_Of all Booksellers or from the Publishers_, C. ARTHUR PEARSON, Ltd., HENRIETTA STREET, LONDON, W.C.2. * * * * * INDEX Anthrax, 162 Apthous fever, 15, 162 Arrival of little pigs, 82 Artichokes for pigs, 89 Attendance on farrowing sow, 80 Bacon curing, 177 Bacon smoking, 177 Bacon from young pigs, 171 Barley meal as sole fatting food, 134 Barn for pigsty, 109 Baulked sows, 76 Baulking sows, 94 Berkshire breed, 33 Black pigs, 75 Blind teats, 70 Boar's teats, 62 Board of Agriculture's premiums, 47 Bob-tailed pigs, 86 Breeds of pigs at shows, 17 British Berkshire Society, 27 Butter milk, 153 Cabbages for pigs, 101 Canadian system, 47 Carriers of swine fever, 158, 188 Castrating pigs, 105 Castrating ruptured pigs, 88 Cause of parti-coloured pigs, 15 Close breeding, 46 Clover for pigs, 89 Coleseed for pigs, 103 Constipation in pigs, 164 Consumption in pigs, 167 Cooked _v._ uncooked maize, 147 Cooked _v._ uncooked potatoes, 150 Cooking pig foods, 144 Cooking potatoes, 147 Cross-bred pigs, 39 Cross breds _v._ pure breds, 45 Cumberland pigs, 38 Cutting up the pig, 176 Danish pig-keeping, 174 Dead pigs, 83 Delicacy of pure-bred pigs, 45 Dentition of pigs, 49 Diarrhœa, 162 Difficulty in disinfecting sties, 161 Diseases of pigs, 157 Anthrax Apthous fever Constipation Cramp Diarrhœa Eczema Epileptic fits Foot and mouth disease Inversion of the rectum " " " vagina " " " uterus Measles Rabies Rickets Salt poisoning Soda poisoning Sore teats Swine erysipelas Swine fever Tender feet Tuberculosis Worms Dorset pigs, 25 Dosing pigs, 166 Dry beds, 103 Dysentery, 85 Eczema, 165 Effect of food and climate, 148 Epileptic fits, 162 Essex half-blacks, 21 Excited young sows, 81 Exhibition of pigs, 113 Exposure of mangolds, 152 Extra food in the autumn, 155 Farmer owners, 174 Farrowing sow, 79 Fits, 86 Flabby udders, 70 Foot and mouth disease, 15 Foster mothers, 119 Garget, 101 Gloucestershire Old Spots breed, 37 Government help, 47 Grade breeding pigs, 46 Grazing pigs, 73 Ham curing, 171 Hampshire pigs, 20 Hernia, 162 High-backed pigs, 100 Holywell Victoria Countess, 77 Husk, 160 Importation of bacon and lard, 172 Improved breeds, origin of, 13 Increased cost of freight, 175 Infectivity of swine fever, 158 Influence of sire, 43, 54 " " dam, 54 Inoculation for erysipelas, 162 " " swine fever, 162 Inversion of the rectum, 164 " " " vagina, 164 " " " uterus, 162 Large boars, 59 Large Black breed, 30 Large blue and white pigs, 23 Large White breed, 30 Large White Ulster breed, 35