Show BEST ATTENTION FOR GILTS they should be given plenty of range and forage so as to develop good constitutions by W J carmichael 1111 nods agri aerl cultural experiment station after the gilts have been selected they need further attention but not necessarily more expensive attention than the lie market animals require they should be given plenty of range and forage so as to develop good constitutions tut ions and given rations which tire are not very fattening in character loss less corn and more high protein feeds should be included in their daily allowance because they are arc being kept to be developed for an entirely different purpose than are the market bogs bogg hogs for the block must be fat IF 14 okae 4 ag Q U V Z c 5 04 I 1 1 1 12 X I 1 spring pigs on alfalfa to sell well but those for the breeding pen should not be very fat to produce well many people are deceived and buy hogs almost on the basis of their weight alone and they really lose sight of the size of the frame which supports the weight consequently they not infrequently buy a pound sow which Is very tat fat find and in reality of no larger frame than a smaller looking pound individual keep the sows bows then in a g good thrifty condition not and let them have all the necessary range it 11 possible away from other stock especially horses some say that that the sows bows are but a half ot of the herd or looking at it from the other angle that the boar Is a halt half of the herd and it Is fair to assume that tills Is true when we love come to consider the character of the offspring tor for they receive one halt half of their characters from each parent one very prominent breeder has stated that it if the boar Is an average boar he is halt half of the herd but it if he Is a real poor one or an exceptionally good one he is all of it IL there is a good bit of truth to that statement |