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    Starting a Pig Farm - A Collection of Articles on Selection, Grazing and General Management of the Herd
    Starting a Pig Farm - A Collection of Articles on Selection, Grazing and General Management of the Herd
    Starting a Pig Farm - A Collection of Articles on Selection, Grazing and General Management of the Herd
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    Starting a Pig Farm - A Collection of Articles on Selection, Grazing and General Management of the Herd

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    “Starting a Pig Farm” is a fantastic collection of vintage articles on the subject of keeping pigs, dealing with every aspect from buying and housing to marketing and beyond. This book contains a wealth of timeless, practical information that will be of considerable utility to anyone with an interest in keeping pigs for pleasure or for profit. Perfect for those with little previous experience. Contents include: “Making A Start”, “The Breed”, “Courtesy Berkshire News”, “Courtesy Berkshire News”, “Courtesy United Duroc Record Association”, “The Individual Pig”, “Starting An Outdoor Herd”, “The Only Answer”, “Breed To Buy?”, “Best Bet”, “Much In Favour”, “Laying The Foundations Of The Herd”, “Backyard Pig Keeping”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on pig farming.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateMay 31, 2013
    ISBN9781473391154
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      Starting a Pig Farm - A Collection of Articles on Selection, Grazing and General Management of the Herd - Read Books Ltd.

      MAKING A START

      FOR A BEGINNING it will be necessary to buy one or two pigs. Whether one or two will depend largely on the quantity of food available. It is practically very little more work to care for two pigs than for one. These pigs can be bought of any good farmer, but the man who is well-known as a pig breeder is likely to have better bred and selected shotes than the scrub farmer who keeps scrub hogs. These pigs should cost anywhere between $2 and $15 each, depending on age and quality, also a good deal on the standards prevailing locally. They should be taken soon after weaning at an age varying from three to ten months. It is not good business, as a rule, to buy pigs at a year old or more, the reason being that the best growth and the cheapest poundage are usually acquired by young stock. Usually the best growth period is between one and two years, and the man who keeps only one or two pigs just for family meat, will find it desirable in most cases to butcher his pork at one year of age, or even a little less.

      FIG. 1–THE PET PIG

      In choosing a pig for fattening, one of the first decisions that has to be faced relates to the sex. The female pig (gilt or sow) is a safe choice if the intention is to fatten and butcher an animal at one year of age or under. The male (boar) should never be chosen for this requirement, only for breeding purposes. However, a young barrow (castrated male) is best of all. Every man who handles and breeds hogs will doubtless have barrows for sale. If the male pigs are castrated quite early before weaning or even at two or three days old, their growth is never checked. On the contrary they fatten with special rapidity. They are notably quiet and peaceable

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