| Show I FARM v ANIMALS I SMALL LITTERS FROM GILTS Time for Breeding Depends Largely on Size Vigor and Age Liable Age Liable to toBe toD toDe D De Be Stunted The time for breeding gilts gills depends upon their size and vigor as well as their age However it Is seldom advisable advisable advisable ad ad- to breed a gilt before f cane r-he he Is eight months old and In many cases ten or twelve months is a better age What is gained by getting a litter of or pigs soon may be lost In getting a n small litter And if the usefulness atthe of at the sow as a brood sow be impaired the total loss in the end overbalances the tine gain In getting her to produce early Too young gilts almost Invariably have small litters Then their mammary mam mam- mary organs do not develop right and this In turn affects the size of litter Utter they will raise next time If a sow gives milk out of f only six teats she cannot raise a dozen good pigs Also too young sows cannot stand the strain of nursing a litter They do not havethe have have- havethe havethe the vitality to produce a large flow of milk and grow at the same time If a gilt Is once really stunted In this way she never develops as she otherwIse otherwise otherwise other other- wise would She Is likely never to raise such strong and vigorous litters as she could If allowed more morA maturity before breeding |
