70 



one half of which was occupied by a platform for feeding and 

 sleeping, the other half by manure and absorbents of the same. 



" The feed has been milk, apples, corn meal, and wheat shorts. 



' " The apples were all wind-fiills and were gathered for the 



double purpose of destroying insects and feeding the pigs. The 



milk was what was not otherwise used, after taking off the cream, 



from three ordinary cows — one of them farrow. 



" The shorts were made in a New England flouring mill, and 

 were much better than those brought from the West, and were 

 sold at nearly the same price per pound as corn meal. 



" By using just enough dry loam to absorb the urine and keep 

 their pen comfortable to live in, I have made two cords of compost 

 manure, that is well worth five dollars per cord. By allowing the 

 manure to be worth the value of the milk and apples, the account 

 stands, April 3d : — 



To 2 pigs— 43i lbs. each, . . $10.00 



" 600 lbs. corn meal, . . . 7.96 

 " 614 lbs. wheat shorts, . .7.92 



$25.88 



Oct. 28— By 632 lbs. pork, at 6 cts. . 37.92 



$12.04 



" Thirteen pounds of lard, from the inwards, I set against the 

 cost of dressinij; and marketing!;." 



Accompanying the statement is a certificate from Mr. Maj'o C. 

 Darling, of Franklin, dated October 28, 1862, certifying that he 

 weighed two dressed hogs, bought by him of A. W. Cheever, and 

 their weight was 314 and 318 lbs. nett, 



Mr. Cheever also gives their measurement, as follows : — 



" 4 feet 5 inches from between the ears to the root of the tail ; 

 and 4 feet 9 inches in girth at the waist." 



. He also says it is important to secure a breed of hogs that ma- 

 ture within twelve months ; or, what is better, ten months. 

 Such were the hogs he had ; and he fed them on food that would 

 give growth as well as fat. They were given as much food as 

 they could eat up clean three times a day, with a few apples for 

 dessert. He cooked none of their food, but wet the meal and 

 shorts with the milk, adding water when there was not sufficient 

 milk. He mixed the dough thick, and sometimes fed the hogs 

 with the dough sour, and somtiraes sweet, as they liked it best. 



Mr. Cheever's notice for entrv of his experiment came rather 

 late and irregular, and prevented the Committee being called to- 

 gether to see the beginning, middle and end of the experiment. 



