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    Principles of Practical Pig Breeding and Feeding
    Principles of Practical Pig Breeding and Feeding
    Principles of Practical Pig Breeding and Feeding
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    Principles of Practical Pig Breeding and Feeding

    By E. W. Brooks

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    “Principles of Practical Pig Breeding and Feeding” is a classic guide to pig farming that presents the reader with all the fundamental information they would need to know about keeping and breeding pigs for pleasure or profit. It covers every aspect of the subject from stock selection to common ailments and how they can be avoided, making it ideal for novice breeders and owners alike. Not to be missed by collectors of vintage agricultural literature. Contents include “The Problem of the British Pig”, “Management”, “Breeding And Rearing”, “Principles Of Practical Pig Feeding”, “The Six Constituents Of Meat”, “Principles of Practical Pig Breeding”, “Principles of Practical Pig Feeding”, “Avoidable Ills and Other Diseases”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on pig farming.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateMay 31, 2013
    ISBN9781473381551
    Principles of Practical Pig Breeding and Feeding
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    E. W. Brooks

    “I hope to continue to put out content that people want to read. If something I write can take someone away from the stresses of their day, I've accomplished my goal. I don't seek to change the world with my books, I have a blog for that, but I do hope to entertain it.” - E.W. Brooks Growing up in a small town fueled E.W.’s desire to see more and led her to larger cities where she always kept abreast of events via the nightly news and local newspapers. Brooks was intrigued by the stories of those who made an effort at a better life; on the wrong side of the law. Her curiosities led to much research and her writing, Mafietta. E.W. Brooks is an Army Wife, big sister and mentor with a big imagination. She is the founder of the Campbell Sisterhood, a group of women who support and empower each other as well as other Army Wives. Brooks also donates 10% of book proceeds to the Military Matters Project. However, she says her greatest joy comes from spending time with her family and seeing the smiling faces of those she’s helped to find a bit of light along their journey.

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      Principles of Practical Pig Breeding and Feeding - E. W. Brooks

      The Problem of the British Pig

      IN a booklet it is impossible even to begin to deal adequately with the many aspects of Pig Breeding, Management and Feeding as they affect individual farms. Instead our objects must be, first, to outline the principles which we have found to be sound and regard as essentials of success—second, to describe the VITAMEALO Pig Rations and their purposes as concisely and helpfully as possible.

      Right at the outset we have to give this message:—NO RATION CAN SUCCEED AS IT SHOULD UNLESS CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT.

      Unfortunately, it is too common and too easy a practice to blame the food when trouble appears. Sometimes it may be the food but our experience is that where a properly balanced ration is being fed, the trouble can nearly always be traced to other factors. One of the duties of the VITAMEALO ADVISORY SERVICE is to explore any complaint in order to trace its source so that the Farmer can be shown in a practical way exactly how his trouble has been caused, and how repetition can be avoided.

      The VITAMEALO ADVISORY SERVICE is free to our customers and we do want them to use it freely. Whenever a Farmer asks us to investigate troubles we welcome the opportunity, as it is to our advantage to have troubles traced to their source and properly handled. Better still, neither the Farmer nor we want troubles at all and so it is invariably much to the Farmer’s advantage to consult us first on any doubtful point so that he can be put right before trouble appears.

      Pig schemes come and go, but recent events have shown the intention of the Government to take agriculture far more seriously than at any time since the war, and we feel safe in predicting that the latest Pig Scheme will be remodelled so that a permanent basis is found whereby the British pig can be produced at a profit. However unsatisfactory the original schemes have proved in practice, one factor nevertheless has been emphasized all the time, namely, that the Producer shall be paid according to the quality of the carcass he produces.

      Gone is the day when a bad pig was paid for at the same price as a good one. For the sake of profit making and of justification of protection the Farmer must, to-day, breed and feed for the carcass in demand, if he doesn’t, he can never expect the Government to continue its efforts on his behalf.

      Great as has been the improvement in type since the inception of the Pig Scheme, there is still room for further improvement. Breeders should strive for length and more length, finer and still finer shoulders, and less fat at the collar and shoulder.

      It must be realised that the fullest co-operation between the Producer—the Curer—and the Food Manufacturer is necessary if we in this Country are to produce the correct side of Bacon. Lack of any such co-operation in the past has been largely responsible for the greater popularity of imported bacon, because the foreigner has realised what is required by this market and has supplied it.

      The Farmer is too busy and has not the resources to carry out detailed nutritional research, but continual work of this nature will always be necessary and it is for the Food Manufacturer and others to undertake it in order that the Farmer can have available rations which will produce the right product economically.

      We deal in this booklet with some of the principles affecting general management and feeding of pigs under conditions which exist to-day. We are all rather apt to be conservative in our methods, wondering sometimes whether all this talk of Balanced Rations—Proteins—Vitamins, etc. is not all so much bunkum, and thinking of the old days when these things were unheard of and pigs did quite as well.

      But one has to remember that this is an age of specialisation. There is a definite demand for a pig of a certain type, and if the British Farmer won’t produce it, the Foreigner will. The importer is always at our door. By producing in bulk he cuts his cost. He controls his own market, keeping his prices at a level that enables him to send the surplus over here at any price it will fetch. That surplus is usually his best, the remainder is good enough for his own controlled and protected market.

      We want to stress that our conclusions are drawn in large measure from our own practical experience, that before—and ever since—we marketed VITAMEALO we have had our Experimental Stations and Laboratories, that WE ARE COMPLETELY UNTIED AS TO ANY

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