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fox, or any other kind of vermin, if put down 

 to roaft, could ftink worfe than my grafs-goofe. 

 She fed on a rich pafture, and fandy foil. 



It has been thought by fome to be very in- 

 different what pigs feed upon, provided they 

 eat and get fat. — A circumftance that once 

 happened to me may ferve as a caution to. the 

 feeder of pigs, in refpedt of pigs nearly fit for 

 Slaughtering. I had upwards of forty pigs feed- 

 ings The gardener pulled up fome onions, and 

 threw the tops ( confiding of a barrow-ful ) to 

 the pigs. Two days after, I had one of the pigs 

 killed, and in the fry perceived a ftrong tafle of 

 onions: I had recourfe to the cook for an expla- 

 nation; but fhe was entirely ignorantof the caufe. 

 I then applied to the pig-feeder, who readily 

 told me what the gardener had done. The pigs 

 had been confined in a fold, and had no food 

 but fuch as grains and brewers 5 wafn. The re- 

 maining part of the pig killed I had faked and 

 hung to dry : but it proved to be uneatable, 

 and we threw it away. I mention thefe circum- 

 ftances, to warn the farmer how necefiary it is 

 to give fweet food to fuch animals as are inten- 

 ded far the table. 



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