Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Hasheider, Philip, frey50

How to raise pigs : everything you need to know / Philip Hasheider. - Minneapolis, Minn. : Voyageur Press, 2008. - 191 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cm.

Includes index. "Breed guide & selection, proper care & healthy feeding, building facilities and fencing, showing advice." "FFA, agricultural education."

An introduction to pigs and people -- Getting started -- Pork-production systems--what's your plan? -- Breeds of pigs -- Pork-production systems--organic, sustainable, and conventional -- Housing and facilities -- Fencing and enclosures -- Nutrient management -- Breeding and reproduction -- Feeding for profit and production -- Managing your pigs -- Marketing meat -- Home butchering -- Exit strategies -- Showing pigs -- Country living.

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