Title Page -- Dedication -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE - Pigs: A Primer -- THE PIG'S PLACE IN HISTORY -- PIGS: THE BREEDS -- PROFILES OF SWINE BREEDS -- BIOLOGY -- BEHAVIOR -- CHAPTER TWO - Selecting and Buying the Right Breed of Pig -- WHAT TO BUY -- DETERMINING YOUR PRODUCTION MODEL -- CHOOSING THE BREED -- DECIDING BETWEEN PUREBRED AND CROSSBRED -- WHERE TO BUY -- BUYING FROM BREEDERS -- STOCKYARD AND LIVESTOCK SALES -- THE SELECTION -- CONFORMATION -- HEALTH -- THE SALE -- AFTER THE SALE -- GETTING YOUR PIGS HOME -- WELCOMING YOUR PIGS -- CHAPTER THREE - Pastures and Pigpens: Housing and Fencing Pigs -- SELECTING A SITE -- FENCING -- WOOD RAILINGS -- HOG PANELS -- PIPE -- FIELD FENCE -- ELECTRIFIED FENCE -- BARBED WIRE -- ROTATIONAL GRAZING -- PIGS AND MUD -- MUD HOLES -- CONCRETE WALLOWS AND KIDDIE POOLS -- BARNS, HUTS, AND PENS -- A-FRAMES -- QUONSET HUTS -- EXISTING STRUCTURES: BARNS AND PENS -- BUILDING YOUR OWN STRUCTURE -- BEDDING AND VENTILATION -- CHAPTER FOUR - Feeding Your Pigs -- WATER -- WATER DISHES, TROUGHS, AND NIPPLE DRINKERS -- WATERING TANKS AND AUTOMATED WATERERS -- FEED -- FEED DISHES AND TROUGHS -- WALL FEEDERS AND BIN FEEDERS -- WHAT DO I FEED MY PIGS? -- PASTURE RAISED -- GRAZING ALSO BENEFITS THE LAND -- COMMERCIAL RATIONS -- GRAINS -- MILK PRODUCTS -- PROTEINS -- KITCHEN SCRAPS AND SURPLUS FOODS -- BAKERY WASTE -- FATS -- ADDITIONAL FEEDSTUFF -- VITAMIN AND MINERAL SUPPLEMENTS -- CHAPTER FIVE - Safe Handling, Routine Care, and Health Issues -- HANDLING -- CATCHING PIGS -- HOLDING PIGS -- CASTING OR THROWING PIGS -- ROUTINE CARE -- TRIMMING HOOVES -- CUTTING TUSKS -- RINGING NOSES -- HEALTH ISSUES -- SUDDEN ILLNESSES OR EMERGENCIES -- VACCINATIONS -- WORMING AND INTERNAL PARASITES -- SCOURS -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER SIX - Pig Breeding and Farrowing -- SELECTION -- SOWS AND GILTS -- BOARS -- THE BREEDING.

INTRODUCTIONS -- HAND VERSUS PASTURE BREEDING -- THE MATING -- GESTATION -- FEEDING THE GESTATING SOW -- PREFARROWING -- FARROWING -- READYING THE FARROWING AREA -- PREFARROWING RATION -- THE SOW'S BEHAVIOR -- AIDING THE BIRTH -- POSTFARROWING WATCH LIST -- THE NEWBORN PIGLETS -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER SEVEN - Care of Piglets -- NUTRIENTS FOR SOWS AND PIGLETS -- FEEDING LACTATING SOWS -- IRON SHOTS FOR PIGLETS -- IDENTIFICATION -- EAR NOTCHING -- TAGGING -- TATTOOING AND BRANDING -- OPTIONAL PROCEDURES -- CUTTING NEEDLE TEETH -- DOCKING -- CASTRATING -- FOOD, WATER, AND AMENITIES FOR PIGLETS -- CREEP FEED AND WATER -- BEDDING -- HEAT SOURCE -- PROTECTION -- WEANING -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER EIGHT - Pork Processing and Butchering -- SCHEDULING THE BUTCHERING -- SELECTING A PROCESSING FACILITY -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER NINE - Marketing Your Pigs -- MARKETING PIGS AS MEAT -- MARKETING ORGANIC PORK -- SELLING PROCESSED PORK PRODUCTS -- SELLING BREEDING STOCK -- OTHER OPTIONS FOR SELLING PIGS -- CONCLUSION -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix: Swine Diseases at a Glance -- Glossary -- Resources -- Index -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- Copyright Page.