Table of Contents 



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The cost of feeding the sow and litter from farrow- 

 ing to weaning time 



91-95 



CHAPTER V 



Size of Litters; Birth Weight of Pigs; Milk-flow 



OF Sows 96-116 



Size of litters 96-107 



Age of sow 96-100 



Feeding and condition of the sow . . . 100-101 



Cross-breeding 101-102 



Influence of the boar 102-103 



Type, breed, individuality 104^105 



The number of pigs raised 105-107 



Birth weight of pigs 107-113 



Sex 107-108 



Age of sow 108-110 



Cross-breeding 110 



Size of litter Ill 



Vigor of sow and boar at breeding time . . 111-112 



Nutrition 112-113 



Milk production of sows 113-116 



CHAPTER VI 



The Summer Feeding and Management of the 

 Breeding Herd 

 Feeding and management of the pregnant sows 



Number of litters in a year 



Feeding and management . 

 Feeding and management of the open sows 



Fattening the cuUs .... 



Feeding and management of the open brood 



Feeding the yearling sows . 

 Cost of summer feeding sows 



Bred sows ...... 



Open mature sows .... 



Open yearling sows .... 



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