Our Farm of Four Acres and the Money we Made by it

had derived from our dairy, and next proceeded to exami

he pig-tub, and upon these it was fed another month. At the end of that time we began to give it a little meal and a few peas. It was killed three months after we had purchased it, and the cost for meal and peas was just $250. Thus, altogether, we paid for it $10, and when killed it weighed thirteen stone (182 pounds). This we reckoned worth $1 37? t

seemed strange that those who had the option of eating pork fed on milk and vegetables, and fowls which were running about the meadows a few hours before they were killed, should prefer those which are kept in close confinement and crammed with candle-graves and other abominations, till they are considered what dealers call "ripe" enough to kill; and as for pork, much of that which is so

partaking of it. Servants will not eat it, and those who purchase it, as well as those who kill their own pigs, may b

as we required them. The first cost $2 for barley-meal and peas, and weighed six stone, which, at $1 37? a stone, was worth $8 25. As the cost of the pig and the food came t

they were entirely kept with the produce of our "four-acre farm," till about three weeks before they wer

creatures are shut up in dirty styes, and suffered to eat any garbage which is thrown to them! We always had all their food boiled. At first there was a great deal of opposition to the "muck" being introduced into the scullery; but in a little time that was overcome,

ard (which is arable) sown with carrot-seed, and feed our "stock" in the winter with the produce. With the surplus milk of two cows we find we can always keep three pigs with very little expense. Of course, if we did not plant plenty of potatoes, we must purchase more meal for them

ich may be experienced by the lady superintending her own dairy and farm will be repaid by having her table well supplied with good butter, plenty of fresh eggs, (of the poultry-yard

you must look after things yourself, and that will necessitate constant exercise in the op

will relate our experie