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HOG-CONFINEMENT-SYSTEM MANAGER

Specialty Definition: HOG-CONFINEMENT-SYSTEM MANAGER

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Breeds and raises swine in confinement buildings for purpose of selling pork to meatpacking establishments: Selects and breeds swine according to knowledge of animals, genealogy, characteristics, and offspring desired. Regulates breeding of sow herd to produce maximum number of litters. Attends sows during farrowing and helps baby pigs to survive birth and infancy. Castrates and docks pigs. Notches ears to identify animals. Determines weaning dates for pigs based on factors such as condition of sows, cost of feed, and available space in nursery. Vaccinates swine for disease and administers antibiotics and iron supplements, using syringes and hypodermic needles. Formulates rations for swine according to nutritional needs of animals and cost and availability of feeds. Grinds and mixes feed and adds supplements to satisfy dietary requirements. Stores and periodically examines feeds to ensure maintenance of appropriate temperatures and moisture levels. Operates water foggers, air-conditioners, fans, and heaters to maintain optimal temperature in swine confinement buildings. Flushes hog wastes into holding pit. Repairs and maintains machinery, plumbing, physical structures, and electrical wiring and fixtures in swine farrowing, nursery, and finishing buildings. May hire and supervise worker to assist in swine production activities. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: HOG-CONFINEMENT-SYSTEM MANAGER


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 4F 47 2D 43 4F 4E 46 49 4E 45 4D 45 4E 54 2D 53 59 53 54 45 4D      4D 41 4E 41 47 45 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01001111 01000111 00101101 01000011 01001111 01001110 01000110 01001001 01001110 01000101 01001101 01000101 01001110 01010100 00101101 01010011 01011001 01010011 01010100 01000101 01001101 00100000 01001101 01000001 01001110 01000001 01000111 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#79 &#71 &#45 &#67 &#79 &#78 &#70 &#73 &#78 &#69 &#77 &#69 &#78 &#84 &#45 &#83 &#89 &#83 &#84 &#69 &#77 &#32 &#77 &#65 &#78 &#65 &#71 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 004F 0047 002D 0043 004F 004E 0046 0049 004E 0045 004D 0045 004E 0054 002D 0053 0059 0053 0054 0045 004D      004D 0041 004E 0041 0047 0045 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

42494115374948404348394739485415535953543947247354835413952

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