. Brood sows and their litters; a practical book on how to handle the brood sow and her litter. What to feed, when to feed and how to feed. Also how to care for the litter. Swine; Swine. CHAPJER I. Extent and Growth of the Swine Industry HE swine industry is indeed a large one. The 1910 year book of the Department of Agriculture at Wash- ington, D. C, states that on January 1, 1910, there were 47,782,000 swine on farms in the United States. The price per head was given at $, making a total farm value of $436,603,000. The years of 1906, ^07, '08 and '09 surpassed the 1910 record in numbers
. Brood sows and their litters; a practical book on how to handle the brood sow and her litter. What to feed, when to feed and how to feed. Also how to care for the litter. Swine; Swine. CHAPJER I. Extent and Growth of the Swine Industry HE swine industry is indeed a large one. The 1910 year book of the Department of Agriculture at Wash- ington, D. C, states that on January 1, 1910, there were 47,782,000 swine on farms in the United States. The price per head was given at $, making a total farm value of $436,603,000. The years of 1906, ^07, '08 and '09 surpassed the 1910 record in numbers from five to almost ten millions, but the farm value in 1910 was higher and the price per head higher than for any previous year. In the year 1867 there were 24,694,000 swine in the United States, with a price per head of $, making a farm value of $99,637,000. Comparing the figures of 1867 with those of 1910, we find the numbers have doubled, the price per head more than doubled and the farm value increased five times. Another way to get at the importance of the swine industry is to com- pare it with other meat-producing animals. On January 1, 1910, sheep on farms in the United States numbered 57,216,000 (some ten million more than the number of swine), had a price per head of $ (less than half the price of swine), and had a farm value of $233,664,000 (about half the farm value of swine). On .January 1, 1910, cattle other than milk cows numbered 47,279,000, had a price per head of $, and a farm value of $917,453,000. So, we see, as far as practical results go, the value of cattle for meat production is about double that of swine, and the value of sheep is about half that of swine. This comparison show^s that pork production ranks midway between cattle and sheep for the whole United States. There are a good many reasons why pork production is an extensive industry and will continue to be. In order to keep up the fertility and v^alue of our farms we should feed w^hat
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