Storey's guide to raising pigs: care, facilities, management, breeds
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North Adams, MA : Storey Pub., [2009].
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Book
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3rd ed.
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viii, 374 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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SRL Adult Nonfiction
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From the Back Cover: Kelly Klober brings thirty years of hands-on experience to Storey's Guide to Raising Pigs, a comprehensive resource for small-scale hog farmers, new and experienced. Filled with practical knowledge and expert advice, it will answer your questions and help you raise healthy, profitable pigs. The revised and updated third edition includes: an expanded breed guide; safe fencing and housing options; greener farming methods; diseases prevention and treatment; guidelines for showing; business and marketing plans and record-keeping appendix pages.
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9781603424745, 1603424741, 9781603424738, 1603424733
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-353) and index.
Description
From the Back Cover: Kelly Klober brings thirty years of hands-on experience to Storey's Guide to Raising Pigs, a comprehensive resource for small-scale hog farmers, new and experienced. Filled with practical knowledge and expert advice, it will answer your questions and help you raise healthy, profitable pigs. The revised and updated third edition includes: an expanded breed guide; safe fencing and housing options; greener farming methods; diseases prevention and treatment; guidelines for showing; business and marketing plans and record-keeping appendix pages.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Klober, K. (2009). Storey's guide to raising pigs: care, facilities, management, breeds. 3rd ed. North Adams, MA, Storey Pub.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Klober, Kelly, 1949-. 2009. Storey's Guide to Raising Pigs: Care, Facilities, Management, Breeds. North Adams, MA, Storey Pub.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Klober, Kelly, 1949-, Storey's Guide to Raising Pigs: Care, Facilities, Management, Breeds. North Adams, MA, Storey Pub, 2009.
MLA Citation (style guide)Klober, Kelly. Storey's Guide to Raising Pigs: Care, Facilities, Management, Breeds. 3rd ed. North Adams, MA, Storey Pub, 2009.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Preface -- 1: Introduction To Raising Hogs -- Hog-farming trends -- Modern pork production -- Hog myths -- Talkin' hog -- Thinking hogs -- Identify your markets -- 2: Breeds Tried And True -- Modern swine breeds -- Why purebred hogs instead of hybrids? -- Choose a breed type to match your farm -- Pigs as pets -- 3: Raising Hogs For The Family Table -- Facilities -- Essential equipment -- Buying a pig or two -- Feeding hogs -- Bringing your pigs home -- Swine finishing -- 4: Home Butchering And Pork Processing -- Slaughtering the hog -- Breaking down the carcass -- Butchering -- Putting away the pork -- Preserving pork -- There's pork in this?-pork recipes -- 5: Fitting And Showing Hogs -- Showing market hogs -- Showing breeding stock -- 6: Hog Business -- Running a manageable operation -- How many hogs for success? -- Know your market -- Shift in feeder-pig production -- Show pigs -- Farrow-to-finish production -- Finishing hogs -- Breeding-stock production -- Direct marketing your own pork -- What about organic? -- Contented hogs -- Lean and green -- 7: Preparing For Your Herd -- Drylot -- Pasture -- Fencing choices -- Range house -- Farrowing structures -- Housing for sows with nursing pigs -- 8: Selecting Breeding Stock -- Shopping for livestock -- Performance data -- Gilt selection -- Boar selection -- Bidding decisions -- 9: Managing Your Breeding Herd -- Bringing in the boar -- Bringing in gilts -- Breeding gilts -- Gestation -- Farrowing -- Pig at birth -- Caring for the newborn pig -- Postfarrowing sow care -- Care for nursing pigs -- Weaning -- Growout -- 10: Hog Health Care -- New vulnerability -- Breed your way back to vigor -- Health-care philosophy -- Just the basics -- Veterinary care -- Injections -- Parasite control -- Swine ailments and illnesses -- 11: Managing Your Hog Operation -- Record keeping -- Marketing hogs -- Hog industry: today and tomorrow -- 12: Day-To-Day Life With Hogs -- Movin' hogs the easy way -- Managing information -- Do it right the first time -- Take time to scratch their ears -- Goals -- Every pig is precious -- Buying at auction -- Hog-farm fashion -- Hog people -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Hog anatomy -- Reproductive information -- Record keeping templates -- Sample calendar year for the diversified small producer -- Resources -- Glossary -- Index. | |
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