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and others, not only eagerly purchased his pigs, but commonly 

 remarked that they rapidly improved when put up to fatten." 



" And hence," says he, " arises another most important con- 

 sideration. 



" He is confident he could make one sack of meal, of whatever 

 description, go as far as two sacks in the common mode of fat- 

 tening. For, by gradually thickening the wash with meal, it 

 forms, he thinks, the best introduction to the higher and last 

 stages of fattening, both for pork and bacon ; indeed that method 

 should be followed throughout the process, using the wash instead 

 of water. The increased quantity of a cheap and highly nutritious 

 food, thus administered, will satisfy the voracious habits of this 

 animal, and yield, he says, the greatest profit ; and this alone 

 would cause an immense annual saving of corn, which would 

 tend to ensure plenty and cheapness ; the grand desiderata in all 

 experiments. For the price of a commodity, in a great degree, 

 depends on the relative quantity produced, and the regular con- 

 sumption ; to lessen the consumption, therefore, diminishes the 

 demand, and has the same effect as increasing the supply, which 

 must necessarily cheapen the article." 



And his calculations of the daily expenses of this mode of 

 feeding, are the following : 



He observes, that " clover, or sainfoin hay, at <£4..13..4. per ton, 

 is 4*. Sd. per hundred, or |rf. per pound ; and that twenty pounds 

 of either, well boiled, will make with the addition of the incor- 

 porating ingredients, sufficient wash or food to maintain, through- 

 out the day, fifty store pigs, from three months old, to an indefinite 

 age up\vards. 



