Small-Scale Pig Raising

Van Loon, Dirk

ISBN 10: 0882661361 / ISBN 13: 9780882661360

Published by Storey Publishing, 1978

About this Item

Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Seller Inventory # GRP98519152

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Small-Scale Pig Raising
• Publisher: Storey Publishing
• Publication Date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0882661361
• ISBN 13: 9780882661360
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 1.003 pounds

About this title

Synopsis

Features information on penning and handling, health and nutrition, commercial feeds, breeding, physiology, and butchering. 116,000 copies in print.

From the Back Cover

The other day a friend considering raising an animal for meat asked me whether he would be better off getting a calf or a piglet. Without hesitation I said pig.

From this beginning, author Dirk van Loon explains exactly why raising a feeder pig is the best bet for someone with little land who wants to produce the most meat for the smallest investment of time and money. Small-Scale Pig Raising covers everything from buying a pig to smoking your own bacon.

You'll learn about:

* Housing & equipment

* Penning & handling

* Health & nutrition

* Commercial feeds and feeding

* Alternative feeds

* Pig digestion & physiology

* Breeding & farrowing

* Management techniques

* Butchering

Small-Scale Pig Raising is extra good on home butchering, with step-by-step instructions and many photos covering the entire process from slaughtering to portioning meat for the freezer.