1194 Live Stock.—Swine-—Rearing of.

It is added that,“ with fuch a convenience, all the peafe, beans, barley, buck- wheat, potatoes, parfnips, carrots,&c. that are or can be raifed on a farm, may be applied to the rearing, feeding, or fattening hogs; by which means the farmer has the opportunity of imprceving his land to the higheft degree, and at the cheapeft rate poffible.”

Lhe fow is capable of propagating at feven or eight months old; but it is better to defer her taking the boar tiil ten or twelve months, as fhe becomes more{trong and affords better litters of pigs. The period of being with young in the fow is about four months, and the ufual produce from about eight to ten or twelve in the large, and more in the finaller breeds, which in general bring the greateft num- ber, and the mott early. The boar fhould be a year old or more before he be put to the fows, as by this delay he attains a better growth, and is more vigorous.

As there is great difficulty and expenfe attending the rearing of young pigs in cold feafons, the farmer fhould contrive as much as poflible to have his litters early in the fpring and autumn feafons, as about the beginning of April and the latter end of Auguft or beginning of the following month, as at thefe periods much lefs lofs will be fuftained in the death of the pigs, and lefs expenfe incurred in food. The litters which are pigged in June, or the early part of the following month, fhould always be reared, as being highly profitable. But it is feldom advifable to keep the late autumn litters, as the cold in the winter is almoft fure to deftroy many of them.

When{wine are made an object to the farmer, great care fhould be taken to have agood boar confiantly along with the fows, ,in order that a proper fucceffion of young pigs may be produced. By this means the fows are likewife induced to take the boar fooner than would otherwife be the cafe.

In the management of hogs it is of great confequence to keep the different

But it is obferved that they had not half the litter they ought; or they wonld have made 351. worth of manure, beyond doubt.

Ninety loads cofting 61. 18s. is rs. 6d. per load.

““Thefe particulars, furely(fayshe) muft prove the vaft importance of fuch conveniences for fattening great numbers of fwine, for the mere purpofe of raifing manure. Suppofe the expenfe, timber included, to be rol. and the intereft called 51. what comparifon is there between the expenfe of 51. a year, and the pro- digious utility of having it always in your power to fatten, with fcarce any expenfe of labour, whatever number of hogs you pleafe?

“The total expenfe at prefent of fuch yards would not be lefs than rsol.; andif made conformably to the more correét idea, would be 20ol. or 250]. But the governing idea of pofition fhould be followed in. ftyes of 2ol.”

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