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The Pig, Breeding, Rearing and Marketing

The Pig, Breeding, Rearing and Marketing

by Sanders Spencer

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Author
Spencer, Sanders, 1840-
Title
The Pig: Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing
Credits
Produced by Steven Giacomelli, Simon Gardner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images produced by Core Historical Literature in Agriculture (CHLA), Cornell University)
Language
English
LoC Class
SF: Agriculture: Animal culture
Subject
Swine -- Marketing
Category
Text
eBook-No.
33074
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33074
Release Date
July 4, 2010
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE PIG BREEDING, REARING, AND MARKETING — CONTENTS — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — INTRODUCTION
  2. 2.THE PIG — CHAPTER I NON-PEDIGREE PIGS — The Hampshire — Spotted Pigs — The Large White and Blue Pigs — White Pigs — Black Pigs — CHAPTER II PURE BREEDS — STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE — LARGE WHITE — MIDDLE WHITE — TAMWORTH — BERKSHIRE PIGS — LARGE BLACK PIG — LARGE WHITE ULSTER — LINCOLNSHIRE CURLY-COATED PIG — THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE OLD SPOTS — THE CUMBERLAND PIG — CHAPTER III CROSS-BRED PIGS — CHAPTER IV DENTITION AND AGE OF PIGS — CHAPTER V SELECTION OF THE BOAR — CHAPTER VI SELECTION OF THE SOW — CHAPTER VII THE SOW'S UDDER — CHAPTER VIII MATING THE YOUNG SOW — CHAPTER IX THE FARROWING SOW — CHAPTER X WEANING PIGS — CHAPTER XI THE REARING OF YOUNG PIGS — CHAPTER XII HOUSING OF PIGS — CHAPTER XIII THE EXHIBITION OF PIGS — CHAPTER XIV PRESENT AND FUTURE PIG-KEEPING — CHAPTER XV PIG-FATTENING — CHAPTER XVI A PIG CALENDAR — CHAPTER XVII DISEASES OF THE PIG — Swine Fever — Swine Erysipelas — Anthrax, Foot and Mouth Disease and Rabies — Cramp, Diarrhœa and Epileptic Fits — Inversion of the Vagina or the Uterus — Inversion of the Rectum — Tender Feet — Constipation — Eczema — Measles — Rickets — Tuberculosis — Worms — Sore Teats — Salt and Soda Poisoning — CHAPTER XVIII THE CURING OF PORK — INDEX

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