TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PAKT I. SWINE BREEDING. 



Chapter 1. — Selection of a Breed. 

 Type of Swine — Fat or Lard Hog — Bacon Hog — Production of 

 Type — ^Location — Color of Swine — Advantages In Marliet- 

 ing 13-22 



Chapter 2. — Size, Proupicact and Qualttt. 

 Size and Age of Hogs — Rate of Growth — Total Feed Eaten and 

 Cost per Pound Gain — Feed Eaten per 100 Pounds Live 

 Weiglit — Maturity — Prolificacy— Quality 23-29 



Chapter 3. — Breeds, Principai, Characteristics. 

 Bacon Breeds — Tamworttis — Large Yorkshires — Breeds of the 

 Fat or Lard Type — Berkshire — Chester White — Duroc- 

 Jersey — Poland-China — Hampshire — Cheshire — Essex — 

 Other Breeds 30-49 



Chapter 4. — Judqino Swine. 

 Fat or Lard Type and Standard of Excellence — Fat or Lard Hog 

 for Breeding and Standard of Excellence — Fat or Lard 

 Hog for Market — Bacon Type — Standard of Excellence for 

 Bacon Hog for Breeding — Standard of Excellence for 

 Bacon Hog for Market 51-67 



Chapter 5. — ^EsTABLisHiNa a Breedinq Herd. 

 The Grade Herd — The Pure-Bred Herd — Public Sale^Private 

 Sale — Bred Sows — The Herd Boar — Addiiional Herd Spec- 

 imens — Requirements for Success 68-73 



Chapter 6. — Origin op the Breeds. 

 English Breeds — The Wild Boar — Sus Indica — Production of 



Breeds — ^American Breeds 74-77 



Chapter 7. — Development of the Breeds. 

 Tamworth — ^Large Yorkshire — Old Yorkshire — Leicester — Small 

 Yorkshire — Method of Procedure — Pedigree of Develop- 

 ment of Large Yorkshire — Berkshire — Chester White — 

 Original Foundation Stock — Todd's Improved Chester — 

 Ohio Improved Chester — Duroc-Jersey — Durocs and Jer- 

 sey Reds — Poland-China — Origin of Poland-China Foun- 

 dation Stock — The Poland Hog — Russian Hog of the 

 United States — The Byfleld — The China Hog — The Irish 

 Pig — Irish Grazier — ^Berkshires: the Development of the 

 Breed — ^The Hampshire (Thin Rind) — Cheshire or Jef- 

 ferson County Swine of New York — Essex Swine — Large 

 Blacks and Lincolns 78-100 



Chapter 8. — Methods of Breeding. 

 Pure-Bred Swine — Out Crossing — Line Breeding — Close Breeding 

 — Inbreeding — Character of Offspring — Grading — Cross 

 Breeding — Swine Breeding 101-113 



