Show Only Small Percentage of Pi Pigs Ever Reach Market Only about Go 65 per cent of the pigs piga farrowed live to reach the tile marl market et Of the 35 per cent that die the greatest mortality occurs during the first ten days says the United States Department Department Department Depart Depart- ment of Agriculture During this time weak pigs die or are killed kille l accidental deaths and injuries occur Digestive e disturbances and mismanagement bring the toll of loss to a point which sta staggers gers even the hog ral who has yearly experienced these losses tosses but has never tabulated them When corn Is worth a dollar a bushel bush bush- el and anti sao GO a ton each pig pig- has cost proximately approximately at birth under unde under un un- de der average conditions Many of ot these losses which occur during the first ten days das could be avoided by better better better bet bet- ter management ement of the brood sows and closer attention to them at farrowing time Reducing the mortality among all aU kinds of young animals Is an easy wa way to increase profits |