Show carrying unproductive sows bows Is very expensive rork pork producers go to considerable expense in carrying sows bows and gilts that fall to return their owners a profit according to records gathered by the farm arm organization and management department of the college of ag university of illinois from 25 mclean and woodford Wood tord county farms the records from these farms for one year show that only 85 per cent of the BOWS and gilts which were nvere bred weaned utters litters the 25 farms from which the records were obtained averaged nearly 19 BOWS and gilts a farm or in all of this number 16 or 34 per cent died between the time of breeding and the time the litters were weaned twenty eight sows bows and gilts or 0 per cent of the total number on the 25 farms proved to be barren or abort aborted ed between farrowing furrowing far rowing and weaning ti time me 26 of the sova so va and gilts or 55 per cent of them lost all their pigs from various causes leaving or nearly 85 per cent which produced pigs tor for the feed lot while a per cent pig crop can hardly be expected the overhead cost of carrying unproductive breeding breedin 9 stock may be greatly reduced R C ross of the farm organization and management department pointed out the early removal of 0 from the herd and the practice of feeding them out oat for an early market reduces feed cost and takes advantage of 0 it a market which Is usually favorable the greatest saving however may be made by reline reducing I 1 ng I 1 losses osse g after farrowing furrowing far rowing and thus securing profitable litters from a larger proportion of the BOWS bred |