| Show KEEPING HOGS A gentleman in new jersey deraey some years ago alo who bad had a family ot of five children three servants and coachman cultivated a garden of lila lisa than half an acre newly made ile lie occasionally hired a man called a gardener whose hose intelligence extended to the knowledg knowledge 9 e of the difference diff trence between a cabbage and a head of salad the weeding and watering were usually done by the family in one corner of f th the e garden arden a pen was made in which were 0 o placed a sow and seven piga costing 71 7 the sow being taken away as soon aa as the pigs I 1 were large enough enouf th they were ted tea on n the slop of the kitchen and the weeds ando add and extra leaves of cabbage aa as they grew large thes they kiad klad ad nothing else I 1 and were fattened with pumpkins and corn raised in the garden they weighed when killed early in the winter 5 pounds each worth 7 or 8 cents per er pound aund now this shows what may be done 0 e b by abe every farmer in the country and would be a real advantage to those who hae have not a sufficient range for bows hoga Z it is to be regretted howe however ver vcr that farmers generally pay little uttie a attention to gardens and they have yet to learn that with very little labor which they might easily may be made the most profitable hail half acre in the plantation in addition to its health comfort and luxury |
