How to Raise Pigs: Everything You Need to Know
- ISBN-10
- 0760345252
- ISBN-13
- 9780760345252
- Category
- Technology & Engineering
- Pages
- 176
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-01-15
- Publisher
- Voyageur Press (MN)
- Author
- Philip Hasheider
Description
Backed by the National FFA Organization, our acclaimed series of How to Raise guides has helped countless first-time animal owners across the United States confidently care for their new companions. In this freshly updated second edition of How to Raise Pigs, farmer and author Philip Hasheider covers every facet of raising pigs. His approachable, authoritative advice covers everything from figuring out which breed to buy to properly housing, fencing, feeding, breeding, showing, marketing, and butchering your animals. Fully illustrated with instructional photography, How to Raise Pigs continues to serve as the go-to reference book in your livestock library--whether you're raising your pigs for pleasure or profit.
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