Produced by Steven Giacomelli, Simon Gardner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images produced by Core Historical Literature in Agriculture (CHLA), Cornell University) Transcriber's Notes: This Plain Text version has been prepared using the UTF-8 character set only. Italic typeface is indicated by _underscore_. Bold typeface, which is used in the advertisements only, is indicated by =equals=. Where changes have been made to the text (of typographical errors etc.) these are listed at the end of the book. * * * * * [Illustration: _Frontispiece. Photo, Reid, Wishaw._ BREEDING SOWS OF THE LARGE AND MIDDLE WHITE BREEDS. The Middle White Sow in the forefront (the property of the Author) was one of the best ever bred, "Holywell Countess Victoria."] THE PIG THE PIG BREEDING, REARING, AND MARKETING BY SANDERS SPENCER London C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. Henrietta Street 1919 CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE INTRODUCTION 13 I. NON-PEDIGREE PIGS 19 II. PURE BREEDS (with Standard Descriptions and Scales of Points) 26 III. CROSS-BRED PIGS 39 IV. DENTITION AND AGE OF PIGS 49 V. SELECTION OF THE BOAR 54 VI. SELECTION OF THE SOW 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