a corresponding mem- 

 ber of this Society, as was also Mr. John 

 HouLiTZ, of St. Ubes. 



The Secretary of Stale presented a large 

 and valuable collection of seeds, received by 

 him from the hands of a messenger of the 

 state department, who has just returned 

 from Guatimala. Tho thanks of the Society 



were voted to the Secretary for his extensive 

 presents, and the seeds will be distributed at 

 the iH'xt meeting, the 8lh inst. 



J. F. Callan exhibited an enormous Rohan 

 Potato, and an ear of Thorburn's China or 

 Tree Corn. 



Pigs and Piggeries. 



The improvements which are annually 

 taking place in agriculture, are seen and 

 felt as much in the attention that is now paid 

 to the rearing and fattening of good farm 

 stock, as in any thing. 



We are pleased to see that the hog comes 

 in for a share of this attention, and there 

 seems to be at this moment a particular en- 

 quiry throughout the whole Union, what 

 breed is the best, and how can they be best 

 and most profitably managed ] 



The increased culture of roots, enables 

 those who raise large quantities of them to 

 multiply the tenants of the stye, inasmuch as 

 they are enabled to feed them and keep them 

 in a healthy growing state at a cheaper rale 

 in many regions, by feeding them with these, 

 than they can by grain. The hog seems to 

 be a sort of omnivorous animal, that is like 

 his friend, protector, murderer and devourer, 

 man, he can eat almost any thing; but the 

 food which appears to be most congenial to 

 him, is roots, nuts, and seeds, or grains. 



That roots were designed to enter largely 

 into his diet, is plainly indicated by the 

 formation of his snout and his habits of using 

 it. Give him a chance and he will soon de- 

 monstrate to you that he not only knows 

 where to find them, but how to dispose of 

 them. 



They are not so well calculated to fatten 

 him as they are to give him health and 

 strength — to keep him alive and active; but 

 they are a very useful ingredient in the fat- 

 tening process, and when combined with 

 grain, may enter largely into his diet while 

 preparing him for slaughter. 



Fruits also, are very grateful to his palate, 

 and apples are now coming very generally 

 into use, as an article of food for the swine 

 of the farm. Cooking his food, whatever it 

 may be. has been found by experience to be 

 a great improvement. Hence any one who 

 may be desirous of rearing and fattening 

 pork to the best advantage, should prepare a 

 piggery or building, devoted exclusively for 

 this business. The style and fashion of this 

 )uilding need not be very splendid, though 

 every one may consult his own taste and 

 means, in regard to it. Three requisites, 

 however, should be attended to, viz : — It 

 should bo convenient — it should be warm- 

 it should be tight and dry. The size should 



