Show BEST ATTENTION FOR GILTS Should Be Given Plenty of They hey Range and Forage So as to Develop De Dc- Good Constitutions Illinois A Agri rl- rl BY Jy W. W J. J CARMICHAEL cultural Experiment Station After Arter the gilts have been bee selected they icy need further attention but not necessarily more expensive attention than an the th market animals require They should Quid be given plenty of range rang and forage rage so as to develop good cons constitutions i- i and given rations which aret are ure not t very fattening in character Less corn and more high protein feeds should bg b included cd in their tl daily yan allo allowance e because they are being kept to be developed for mr arr entirely dif- dif different different ferent ent purpose than are the market h gs Hogs for the block must be fat I c i 2 W i 4 ct I Ij j fr ah 4 Spring Pigs Pigs' on Alfalfa to sell well but those for the breeding pen should not be very fat fat to t produce well Many people are deceived and buy bus buy hogs bogs almost on the basis asis of their their weight alone and nd they really lose sight of the size of the frame fra e which supports the weight consequently they not Infrequently infrequently In In- frequently frequently- y buy a pound sow which Is very fat and nd in reality of no larger frame than n a lo smaller looking pound IndIvIdual Keep the s sows ws then In a n good thrifty condition not and let them have all the necessary 4 jr range to if it li possible away awny from other stock especially espe- espe daIly horses Some say that the sows are but n a half balf of the herd or or looking at Qt it from the other angle that the boar is a half of the herd and It IS fair to assume sum that thIs Is true when n We come to co consider consider con con- sider r the character chara ter of the offspring for offspring for or orthey they receive one half of their characters characters characters charac charac- from each ench parent One very prominent prom prom- nent breeder has hns stated that thaU If the e boar Is s an aI nil average boar bo r he Is half of df f the herd berd but if he lie is a n. real poor one or oran oran oran S ol an exceptionally exceptIonal y good one one he Is nIl all of It There Is a good bit ot of truth to that statement |