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Show Prolificacy of Swine. 1 Prof. Thomas Shaw: That the bacon types of swine are more prolific pro-lific than the lard types will be questioned. ques-tioned. The only uncertainty regarding regard-ing It Is the percentageTjf the increase in-crease in prolificacy. It Is impossible to get exact figures on such a question. ques-tion. But the claim will be moderate . which assumes that while the aver-, aver-, age litter from the lard types will not be more than six, the average reared litter from the bacon types will not be less than eight This means, therefore, there-fore, increased productiveness in the bacon types to the extent of 25 per cent In other words, the man who winters over 200 brood sows of the lard types to accomplish a certain : result will only have to winter over 15 bacon sows to accomplish the same result. He will therefore effect a saving sav-ing of the food pf maintenance for five brood sows for a whole year, while the result in production will be the same. Apply this to the millions of brood sows in the United States and the sum will run up into the millions every year, and owing to the intimate relation between prolificacy and good milking qualities the bacon sows will feed their offispring better during the nursing' period. |