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IIEPOUT ON SWINE. 



Boars — First premium to II. 0. Ilildreth, of Dedham, for a 

 boar of the Suffolk breed, $6. 



Second premium to II. Coldwell, agent for Samuel R, Payson, 

 of Wellcslej, $4. 



Soivs — First premium to H. Coldwell, agent for Samuel R. 

 Pajson, of Wellesley, $6. 



Second premium to W. T. G. Morton, of Wellesley, for a 

 sow, $4. 



Weaned Pigs — First premium to S. Knapp & Sons, of Welles- 

 ley, for seven pigs, half Chester County breed, $6. 



Second premium to E. W. Clap, of Walpole,fora litter of pigs, 

 Suffolk breed, ^4. 



Gratuity of $2 to \V. T. G. Morton, of Wellesley, for weaned 

 pigs, Chester County and Suffolk breed. 



Also a gratuity of $2 to S. Knapp &; Sons, of Wellesley, for 

 a boar. 



For the best experiment in feeding swine, first premium to 

 A. W. Cheever, of Wrentham, $(5. 



The following is the statement of Mr. Cheever: — 



To the Committee on Siviiie : — 



I herewith submit my final report on the lot of swine entered 

 for the Society's premium on feeding. 



I bought the six pigs on the 16th day of March last, and they 

 were seven weeks old, having been dropped January 25th ; 

 paid ^80. May 26th sold one of them alive at $14.75, weight 

 • 118 lbs. October 1st slaughtered the smallest two, weight 200 lbs. 

 and 207 lbs., sold at 16 cts. Nov. 15th slaughtered the largest 

 two, weight 300 lbs. and ooli lbs., sold at 18 cts. Dec. 2d 

 slaughtered the last one, weight 286 lbs., price 18 cts. The first 

 two were 8 months and 26 days old ; the next two were 9 months 

 and 20 days old ; the last one was 10 months and 7 days old. 



During the time of feeding, they consumed, of corn meal, 1562 

 lbs., at about 3 cents per lb., or $46.62 ; of fine feed 1703 lbs., 

 at 2f cents per lb., or $43.11. Also the skimmed milk from a 

 dairy of six cows and heifers, together with windfall apples, enough, 

 probably, to have made two or three barrels of cider, if they could 

 have been all gathered at once. I generally had enough milk 

 with which to wet the meal and feed. Fed regularly three 

 times per day — all they Avould eat up clean. My aim is to have 

 hogs enough to consume all the food on the farm that would 

 otherwise be lost ; and, also, to feed in such a manner as to change 

 a pig to a hog in as short a time as is possible. 



