244 APRIL. 



of a right piggery scattered and unconnected, tti 

 such a manner as to preclude convenience, increase 

 labour, ami prevent the making of dung. 



In 1765 I built a hosiery, nearly, but not ex- 

 actly on this idea, the ex pet ices of which were, 



The boiling- house. . i 8 18 O 



Copper, 13 O O 



Pond, 4 O O 



Pump, i 10 o 



Cisterns,.., 14 O O 



Sbed, m 6 15 O 



Paling, 770 



Paving, .. . ; IO <) O 



Troughs, '. 3 O O 



TtrtaL, besides timber, , 78 10 O 



By means of one of these yards, I fattened 88 

 hogs in spring 1766, with only one man to attend 



.them; whereas three would not have been suffi- 

 cient without such conveniences. They were lit- 

 tered with nine loads of straw and haulm, that 



;cost 61. 185. and this made 90 loads of very rich 

 dung, valued by several fanners on the spot at '5s. 



.-a load. 



Value ofc* dung- at that rate, . . , . 23 JO O 



Straw, &$ 6 18 O 



. 16 12 O 



But they had not half the litter they ought ; they 

 would have made 3.5 L worth of manure, beyond 

 doubt. 



Ninety 



