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zumber, a new means of zubsistence might be regorted to. 1 observed their mode of life, and particularly their manner of grazing, and especially upon clover: for it is known, that swine will thrive greatly-upon clover, Sainfoin, and[ucerne, but that the common meadow grass, which will fatten the Jargest 0X, will Starve the smallest pig: and the circum- gtance fully establishes the immense worth of these artificial grasses.4|

.* The analogy between the grazing of cattle, and grazing of zwine, Struck me ſorcibly; and knowing that it 18 customary to wean calves with Hay Tea, I conceived that swine might be fed with a Somewhat Similar food.

I made the experiment, and found, aſter a few trials, that it Succeeded beyond my expectations.

1 thickened the tea or wash indiscriminately, with, either grains, or bran, Or pollard, or any kind of meal, or boiled cabbages, or botled potatoes;(carrots, though excelleut, 1 had none); Sometimes adding two or more of these articles, as my Stock of either most enabled me,

But I had the greatest Satisfaction to find, that I made a Single Sack of boiled potatoes, when mixed with wash, and without any other ingredient, go as far as fou? or fie zSacks, (hough boiled), when 1 gave bem to the pigs alone; and the expenze of the wasb, thickened with potatoes, Is consI- derably lower than potatoes alone.

Thus foreseeing the general utility of the discovery, I de- termined to establisb, in full proof, to the Satisfaction of the country, the practicability of prosecuting it individually, upon a larger Scale.

[ therefore gradually increased my Stock to upwards of four hundred; and in the course of my experiments, 1 used nearly fifteen hundred hogsheads ot the wash, consuming, when my Stock was at its highest, about five hogsheads daily. And incredible as it may appear, L maintained them, col- lectively, atthe very low rate of one peuny a-head per days and in excelleut store order, and many of them fit for the butcher.

It deserves particular attention, that, in a week or fort= night after 1 commenced my experiments, the pigs, which I bad before been ſeeding with potatoes alone, improved in their coats, which, from looking coarse assumed a gloss, and became fine and Short; a proof surely.of the great nu- trition of the food, and of its perfect]y.agreeing with pigs.

Nor is it less remarkable, that this-voracious animal, though fed with this food but twice a day(which Ll prefer te

1 See New Farmer's Calendar, p. 461; 4 Edit.

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