Show L V C spro START BROOD SOW IN RIGHT SHAPE will produce larger litters than thin animal proper attention to feeding and care of the brood sows bows before and during the breding season has a big influence on the number of pigs one will be able to save according to IV E carroll of the university of 1111 illinois A sow in thrifty condition and gaining rapidly a short time before she Is bred will produce larger litters than a sow in thin condition because of this it Is desirable to feed sows bows a full feed of a well balanced ration tor for a week or ten days before they are bred this stimulates the maturity of the eggs in the ovaries which are to produce the litters of pigs if the breeding Is delayed until pasture Is gone it will be well to include in the ration some good quality hay either its as alfalfa meal or fed whole in a rack protein also are necessary if skim shim milk or buttermilk Is available a gallon of either of these dally daily for each sow together with a ration of corn or barley or a mixture of corn und and oats or corn oats and barley will give excellent results if skim milk Is not to be had a mixture of two parts one part linseed meal and one part alfalfa will make a fine substitute tute the sows bows probably will eat about one half to three fourths of a pound of this supplement in addition to a full feed of corn water of course should be available at all times where soy iveans enns are available it Is possible niso also T supplement the ration with acht p sows bows probably vill eat cat about a of the beans dally daily a head in ca wi i the soy beans are fed B minei pi jil ml mixture sture should d be allowed tills this car be made t two parts ground ft moston two plis steamed hone bone iteal aej one part salt after the sews nr nrc bred tik ration can be reduced in order to avoid getting them lr farrown farroW nix |