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Exercise. — Swine Judging. — Get score cards for fat and 

 for bacon types of swine from your State Agricultural College 

 and have one or two lessons in judging. This will clearly 

 show the differences between the two types. 



REVIEW 



1. Tell what you can of the source of domestic swine. 



2. Describe and contrast the two types of swine. 



3. Name the four most common breeds of the fat type and give 

 their origin. 



4. Give the colors and other distinctive characteristics of these 

 four breeds. 



5. Name three breeds of the bacon type and give their origin and 

 color. 



6. Why should farmers sell young market swine rather than older 

 ones ? 



7. Tell of the importance of good pastures for swine. 



8. Give the four feeding periods of a pig's life, and the chief feed 

 for each. 



9. Mention some forms of mineral matter for pigs. 

 10. Tell how hog cholera disease is spread. 



References. — U. S. Farmers' Bulletins: 100, Hog Raising in the 

 South; 133, Profitable Crops for Pigs, pp. 27-29; 183, Meat on the 

 Farm: Butchering, Curing and Keeping; 222, Market Classes and 

 Grades of Swine, pp. 24-32; 272, A Successful Hog and Seed Corn Farm; 

 296, Grinding Corn for Hogs, p. 25; 379, Hog Cholera. Bulletins on 

 Hog Cots: 273, pp. 11-14; 296, pp. 27-29; 334, pp. 31-32. Bulletins partly 

 on Swine Feeding, 22, 97, 133, 144, 169, 210, 251, 296, 305, 315, 329. 



CHAPTER XXVI. 

 POULTRY MANAGEMENT. 



The term Poultry commonly includes chickens, ducks, 

 geese, and turkeys; but may also refer to guineas, pigeons, 

 pheasants and peafowls. The keeping of poultry by farmers 

 is usually only incidental to other lines of farming. But in 

 some sections, particularly near large cities, poultry raising 

 is extensively carried on as a special line of farming. 



The value of poultry and eggs produced annually on 

 American farms is about two-thirds of a billion dollars. In 



