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The scw becoming heavy, from her pregnancy,| should be ledged by herself at night; at least with- Hl out the company of young stores, which, in cold th weather, will be sure to lie upon her belly, and may 49 cause her tolose her pigs; this caution is. indispen- t( sable when her time approaches, since were she to pig amongst other swine, they would infallibly de-— h vour her offspring as fast as it appeared. The par-. P ticular care of the swine-herd ought to commencea i! full fortnight before the reckoning of the sow; her tt increasing bags of milk, and at last of all, decrease; n in the size of her belly, perhaps sleepiness, with. of other well-known symptoms, will indicate, with suf- Wi ficient plainness, that her time is at hand. n

Let no one be persuaded, by the indolent and a ii plausible reasons of his servant, to leave a pigging. sow to shift for herself; because, although she may| q not be given to devour her pigs, she may lie down me| 6 upon them, and crush them to atoms, if she be. a i restless during her Jabour, or cannot place them to‘i

her mind; and in this way, several pigs of a‘litter: are usually lost: it 1s, therefore, better for the swine-:| b herd to attend with a hamper, to secure the pigs| h occasionally, and to place them at last, m a sate| A situation, at the teats. This should be repeated| p

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several days, at feeding-time, or whenever the sow d is perceived upon her legs, until the pigs become r..{ strong enough to secure themselves.‘The pigging- Ber house should be warm, and secure from the inroads ti Or 3 and

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