634 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
beyond a first cross; but this is for a PIG-BREEDING FARM,’ а. ‘never seen | оѓ the 
ма упайын n erroneous in a paper in a farm a pepe exclusively to breeding ec pragad m 
the last Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of rearing of swine.” We could for ourselves reite- us second, we 
England, translated by Mr. Posey from the French, | rate the same remark — we do not kn now, no ан susceptible of 
in which the writer, in crossing English with French did we ever hear of one, and moreover we do 
sheep, has found that the offspring of the first-cross not think a farm could be so exclusively, appro- 
mals o sides similar that they 
the progeny of the French an animals, | mend our friend, as he appears to wish to breed | the cart. 
Abundant evidence could also be medi with|and rear pigs—to — 2 an were таи. and of the 
regard to horses—no better animals being produced | provide for them ordin object. to extremity of th 
than xe леж begotten by "half-bred horses out of | the exclusive appropriation pi ihe Mb Abc whole | produees the rolling 
half-bred farm — x purpos instead of a cart we take a h 
The — effects of crossing are well shown In vating a farm to yield a profit, crops too | drill, in which the wheel carries a smaller 
in the case of swine, the various breeds of which valuable do pigs to feed upon, or spl АРА 1 55 cog-wheel, by which id 
have, no doubt, of late years been very considerably | be gro Wheat is too expensive 18 part of the machine, the bite 
improved. It would puzzle Srrarrorp, or even pigs. Ba arley is more adapted for Бана, d P — 
Depretrt himself, to trace the lineage of many of the NOME T" costly for growing store pigs. Oats and 
animals who have gained aed at poen feit the pulse crops are ara — me a 
i er, given ix f 
e br he ure we now consider ug aru 
other animals, have not Bositated i E that of — to tious food, but they are all too costly tad р" very shall find the labour of the horse зун? by his h 
infuse a little more gie moe or Sussex, o or Essex | inadequate weight per acre to support a large herd | to surmount this additional o 
blood, ju ju st. (as — octors say) “as occasion of swine; and to breed and rear such a herd as our connection with any in 
requires; and e in — se of public sales, friend is hoping to obtain would require the whole the machine, 
pig | far ed with the us or hee 
breeders are mentioned (by way of recommendation), | green 1 to the abandonment of the grain crops, not affecting the. argument 
from whos various stocks the Pigs to be sold are, This, we think, cannot be the most profitable mode hough * no 
descended. It would seem, almost, in the case of of QE ied w we should be 8 ba a | the simple motion of 
pig 8 that the witches ef MacsetH had loss to know how to get a succession or any n ria 
pees with the incantation :— of root crops without the usual intervening | — t 
"Booted Hr t rs y bac a * Б — the requirements of vet both h same mide nd cause, te j 
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— — 5 The fecundity of the sow is very great, and her t Ren M мй she grounds, Zappos wis, 
— cei atany rate militate strongly against progeny grow remarkably fast. No anim al in will appear more plainly “if we go more close 
the too great — 28 ortance often attached to purity of domestic use is of equal value in producing food for! the m бант 
blood. man. She will generally produce two litters #0! “ When e u pull a эре round by c ends of its 
The system | successfully adopted in improving average ten pigs each annually, and occasionally spokes you make it a lever; when you draw it along by 
Wb bea mal of sheep and other animals is to select | three ; these again will produce littersat 12 months its a ey ae use it as а roller.” I have shown how, in 
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es and to breed from them, | old, so that it is astonishing with what rapidity a the rolling process, me о wheel acts as ^ Iu; 
8 is also juu case with x ps Mio to race horses, and, | stock of pigs may be obtained : the great thing is to | fore this Penge sah 3 ra N C. W v 3 үа ж» с 
to a limited extent, with са carriage horses ; find them suitable food. The sow, both immediate ely it rey n mples ^н. 
but with. roadsters: and saddle] € of. other kinds, before and after farrowing, should be fed with nutri- |? to са frat е consi on — th Ey me 
left f tious food—milk-warm wash, whey, swill mixed with | | whether her Dung secondary revolution” 
whim, we cannot be surprised that such depreciation bran or meal—and this must be found. e young | such носа а die y ав as * C. W. H." maintains 
occurs as that which has called forth the little work pigs, for several weeks, will require ‘similar food. | - The horses move in a circle ; this it will at oncebe 
which has led to our remarks. Fully agreeing with As they increase in size and age they will subsist | granted is not so N for exertion as it 
our author* as to the national i Mete: of the sub- and thrive moderately upon 1 hes a slight moved in a straight Ì | 
‹ t aie y ad y qu of the evil at present exist- | mixture of farinaceous food ; 5 J ansia 2. The horses jaw. “obliquely to the levers... 
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way of remed ey Will mm 
M Bihar of w hich, if followed out, would, we | esculent that can be grown; but in the iis they | 
are assured, be attende ЖЕ considerable benefit. | will require tender and careful treatment, as the levers." Here is a loss 
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should form certain esta ablishments, under competent | great. known that store pigs will поё, of revolution. e songer Pye 
Management, for the breeding of powerful weight- yield a x ата adi ph a food ot bu common | the path the horses mare а уай am ; 
1 saddle horses; for this purpose the country ran; offal „ but must be, in а revolution ; the nature of the anim 
а be өччү and wherever à powe ul mare great measure, pecie by roots jos herbage ; | y 
ith good action can be procured, she should it they are very gross and enormous feeders, eating | whieh 3 
once be bought and devoted to the stud. There are | muc and 3d nie. fast. They also, as store | friction, which the engineer would gladly have 
still good mares enough thréughout the country to | pigs, requi uch room, air, and exercise; this, with, had the nature of the moving power permi 
egenerate our breed of saddle horses, if they were all | together witli "Min iness; is "indispensable to the | to dispense also with these ег 
devoted to the purpose of breeding, instead of 3 5 | free and full growth of the animal. Xu E pigs,| I may remark that the power of these levers, 
worn out in ordinary work; bu every year they be- m ore especially, as also breeding sow ust be depends on the proportion of their longer arm to 
come fewer, With the same view, the best Һа! br ed | = supp lied with plenty of clean litter, M. their sties ar, which is the radius of the large eog-whe 
Stallions should also be procured. Such horses be kept free from taint. by fr vocan washings. | about 4 to 1. 
should be either the sons or SiS of a thorough- Store А cannot be kept in sties to advantage. dps s now consider the haymaker, and we 
| | horse, but with cien ce to carry | Sty-fed pigs ought to be fattened as quic ia $ as find any such great difference of principle in 
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antago.. 
considerations will imply | — the two modes of management—breeding| l- The leverage is much the same—thisis 
or 
аго desid sale as stores, and as fattened pigs. Pursue which * "ow а — . — and would not ан. 
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Рау a mee is, that, with d Sie. of | course he may, he will find that all his animals must — — "55 mister = | 
req uire o in a deste Me 1500 50 divisor i татти find that frequent chan 
e be kept well and in a progressive state; he will 
quired es of Too wil be requisito | tenia Ау he proportion, the see 
as premiums for the best mares and stallions of the for his young pigs,and he cannot account them 3; 1 erde werd — 
character described. Two or three thousand pounds stores es, and qualified to subsist on roots and herbage, etm = 
Aon A: 
annually, arranged in prizes of 20/. to 50L, would under from 16 to 20 weeks old; he will Sad dii 2 oni — 
be money well laid out in a national point of view. his sows will not always produce iri litters at the acts dicularly to the levers, 
A precedent is afforded by the ally given | precise time he desires, bu "rus en a | 
prece ent is afforded by the sum annually given | p ecise time ires, but often in the middle of spokes of the wheel, and to 
for Queen's Plates, and which, we believe, is now | winter, when they will require vv good litter and | tage. This As is —— eq 
ectly useless so far as the public is concerned. careful nursing; he will find that v stores will | the horse exerts in drawing machine 
A portion of these prizes could very properly be ‚ | also require well littered yards and to promote | minus the force w 
in the hands of the Royal Agricultural Society their comfort and speedy growth. "NIS these Where, then, is this “immense loss of fores!? 
—.— Le the remainder in those 9f the various | matters eannot ay had or supplied without being | That the working this machin 
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tion Me a good, well-bred, weight- | purchased in sufficient quantities. We cannot recom- | turns the machine, but 
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stimulate breeders to one for the exclusive breeding and rearing of pigs, Freat 
Berni and devote them to the e pur- but we have attempted to show how far he may = een y or loss of power, 
ing. profita rry out his project, and have endea- 
ее, "ms gi impressed with the conviction voured to point out the 8 croppi u While quee the p of revolvin 
Second s suggestion " carried out, | adopt, &c., so as to provide most жүзө ea that | with С, W. H.“ in thinking that they 
first, do mu ich towards | w магів needed both і in food and litter. C. adapted to the cultivation of land 
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