63
VII. THE SOW'S UDDER 67
VIII. MATING THE YOUNG SOW 72
IX. THE FARROWING SOW 79
X. WEANING PIGS 91
XI. THE REARING OF YOUNG PIGS 97
XII. HOUSING OF PIGS 107
XIII. THE EXHIBITION OF PIGS 113
XIV. PRESENT AND FUTURE PIG-KEEPING 125
XV. PIG-FATTENING 131
XVI. A PIG CALENDAR 148
XVII. DISEASES OF THE PIG 157
XVIII. THE CURING OF PORK 171
INDEX 182
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
BREEDING SOWS OF THE LARGE AND MIDDLE WHITE
BREEDS _Frontispiece_
FACING PAGE
LARGE BLACK BOAR, "DRAYTON KING" 16
PAIR OF L.C.C. GILTS, EXHIBITED AT SMITHFIELD SHOW 1914 17
A BERKSHIRE SOW 32
LARGE BLACK SOW, "SUDBOURNE SADIE" 33
THREE MIDDLE WHITE BREEDING SOWS 48
A MIDDLE WHITE BOAR 49
TAMWORTH BOAR: BISHOP OF WEBTON 64
GLOUCESTER OLD SPOT SOW 65
LARGE WHITE BOAR 80
TAMWORTH SOW, "QUEEN OF THE FAIRIES" 81
MIDDLE WHITE SOW 96
CUMBERLAND SOW 97
LARGE WHITE SOW, "WORSLEY SUNBEAM" 112
LARGE WHITE ULSTER BOAR 113
INTRODUCTION
There are few points in the breeding of stock on which a greater
variation of opinion has been confidently expressed than on the origin
of the domesticated pig. It has been contended that our various types
had a common origin in the wild hog, and that the difference in form,
colour, and character amongst the local breeds is due, in the main, to
the requirements, imaginary or real, of the interested residents in the
particular districts. On the other hand, it
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