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Fender rail. A bar placed in the bed in a farrowing pen, to 

 prevent the crushing of young pigs by their dams. 



Gilt. A young female hog which has not produced young. 



Hog. An American term applying to mature swine of either 

 sex. 



Pig. A young hog of either sex up to about eighty pounds. 

 Commonly applied to all classes of swine, especially by the 

 English. 



Porcine. Of or pertaining to swine. 



Pork. The edible flesh of the swine. 



Self-feeder. A bin with trough attached and adjustment so 

 that feed can run into trough as fast as removed by pigs. 



Shote. A young hog of 80 to 125 pounds. 



Sow. A female hog which has reached maturity. 



(Sms Indica. The Asiatic branch of the swine famUy. 



Sus Scrofa. The European branch of the swine fa,mily. 



Tankage. A packing-house by-product consisting of the resi- 

 dues from the production of lard, taUow, and grease, and used 

 in pig feeding as a source of protein, as a balance to a grain or 

 otherwise too carbonaceous a diet. 



Weanling. A pig which has ceased to suckle and is able to 

 eat soUd feed. Roughly speaking, a weanling is between a 

 suckling pig and a shote. 



Worms. Round intestinal worms, Ascaris Suis, are the most 

 common parasites of the digestive tract of pigs in the North- 

 west. 



Yelt. English term for gilt. 



