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Feeds and Feeding. 



were farrowed they were marked by the attendant in order to ob- 

 serve any differences in weight or other conditions. 



It will be seen that the number of pigs in the several litters 

 ranged from 6 to 10 and the weight of the litters from 13.5 to 22.5 

 pounds each. The pigs when farrowed weighed from 1.3 to 2.6 

 pounds each. ' 



Frequently in a litter of pigs there is one member much weaker 

 than the others, and this is styled the "runt" or "teatman." It 

 is sometimes spoken of as the last pig farrowed, this occurrence 

 seeming in some unknown way to mark its inferiority. As the 

 table shows, the last pig farrowed was not necessarily lighter in 

 weight than the others, and the attendant observed no weakness 

 or other mark indicating its inferiority. 



825. Milk yielded by the sow. — So far as known to the writer 

 there is no reference in agricultural literature to the quantity 

 of milk yielded by the sow. At the Wisconsin Station, ' WoU 

 and the writer ascertained the milk yield of four sows whose age, 

 weight, etc., are given in the following table: 



Data concerning age, feed, etc., of sows — Wisconsin Station. 



The litter of pigs was confined in a pen separate from the 

 sow during three-day periods. At intervals of two hours by day 

 and from four to five by night, the attendant would weigh the pigs 



» Rept. 1897. 



