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ELEMENTARY AGRICULTURE 
WORDS TO BE LEARNED' 
Bacon. The sides of a pig, salted and smoked. 
Capsule. A small container of a digestible material for holding 
medicine. 
Carcass. The trunk of a slaughtered animal. 
Copperas. A chemical preparation of iron used as a tonic. 
Crossbred. Produced by mixing breeds or varieties. 
Evident. That which is easily seen. 
Herd. A number of beasts assembled together. 
Immunization. To render animals free from disease by vac¬ 
cination. 
Litter. The young pigs born to a sow at one time. 
Mongrel. An animal of mixed breeding, of no particular 
breeding. 
Protein. Feed adapted to the growth of muscle and bone; a 
compound of nitrogen. 
Registration. The act of enrolling or making a record. 
Scours. A watery discharge from the digestive tract. 
Specidation. Taking chances or risk in business. 
Tankage. A waste meat product. 
Tonic. A medicine used for increasing strength or vigor. 
Underline. The lower border of the flanks of a domestic 
animal. 
Wallows. A place where hogs roll in the mud. 
REFERENCES 
“Systems of Hog Farming,” U. S. Dept, of Agri., Farmers’ Bui. 
'985. 
“Feeding Hogs in the South,” U. S. Dept, of Agri., Farmers’ 
Bui. 411. 
“Hog Houses,” U. S. Dept, of Agri., Farmers’ Bui. 438. 
“Breeds of Swine,” U. S. Dept, of Agri., Farmers’ Bui. 765. 
“Hog Cholera,” U. S. Dept, of Agri., Farmers’ Bui. 834. 
“Hogs for Pork and Profit,” Int. Harvester Bui. 1922. 
American Berkshire Association, Springfield Ill. 
