Small-Scale Pig Raising

By: Dirk Van Loon

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Hardcover | 10 June 2016 | Edition Number 2

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278 Pages

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24.41 x 16.99 x 1.75

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Do you dream of raising a feeder animal but have limited land, time, and money? Dirk van Loon has a solution for you! Covering everything from buying your pig to smoking your own bacon, Small-Scale Pig Raising will show you how to produce the most meat for the smallest investment of time and money in a healthy and stress-free environment.

This volume covers the essentials, including:

Housing & equipment
Penning & handling
Commercial feeds
Alternative feeds
Pig digestion & physiology
Breeding & farrowing
Management techniques
Butchering

Small-Scale Pig Raising includes in-depth detail on home butchering with step-by-step instructions and photos that break down the entire process from slaughtering to portioning meat for the freezer. This book covers everything a beginner needs to know.

This book is also available from Echo Point Books as a paperback (ISBN 1626545537).

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