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Hog may refer to: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...

For other uses, see Pig (disambiguation). ... The Harley Owners Group is a club for Harley-Davidson motorcycle owners. ... A stock symbol or ticker symbol is a mnemonic used to uniquely identify publicly-traded shares of a corporation on a particular stock market. ... Logo on a 2003 Harley Davidson The Harley-Davidson Motor Company (NYSE: HDI) is a manufacturer of motorcycles based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ... The Hogs was the nickname for the offensive line of the Washington Redskins of the National Football League during the 1980s and early 1990s. ... For other uses, see Redskins (disambiguation). ... NFL redirects here. ... For other uses, see M60. ... The Arkansas Razorbacks, also known as the Hogs, are the names of college sports teams at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas. ... Diagram of ship hull (1) Sagging and (2) Hogging under loads. ... For other uses, see Keel (disambiguation). ... Italian Full rigged ship Amerigo Vespucci in New York Harbor, 1976 A ship is a large, sea-going watercraft. ... For the stress a ship is put under when it passes over the crest of a wave, see Hogging and sagging. ... Obesity is a condition in which the natural energy reserve, stored in the fatty tissue of humans and other mammals, is increased to a point where it is associated with certain health conditions or increased mortality. ... On the Internet, a server hog is a bot or user which makes excessive numbers of requests to a server, such that performance overall is degraded. ... The Hammer of God is a science fiction novel written by Arthur C. Clarke in 1993. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Arthur C. Clarke Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE (born 16 December 1917) is a British science-fiction author and inventor, most famous for his novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, and for collaborating with director Stanley Kubrick on the film of the same... Higher-order grammar is a grammar theory based on higher-order logic. ... Heart of Greed (Chinese: 溏心風暴) is a high-rating 40-episode drama series which aired from April 9 to June 1, 2007 in Hong Kong by Television Broadcasts Limited. ... The head of government is the chief officer of the executive branch of a government, often presiding over a cabinet. ...

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Hog (animal) - MSN Encarta (889 words)
Hog (animal), domesticated mammal, of the swine family, extensively raised in almost every part of the world as a food animal.
The terms hog, swine, and pig are often used interchangeably for these animals.
Hogs are probably descended from two wild swine, one species from Europe and the other species from Southeast Asia; they were perhaps first domesticated in China about 9000 years ago, and later in Europe.
Detailed Discussion of Iowa Hog Farming (12093 words)
Female hogs, known as sows, will be used for this purpose until their reproductive capacities decline at which point they are slaughtered or, in cases where their legs are too weakened and deformed from their confined living conditions, they are dragged from the building, killed, and disposed of by the producer.
The hog factories that have sprung up all across Iowa, housing thousands of animals at a time, are not required to treat their hog waste because the manure is applied directly to land and is thus excluded from the point source definition set forth in the Clean Water Act.
Hogs raised in hoop barns have the opportunity to exhibit a number of behaviors that are not possible in a confinement operation.
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