Creator
AUGUSTUS WHIFFLE
Title
On the Care of the Pig
Coverage
London
Publisher
T. Edgarton
Date
1814
Subject
First mentioned in P.G. Wodehouse’s The Crime Wave at Blandings
Description
Whiffle’s fine work on the care of the pig has been a standard work for so many years that it has become an institution. In addition to the universally valued advice on porcine nutrition, housing, and medication, this book has famously provided a soothing and therapeutic influence on its rural readers. Indeed, it is sometimes questioned whether the book has been of greater benefit to the livestock or to the farmer.