- •Dairy and beef cattle The Introduction
- •Exercises
- •Selecting and Housing Dairy Cattle
- •Exercises
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- •Maintaining the Health of Dairy Cattle
- •Exercises
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- •Breeding and Improving
- •Exercises
- •Peculiarities of Calving
- •Exercises
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- •Beef cattle and dairy cattle Feeding
- •Exercises
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- •Beef cattle Selecting and Housing Beef Cattle
- •Exercises
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- •Maintaining the Health of Beef Cattle
- •Exercises
- •Breeding and Improving
- •Exercises
- •Dairy and beef cattle Revision
- •II. Hogs Selecting Hogs
- •Exercises
- •Housing Hogs
- •Exercises
- •Some More Interesting Facts about Housing Hogs
- •Exercises
- •Feeding Hogs
- •Exercises
- •Maintaining the Health of Hogs
- •Exercises
- •Breeding and Improving
- •Exercises
- •III. Horses
- •Exercises
- •Housing Horses
- •Exercises
- •Feeding Horses
- •Exercises
- •Peculiarities of Foaling
- •Exercises
- •Maintaining the Health of Horses
- •Exercises
- •Breeding and Improving Horses
- •Exercises
- •Revision
- •Indoor Housing
- •Outdoor Housing
- •IV. Sheep Selecting Sheep
- •Exercises
- •Housing Sheep
- •Exercises
- •Lambing Time
- •Feeding Sheep
- •Exercises
- •Maintaining the Health of Sheep
- •Exercises
- •Breeding and Improving Sheep
- •Exercises
- •Revision
- •Glossary
Some More Interesting Facts about Housing Hogs
Caring for the herd boar. The best plan for housing and handling a boar is to build him a special yard for exercise and pasture and to place in it a small movable hog house for shelter. As boars reach the age of 2 years or more, certain teeth called tusks appear on the sides of the jaws. They grow long and sharp and are dangerous to the caretaker as well as to other animals. As soon as they become long enough to be dangerous, cut them back.
Castrating pigs. Boar pigs fattened for market are castrated when young. Castrate boar pigs of 4 to 6 weeks old. At this age the operation of castration is simple, and the pigs are easily held.
Ringing pigs. If pigs are to be pastured, place rings in their noses in order to prevent excessive rooting. Insert the ring into the pig’s nose by means of a small pincers made specially for the purpose. Do not ring pigs until they are 2 or 3 months old.
Driving hogs. In raising hogs, it is necessary to drive them from the hog house to pasture or fields. Driving a group can be a very difficult task if the hogs are frightened and overactive. Always handle hogs quietly and gently so that they will not be afraid of you. The most helpful equipment in driving them is a small, lightweight hand hurdle 2 or 3 ft long that can be carried. Place this hurdle in front of a stubborn or frightened hog to stop him or beside his head to turn him in the right direction when he starts to go in the wrong direction. When he finds himself confronted with such a hurdle, the hog thinks it is a fence and usually turns away from it without any hesitation.
Exercises
Try to guess the meaning of the new words:
Tusks, jaws, a caretaker, to hold (hold-held-held), excessive rooting, a small pincers made specially for the purpose, overactive, a small lightweight hand hurdle, direction, fence, hesitation.
Match the word and its definition:
a caretaker |
an upright frame to be jumped over in hurdling. |
a hurdle |
a tool with two parts that are pressed together for gripping and holding things. |
a fence |
a male pig |
a tusk |
a person employed to look after animals. |
pincers |
an enclosed area beside a building or used for a certain kind of work. |
a yard |
a long pointed tooth that sticks out from the mouth of an animal. |
a boar |
a barrier made of wood or wire round an area. |
Find some more information on the topic under discussion. Share the information with your classmates.
Make a dialogue. Imagine that you are an inexperienced breeder and ask a professional for advice.