 | Alexander Hunter - Agriculture - 1803 - 590 pages
...was confined on the 4th of March, in a cage made of planks, of which one side was made to move with pegs, so as to fit exactly the size of the hog, with...remove the soil. The cage stood upon four feet, about a foot from the ground, and was made to confine the hog so closely, that he could ohly stand up to... | |
 | Board of Agriculture (Great Britain) - Agriculture - 1808 - 586 pages
...planks, of which one side was made to move with pegsy so as to fit exactly the size of the hog, wu\U small holes at the bottom for the water to drain from...remove the soil. The cage stood upon four feet, about cue foot from the ground, and was made to confine the hog so closely, that he could, only stand up... | |
 | William Humphrey Marshall - 1817 - 750 pages
...was confined on the 4th of March, in a cage made of planks, of which one side was made to move with pegs, so as to fit exactly the size of the hog, with...stand up to feed, and lie down upon his belly. He had only two bushels of barley-meal, and the rest of his food was boiled potatoes: they were all killed... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - Agriculture - 1830 - 706 pages
...to move with pegs, so as exactly to fit him, with small holes at the bottom for the water to drain, and a door behind to remove the soil. The cage stood...foot from the ground, and was made to confine the animal so closely, that he could only stand up to feed, and lie down upon his belly ; the sliding partition... | |
 | Royal Agricultural Society - 1843 - 664 pages
...was confined on the 4th of March in a cage made of planks, of which one side was made to move with pegs, so as to fit exactly the size of the hog, with small holes at the bottom to allow the water to drain from him, and a door behind to remove the soil. The cage stood upon four... | |
 | Royal Agricultural Society of England - Agriculture - 1843 - 686 pages
...was confined on the 4th of March in a cage made of planks, of which one side was made to move with pegs, so as to fit exactly the size of the hog, with small holes at the bottom to allow the water to drain from him, and a door behind to remove the soil. The cage stood upon four... | |
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suggested the following experiment : a hog nearly of the same size as the seven, but who had not been put up with them, because they appeared to be rather larger, but without weighing them, was confined on the 4th of March, in a cage made of planks,... 