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other muft be had recourfe to for the making of wafh, by mixing it with water, which, in the fummer feafon, will be fufficient for their fupport; and in winter it mutt be blended with the different forts of roots prepared by boiling, or, when for the young pigs, with oats and pea-foup*. With this foup and dairy-wath, where proper attention is beftowed, young pigs may be weaned and reared in the winter feafon even with profit and fuccefs.‘The pea-foup is an admirable article when given in thisintention: it is prepared by boiling fix pecks of peas in about fixty gallons of water, till they are well broken down and diffufed in the fluid; itis then put into a tub or ciftern for ufe. When dry food is given in combination with this, or of itfelf, Mr. Young advifes oats, as being much better than any other fort of grain for young pigs, barley not anfwering nearly fo well in this application. We have employed oats coarfely ground for young hogs with the beft fuccefs, both in the form of wath with water and when made of a thicker confiftence.

Where the fows and pigs can be fupported with dairy-wafh and roots in the man- ner juft mentioned, there will be a confiderable faving made by avoiding the ufe of barley-meal, peafe, or bran and pollard. It is therefore highly difadvantageous to the farmer to have recourfe to fuch fubftances in thefe circumftances.

There is another point to be particularly regarded in the management of fows and pigs, which is that of keeping them conftantly well littered down with clean firaw or fome other fimilar article, as by this means they are kept perfectly clean and healthy, and at the fame time a large quantity of manure is afforded.

In the praCtice of cultivating crops of various kinds purpofely for the food and fupport of fwine, the fows and ftore pigs will of courfe be fupported during the winter feafon, as from the beginning of November to the middle or latter end of May, by the various roots that have been ftored in this view, fuch as potatoes, car- rots, parfnips and Swedith turnips; alfo cabbages in their frefh ftate, in combi- nation with the preferved dairy-wath, and other articles that have been noticed above. At the latter of the above periods the whole of the hogs in the yards fhould be looked over and forted; fuch as have attained half or more of their growth being drawn and turned upon the clover, lucern, or chicory crops, where they fhould be kept till towards the latter end of September, the fences being kept in perfectly good order, and ponds or other places provided for the hogs to drink at. Under this management they are found to grow rapidly, the food in general agreeing wel] with them, and they are then taken up in excellent condition for being fattened. In this practice the important difference from the former method is in felecting the fuf-

2* Young’s Farmer’s Calendar.