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Snail Rearing,vegetable,grass Cutter And Pig Farming by leosnr: 3:11pm On Aug 17, 2015
SNAIL REARING.
A snail is a simple form of animal life, possessing the characteristics of a living thing. It feeds on plants and vegatables.the soft tender leaves of plant and in the most cases ripe fruits. but the older snails prefer decaying plants nd animal matter.

Some characteristics of snail
1. Movement: snail move on their own accord and movement is usually the first test to see whether it alive or dead they are tardigrates-meaning slow walkers.
2.Growth: snail grow, they start as egg and reach an adult stage etc.for high performance snail should be cared properly .they need good feeding programming ,adequate salt free clean ,water for both drinking and sprinkling and most importantly good sanitation.
I have about 25 food items you can give them .snail is a delicious meat that is consumed by a lot of people in many countries of the world .it is high in protein (12-16), iron (45-50/ka).it contains two major amino acid in high concentration (lysine and arginine).for the hypertensive, snail meat is indeed indispensable;it is for export .


VEGETABLES
Exotic vegetable such as cabbage,lettuce,egg plant, sweat pepper, water melon,onions,carrot,Chinese cabbage,cucumber,green bean,peas,tomatos,cauliflowrs and radish can be planted in the south. A different type vegetable need different manurial treatments grown over and over again, therefore that is the same vegetable is grown over and over again in the same bed. The land may become short or some of the nutrient s which that particular vegetable need in large quantities has not all the plant requirement are made good by the application of fertilizer and manure .If on the other hand vegetable are grown in such a way that when requiring a lot of a particular plant nutrients is followed by a particular plant nutrient by a vegetable requiring less the amount of the various chemicals taken out of the soil by the plants can be evened up. This is one of the important factor that accentuate the importance of crop rotation

GRASS CUTTER
Grass cutter belongs to the mammal family>They are otherwise known as rodents>Grass cutter is the second biggest after porcupine>Grass cutter are social animals <they live more about in the group of different 4-12 males and females with their off springs. They are herbivorous and also ruminants (copographic) i.e. they have the trait of bringing back already eaten food from their abdomen and eat it again. There is a one male to several females since the males fight each other viciously when put together. The animals are feed three times a day .The animal are feed leaves of certain leguminous plants ,maize husk etc and nutritional supplements .Females can have four off springs per liter and are capable of bearing their young thrice a year. One has to get four females and one male in a cage.

PIG
GENERAL PIG MANAGEMENT.
The term management include the provision of adequate housing, feeding and care for pregnant souls, gilts, piglets, growers and fattening herd.
Good management of the breeding herd is vital importance sit this stage of growth, those required for nce it offers most reward for good management. Piglet are reared together until they attain 55kg and above life weight. At this stage of growth, those required for breeding herd are separated from the rest using various criteria for selection such as no of functional teats, lack of obesity, good temperament and absence of abnormalities .The onset of sexual excitement in the sows of glits should be closely observed. This is known as the heat period of oestrus only at this time the sow produce ripe ova .She is ready to accept the bear during this period which last for 72 hours depending on the breed of pigs.
I have book on Foreign practical pig production and the pig farmers veterinaring book.

Please contact Neodadson: 08083777403, email: leodadsonsnr@gmail.com

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