| All about Pigs & Pig-Keeping - 800 Questions and Answers Contributor(s): Various (Author) |
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ISBN: 1406797200 ISBN-13: 9781406797206 Publisher: Hesperides Press OUR PRICE: $38.94 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2022 Annotation: Originally published in the 1950s, this extremely comprehensive book answers 800 questions about pigs and pig-keeping. Packed full of useful information and well illustrated with explanatory diagrams, this contains much of practical use to today's pig keeper. 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 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Animal Husbandry - Social Science | Agriculture & Food - Nature | Animals - Mammals |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.93 lbs) 332 pages |
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| Publisher Description: "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. |