| Show KEEP THE GOOD BROOD SOWS Should Not Be Put Into F Fattening Pen penI and and Sent to Market Markt and Replaced Replaced Replaced Re Re- I placed With ld Gilt It is strange that the farmer will keep the good brood mare maro from year to to year and at the same Bame time me put his good br brood od sow Into the f fattening pen pen and send her off oft to market as as she is fat enough to go Thus the good brood sow is often otten sacrificed while the gilt untried as a brood sow BOW sow takes her place This Is a mis mis- take When a sow BOW proves a good and careful mother she should be retained especially If she Is pro pro- With such euch a BOW sow the farmer Is reasonably reasonably reasonably rea rea- assured of at a strong healthy litter of pigs that will grow Into profitable hogs The gilt may prove a poor poor- overlay her brood while four tour or five rive Is often the number of at ather her brood So with the young gilt gUt for brood s sow EOW w the pig proposition on the farm is a D. very uncertain one If a sow proves to be a good breed breed- breeder er the start she should be retained re re- ro- ro tamed for It Is reasonable to expect that she will get better each year And it Is a fact tac that older sows sowa bring beal healthier stronger pigs and a greater number of them with less danger of at trouble of any kind at farrowing time |
