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ig Tegularly shipped to the seat of war, the price of hay is apparently not 
i ghas to make a profitable trade, unless the forage were bought here at 
i *xtremely low figure. It is to be regretted that the trial shipment of 
“ee could not be sent over in the “Duke of Portland,” as our farmers 
af » by its sale, have been able to determine whether it would pay them or 
5 to ship largely to South Africa. 
Dairying. 
Quick Milking. 
2 
Slow Milking. 
SO EMIT WOT EST ETS 
et Senet Lah coat si 68% 
Zin es a aie LTA = 433 
5 te Ee. Ade ae 50 
As an explanation of this enormous difference it is said that, by the quick 
ig, the milk-glands were influenced so as to give a larger quantity of milk. 
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PIGS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT.—No. 5. 
FEEDING YOUNG PIGS. 
‘ Rat the secrets of success in raising young pigs is to feed often and little at 
Yer, Anyone not thoroughly acquainted with pigs would be surprised at the 
i Y great number of times during the twenty-four hours a sow suckles her little 
For this there appear to be at least two good and sufficient reasons ; 
that the sow is unable to carry a large quantity of milk for her numerous 
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dway any great quantity of food at one time. 
‘$mal S the pigs arrive at weaning-time we generally mix with the sharps a 
Wea, LPportion of meal; this we increase as they grow older, until at, say, ten 
sharps old, the youngsters will thrive well on one-fourth meal and three-fourths 
Digg One most important point in connection with the management of young 
Whigs the general belief amongst buyers of fat pigs that the meat from a pig 
th ad been kept in a progressive state from its youth up is of a finer quality 
t plenty the case, to live a considerable time as a store pig, in the hope— vain 
fy gh it be in the majority of instances—that the growing pig will eat and pay 
Va pitain odds and ends about the farmyard that would otherwise have been 
a The bacon-curers are stated to place a higher value per stone on those 
ca Y; and the other that the stomach of the pigling is not capacious enough to — 
f © meat from the carcass of a pig which has been allowed, as is far too. 
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