TABLE OF CONTENTS 



PART II. SWINE FEEDING. 



CHAPTER 9. WHAT Is A HOG? 

 Water Protein Fat Ash or Mineral Matter 117-122 



CHAPTER 10. SOURCES AND CHARACTER OF BUILDING MATERIAL. 

 Food Nutrients Coefficients of Digestibility Protein Carbohy- 

 drate Fat or Ether Extract Mineral Matter Dry 

 Feeds Classification and Composition of Feeds Water 

 Air 123-134 



CHAPTER 11. THE COMMON PRACTICE OF SWINE FEEDING. 

 Feeds Water Pasture Summer Feeding Winter Feeding 



Hogging Down Corn Work of Experiment Stations 135-142 



CHAPTER 12. THE WOLFF-LEHMANN FEEDING STANDARD. 

 Nutritive Ratio Requirement of Nutrients The Standard and 



the Pig Results from Use of Standard 143-146 



CHAPTER 13. METHOD OF FEEDING DEVELOPED BY THE AUTHOR. 

 Factors in Feeding Maintenance Requirement Factor of Waste 

 Feed Available for Making Gains Requirement of Nu- 

 trients Water Requirement Protein Requirement Car- 

 bohydrate Requirement Ether Extract Requirement 

 Mineral Matter Requirement The Pig as a Machine 

 Variety in Ration The Appetite of the Pig Influence of 

 Environment Influence of Previous Generations Feed- 

 ing too Much and too Little Large Gains and Eco- 

 nomical Gains Selection of Feeds Method of Calculat- 

 ing Rations Method of Procedure Compounding Rations 

 Grinding Grain Effect on the Distribution of Pro- 

 tein Effect on Palatability Effect on Water Supply 

 Hard and Small Seeds Soaking Feeds Cooking Feeds 

 Effect on Compounding the Ration Effect on Variety and 

 Protein Effect on Water Supply Changes in Rations 

 Effect on Coefficient of Digestibility Effect on Protein 

 Metabolism Effect on Habit Giving the Pig Its Feed 

 The Feed Trough The Feed Yard Individual Feeding 

 The Number of Feeds per Day Influence on Factor of 

 Waste Results 146-197 



CHAPTER 14. FEEDING THE HERD AND THE PIGS. 

 Feeding Sows Gilts Old Sows Feeding the Boar Feeding 

 the Pigs Before Weaning Feeding at a Separate Trough 

 Feeding with the Dam 19&-205 



PART III. MANAGEMENT. 



CHAPTER 15. THE BREEDING SEASON. 



Number of Litters per Year When to Breed Show Hogs 

 Market Requirements Pork Hogs Age of Gilts Condi- 

 tion of Sire and Dam Prolificacy Useful Age of Sire 

 and Dam The Sire The Dam Breeding the Sow. .... .209-217 



CHAPTER 16. FARROWING TIME. 



Feeding the Sow Before and After Farrowing The Litter 

 How Many Pigs per Sow Handling the Sow and Litter 

 Black Teeth Identification Marks Ear Marks Cas- 

 tration A Normal Pig Ruptured Pigs Spaying 

 Recording Herd Records 218-235 



CHAPTER 17. WEANING THE PIGS. 

 Self-Weaning Removing a Part of the Litter Removing All 



the Litter Prolificacy and Milking -Qualities 236-240 



