Show Ringold Lady Dora Tops Hampshire Sows cows Raises Total of 71 Pigs to Weaning Age First of her Hampshire breed to become a seven star seven star sow Ringold Ringold Ringold Rin Rin- gold Lady Dora No has raised a total of 71 pigs to weaning weaning weaning wean wean- ing age an average of pigs per Utter litter This record is more impressive when compared with national averages According to U.S. U.S. U.S. U. U S. S department of agriculture reports re re- re- re I ports the national average Is Here Dere with her seventh star i family Is Ringold Lady Dora No champion production sow in the Hampshire breed and the first of her kind to qualify as a star seven sow spring pigs and fall faU pigs per litter raised to weaning age To qualify for a star in the Hampshire Hamp shire production registry a sow must rai raise e a litter of at least eight pigs without fault or defect to weigh pounds within 56 days of farrowing And of course to gain gaina a star seven record Ringold Lady Dora has repeated this performance performance per- per seven seven times She Is the first sow In the Hampshire breed to be listed for either the sixth or seventh star litters In her seventh star litter this sow farrowed 15 pigs nine of which were saved The eight selected for registration weighed pounds at 56 days after farrowing The production champion was fed feda a ration containing corn oats alfalfa al al- a- a falfa and milk byproducts byproducts byproducts by by- products prior to farrowing Her pigs were creep fed early and raised on a ration of seven parts corn and three parts oats with 8 per cent milk products by-products added Ringold Lady has been owned and bred by William C. C Goodheart Jr of Eaton Ohio since 1914 1944 and was sold to Meadowlark Farms Inc Sullivan Ind lad |