CONTENTS. 



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Letter of Transmittal 3 



Introduction 7 



Great Britain 9 



England 9 



Pure Bred Herds 10 



Feeding Berkshires for Bacon 11 



Harmony between Packer and Feeder 12 



Feeding Experiments 12 



Increase in Dressed Weight 13 



Quality of Meat , 13 



The System of Buying 14 



Farms Visited 14 



Breeding and Rearing 15 



Scotland 15 



Pork making on Scottish Farms 16 



Feeding Experiments 17 



Pure Bred Herds. . . . 18 



Ireland ." 19 



Housing and Feeding 20 



. Marketing 22 



Bacon Curing 23 



Instructions to Pig Raisers 23 



Co-operative Packing 24 



Setting the Price '. 25 



Instructions to Feeders 25 



Feeding 26 



Recapitulation 27 



Denmark 28 



The Educational System 29 



The Pigs ; 31 



Breeding Centres 32 



Swine Breeding Societies 34 



Exhibitions . . 35 



