478 HOGS. 



Mr. M. Hill has experienced a illstemper among 

 lambs which, from the description, should seem to be a 

 species of rickets. In 1799 all were quite healthy ; but ia 

 1800, 140 lambs fell lame in the knees and hamstrings, 

 and wasted away much. In 1801 the same. In 1802 

 no such appearance ; all healthy ; the only difference in 

 the management, and to which he is inclined to assign the 

 cause, was putting the tups to the ewes the 10th of Sep- 

 tember in 1798, and 1801 and in the intermediate years, 

 on the 7th of Oclober. I inquired if they had fed on 

 difFerent lands, or if he had broken up any black sandy 

 heath ? No such thing. In 1S03 quite healthy. 



SECT. III. HOGS. 



The breed of hogs in Norfolk do not demand any par- 

 ticular attention, though a useful pig if well supported: 

 their most usual colour black and white, &c. &:c. : carcass 

 long, but wants thiclcncss ; legs the same, or at least not 

 short: good breeders. 



I found Mr. Salter, of Winborough, fatting 180 

 pigs in August, by throwing down pease in a well littered 

 yard, and says the pigs lose none at all : they have the run 

 oT a meadow, and he is clear, from long observation, that 

 they fatten much better and quicker than it confined. 

 He assigns 1 1 score of pease for fatting 200, more or less ; 

 and considers it as a profitable application of the crop : he 

 buys them all. He has compared stye-fatting and loose- 

 fatting, and decidedly in favour of the latter. 



Mr. Havers, at Theltoo, has the Suffolk breed, and 

 has also Berkshires ; but finds the cross between them 

 better than either separate. 



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