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cheaply, but not then so profitably ; and the breeder 

 who sagaciously plumes himself on the hardiness of 

 his stock, of whatever species, will not always have 

 to boast of form, size, and good plight, into the 

 bargain. On the other hand, it is readily acknow- 

 ledged, that the round and barrel form of a pig, 

 making all fat, is most cheaply maintained, and the 

 soonest ripe. 



GROWING STORES and sows are fed through the 

 winter with the run of the barn-yard, upon roots of 

 all kinds, including rutabaga and mangold, cabbage, 

 &c. a ration of corn of some kind being allowed, 

 with wash. Meal of any kind bean, pea, oat, bar- 

 ley, rye, buck-wheat, or tare, and linseed, boiled 

 with potatoes, make good wash. Pea-wash alone 

 scours young pigs. Pulse, or corn of any kind, 

 are advantageously given in the straw to pigs, which 

 are good thrashers. In autumn, and a plentiful 

 season, swine will subsist themselves abroad upon 

 acorns : in summer, upon clover, lucern, or tares ; 

 but very young pigs particularly, ought not to be 

 left abroad in continual rains, and will always pay 

 for a daily moderate feed of old beans with the 

 clover. Swine turned to shift upon forests or com- 

 mons, are apt to stray and hide themselves for a 

 considerable time ; the ancient and ready method to 

 collect them, is by the sound of a horn, with which 

 they have been accustomed to be fed. Where a 

 considerable herd is kept, and they are shifted upon 

 the waste, they should be attended by a boy to 

 prevent trespasses. 



