All about Pigs & Pig-Keeping - 800 Questions and Answers
Author | : Various |
Publisher | : Read Books Ltd |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2011-03-11 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781446545201 |
ISBN-13 | : 1446545202 |
Rating | : 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: “All About Pigs & Pig-Keeping” contains almost all the information one might want to know about pigs and related subjects. Presented as a series of over 800 questions and answers split into helpful sections, this volume is sure to be of utility to farmers and pig owners alike. Contents Include: “Breeding”, “Breeding for Bacon”, “Sow's Breeding Life”, “Feeding”, “Animal Protein”, “Antibiotics”, “Artificial Rearing”, “Housing”, “Equipment”, “Fattening”, “Houses”, “Management”, “Bad Habits”, “Crops and Cropping”, “Ear Marking and Ringing”, “Veterinary Abnormalities”, “Abnormal Behaviour”, “Abortion”, “Boar Troubles”, 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 the history of farming.