Book Description

“Profitable Hog Raising” contains a comprehensive guide to pig farming, with chapters on every aspect from breeding and housing to hygiene and making a profit. Written in simple, plain language and full of useful information, this profusely-illustrated guide will be of utility to anyone with an interest in keeping pigs for pleasure or for profit. Contents include: “Pig Farming”, “Profitable Hog Raising”, “Sanitation”, “Swine Improvement”, “Good West Coast Woods Hog”, “Houses Will Reduce Losses”, “Community Vs. Portable Hog-Houses”, “Use Of Short-Length Lumber In”, “Hog-House Building”, “Construction Of Community”, “Hog-Houses”, 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 pig farming.