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NOTE D. 



FEED FOR SWINE. 



From Arthur Young's Prize Essays on Rearing and Fattening 

 Hogs. 



Experiment II. 

 " At the same time (March, 1765) with the preceding trial, four 

 lots of pigs, that had been weaned three months, were equally drawn 

 from my farm-yard, five in each lot. They were confined as be- 

 fore, each lot to a stye, and cleaned at the same time ; their food 

 was as follows :— 



No. 1. Bran (v?heat) mixt with milk. 



2. Boiled Potatoes. 



3. Boiled Carrots. 



4. Raw Carrots. 



They were kept to this food thirty days, and then viewed them 

 as before w^ith the same person. 



No. 3. Much the best, — boiled carrots. 



1. Next, — bran and skim milk. 



2. Next, — boiled potatoes. 

 4. Worst, — raw carrots. 



Boiled carrots appeared very clearly on this trial to be an admira- 

 ble food for hogs of this age ; — Boiled potatoes appear also a good 

 food, &c. 



Experiment VI. 

 The month of December, 1766, twenty pigs, that had been 

 weaned a month, were draughted into four parcels, and kept that 

 month, separately in the following manner. 

 No. 1. Boiled carrots. 



2. Boiled potatoes. 



3. Boiled turnips. 



4. Boiled cabbages. 



At the end of the month they were turned out and viewed atten- 

 tively. The result was :— 



No. 1 . The best, — boiled carrots. 



2. Next, — boiled potatoes. 



3. and 4. Equal, — all nearly dead. 



Carrots continue in every trial superior to all common vegetable 

 food. I am not at all surprised at the ill success of turnips and cab- 

 bages.'^ 



There are many other Experiments detailed, giving similar re- 

 sults, of which our limits forbid the insertion. 



