The Pig Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing

Timeless and authoritative, The Pig Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing by Sanders Spencer offers a comprehensive, practical guide to pig husbandry that has informed farmers for over a century. This agricultural non-fiction manual—first published in 1919—combines breed standards, hands-on husbandry, and sound marketing advice rooted in early 20th-century British livestock practice. Spencer lays out clear instruction on selecting boars and sows, understanding dentition and age, mating and farrowing, weaning and rearing piglets, housing, fattening, and the prevention and treatment of common pig diseases. Detailed chapters cover pure breeds, cross-breeding, exhibition standards, and even curing pork, supported by illustrative plates and a practical pig calendar. The tone balances technical detail with accessible explanations, making complex topics like udder selection, boar choice, and optimal feeding regimens easy to apply. Ideal for modern smallholders, homesteaders, livestock students, and agricultural historians, this audiobook is both a how-to manual for raising healthy, market-ready pigs and a window into historical farming practices. Listen to gain actionable techniques, breed knowledge, and marketing insight from a classic work in livestock farming and pig husbandry.