Care and Feeding of Sow and Litter 



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TABLE XV. SHOWING AVERAGE COST OF FEEDING Sow AND 

 LITTER TO WEANING TIME 



With a careful selection of the feeds, it is believed that 

 a good feeder should be able to feed the sow and litter 

 for considerably less than here indicated. Especially 

 should this be true when a part of the concentrated feeds 

 are supplemented by good forage crops. Legume forage 

 crops should cut down the cost approximately 5 per cent. 

 No charge is here made for the normal loss of weight of the 

 sows during this period, because no credit was taken for 

 the gains made during the breeding and gestation periods. 

 She should weigh about the same at this time as at the 

 beginning of the breeding season, so that the feed account 

 is balanced. 



The cost of feeding the gilt with her first litter during the 

 nursing period is less than that for the mature sow. Consid- 

 ering the smaller size and the fewer pigs to the litter in case 

 of the gilt, a feed charge of 10 per cent less than the figures 

 given for the mature sow should be approximately correct. 



