TABLE OF CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



PAGES 



GENERAL VIEW 1-9 



CHAPTER II 



FEEDING AND HANDLING THE HERD IN THE BREEDING 



SEASON 10-32 



Feeding the sows ....... 10-14 



Rations 11-13 



Amount to feed ....... 13-14 



Feeding the boar 14-17 



Demands ........ 14-15 



Rations 15-16 



Amount to feed 16 



Exercise 16-17 



General considerations 17-23 



Length of gestation period 18-19 



Age to breed the gilt 19-20 



Using the young boar 20-21 



Early or late pigs 21-23 



Mating 23-32 



Systems 23-25 



Time in the day to breed the sows ... 25 



The breeding-crate 25-26 



Number of sows which the boar can breed . 26-28 



Records 28-32 



CHAPTER III 



THE MANAGEMENT AND FEEDING OF THE BREEDING 



HERD IN THE WINTER .... 33-68 



General management 33-38 



Housing 33-35 



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