On  the  Breeding  and  Management  of  Pigs. 
lbs. 
302 
60  7 
1806. 
Nov.  22.  Put  to  barley-meal,  live  weight 
1 bushel  barley-meal. 
,,  29.  1 ,,  )i 
Dec.  6.  1 ,,  „ 
>>  13.  1 ,,  „ 
„ 16.  Weighed  alive 
„ 20.  1 bushel  barley-meal. 
,,  27.  1 ,,  „ weighed  alive 
1807. 
Jan.  10.  Weighed  alive 
,,  13.  1 bushel  barley-meal. 
it  20-  1 j>  >> 
364 
380 
408 
Total  . . 8 „ „ 
Jan.  27.  The  day  killed,  weighed  alive  . . . 443 
5)  5) 
„ 
dead  ~ . 
328 
lbs. 
lbs. 
The  four  quarters  . 
. 299 
Loose  fat  . 
. 11 
Head  .... 
. 24 
Pluck  . 
. 16 
Fat 
. 5 
Offal  . . . 
. 88 
328 
443 
XXX. — On  Irrigation  as  practised  in  Switzerland. 
From  Henry  T.  J.  Jenkinson. 
To  Mr.  Pusey. 
My  dear  Mr.  Posey, — As  you  wished  me  to  collect  what  infor- 
mation I might  be  able  to  gather,  during  a summer  trip  in  Swit- 
zerland, as  to  the  system  of  irrigation  pursued  in  that  country,  I 
have  now  the  pleasure  to  send  it  you.  Through  the  kindness  of 
Mr.  Morier,  our  late  minister  in  Switzerland,  I was  provided  with 
letters  of  introduction  to  M.  Jean  Gaspar  Zellweger  of  the  can- 
ton of  Appenzell,  who  was  good  enough  to  give  me  letters  to 
some  practical  agriculturists  ; and  I may  consequently  hope  that 
the  information  I have  obtained  may  safely  be  relied  on. 
The  system  of  irrigation  appears  to  have  been  practised  in 
Switzerland  as  early  as  the  fourteenth  century,  and  has  doubtless 
been  so  extensively  introduced  owing  to  the  dryness  and  rarity  of 
the  atmosphere ; but  on  account  of  the  variety  of  the  position  of  the 
various  cantons  there  are  some  modifications  in  the  management 
of  water-meadows. 
In  the  Canton  of  Aargau,  which  contains  some  of  the  best 
land  in  Switzerland,  the  meadows  are  irrigated  with  water  alone, 
where  the  nature  of  the  ground  admits  of  its  application.  My  in- 
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