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CONTENTS 



PAGES 



External Parasites 440 



Internal Parasites 440 



Tlie stomach-worm — The tape-worm. 

 Digestive Disorders . . .... 446 



Bloating — Constipation — Disorders caused by overfeeding. 

 Other Diseases 448 



Caked udder — Garget. 



PAET IV— SWINE 



CHAPTER XXI 



Choosing and Judging Swine ....... 453-4(56 



Types of Swine . . . 453 



The lard type .... ... 453 



The bacon type 454 



Age of Swine .... ...... 454 



Choosing Lard Hogs . . 455 



General appearance of lard hogs ... . 456 



General form — Weight and condition — Quality — Constitu- 

 tion — Uniformity. 

 Detail characters of lard hogs . . . . 459 



Head — Jowls — Neck — Shoulders — Back and loin — ■ Sides 

 — Belly — Hips — Rump — Hams — Legs. 



Choosing Bacon Hogs ... 464 



Condition — Form — Shoulders — Sides — Hams. 



CHAPTER XXII 



The Feeding of Swine 467-486 



Food Requirements for Swine 468 



Preparing Food .... 



Grinding feed — Soaking the feed — Cooking the feed. 



Making up a Ration 



Feeding capacity among swine — Giving swine their feed — Salt 

 — Fresh cool water. 

 Feeding the Breeding Herd . . 



Feeding the herd in summer . . ... 



Ringing to prevent rooting — Pasture for swine — Roots for 

 swine — Pumpkins and squashes. 



469 



470 



472 

 472 



