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her loud groaning noise, and other signs. After having received the boar, let the sow be again shut up, a few days, until her heat be perfectly extin-

guished. Having conceived, she will shew no more

ie signs of ee until within a few days, perhaps ies hones of Haein forth; and the indication ought ee then to be particularly attended to. Ih O° LatTE-WEANED Piss» or young broods of chick-‘ Y a ens, as I have experienced, by the loss of hundreds

une} of adh sort, will not ere n this ¢ soavg aes the pea sow’s hogging should therefore be sui ffe ered to pass, inging when the pigs would have to be weaned on the ap- hitter, proach of. winter; they should be at least three s tobe months old, to be able to encounter the severities e, the of that season, otherwise, even the warmest room in ad- the house would, sometimes, not secure them. Laps, Sucking-pigs stand the winter much better than the tobe late-weaned: and should a sow farrow at, Christmas, imber the litter, with warm and generous keep, may be have very successfully reared, and weaned in the opening fering| of spring. ih In-pic Sows should have wash of some kind, ft to twice a day, and they may then be made to shift tion, upon cabbage, carrots, turnips,&c. with what they

can forage in the fold-yard in winter; in summer there ought to be no want of aes Asa genera] rule, for both these and stores, their food ought to be sufficiently good and slentifal to impart a elles to their coats, and to give them heart enough’ to bark upon any-alarm. I well understand, and have

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