PREFACE 



A leading thought in the preparation of this volume 

 has been that swine husbandry offers the easiest and 

 safest kind of live stock endeavor to which the South, 

 as a whole, is generally adapted. Special emphasis and 

 stress has been placed on the practical side of pork pro- 

 duction, but as much of the scientific and theoretical as 

 may have an important bearing on the practice has been 

 included. Successful southern hog growers have been 

 freely consulted, and the farm press of the South has 

 assisted materially in the preparation of the manuscript. 



The author here wishes to express his appreciation of 

 the generous assistance which has been accorded him by 

 many, and especially for the aid given him by his father, 

 R. B. Ewing, by Prof. C. L. Willoughby of the College 

 of Agriculture of the University of Florida, and by the 

 many agricultural workers and swine breeders who 

 assisted in supplying the photographs. 



P. V. EWING. 



