Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-10-10
From the Near England Farmer
REMARKS ON ElnN EnI. SuI n.

appreciation in Monks Agricultural Dictionary saws from
an accurate experiment. made last year venture to
commend baked Potatoes excelcni food for
he pork produced by this ood equal TO that of bar
W an beans hu, at present cannot exactly
comparative experiment with regard expense however
81" OF opinion that roasted or baked potatoes
o'emehi OF TIE hogs, Is cheap food, il
cheaper Than be given The action OF the r. by
he crude juices that contained pota-
80 tnen 10 STATE highly Wholesome and nuiri-
nous Boiling does this in part, not ~ efectuaIIy A
poaioe roasted pariakes much of nature OF cbesuu
aud perhaps is not greatly inferior to it.-
mr.. w fierrepont says 4" Poatu-s by baking an.
so thai The animal fed wiih them drinks deal y
ey b'cene more hard when cold, lie flung To the
were used chiefly in fauening neat cattle and sheen D,
psS ere likewise fattened with baked poaroes and the
pg we're wen favored particularly the Fat. The pigs
afdS tie latter end few whole peas after each meal
Your oiJect Is merely profit in fditing your hogs YOU
o'shiy tat farmer stated the result of some expert
e's III me baih Society papers, invariabi, thar
VERY week, III The animal became paris lat after
ms period they ate but ii',le and almost all they ate
luIntd 10 at IL is therefore, good policy 10 make Them
Sompieep ia; and that only be done by giving liae
M "a, mea however is less pa!aabe, andes Wholesome
ior common family consumption than that which is
but viii, we believe commonly command higher price
III marker, ann IS {" he preferred Tor many uses
ne have alluded 10 some apparent differences of opinion
agricultural writers the subject making food
hat The wash might lie injured by making Il too
ion nse .hat was written peruse,l communion
~ nn Agr Society by J. p Gruchy, who appears to
m been we. acquainted both with the theory practice
" ns branch o rural economy. This gentleman saws
er WIN you, with respect being the mo
Epaia
opinion bteVas but in this climate certain,
"t most aud ruc best while it saret" 20 this Judge Pc
"Is rles," MY experience has uniformly been q, orae
TO the wat bsih health and economy much les
" or meal viii sufncej and its with water
xes the saccharinc quality essential
hrsi or saccharine fermentation in grain or
suust'nces generates sugar, converts, starch in the
uhg substance into sugar. but the process fer
incubation proceeds rapidly, probable that al the sugar
WI not he developed before wash J,gns to turn
sace wanted in the wash, the acetous fermen-
ner I'M, ues,,as rms period will therefore, be the pro-
mails This position illustrated by what some writer's
tiaprocess ofnaure by hicb
Is etenteh so rs TO become suitable maxi
ing bread The precise when tread should he put in
ne oven when It has undergone such degree
rs 10 correct the heayiness and insipdity flour
or mas arrived al the first degree acifcaon-And II
them in that state fermentation when il woud
.ne DeS Tread IL il becomes decidedly acid has lost
part Of its nuirneni, and has begun 10 be dissolved into
its original elements An analogous neriod in The Csrmea
iaton OF wash should, think be chosen for feeding
o. Aed air. sweet paIaabe, slightly acid or beginning
But the question whether ,,D,s sour wash is mos, CRATE
tai 10 swim would be correctly decided by pigs than
ny piosophersPlace before your SWIM several washes
~ inherent vessels, but the same mate
rails, say Indian meal mashed potatoes and
LEI wash No he perfectly fresh No. IN sarclarine
.ase Oh fermentation No. slightly acid No. 4
completely soured and leave il hogs settle the dis
pue so lar as respects what Kind of wash gratef
70 the taste OF those animals believe the KIND which
hey prefer will prove most nmentary or nourishing
ana wholesome as well as tcotsome said TO br
pnte about The tastes OF hunsn beings ode g
o no" est disPunndwp) and IL is surely greater fol-
~ dispute about tue aoin,sI
'o"eciue ior himself Perhaps however, change
Ot Diet as regards fond NAV prove ma
;'Pg are ound 10 prefer the former and then
mess may give an edge 10 their hppeles if food
niue sour Is best for their general cOnsunipon now and
hsn SWEEP mess may be given for the sake of variety
~ IS maj hogs thrive best when there but three
or Tour m the same apartment They fond of
soceis Du arc apt to degenerate into swinish multi
ude and become exceedingly rioous congregated in
large assembly As they know law and acknowledge
denim weaker brother in popular sseby as the Ate-
mans did Socrates and proceed him without
OF apartments separated by close partitions there may
be general feeding trough, which All.
The experienced farmer he told that atinr hogs
should have now and then dose Of birthstone anmony
increase their appetite % fbcrc Oay wLo never
knew or 30 no, remember that rotten ood to them
occhs.onaywii De devoured with aviiy serve as an
ABSORBENT OF acrd juices which might Otherwise occasion
Indigestion 1t is likewise said tn 10 throw bn n,g nJ
then lew pieces Of charcoal will the par
prove beneficial.
We do moi recollect, says the editor the National
Gazette, 10 have read of asy JGale, Spom so de-
siructive ~ The one described the following article
wh'ch we have translated from the PARIS Journal
lies Debhts, OF Tie so j of August.
e" To The Editor nj the Jonrna DIES Debots
Sir mtieor extraordinary for lis violence,
rapid movement, and njursus effect has just spread
alarm and desolaiioD IN several parts Of the district
Diehr q Nantes. On the Goth August about o'clock,
y
storm which took the directions from the south wes
towards the village Of Bonconrl not Ear from this
place, there appeared, suddenly, wafer spout Of
extraordinary Dimensions, whose broad base rested
upon the ground while ITS top lost IN The clouds
Il appeared 10 consist Of thick and black vapour in
the centre ~ which flames were frequently perceived
~ several directions Moving impeiuoasy with the
storm, through the upper valles aud the noun
lans, II uprooied, dashed down ~ the Compass OF
hall aleaguc. eight hundred trees of different
sizes aHd, ~ reaching The village OF Marchefry
demolished ~ an instant haf Of lis houses The
walls, shaken 10 their foandaOns fell IN on every
side and the ruins were scattered 10 The distance Of
ali league, befo The nrnl torrent Some Of the IN
habitaus who remained in the vilIages were crushed
~ wounded 10y The f'i of the houses those who /
we're working IN the fields luckily the greater num-
ber) were thrown down or horne aloag by the |
whirlpool, that destroyed az the same Tine the harvest
and the cattle Il discharged hail as large as the |