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The Pig Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing By: Sanders Spencer |
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This Plain Text version has been prepared using the Latin 1 character set only. Italic typeface is indicated by underscore . Bold typeface, which is used in the advertisements only, is indicated by =equals=. The oe ligature is indicated by the use of square brackets: [oe]. Where changes have been made to the text (of typographical errors etc.) these are listed at the end of the book. [Illustration: Frontispiece. Photo, Reid, Wishaw. BREEDING SOWS OF THE LARGE AND MIDDLE WHITE BREEDS. The Middle White Sow in the forefront (the property of the Author) was one of the best ever bred, "Holywell Countess Victoria."] THE PIG THE PIG BREEDING, REARING, AND MARKETING BY SANDERS SPENCER London C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. Henrietta Street 1919 CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE INTRODUCTION 13 I. NON PEDIGREE PIGS 19 II. PURE BREEDS (with Standard Descriptions and Scales of Points) 26 III. CROSS BRED PIGS 39 IV. DENTITION AND AGE OF PIGS 49 V. SELECTION OF THE BOAR 54 VI. SELECTION OF THE SOW 63 VII. THE SOW'S UDDER 67 VIII. MATING THE YOUNG SOW 72 IX. THE FARROWING SOW 79 X. WEANING PIGS 91 XI. THE REARING OF YOUNG PIGS 97 XII. HOUSING OF PIGS 107 XIII. THE EXHIBITION OF PIGS 113 XIV. PRESENT AND FUTURE PIG KEEPING 125 XV. PIG FATTENING 131 XVI. A PIG CALENDAR 148 XVII. DISEASES OF THE PIG 157 XVIII. THE CURING OF PORK 171 INDEX 182 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS BREEDING SOWS OF THE LARGE AND MIDDLE WHITE BREEDS Frontispiece FACING PAGE LARGE BLACK BOAR, "DRAYTON KING" 16 PAIR OF L.C.C. GILTS, EXHIBITED AT SMITHFIELD SHOW 1914 17 A BERKSHIRE SOW 32 LARGE BLACK SOW, "SUDBOURNE SADIE" 33 THREE MIDDLE WHITE BREEDING SOWS 48 A MIDDLE WHITE BOAR 49 TAMWORTH BOAR: BISHOP OF WEBTON 64 GLOUCESTER OLD SPOT SOW 65 LARGE WHITE BOAR 80 TAMWORTH SOW, "QUEEN OF THE FAIRIES" 81 MIDDLE WHITE SOW 96 CUMBERLAND SOW 97 LARGE WHITE SOW, "WORSLEY SUNBEAM" 112 LARGE WHITE ULSTER BOAR 113 INTRODUCTION There are few points in the breeding of stock on which a greater variation of opinion has been confidently expressed than on the origin of the domesticated pig. It has been contended that our various types had a common origin in the wild hog, and that the difference in form, colour, and character amongst the local breeds is due, in the main, to the requirements, imaginary or real, of the interested residents in the particular districts... Continue reading book >>
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