CONTENTS

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Part One. Pig Raising Calendar 9
Part Two. Practical Exercises 21
1. Wild Relatives of Swine
2. Swine on the Home Farm
3. Market Prices
4. Inspection Trips
5. Comparative Judging
6. Exercises in Judging
7. Reports on Home Feeding
8. Hog Houses
9. Breed Directory
10. Concrete Hog Wallow
11. Wooden Troughs
12. Hurdles
13. Making a Collection of Feeds
14. Weighing Pigs with Steelyards
Part Three. Swine 29
1. Origin
2. Bacon-Type
3. Lard-Type
4. Breeds
5. Bacon Breeds
6. Lard Breeds
7. Selecting the Pigs
8. Getting Started
9. Care and Management
10. Houses
11. Sanitation
12. Wallows and Dips
13. Worms
14. Hog Cholera
15. Feeds and Feeding
16. Corn, Pasture and Other Supplements
17. Mineral Matter
18. Feeding and Care of the Sow
19. Feeding the Pigs
20. Markets
21. Market Classes and Grades
22. Notebook Questions
Appendix 49
A Model Constitution for Boys and Girls Clubs 49
Parliamentary Practice, Hints and Suggestions, Duties of Officers 50
Suggestive Programs for Agricultural Clubs 53
References on Pigs 53
Part Four. The Home Project Notebook 57

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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