4 SWINE. 541 me ku} ie the eyes, matting their‘coats, and: much impeding mal} their thrift.. Young pigs should not be put upon a, Y potatoes, either boiled or raw, until three months ee old; when, having been properly weaned, it is not ni a a trifle which will hurt them. aly es Any of the litter, appearing under-s! ized, con- cote; sumptive, and weak, perhaps unable to reach the wikia upper story of teats, or to contend at all for their whic, food, had much better be taken away, and brought reece, up by hand. Being first drenched with a little horn, 1 such} or suckled by the ue of those who do not re- gard a few eye-let nati s being made in them, the SOON as pigs will soon Jearn to drink‘ele aed milk, blood ward warm. This, by the bye, and for especial occasions, uiness and over-notable fol Iks; for I believe few will BE shall inclined to take upon them the troublesome office tresh‘of wet-nurse to a litter of pigs. J have yet seen, domng at different times, as many as a score of good stores, ) some which had’ been thus reared. Some few sows{ have known to secrcte a milk so exceedingly thick ishing and glutinous, as absolutely to, poison the pigs, water which would drop off, one or two at a time.“The tmé sows are of a heavy, lethargic habit, foul about the h-alll- ears, and of a scabby, or scrophulous appearance arded in the face al eyes.<2 his meine quality of the twice milk, I know, from one or two instances, is not con- oas0l, fined to brute animals. o-feed The pigs coming too late in the season,\lt 1s best dence,: to fatten them for ROASTERS, the only case, I think, -quich in which roasters can possibly pay, in the country + As soon as the sucklers, intended for weaning, have “i learned to eat, and are i to take the el in.: Ny weather, with the sow, it is of great service, both rhe tO