Pigs: Keeping a Small-Scale Herd for Pleasure and Profit (Hobby Farm) - Softcover

Mcfarlen, Arie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1933958189 ISBN 13: 9781933958187

Publisher: CompanionHouse Books, 2008

Synopsis

All pig raisers will welcome the guidance and helpful tips of experienced rancher Arie B. McFarlen, PhD on the many aspects of raising and tending a small herd of pigs on a hobby farm. From selecting and purchasing the best pigs for a small farm to feeding, housing, and handling, Hobby Farms Pigs is a full-color comprehensive guide that is both practical and entertaining. The author has gathered advice from expert pig farmers from around the country on various topics, and the chapters on keeping pigs healthy and breeding and raising healthy piglets will prove especially helpful to experienced pig farmers as well as neophytes. Resources include an appendix of swine diseases, a glossary of relevant terms, listing of useful associations, books, periodicals, and websites. Fully indexed.

About this title

From the Publisher:

About The Hobby Farms(tm) Series: Whether weekend gardeners or dedicated small farmers, readers will gather a bushel of essential information from Hobby Farm and its companions editions. These books help experienced and novice hobby farmers alike realize their own dreams of life on the farm for pleasure and profit.

About the Author:

Arie McFarlen shares with almost all hobby farmers a devotion to sustainable food production and the preservation of traditional farming methods. Arie raises grass-fed cattle, poultry, sheep, horses, donkeys, and, of course, swine on her farm just north of Sioux Falls, North Dakota.

About this edition

• Publisher: CompanionHouse Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1933958189
• ISBN 13: 9781933958187
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 184