JANUARY. 23 



this circumstance is much removed by the provision 

 of crops raised expressly for swine. 



Upon this plan, the annual sale of lean hogs 

 should be in October, the litters of April sold then 

 as stores, and those of August kept till October 

 twelvemonth, to sell for baconers, if the farmer fats 

 none himself. The stock upon hand this month will 

 therefore be the sows, and the pigs littered in the 

 preceding August ; all which should have roots 

 from the store, and run at the same time in the 

 farm-yard, for shacking the straw of the barn- 

 doors. In proportion to what they find in this, 

 \ou must supply them with roots, giving enough to 

 kerp them to their growth. 



WEANED PIGS. 



It has been often remarked, that winter pigs are 

 unprofitable ; and it is certainly true, if they are 

 not Hept with great care and attention. Where 

 there is a dairy, the milk and whey may be so pro- 

 fitably applied to their use, that it should be pre- 

 served carefully for that purpose. The best ad- 

 dition, or which alone will wean them well, is 

 pea-soup. Six pecks of pease boiled in a hogshead 

 of water till well broken and dissolved, and then 

 mixed in a tub or cistern with dairy-wash, or given 

 alone, will wean them well. If dry meat be given in 

 addition, or alone, it should be oats, which do for 

 young swine far better than other sorts of grain. 

 Barley does not agree nearly so well with them. 



C 4 HORSES, 



