Show tried bows sows found most profitable as breeders bleeders Bre eders old sows bows may be more t profitable than gilts for next springs crop of pigs says E P F ferrin of the animal husbandry department ut at university F farm arm the spring pigs grown this year have had very scanty grain allowances consequently most of the gilts V are arc small and undersized he says these gilts are arc more miniature and undeveloped developed than during ordinary seasons the litters from gilts such as these are apt to be disappointing next spring on some farms there are thin sows bows still in the prime of breeding efficiency that have not yet been fattened for market because of the scarcity of grain during the summer these sows bows will yield abood profit if bred to farrow w next spring providing they take the place of the undersized gilts th the e sows bows can be bred to farrow earlier than the gilts and accordingly late farrowing furrowing far rowing of next years crop can be avoided avol ded A yearling or two year old sow will farrow and raise more pigs than a gilt because she Is a selected brood sow there is always an uncertainty as to how a gilt will suckle her litter while the old sows bows which have been disappointing go to market on the average from one and one halt half to two pigs more mor per litter can be raised to lo weaning ape age from tried sows bows than from gilts |