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These, at least, were the figures which applied previous to the war. Taking an 
average of the yield of all the plantations of the island for that time, the yield 
was about 10,000 or 12,000 tons of sugar per annum. But now the average 
will not exceed 2,000 or 2,500 tons each.— Louisiana Planter. 
THE FIRST PIG IN SCOTLAND. 
Tuer Scotchman eats less pork than the Englishman. The first pig known to 
Scotland was a gift to a gentleman in Dumfrieshire. He was named Gude- 
man 0’ the Brow. One day he got out [the pig, not the gentleman], stayed out 
over night and scared the whole parish of Carlavroe nearly out of their senses. 
They prayed for mercy, and thought Old Nick had come to town. He rooted 
around quietly unmindful of the consternation he was spreading. Then the 
Scot turned on him, chased him to a standstill and hay-forked him to death. 
This was in 1720. Hogs are not taken so seriously now, and not eaten much. 
AMERICAN BACON AND CATTLE IN ENGLAND. 
Mr. Larurop, United States Consul in Bristol, England, in a report to the 
United States Department, says :— 
The United Kingdom imported, in 1897, 5,000,000 ewt. (560,000,000 Ib.) of 
bacon, of which 1,000,000 ewt. came from Denmark and 3,500,000 ewt. from the 
United States. For our great share in this enormous business, we were content 
to accept from 4 to 6 dollars per cwt. less than was paid for English, Danish, 
or Canadian bacon. This great loss was due to the inferior quality of our 
roduct and unsuitability to consumer’s taste, and it seems to me that it would 
Fe worth somebody’s while to cater specially for the British market. It will 
not pay the farmer in the corn belt to do this, ; it will not pay the great packer, 
who throws his surplus across the ocean to bring what it can; but why it will 
not pay in Wisconsin or Minnesota or New York or New England, | cannot 
understand. If Canada can get 15 dollars per ewt., why should not we, instead 
of 8 or 9 dollars? They only ship 300,000 ewt. per year from Canada, but they 
et top prices for that. Let us see how. In the first place, their packers 
chan a hog that costs more to produce than ours; so they pay more for it, 
paying a premium on the best—say 4°75 dollars (per 100 lb.) for a pig under 
160 Ib., and 4 dollars for one over that weight. These hogs are fed mostly on 
peas, which make as firm and fat flesh as the usual English food, barley meal 
or miller’s offal; and even a small ration of corn is objected to. Canadian 
ackers regret that the Canadian Government has put corn on the free list, as 
they say that the temptation to feed a small ration of corn is now almost irre- 
sistible, and that the result is deterioration in the bacon. With the right hog 
once secured, the basis of success is reached, and it is astounding how soon, in 
Canada and Denmark, the proper hog appears after the establishment of the 
packing-house. : 
The next matter of importance is the mode of cutting up, and this is not so 
simple as it seems. I know of one Canadian house, whose brand is now well 
and firmly established in England, who made mistakes until an expert crossed 
the water and showed them how to cut a ‘‘ Wiltshire singed side.’ 
COCKY CHAFF. 
Cocky chaff, by which is meant the husks of wheat after threshing out the 
grain, contains a considerable amount of nutriment, and hence possesses a 
certain feeding value for stock; in fact, there is very little difference between 
the nutriment contained in wheaten straw and that contained in the husks. 
According to analyses made by Mr. A. N. Pearson, Government Chemist for 
Agriculture in South Australia, oaten straw contains 25 per cent. more nutriment 
than either cocky chaff or wheaten straw in the way of heat and fat production, 
and is nearly four times as rich in digestible flesh-formers. 
