4-H Club Swine Project Manual, Your Pig and You, Barrows or Gilts, Circular 345

Series

Circular

Collection name

NMSU Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station Publications, 1889-Present

Date

1963-08

Decade

1960s

Author

Rankin, Bobby J.

Subject (LCSH)

Swine

4-H clubs--New Mexico

Agricultural extension work--New Mexico

Subject (NALT)

swine

barrows

gilts

4-H projects

New Mexico

Table of contents

4-H Club project

About the project

To complete your project

Let's learn about swine

Why farmers like swine

Talk like a swine producer

Learn the parts of a hog

Characteristics of breeds

Selecting and managing your swine

Selecting a weanling barrow

Selecting your gilt

Shelter and equipment

Feeding the barrow

Feeding the gilt

Keeping your pig healthy

Fitting and showing

Preparing for the show

Things to do at the show

Showing in the ring

Preparing your gilt to produce pigs

Other work to do

Activities for your club

Subjects for 4-H Club talks

Subjects for demonstrations

Questions to answer

Extent

20 pages

Notes

Circular containing general information and guidelines for raising swine as part of a 4-H swine club

Original publisher

New Mexico State University

Cooperative Extension Service

Place of publication

Las Cruces (N.M.)

Frequency

frequency varies

Digital publisher

New Mexico State University Library

Source

NMSU College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences (ACES)

Language

English

Type

Text

Format

application/pdf

Medium (AAT)

newsletters

Genre (AAT)

periodicals

Access rights

Open to re-use

Metadata cataloger

Bramlett, Suzanne

Schneider, Ingrid

Roth, Michael

Digital identifier

UAAPc000345.pdf