Show INHERIT FERTILITY FERTILITY IN SWINE experiments oi of kansas experts watched with closest interest tamworth most fecund breed can litters of 8 to 12 pigs per sow be insured by any system of bonding bond possibly so Is the reply indicated by the work of wentworth and ambell ambel kansas agricultural college their experiments in breeding win will be watched with the closest interest 4 14 X I 1 I 1 highly developed tamworth fecundity appears to be inheritable at least to a slight degree this tact fact Is borne out by herda ook records al lowing for their errors it Is bjes questionable tio whether the size ot of the litter really reilly represents the hereditary factory tox N transmitted the wild hog bog usually averages four pigs per litter very fertile sows bows of improved breeds often ay av eight pigs but the tamworth with an average of q 12 pigs per sow S ow JA ia the most fecund breed |