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of any kind into food for hogs, is to grind it into 

 meal, mid mix. this with water in cisterns, in the 

 proportion of five bushels of meal to 1OO gallons of 

 israter: stir it well several times a clay, for three 

 weeks, in cold weather, or for a fortnight in a 

 varmer season, by which it will have fermented 

 well and become add, till which time it is not ready 

 to give. It should be stirred immediately before 

 feeding. Two or three cisterns should be kept fer- 

 menting in succession, that no necessity may occur 

 of giving it not duly prepared. The difference in 

 profit between feeding in this manner, and giving 

 the grain whole, or only ground, is so great, that 

 whoever tries it once, will not be apt to change it 

 for the common methods. 



Pease- soup, however, is an excellent food for 

 hogs, and may, for what I know (but I tiave not 

 sufficiently compared them), equal the above, espe- 

 cially if given in winter, milk- warm ; but the ex- 

 pcnee of fuel and labour must be remembered. 



For the general stock of hogs, cabbages are thb 

 month of incomparable use. Swine at this season 

 are often very cheap, and it is of % material conse- 

 quence, in that case, that the farmer be largely pro- 

 vided with a food, by means of which he can keep 

 this stock lor a better market. Without this plant, 

 he cannot keep great stocks of swine to the best 

 advantage. 



