PIGS FOR PROFIT: A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE BREEDIN, REARING, AND MANAGEMENT OF PIGS. By John Walker. Edited by T.W. Sanders, F.L.S.

(ND) 1918 5th edition. Paperback. Small 8vo paperback (120 x 182mm). Pp110. B/w photographs, b/w line illustrations of sties and equipment, end-paper advertisements.

"...including porkers, stores, and baconers, on large and small holdings; bacon curing; erection of modern pigsties; common ailments and diseases of the pig; with a pig keeper's calendar." The book was originally written by one of the best practical authorities on the subject. Alas, he is with us no more! but each of the first three editions were carefully revised by him, and we have the authority of several modern breeders and fatteners to say that the book, from beginning to finish, is thoroughly up to date, and a really serviceable and reliable guide on everything pertaining to the pig." T.W. Sanders, Editor. " "Note. - In some of the following chapters prices are mentioned. These, by the way, are based upon pre-war costs; food-stuffs, also, are now much dearer, and pigs have greatly advanced in price. After the war, prices will probably revert to a normal level. - Ed." A practical and useful book with many good photographs of pigs, as well as concise but full instructions on all stages of pig keeping, including sale and purchase, and from breeding to slaughtering and initial butchery of the carcase.