Show araw I 1 CAUSES FOR SMALL LITTERS arters one ona re reason as on which contributes to trouble more than any other la Is dreading breeding young sows bows can you tell tali me why roy my blood only bring between three and six pigs per litter I 1 Ite PlYing to this question prof 0 6 N Ba barilla rIlLs live stock of tile the university of arizona agricultural ex service says bays it if you have studied hog conditions in the united states you will find that about four pigs per litter is the aver age and I 1 mn call point to you men in arizona actually raising tor for marku two and three pigs to tile the lit U well developed sow saw with profitable litter ter yot yet the cost coat of maintenance of the blood sow is practically the same whether she brings two pigs or teu ten pigs per litter which means that the farmers are losing a large percentage of profit by keeping such brood sows bows in their herds there are several reasons why brood BOWS bring small litters and 1 I firmly believe that the one which con tributes to the trouble more than any other is the practice of breeding sows bows too young it is no uncommon thing to find sows bows weighing less than one hundred pounds with pigs usually you find them with wlter only two pigs the young BOWS which you intend to keep tor for blood sows bows should never be bred under nine months of age and it Is much better to wait they are twelve or fourteen months old then if j they are not full develops developed d wait a low few months longer your brood sow is fit good for six or eight year a and it if by waiting a few months lu in the be ginning before starting her on her life wet k you can increase the sho of her litters you have certainly made good wages for those months another thing which contributes to no slight extent to cause small litters Is the lack of exercise |