Author: Philip Hasheider Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN) ISBN: 9780760331583 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 196
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From choosing a breed to bringing home the bacon, this approachable, authoritative guide covers every facet of raising pigs--breeding, housing, feeding, healthcare, showing, and marketing.
Author: Jon Henrik Ziegler Remme Publisher: Lexington Books ISBN: 0739190423 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 177
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The Ifugao of Northern Luzon, the Philippines, are famous for their extensive system of irrigated rice terraces, and previous anthropological accounts of the Ifugao have stressed their immense importance for social life. This book attempts to "go against the grain" and approach Ifugao society through an often overlooked element, namely their pigs. By a detailed ethnographic description of Ifugao cultural practices related to kinship, animism, prestige, and death, Pigs and Persons in the Philippines shows how pigs are involved in the constitution and re-constitution of relations between humans and between humans and spirits. Remme draws upon theories of relationality, performativity, and assemblages to argue that the exchange and consumption of pig meat have the ontological effect of enacting persons. He also shows how pigs are the prime means of engaging in relations with spirits and argues further that prestige can be understood as a heterogeneous assemblage of relations of which pigs play a central role. While pigs are thus constitutively involved in the enactment of persons, Remme also shows how they are operative in the re-constitution of relations that occurs at death. In documenting these practices, Remme argues for a relational understanding of personhood that goes beyond inter-human relations and includes relations with nonhuman beings, including spirits, and animals.
Author: United States. Department of Agriculture. Statistical Reporting Service Publisher: DIANE Publishing ISBN: 1428940170 Category : Swine Languages : en Pages : 30
Author: HowExpert Publisher: HowExpert ISBN: 1648918425 Category : Pets Languages : en Pages : 165
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If you want to learn how to breed, raise, and prepare show hogs for pig shows, then check out HowExpert Guide to Show Pigs. This guide is an information-dense piece of text that is a step-by-step guide for raising show pigs from farrow to table. In the first section of the book, you will discover everything there is to know about picking a sow and boar to produce a litter of pigs that will be able to stand the test of showing. Whether it’s for meat or a high-quality, well-mannered show hog, this book will help you make informed decisions. Additionally, you will receive information and tips on breeding your sow and then maintaining her well-being throughout the sow’s life. Even while she is laboring, you will have everything there is to know about birthing a litter of pigs and setting them up for success with castrations, vaccinations, and feed diets. In the second section of the book, the content will primarily focus on how to prepare the show hog for the ring. Complete with training tips, tools, supplements, and product suggestions, as well as information about maintaining a clean area. This book will guide you through the show pig process from birth, all the way up till they are in the show ring and off to the auction. Additionally, for hogs raised for the freezer, you will be informed about how to monitor their progress and determine when they are ready and what you will be able to harvest from a complete meat-rearing hog. For anyone looking to dive into the world of pig agriculture and diversify their skill-set, this is the beginner’s guide to getting a hog business started. Check out HowExpert Guide to Show Pigs if you want to learn how to breed, raise, and prepare show hogs for pig shows! About the Author Keiren Cook is a young and avid writer passionate about raising quality hogs for the youth interested in agriculture. She started in the hog business as a freshman in high school when she showed her first hog at the county fair. From there, her love for hogs has grown into a thriving business, where for the last six years, she has built up a reputation for breeding and producing high-quality meat and show hogs for the youth in her community. Over those six years, she has been in many experiences and situations, which has prepared her to write an information-dense “How-To” book about raising this breed of livestock. HowExpert publishes how to guides by everyday experts.
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