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Or ColITtASD VlUJlUB, Ct'CTLAND COUMTY, NEW YORK, 
STRONG COMBING WOOL. 
Thomas A. Bemxts, North East, Erie Co., 
Penn., writes to us: 
“Combine-wool sheep are now being exten¬ 
sively introduced into those parts. A largo 
dealer In combing wool said to me a low days 
since, that ho feu red the growers of this wool 
would not succeed in this country; for unless 
the sheep woro kept well and healthy, the wool 
would be rotten and worthless for combing pur¬ 
poses. " ill you not write an article on the 
subject of "Strong Combing Wool,” and semi it 
out to us through the Hitkal?” * * * 
Wc have also on our table other letters of 
inquiry in regard to the production of long 
or combing wool—one of them assuming that 
it, cannot be grown as strong, or as perfect 
in other particulars, here as in Canada, and 
referring to tables of market prices in proof 
of that fact. 
We have yet. lo learn that American long 
wool is necessarily inferior to Canadian long 
wool in any particular. The lower price of 
the domestic article, implying its inferiority, 
is due, in our opinion, first to the blood, and 
second, to the treatment of the sheep. 
Prime Canadian long wool is mostly from 
full blood, or at least well bred sheep : an in¬ 
ferior article would not bear importation. 
But the great scarcity of combing wool in 
our markets has compelled the manufactur¬ 
ers to pick up at home everything which 
could be used for combing —much of it. of a 
quality which would find no sale, for that 
purpose, in a well supplied market, it comes 
from coarse wool mongrels of nearly every 
grade and description, whose llceces possess 
the requisite length. These circumstances 
would of course bring the average prices of 
our combing wools considerably below those 
of Canada. But if our flocks of equal blood 
do not produce equal wool, we believe it due 
entirely to treatment. 
The Canadian system of management, as we 
understand it, is based on the English, so far 
as the climate and other circumstances per 
mit. It includes good feed in liberal amounts 
at all periods of the year. By such means, 
and by a careful and judicious mode of 
general treatment, the sheep are kept 
generally healthy and always in good condi¬ 
tion when healthy. Tlius the fleece as well 
as lire carcass receives its full supply of ali¬ 
ment at all times, and consequently its growth 
is abundant, and the size and texture, of the 
fiber is uniform. This constitutes what is 
termed “trueness” in wool. 
Among breeders of full bloods, amateurs 
and all other careful farmers in our country 
having experience with these sheep, the 
management is essentially the same; and we 
believe the result is the same. How could it. 
he otherwise? It is asserted, and not with¬ 
out plausibility, that the climate of England 
is better adapted to these sheep than any 
other. But what possible climatic, or other 
natural advantages for them does Canada 
possess over the United States? If any are 
claimed, we should like to see them stated. 
But Canada does possess the advantage of 
having a great body of farmers who are ac¬ 
customed to these sheep—who know their 
wants—who ure willing to take the proper 
care of them, and, from tradition and habit, 
have a taste for it. John Bull, on the farm, 
is never better satisfied than when he is 
growing something big and fat. He prefers 
putting his labor and capital into a small 
number of acres and animals, and doing bis 
work well. Brother Jonathan prefers a 
great farm, though but half tilled, and great, 
flocks and herds, though but half fed and 
cared for. 
English sheep of low grade, and even 
“native” sheep with scarcely a dash of im¬ 
proved long wool blood, have furnished no 
inconsiderable portion of the combing wool 
which our m mnfacturers have been recently 
corn] >e led lo use. Such sheep, like the 
low grade sheep of other breeds, are usually 
in the hands of farmers who bestow the least 
amount of care on them. They may be 
fleshy in the flush of the season, but the close 
of winter generally finds a large portion of 
them poor. Their iced is limited to dry hay, 
frequently of an inferior quality. Their 
shell era, if I hey have any, arc of the most im¬ 
perfect description. 
No sheep will hear such treatment and 
furnish first-class wool. The wool fiber 
dwindles in diameter and loses its normal 
strength and elasticity when the animal be¬ 
comes very poor, and more particularly 
when it is in an unhealthy state. The sound 
«ml unsound portions of the fiber readily 
pull apart. The wool in that state is often 
termed “rotten.’’ This is injurious for the 
uses of .Merino wool ;* for combing purposes 
jt is fatal. Neglect and mistreatment de¬ 
teriorates combing.woo! in other specific 
particulars, which it is not necessary now to 
-The fine Mestlzst (Merino) wools of Bueno* Ayres 
i:re generally considerably less strong than American 
Merino wools,and sometimes are decidedly “rotten,” 
ret they make beautiful looking and handling cloths. 
;Vho loss falls on the consumer. 
name. We repeat what we have often said 
before, that the prime English long wool 
sheep in proper situations and under proper 
management, possesses matchless value; but 
nosheep is less prepared, either in respect to 
wool or carcass, to resist the effects of bail 
management, neglect, or hardships of any 
description. 
A decided change can be readily made in 
the character and credit of the mass of Amer¬ 
ican combing wools. The first step is to 
use good, thoroughbred long wool rams on 
all the common mongrel flocks — and we 
are glad to observe that since Urn recent im¬ 
provement, in the demand for combing wool, 
this lias been done to a very considerable 
and constantly increasing extent. Fortu¬ 
nately there are numerous admirable breed¬ 
ing flocks in our country from which good 
rams can be drawn. There are also such 
flocks in Canada. 
The second step is to adopt a proper 
course of treatment. The sheep should he 
kept, in small flocks, and kept well the year 
round. They should never be in low con- 
dilion. This is not the place to go into de¬ 
tails of management. Treatises on the sub¬ 
ject have Often been published; but we 
should be glad to present, our readers with 
the views of eminent American breeders of 
these sheep, derived from extended and re¬ 
cent. experience, if forwarded to us for pub¬ 
lication. 
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In 
SHEEP RAISING 
Austrnlin unit South America. 
Few are aware of the great number of 
sheep which are kept on the plains of Aus¬ 
tralia, South America, and other countries 
where agriculture is still in a transition stale. 
According to a late census, the number of 
sheep in Australia, and New Zealand amount 
to 43,000,000 head; in South Africa they 
amount to more than 10,000,000* Favored 
by the soil, climate, and the immensity of die 
pasturage which Nature has gratuitously 
placed at their disposal, the Australian 
colonials have succeeded in obtaining good 
wool, which finds a ready sale ill tlm markets 
of Europe ; hut. they will not long retain, as 
now, an undisputed possession of them. 
Already rivals are springing up in many 
other quarters of the globe, principal of which 
are the great sheep raisers of South America. 
The Australians still maintain their superiori¬ 
ty in the quality of their wool, but they are 
surpassed in number. Sheep increase with 
an astonishing rapidity on the banks of the 
La Plata. Sheep raising, which was hereto¬ 
fore pursued almost exclusively in Buenos 
Ayres, is now rapidly spreading to the neigh 
boring province of Santa Fe, so licit the 
census already enumerates half a million. 
In a commercial point of view, the raising of 
sheep is last taking the place of cattle. 
In the Argentine Republic, the, provinces 
most, preferred by foreigners are those of 
Buenos Ayres, Etilre Rios and Santa Fe. 
Not only are there better facilities for com¬ 
munication in these provinces, on account 
of their position on the hanks of navigable 
rivers, but they have not been so much dis¬ 
turbed by political commotions, consequently 
the capitalists and proprietors have had more 
confidence in the safety of their investments. 
Nevertheless the fertile plains of Cordova 
are attracting large numbers of the European 
immigrants. The wools of Cordova are 
already attracting ugoud deal of Attention in 
the European markets, ou account of their 
superior quality, and the export, which was 
limited in 18*55 to 12,000 arrobes (3,130,000 
lbs.,) was tripled in 1803, and now the amount 
is not loss than 1,000,000,000 pounds. 
On account of its proximity to European 
markets, the province of Buenos Ayres is the 
favorite point for agricultural investments. 
The quality ol'the pasture is favorable to the 
production of flnc-wooled sheep, ami choice 
rams bring good prices. All the productions 
of the soil also pay well, and consequently 
the value of the land has more than doubled 
in the last eight years. I .ands still belonging 
to the State are divided into t hree classes, 
according to quality. The price varies from 
$2 to $4 per hectare (2.47 acres.) They arc 
usually sold by the square league of 2400 
hectares. In the province of Buenos Ayres 
they usually keep from 20,000 to 30,000 sheep 
per league. In general these vast domains, 
known under the name of ranches, are well 
Watered, and if there are not natural sources, 
they usually find it by digging from twenty 
four to filly feet . The price of a good sheep 
is about a dollar and a half. 
In the province of Eiitre Rios an English 
colony has been established four or five years, 
under the proprietorship of Don Mateo Gar- 
eeo, near the city of GuaJegaychu, in the 
southeastern extremity of the province. 
Some of the lands of this immense domain 
have been sold lately for £1.50 per acre, but 
the greater part Is leased. 
The province </f Ban la Fe, by its geographi¬ 
cal position, the relative cheapness of its 
lands, and by the facility of communication 
recently established by means of a railroad, 
offers the greatest advantages to European 
immigrants, consequently a number of En¬ 
glish have lately made some important 
agricultural experiments. 
But it is not land that is wanting in a State 
which already possesses 400,000 square miles 
of pastures completely unoccupied. 
M. Ford, Secretary of Legation to Buenos 
Ayres, has demonstrated, by the aid of cal¬ 
culations founded upon facts, that a company 
of t wo or three persons, by the investment of 
$80,000, could, in eight years, realize 53 per 
cent, on tlm capital invested, besides an 
annual interest of V) per cent. 
. It is believed that the province of Uruguay 
offers the best facilities lor sheep raising of 
all tlm provinces; but, hitherto, intestine 
wars have prevented any extensive, opera 
lions. Nearly all the ranches that have been 
established belong to Englishmen, as for 
example, that of Mailman & Co., situated in 
the department of Mercedes, and containing 
0,000 sheep, the income limn which, in 1800, 
was 124,000 livres ($24,800 ;) the wool being 
sold at Havre at 2).£ francs a pound. The 
sheep farm of M Wendlestadt & Co., was 
founded in 1838, upon the borders of Uru¬ 
guay, and now numbers 54,000 head. The 
clip of wool last year was 107,000 pounds. 
It was sohl upon the market at Anvers, for 
an average of 2'francs (47 ceuts) a pound. 
But, as every sheep raiser knows, the sale, of 
wool is not, the only source of profit from a 
flock of sheep. 
The March number of the Journal <!' 
Agriculture Pratique gives very minute ac¬ 
counts of the progress of sheep raising in 
South America, but tlm article is too long to 
be published entire in our columns -fit. 
Louis Journal of Agriculture. 
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SHEEP AS FERTILIZERS. 
fined to a small number. So far as our Informa¬ 
tion extends, no mode of breaking up this habit 
has boon discovered. Whether sheep learn the 
habit one from another maybe doubtful but 
without any personal experience In the matter, 
wo should fear it. We consider your “very 
warm” sheep Rtalile —with hut ono opening 
from it to the outer air — objoctiouublo, partiou- 
lurly it' manure is allowed to accumulate in it. 
Proper ventilation requires some circulation of 
air, and for this purpose a stable should have 
more than one opening. A sliding window high 
over the sheeps' backs, to bo opened wide for the 
purpose of airing out in the morning— and ac¬ 
cording to circumstances at other times —wilt 
be a great: improvement in your arrangements. 
RAISING MULES. 
There is an old Spanish proverb to the 
effect that “ gold springs up where the loot, 
of the sheep has trod.” This is literally true 
as applied to ilm wealth that lies hidden and 
undeveloped in tlm soil. It is certainly noi 
necessary to dwell upon the expediency— 
not to say absolute necessity—of maintain¬ 
ing the fertility of our soil. As fertilizers, 
sheep are unrivaled among the domestic ani¬ 
mals. Beneath their “ golden hoofs” tve see 
the fields of Great Britain, after centuries of 
cultivation, rivaling ju productions of wheal, 
and excelling in their yield of grasses, the 
fertile prairie lands of our own and other 
Western Stales. The preponderating, the 
undisputed, testimony of many of the most 
successful farmers of Great Britain is, that 
farming, though now profitable, could not 
remain so, in many localities, without sheep. 
Blest as we are with a virgin soil ofunsur 
passed fertility, wc should constantly keep in 
mind tlm fact it is not inexhaustible; and tlm 
sooner wc give heed to this fact, and learn to 
diversify our industry so as to preserve in 
our soil Unoriginal fertility, the better for the 
most, of this generation, and all of the unborn 
millions that, after it, are to find homes and 
a livelihood upon the bosom of our vast prai¬ 
ries, and along the margins of our beautiful 
streams. 
Sheep should he handled, upon every farm, 
in connection with the raising of grain crops. 
They occupy a place in the economy of the 
farm that no other animal can fill so well, in 
consuming the straw and cornstalks, and 
other refuse fodder. 
The facility with which the product of the 
flock is transported is a strong argument, in 
their favor. The greatest drawback in the 
raising of the great staple of tlm Northwest, 
Indian corn, is the expense of getting it to 
market. Wo daily see the price of corn 
quoted, in our lake shore and eastern markets, 
at a pretty high figure ; hut the rejoicing of 
the farmer is pretty thoroughly allayed, when 
he reflects that from one-half to two-thirds ol 
this round price must be paid to railroads 
for transportation. As sheep arc usually fed 
in Illinois, it requires a bushel of corn to 
make a pound and a quarter of wool. IIow 
much better, then, to transform our corn into 
wool, which can bo sent to the same eastern 
markets for one-tenth to one-twentieth its 
selling price. The only better way than this 
would be, after having transformed our corn 
and grass and straw into wool, to bring the 
manufacturer to our doors, and let him and 
his operatives furnish a home market for the 
other products of the farm, while saving the 
transportation of the wool one way, and t he 
cloth back again.— Kvlract from Lecture by 
A. M. Garland. 
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Losing Wool. Nouman KiPHKNimrto, Franlc- 
1 inton, Schoharie Co., N. Y. If you describe l he 
disease (if it. Is a disease) of your sheep accurate¬ 
ly, It, Is not scab- Pulling wool extensively from 
themselves or others Is a trick with smnoshoep 
due perhaps to n depraved appetite, resulting 
from some abnormal condition of tho stomach. 
We have known of a valuable ram which habitu¬ 
ally gnawed (he wool off his thighs in the very 
place where all your sheep lose I heir wool, \ Iz: 
“between the hip and gambrel Joint.” Mill to 
have “one-third of a flock of seventy sheep ” 
thus affected would be very remarkable; and 
equally remarkable that you should have not. 
seen them thus pulling and eating wool. Sheep 
oftentimes shed their wool, owing to a variety of 
causes, bill, we never knew the shedding confined 
to it particular part of tlic body, and to the same 
part of every sheep. Wo cannot conceive of 
such a I hint?. The sheep should bo closely 
watched to discover whet her they pull the wool 
(their own or other’s,) and each one permanent ly 
removed from the (lock a* soon undetected in the 
practice. It is probable that it will be found con- 
Raisinq mules lor cotton, sugar, rice and 
tobacco planters is our best branch of farm¬ 
ing in Tennessee. A fair young mule two 
years old sells at from twenty to forty cents 
a pound; while a two year old steer or 
heifer is worth only from three to four cents 
a- pound, live weight. The mother of a 
umle pays handsomely for the food she con 
sumes, in plowing and other work, so that, 
her hybrid Offspring, raised on cheap grass 
and a little sal l, coals the producer very little. 
As the breeding and rearing of mules and 
horses is most, profitable, and likely to be for 
indefinite years to come, 1 will state sonic 
facts bearing on the subject that will possi¬ 
bly surprise the reader. First, it requires 
more mules to produce two million bales of 
cotton by freed men than to make four mil¬ 
lion bales when these freedmeu were slaves. 
At the same time, mule:, have much shorter 
lives in the hard service of free negroes. 1 
might, let Ibis statement rest on my own 
viiowledge, but I prefer to use the testimony 
of good men as witnesses. 
A correspondent, of the Cincinnati Com¬ 
mercial, writing from Augusta, Oa., under 
date of April 11,1808, after visit big Mr. Dick¬ 
son’s plantation says;—“The men work in 
companies of from six to ten. Each of these 
companies has a certain amount of land allot¬ 
ted to it, and it receives a share of the crop 
grown on the field. No overseers are em¬ 
ployed ; except that the manner of eultiva; 
lion is prescribed by Mr Dickson, they work 
about as they please. Now for the results: 
lu 1801 Mr. Dickson paid $13,000 for ma¬ 
nures, worked sixty hands, and made eight, 
hundred and fifty bales of cotton. Ln 1807 
(as good a season l'or crops,) ho worked one 
hundred and forty hands, paid $13,000 for 
manure, and made seven hundred bales of 
cotton, fifty of which were wasted in the 
field because not picked out in time.” 
Every reader will see that one hundred 
and forty field hands require more, than 
twice as many mules for service as six¬ 
ty field hands to work a cotton crop, 
whether it is picked out or not. We 
are told that when Air. Dickson owned 
his laborers, “his loss of stock (mules) 
amounted to $2,000 yearly. Last year I he 
animals which died or wi re killed, were 
worth $10,000. The freedmeu use the mules 
very severely, healing them unmercifully, 
and the loss so entailed is no inconsiderable 
item of the planters’ experiences Willi 
slaves, Air. Dickson produced from ten lo 
fifteen bales of cotton to the hand. With 
freedmeu lie made three bales to the hand in 
1800 (a bad season,) and five and a half bales 
ill 1807. Before the war, from eight hundred 
lo twelve hundred pounds of pork were 
made to the hand. Now the stock of hogs 
is nearly annihilated, and profits from this 
source are cut off.” 
Ho long as cotton, sugar and rice sell at 
high prices, the demand for Tennessee mules 
and bacon is assured, and our farming is 
likely to be profitable. D. Lee. 
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Rrenrliing Horses.— 1 see ill tho UuitAi, that a 
man was forty years learning- how to drench a 
horse; and if he were forty years longer in find¬ 
ing; U out, it. would bo much better for the ani¬ 
mal. The nostrils were intended to take in the 
air; the mouth Is the proper place to take In 
food and water. 1 f any one has a valuable horse 
which needs drenching 4 , my advice to him would 
be to drench the animal lu die proper place 
themouth. When drenching; in the nostrils, if 
the ” epiglottis ” should remain in its proper 
place, the liquids must go to the lungs and pro¬ 
duce suffocation and death. - .). S. 
ibr Jltohvt-lljerfo. 
W 5 y ~y 
CASTRATING SOWS. 
II. P.C.u’K, Girardeau county, Mo., writes 
the Rural World“ There are quite a num¬ 
ber of modes to operate on sows; but the 
easiest, quickest, and best plan is—to take a 
broad plilhk, eight, or ten feet long, and ele¬ 
vate one end (the l«tl hand end) of the plank 
about three and a half or four feet; putting 
one end in the crack of the pen in which tho 
pigs are, and the other end on the ground ; 
then get a good, strong quarter-inch rope, 
about, four feet long, and lie both ends to¬ 
gether, and loop it round the rail above t.ho 
plank; take tile pig or sow and lay on the 
plank, head down mul left sidy up, and loop 
the rope round her hind legs, and let one 
man hold the fore legs and head; cut the 
hair away from the left Hank ; then insert or 
cut a hole about one. and a half inches long, 
about one Inch before the crest of tho 
haunch bom 1 , with a knife having a sharp 
point, through the skin, cellular tissue, 
muscles and peritoneum; then introduce the 
foro-tinger through the wound into tho ab¬ 
dominal cavity, in search of the left ovary, 
which must be taken in a gentle way in and 
out of the wound ; then take the entire uterus 
out, until the right ovary is taken out, and 
cut the uterus oil'below both ovaries. II the 
sow has had u litter of pigs, I hen cut the 
ovaries oil'. The horns of the uterus must be 
carefully replaced, the wound sewed up with 
a few ditches—and the operation is per¬ 
formed I never saw a sow that was not 
well in eight or ten days, and frequently in 
less time. I have practiced this mode for 
twenty years, and have scarcely lost a dozen 
pigs in that time. Some seasons I have cas¬ 
trated from two hundred to three hundred 
pigs and sows.” 
--—+-*-+--- 
Hows Kming Pig*. A cornisponilout of tho 
Countryman proven Is sows eating their pigs la 
this wise:- ” About (light or ten bays before tho 
I hue of farrowing, n;ive your sewn slice ol! suit 
pork eiuih day, and she will not trouble you by 
eating her pigs.” 
Anotiii.ii correspondent throws the sow upon 
her side mid ties her under fore leg and her up¬ 
per Idnd left with a repo, leaving them about 
Olio footupart. He then passes a piece of rail, 
or .some other suitable article, under the rope, 
leaving one end ou tho ground and the Other on 
the sow's side. This will prevent the sew from 
getting up, und will enable the pigs to sunk. Af¬ 
ter six or eight- hours tliosow will have no desire 
to kill her young. 
A whitish In the American Sleek Journal says 
that costiveaess and its accompanying evils are 
the main cause of sows destroying their young, 
and that green und other proper food Is the pre¬ 
ventive and cure. 
-♦♦♦>-- 
Another l*lg question. | have hist fourofmy 
host pigs already, from six to eight months old; 
and others are touched with thn sumo disease. 
They get lame behind In both logs uudeun'l, 
walk any mow, but. drag their hind part along. 
I was told they had tho kidney worms, and t 
should feed them some copperas. I did so, giv¬ 
ing ii them twice a day for some days; but It did 
them no good. 1 then knocked them on tho 
head with the a.x, to release thorn from their 
sufferings. I opened I licit), cut tho kidneys; 
could see nothing wrong. They always have 
had good appotitu to cat. Now, If you or any ono 
else can tell wind nils them, and give a cure, you 
will oblige mo very much. — Bimon McLane, 
<iardner , Grundy Co., III. 
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I*lg Remedy. In I he KtrUAt. of April 10th, 
h’HANcm I'ostkk, Medina, Mich., writes that ho 
ha* trouble with three of Ills pigs. My remedy 
would bo:—Hive ono tablespoon fill of gunpow¬ 
der to each pig onco a. day for several days, 
either In their feed or dissolve It in a thick glass 
bottle with ono pint.of soft water; lot it stand 
a irtt.tn time, then shako well and pour It down 
the throat.. I havu used it will) great success; 
it will not kill if if does not cure. Mr. Foster 
will pletiHO report after giving it a fair trial. - 
L. A. Laud, Laconia , N’cai llanguihlrc. 
-- 
Chester White Figs. Tho genuine Chester 
While Pig has. a short snout, broad head, thin 
ear, drooping slightly at tho tip, broad shoulders 
and haras, very deep, wide chest, straight, hgek, 
small bone, lino hair mul skin, always very qnh-l 
and healthy, and attains u grout weight with but. 
reasonable euro mid attention. Tho ordinary 
weight Is from three hundred to m.»v«hi hundred 
pounds after dressing,at ages varying from nine 
to eighteen months. We have known them to 
attain the weight of one thousand and fifty 
pounds. fvt[>eriiru rital h’lmn Journal. 
To Grow Horse Hair. Often limes the owner 
of a valuable horse discovers a spavin, or curb, 
making its appearance; a blister is applied, and 
many times thn halrootnes off, which, as a natu¬ 
ral consequence, the owner wishes t*> have grow 
out as ooon aH possible. Now, I herewith send a 
recipe which will cause the hair to start right 
away On hare spots caused bv blistering, hurness 
gall, or otherwise. Take mi old boot or shoe, 
place it on the lire, burn to a coal, pulverize, and 
mix with hog’s lard to a thin paste. A few ap¬ 
plications of this paste to tho bare places will 
do the work. Try it. P. E. W., Denmark , N. Y. 
Colic In llorse*. A correspnndciil who says he 
has used it for forty years, calls the following 
“a. -.tiro cure,” lie takes soft wilier, adds more 
salt limn it will dissolve and with a woollen rag 
bathos the horse on the small of tho back wit h 
tbis brine, rubbing it in hard, lie has never 
known it to fail to relievo the animal. 
—— -- 
XVe shall be glad to receive practical contri¬ 
butions upon the management of coifs. 
Worms In Pigs. A correspondent of the 
Maine Parmer, in answer lo mi Inquir y as to tho 
cause and cure of worms In pigs, writes: “If 
the writer will take the pains to give Ids pigs a 
handful of good roek sail twice a week in their 
food, until killing time, I think the pigs will 
thrive, providing he gives them enough to cat. 
Tho cause ol pigs having worms is, I think, the 
want Of the preventive, silt, figs hardly ever 
get any salt except what they got in the slops 
from the kitchen.” 
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Potatoes for Pigs. A correspondent of tho 
Practical Farmer says: -“My (experience with 
raw potatoes has always been unfavorable to 
their use as a regular feed, though I have often 
fed them occasionally for their medicinal vir¬ 
tues. Now I find thorn to bo valuable and eco¬ 
nomical food, not only for growing pigs, but. 
also for those which are fattening, and think ono 
bushel of meal and two of potatoes, cooked,bet- 
tor for small pigs than two bushels of corn meal 
or throe of raw corn.” 
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A Boar should never bo permitted to run at 
large. Ho should have an exclusive pen, room 
for exercise and a sly for shelter. 
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