Porklet

The herd of swine, at that time, more especially set them a longing, from a circumstance of which God has been graciously pleased that we should be particularly informed; and that that they were no sucking pigs, nor mere porklets, or tigerigtigs; but they were a herd of swine feeding, that is, put up to fatten, and all but ready for the butcher.

Nearly a month later, on “the Friday after the Feast of the Purification of Our Lady the Virgin” (which occurred on Feb. 2.), “the six little porklets or sucklings” were brought to trial.

The writer took twenty porklets, aged from two to three months, belonging to five different litters, and divided them into four groups, so arranged that all the litters were represented in each group.

All other countries which included swine in their census returns, with the exception of England and Wales and Scotland, have made a distinction between porklets and full grown animals. Among these countries the following have adopted for porklets the limit of six months as recommended in the standard form:[…]A subdivision by sex was required in Argentina for porklets, in Egypt for pigs under one year old, in Western Australia for pigs under one year old other than those used for breeding.

Stage 1 is from the birth of porklets to pork being ready for slaughter.