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betters are served, lick out their troughs ! Beside 

 the advantage of having, by this expedient, no 

 waste, or foul troughs, there is another : the large 

 pigs rise alertly to their food, lest the small ones 

 should forestall them ; and fill themselves the fuller, 

 knowing that they have it not again to go to. 



" The disadvantage of this practice is, I understand, 

 the large ones are apt to lord it too much over the 

 little ones, especially in a confined sty. If, how- 

 ever, they had a separate apartment assigned them, 

 with an entrance too small for the fatting swine to 

 follow them, this disadvantage would be in a great 

 measure remedied.** Marshall. 



WARM FOOD FOR SWINE. 



In Gascony, from St. Pain is to Anspan, I saw 

 many fine white, and black and white hogs ; they 

 are fed much on acorns, but are fattened through- 

 out this country on maize ground to flour, arid 

 boiled with water to a paste, and given fresh, milk- 

 warm, every clay. Some on beans. They are 

 turned a year old when put to fatten : rise to the 

 weight of two or three quintals. These are the hogs 

 that furnish Bayonne with the hams and bacon, 

 which are so famous all over Europe. The hams 

 sell at 20d. the pound. 



I have reserved this minute from some others of 

 little consequence, for the opportunity of remark- 

 ing, that, in England, the old custom of feeding 

 hogs with warm food is totally discontinued ; but it 

 well deserves experiment, whether it would not 

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