Show J Tried Sows Found Most Profitable as Breeders OJ Old sow sows sows f mu may be morn more 4 re profit profitable profitable bie biethan than gilts bills for next springs spring's crop of pigs says E. E F. F Ferrin of the animal hush husbandry department at nt University Uni Farm The TIle spring pigs grown this year have had very ery scanty grain glain allowances allowances allow allow- ances consequently most of the time gilts are ure small and undersized he he says sa s These gilts are re more miniature and undeveloped than during ordinary seasons The litters Utters from gilts such as these are apt to to- tobe be disappointing next spring On Oil some ome farms there are thin sows still in the prime of breeding bleeding efficiency that e have not nOl yet Jet been fattened for Cor market because of ot the scarcity of grain during the summer These sows will yield Iehl a J good goad profit if bred to farrow farrow far far- I row next spring providing providing- the they take tuk I the place of the undersized gilts The Thc sows so can be lie bred to farrow earlier I Ithan than the gilts and accordingly late farrowing of next years year's crop can cun be avoided A yearling or two two two-j year two old ear sow v will farrow and raise more pigs than a n gilt beC because JUse she is a selected brood blood sow There Is always an uncertainty as to how a gilt will suckle her litter litter lit lit- ter while time the old sows which have been disappointing go to market On the average prage from one olle and one half to two pigs pig'S more per litter can be raised to weaning age afe from tried sows than from front gilts |