Sue Weaver

Homegrown Pork (eBook, ePUB)

Humane, Healthful Techniques for Raising a Pig for Food

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Learn how to select and raise heirloom pigs for your own flavorful pork.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781603428828
• Artikelnr.: 41232755

Autorenporträt

Sue Weaver has written hundreds of magazine articles and many books about livestock, horses, and chickens, including The Backyard Cow, The Backyard Goat, The Backyard Sheep, Storey and The Donkey Companion. Weaver and her husband share their ridgetop farmette in the southern Ozarks with an array of animal friends.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
 
Part 1: Meet the Pig
 
Chapter 1: History
Man Tames the Pig - The Rise of Market Pigs
 
Chapter 2: Physiology and Behavior
Pig Intelligence - The Five Senses - Pig Hierarchies - Basic Behaviors
 
Chapter 3: Handling
Taming Wary Pigs - Lifting - Moving - Restraining - Hauling
 
Part 2: Purchasing and Raising
 
Chapter 4: Breeds
Choosing a Breed - Types of Pigs - Common Breeds - Rare Breeds - Unusual
Pigs
 
Chapter 5: Buying
Where to Buy - Visiting Farms - Bringing Pigs Home
 
Chapter 6: Housing, Fences, and Equipment
Shelters - Pens - Fences - Wallows - Furnishing the Shelter or Pen
 
Chapter 7: Feeding
The Pig's Digestive System - Commercial Rations - Supplementary Feeds -
What Not to Feed - Pig Manure
 
Chapter 8: Health
Finding a Good Pig Vet - Giving Shots - Treating Minor Problems - Checking
Vital Signs - Common Illnesses - Heat Stress - Poisoning - Parasites
 
Part 3: From Pig to Pork
 
Chapter 9: To the Slaughterhouse
Slaughter Options - Taking Your Pigs for Processing - Pork Cuts at a Glance
- Cutting Your Own Pig
 
Chapter 10: Home Processing
Curing Pork - Smoking Pork - Canning Pork - Freezing Pork - Homemade
Sausage - Rendering and Using Lard - Cooking Pork
 
Appendices
 
Appendix 1: Pig History Timeline
Appendix 2: Build Your Own Pig Ark
Appendix 3: How to Shoot a Pig
 
Glossary
Resources
Index