544 SWINE

The summer is the pleasant season for pig-keep- ing, on all accounts; they will fatten much quicker, and the stores are so easily kept. It is gene- rally supposed, but I believe entirely without the ground of experiment, that pigs will not thrive upon clover, if cut and brought home to them in the yard. An absurd supposition,@ priorz, I think. L have the authority of Mr. Wynt, for saying, that they will thrive well upon tares brought to them; nor shall I doubt, but the same would happen with. clover; and the wash with which they might be supplied at home, would help them much, an im- mensity of manure would be raised, and those ad- vantages before stated with other stock, with some additional, fully experienced. As to grazing pigs, I believe it to be merely losing time, which they would spend much more profitably in eating better victuals. In case of a considerable number of this stock, it is much the safest method for the owner, and the fairest for his neighbours, to have the aaitie attended by a boy, or keeper; and they might then, without fear, be sent to any part of the farm, which may afford them provision. In the stubble, and acorn season, there is a much better plea for swine being kept abroad; but even at that time, I always prefer driving them home at night. Meavy-eared hogs are apt to have those parts cracked and sore, inthe summer, and much troubled with the flies; the ears should receive a small slit, so as to bleed, and the sore parts be anointed with a mixture of tar and turpentine.

Soiling hogs on green tares, has had the greatest

possible success in Herefordshire. The reason of My.