TABLE OF CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



PAOES 



General View 1-9 



CHAPTER II 



Feeding and Handling the Hebd 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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