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SOULE voin by the Score Card x If one were to undertake to judge in animal or an ear of corn for that matter, how should he proceed? It would first be necessary to establish a standard of excellence. When this was accomplished, one would then be in position to compare the animal or the ear of corn with the standard set up and determine the nature and e;.‘cnt of thfe defects observed. In this way a sure judgment of the •merits and qualities of the animal or the article judged 5 could be ascer tained. Unless this were done, the conclusions reached would almost certainly be erroneous. It is evident that in a situation such as this a standard, let us say a score card, must be established and used. To many, the idea of judging corn by a given standard may not appeal very strongly. The. subject is new to their attention. Therefore, they are dis posed to question its practicability and usefulness. Score cards have, however, been used so long for corn that they are now only a novelty to the unitiated. If we are to make the progress which is desirable in corn production, we must learn how to determine and judge of the mer its of different strains and different ears with the highest degree of ac curacy possible. This being true, a standard for judging corn such as is in general use is set forth in this article. Every farmer is urged to study it carefully and use it in the selection of his seed. Corn club boys are urged to se lect ten good ears from their acre and exhibit at their county fair or contest in the fall. In selecting the exhibits, the following points re garding the ear should be kept in mind: 1. From six to ten inches in length. Have all' ears about the same length. 2. With a circumference at noint one-third of distance from butt to t’p, three-fourths of length. 3. With cob having diameter about one-half that of ear. .4. With straight rows filled with wedge-shaped kernels of the same color, six to the inch. 5. With well-filled tips and butts. The Score Card 1. Uniformity of exhibitlo 2. Shape of ear .... 10 3. Color of cobb 1° 4. Market condition •••• 10 5. Color of kernelh o 6. Tip of ears » 7. Butt of ears 5 8. Uniformity of kernels 10 9. Shape of kernels » 10. Proportion of corn on cob ... !•> 11. Space between kernels .. ... 10 12. Weight of grain - 1° Total I°° Standard Weight in Grain of Ears According to Length Ears 12 inches and over should weigh •.’••’ °ia Ears fXom 11 to 12 inches should weigh °i Z ., Ears from 10 to 11 inches should weigh •• •• 1 4 - 0 o2 jr Ea.s from 9 to 10 inches should weierh •••••• ■••••• •••••• 13.0 oz. Ears “from 8 to 9 inches should weigh ~.••• ••••♦•• ...... 11.5 oz Ears "from 7 to 8 inches should weigh 9 5 oz - Ears from 6 to 7 inches should weigh 8.0 oz. Rules For judging Exhibits of Corn Uniformity of Exhibit. Ears simi lar in size, shape, color, and inden tation. For each ear deficient in these respects, cut exhibit one P °Shape of Ear. Usually cylindrical but slowly tapering from butt to tip. Cut each ear one point that, fails in above points. Color of Cob. Cobs should be red in yellow corn and whit© in white corn except those varieties of white corn that have red cobs. Cut one half point for cobs off in color. Color of Kernels. For each ker nel of red in yellow corn, cut one half point and likewise for red or yellow kernels In white arieties. Market Conditions. Ripe, sound, bright ears, firm and well matured For each ear deficient in these re spects, cut exhibit one point. Butt of Ears. Rows should ex tend.in regular order over butt. Cut point for poorly filled butts and one-fourth point for flat butts. Kernel Uniformity. Kernels should be uniform in shape, size, and color., Cut each ear one point for failing in these points. Kernel Shape. Wedge shape,' straight edge, large germ. Cut eacn ear one point failing in those points. Space between Kernels. Furrows between rows should be small. Cut one-half point for space over one sixteenth of an inch. Proportion of Corn on Cob. Should be 85 per cent in weight. For ev ery per cent above 85, add one point, and for every per cent below 85, cut one point from the exhibit. Weight of Grain. Get average length of ears, use weight of grain in above point. For each ounce be low- number required by of giv en length, cut one point, and for each ounce above, add one point. Home-Made Grain Ration for Horses A correspondent writes: have a mixture of wheat and rye that I can sell for? 1.50 per bushel. Will this mixture make good feed for horses and will it pay better to feed it or buy oats at‘6o cents per bushel. The oats will have to be hauled a distance of 12 miles. The mixture if sold would also have to be hauled the same distance; The price of wheat is such that its use as feed for horses is gen erally considered prohibitive. Dam aged wheat may sometimes be fed with economy, though of course, mouldy wheat should not be fed to horses. As a rule wheat should be rolled, or the kernels crushed, and then fed in only moderate amounts to horses. If it'is mixed with bulky concentrates, such as bran, chaffed t cut forage, it will give the best ••esults. The use of wheat in con iderable quantities will likely cause ilgetstive troubles and eruptions of the skin. We woulfi not recommend »’heat, therefore, as a particularly -aluable concentrate to use with horses. JRye has ben fed quite extensively in foreign countries to work stock The amount fed varies from two to six pounds per day. The rye as a rule is crushed and mixed with cut straw. It is important to remember that when rye is used a change to this ration should be made gradual ly, as it seems for some reason to be productive of colic. Personally it seems to us that under the circum stances it would be better to buy the oats and use them in place ot the mixture of wheat and rye to which you refer. Hew to Utilize Black Strap Molasses A correspondent writes: I would like some Information in regard to feeding black strap molasses. How much should be fed and will any injury result from feeding it? As you doubtless know, there are two kinds of molasses available for use in feeding on our farms. The beet sugar molasses is, of course, found chiefly in the north and west. The cane molasses is a product of the south. Both beet and cane mo lasses contain some protein but it is of little nutritive value. In other words, these foods are rather high in carbonhydrates. Beet molasses cannot be fed as freely to animals as cane molasses because it contains alkaline salts of a purgative nature. Molasses from the beet factories must, therefore be fed in rather limited quantities and to animals accustomed to its use. The best method of feeding either cane or beet molasses is to dilute it with water and scatter it over cut feed, which may be made up of hay or straw or other mate ria’s v-Mch the farmer may have on hand. On large plantations and es tates machines are sometimes used in mixing molasses with the cut ro ghage. In any event, the animal \ouid be accustomed to this mate rial by gradually increasing the r.moupt fed per day. In Louisiana •ilantation owners use molasses as a food for their mules on quite an ex tensive basis. As high as 9.5 pounds a day may be fed with apparent sat isfaction. It seems to have cor rected rather than produced diges tive troubles, and has added to the value of roughage in adding to its palatability and also because of the fact that it combines with foods duced in that section to advantage.; For instance, cottonseed meal is very high in piotein, and this is also more or less true of leguminous hay. Hence, in order to balance up ra tions used in that section of the south molasses can often be used to advantage. As a rule driving horses should not receive more than 2.5 to 4 pounds of molasses per 1,000 pounds live weight. Dairy cows may be fed as much as 3 to 4 pounds, while fatten ing cattle may be fed as much as 5 to 9 pounds. Sheep may be fed 3 to 5 pounds and hogs as high as 5 to 10 pourids. It might be necessary to change these figures in accordance with the sizes of the animals and the nature and character of supple mental roughage used. We have fed some molasses to various classes ot stock with considerable success. 1 think the primary thing to consider is the cost, which should be rela tively low. and when the character of feed with which the molasses is to be combined. heading Varieties of Soy E -ans R. S. A., Milledgeville, Ga.,. writes: We would liae to see the soy bean grown more extensively in our county. What variety would you recommend? What do you think of the Mammoth Yel low? We have grown a good many varie ties of soy beans on our test" plats here at the college. The Mammoth Yellow is certainly a good strain and undoubtedly has a wide adaptability for cultivation throughout this and adjoining states. It is a long season variety, however, requiring about lt>4 days to mature seed, or at least rive months from the time of planting to harvest. It is a vigorous, upright growing variety and should therefore be planted in fairly wide rows. We have found it to make a good yield. The beans are yellow, as the J 11 ™ indicates. It has made fifteen bush els and upward per acre in our test plats. Under favorable conditions it will do better than this. Vte have known it to make thirty-five bushels but of course this was under most exceptional conditions. A yield ot twenty or twenty-five bushels per lore would be very gratifying indeed. While we do not regard this as the only variety by any means, it is a standard sort and we be.ieve will give about as good average returns in Georgia as almost any strain we CO The P V?rginla is another strain which has done well with us, and the Slack is a rival of the Mammoth sr'T.s .S’r ¥£ k t t 11 . 1 haa’not •’ S' oMeet ot e‘?!y maturing crops and of! gettin ear y :rr. s n3 , '». < had with this crop .up to date. Suitable Feeds for the Erood Eow R H K.. Dawson, Ga.. writes: I recently bought five registered brood sows, weighing approx mately 200 pounds each and wish tS know the most economical feed and the amount for each. I have corn, velvet beans, pota toes, Bermuda grass, and will soon have rye and rape. Ta?k age is not available in town, but suppose I can order some. In feeding brood sows you should supply a ration that contains a con siderable amount of mineral matter arid some protein as well. It ls de sirable that this be done not only for the sake of the saws themselves but for the young which they are presumed to be carrying. Situated as you are we would make a mixture of equal parts of corn and valvet beans ground together. Then add to each 90' pounds of this say. five, or better still, 10 pounds of digester tankage. This material may be fed in the form of a relatively thin slop. If you can reduce it to the condition indicated with skim milk it will be a great advantage Your sows might be allowed to eat such potatoes as they will clean up, and of course they should be allowed to run over the Bermuda sod to take exercise whenever they will. Let them graze on the rye and rape as they come along. They will furnish desirable constituents toward the maintenance ration and will help to keep the bowels regulated and the sows in good condition generally They will not over-eat on these ma terials, but of course you understand they only represent constituents in a maintenance ration. You should feed the sows about as much grain as they will eat up clean. This ..will run up to several pounds a day Over-feeding is of course to be avoided. This is easily foretold if the animals become too fat or heavy, or too sluggish. Encourage the sows to take a con siderable amount of exercise. This will not only insure their being in better condition, but the young as well. Remember that the supplying of mineral matter in a box which the sows can have access to at all times is a matter to be kept in mind. Handling and Management of the Brood Sow A. C. C., Hawkinsville, Ga., writes: I would like some In formation In regard to caring for brood sows, and raising the pigs. I have fifty Duroc sows and two males, but know very little about caring for them. I want to build modern pens and houses for them. I have 60 acres of land and wish to know what crops to grow” to maintain them. Brood sows need to be liberally fed and well cared for. The better treatment accorded them the' more likely they are to farrow large lit ters and raise two litters a year suc cessfully. In order to make the larg est profits from the handling and management of hogs the sows should be induced to farrow twice a year whenevgr possible. The most economical manner of maintaining hogs in Georgia is through the use of grazing crops. These can be made available for the greater part of the year In your section of the state. As it will oft en be necessary to graze hogs on the land when the ground is wet it is better to select sandy areas of soil on which to establish grazing areas. Almost any crop which can be grown in Georgia can be utilized for graz ing purposes at some season of the year. The idea is to plant these crops so they will come on in suc cession. One should therefore start in by establishing in the fall an area of alfalfa, rye, oats and wheat. In the spring rape should be sown in drills 24 inches apart. This will call for the use of about 5 pounds of seed per acre. Then spring oats may be seeded, together with suit able areas of millet, early maturing corn and early maturing varieties of cowpeas and soy beans. Late ma turing varieties of cowpeas and sov beans and peanuts should be used for the late fall grazing. Sweet po tatoes can be used to some advant age as well, and artichokes are es pecially valuable for the late-fall and early winter. It will be necessary to use some supplemental grain along with , most of th-' g ating crops. Corn can be used for this purpose to advantage, or com and peanut meal in equal parts will prove suitable. Shorts, of course, may be used to replace corn or peanut meal if this proves econo mical or desirable. Single colony houses should be provided for brood sows, though of course a barn in which a number of sows can be housed can be con structed quite economically. We are erecting a cement house for our selves similar to that in use in con nection with our serum plant. This bui’ding a hallwav through the middle. The pens may be made about 10 feet square, although Bxlo feet will answer. There should be an exercise lot accessible to each , pen. Naturally the floored pen [ should be kept well bedded, especial- I ly during cold weather so as to pre- > tent the sows from developing rheu-t matism from sleeping on the cement | floor. Supplemental foods may be fed in the fo ,- m of thin slons. It is; important that the hogs be kept in a hedthj’ condition and free from dis ease. Therefore, innoculation with preventive serum is often desirnb’e. FIGHTING THE RED SPIDER IN COTTON J. M. White. Oakman, Ga., writes: I have about three acres of cotton that are infested with the red spider. Is there anything I can spray it with that will stop it? Can a hand spray be used? The red spider frequently does considerable damage to cotton As a rule it passes the winter season on weeds or cultivated plants, notably the violet. In the. spring it migrates to the young cottbn. One of the best ways of control ling this pest is to destroy weeds ahd trash in the vicinity of the cot ton field. This insect does consid erable damage throughout the south ; In some seasons the loss attributed ' to its destructiveness has reached as • much as $2,000,000. In fighting the I red spider sprays may be used to I some advantage. Violet beds should' be sprayed during the winter or early : spring. The spraying of cotton ' plants is also desirable, as well as; pulverizing the surface of the ground, j which renders migration from one plan to another difficult. Among the compounds which may be found efficient in destroying the red spider are the following: Dis solve one pound of arsenate of soda in twenty gallons of water. This is a very effective spray, but as it is a deadly poison, it must be han dled with skill and care. Animals must not be allowed free access to poisoned plants, as they would prob ably be killed if they ate cotton cov ered with this spray. Another good spray is one pound of cyanide of potassium and two gal lons of water. This is also a deadly poison, and must be handled care fully on that account. Whenever a spray Is used it is im portant to remember that two ap plications must- be made seven or eight weeks apart. The material should be distributed very thorough ly over the plants. On small farms a portable barrel sprayer can be used for the application of arsenate of soda or other soluble poisons. Such an outfit would not cost much. If you do not spray your plants and endeavor to control the spread ot this pest it is likely to reach an ever-increasing area of your cotton field for several weeks to come and quite effectively destroy the crop thereon. Data About Bur and Crimson ’ Clover J. J. 8., Hawkinsville, Ga„ writes: Please give me what information you can regarding bur and crimson clover as to the time for seeding,, culture, fertilization, etc. Bur clover is one of our most desirable annual crops. It Is a rath er difficult plant to start on most of our lands. This no doubt ac counts for the relatively small area. of our soils devoted to this crop. ■ Bur clover also kjjls easily in the winter, and it disappears if grazed too hard in the spring at the time the seed are forming. As a rule, it passes through the winter suc cessfully. It furnishes considerable grazing at certain seasons of the year. It matures seed in April and diay anu mu- no,, .ae o.< „ • grazed too heavily at that season. 1 Bur clover is relished by most classes of stock, thougn horses and cattle will not eat it at times. The' great majority, however, soon learn! to .relish it. The seeds of this plant | do not germinate readily owing to | the hard coat which covers them i and the dryness of our autumn months. Seeding may be done, there-: fore, with advantage just as soon 1 as the crop is harvested. Frqm four to six bushels of seed should be used per acre. If planted in shal low and narrow rows, however, less seed will be needed. Covering the I burs is a desirable practice when this can be accomplished. When fall seeding is practised, the burs are best removed, which is accomplish ed by very slight grinding in a small feed mill. Clean seed, of course, require Inoculation, while others do not. When this crop is planted in rows, the .use of stable manure and acid phosphate will prove beneficial. ; Crimson clover may be planted any time after October Ist in your i section of Georgia. Use from to twelve pounds of seed per acre. It may be scattered over the ground and harrowed in. Good preparation is essential. Cultures may be used where the clover has never been grown before to advantage. They can be obtained from any commer cial concern handling them. When seeding bur clover use two hundred of ac J d P hos Phate and one hundred pounds of kainit. Mix these ingredients together and broadcast over the land before the clover, is seeued. Crimson clover may be com bined with rye or any other win vVrv If °V t early - !t makes a very good Quality of Hay and » desirable yield as well. Permanent• Pastures f Or Hogs 1). G. W.» Tarrytown. Ga. writes: What would' be best thing to plant for grazing hogs tnat will last for £ num ber of years, and furnish graz ing from February until June of each year? to say that there is no hr? at y°u could plant for a pas ture for hogs that would prove sat isfactoiy through a series of years lou will find Bermuda sod on which Mhh? c * ove r has been planted val- b i e ‘ , Y f ur ho^s will gather a good deal of feed from an area of this character, and It proves quite per manent if you handle it properly nn U hV 1 !, 3,1 ? 0 find alfalfa » good Cron on which to graze hogs. They will of couise, eventually destroy it. but nuitf a a P robabl y keep them on it for quite a long period of time provid* ed you do not over-graze the land and protect the crop at seasons of the year when it is not in the best condition. We have grazed alfalfa for two years, and the land devoted wo Cr 22> is still well covered. r^? er tbin k can continue to use this area for at least another yea r- Alfalfa furnishes. as you doubtless know, a good deal of graz ing as it is available from early spring until late fall in this section of the state. It gives its best re sults when planted on red land It shows a decided preference for clav soil. You could plant an arei of it this fan if you have your land in good shape and well supplied with vegetable matter. You would need to lime the soil with at least two tons per acre and work it down to a fine fallow free of weeds. Put on the lime as Indicated and a few davs later seed the alfnlfn, usinef twentv pounds per acre. Western seed is the best to use. It should be care fully Inoculated. You should enrich tt*e land on which this crop is seed ed by using five hundred pounds of a formula containing 4 per cent ni trogen, 9 per cent phosnhoric acid and 3 per cent potash. Top dressing the land a little later on in the sea son when a stahd is develoned with well rotted yard manure will be ad vantageous. Oats, rye, rane. millet, sorghum, peas, corn peanuts, sweet potatoes and corn and velvet a”e the crons which should be plant ed in the spring for the same pur r>ose. Self of HogS Has Bjc* AMFS Ta.—Some of the advantages of self-feeding ho"-s on pasture are set forth by John M. Evvard, of the Tow> agricultural experiment station, I in this way; Hogs are marketed sooner, and thus time and labor are saved. The earlier markets, such as Oc tober and November, are usually higher than in December, January and February. Money is received more quickly, which means that capital is .turned in earlier. Less feed ffiay be required to take Railroad Gives Pointers on Shipping Hogs in Hot Weather To prevent losses to live stock, particularly hogs, in transit during hot weather, the live stock depart ment of the Southern Railway sys tem has issued the following sug gestions to shippers with request that they be followed as closely as possible: Haul or drive hogs to station in ample time to allow them to be come rested and cool before loading When ordering a car for loading hogs, insist upon a clean one bedded with sand, clay or earth. Wet thoroughly the bedding and interior of car before loading. Give only a small feed of grain be fore shipping. Heavv feed means more body heat generated. Load not more than one hour be fore the train is to depart. Story of Mythical Liquor Sells Worthless Maine Farm BANGOR, Me.—Maine real estate agents have discovered a new way to ! d’spose.of undesirable property. They ' simply drop a hint that a lot of real i whisky is concealed somewhere about i the place, and that usually settles it. I On one of the roads leading out :of Bangor is a rocky, abandoned i farm—forty acres of land that no ; man would take as a gift. A small i fortune has been expended in ad i vertising this place for sale, but in vain. Then along came a broker with ideas, and he sold the farm at a .pretty good price. This broker ad mitted that the place was ruh out, Observer Finds Flaws In Hale Peach Record During 1920 Season BY J, H. M’CLINTOCK (Physiologist, Gedtgla Experiment Station.) While collecting data during the present season in the commercial peach orchards in several counties in Georgia, opportunity was afforded to observe the Hale peach and to com pare it with the same variety grown at the Georgia experiment station and with other varieties ripening about the same season. The grow ers who favored the Hale as a com mercial variety were judging it from its growth on the heavier, rolling soils where this variety appears to grow better than it does in the more level and lighter soils. But even in the rolling lands the Hale has this season shown some traits which are against it from the viewpoint of the commercial grower. First it showed a tendency to ripen irregularly, in some cases before and in other cases after the Elberta. The second and most serious objection to this variety is the irregularity of the fruit. On the same t ee, and often side by side on the same limb, at harvest time, may be found a large marketable fruit and one or more small green fruits which have no market value. The Hale tree is ; not as vigorous a grower as some of the other varieties, and apparently some physiological disturbance oc curs which allows some of the f. uits to develop at the expense of the oth ers. If there wene any regularity to this it would not be so serious, but in many cases there is only one marketable fruit where there should I be several: therefore this failure of some fruits to develop does not serve to thin, for the puipbse of improving the remaining fruit. The Hale peach is also susceptible i to brown rot where it is not given | the best of care in regard to spray l m Taking all of these points into con- I sideration it is a question whether or not the Hale peach should be recorn ■ mended for extenslvS commercial planting. Com Stands First Among Green Crops For Making Silage cSullT-ays the United States department of ag riculture. Much care, however, must be taken to expel the air from such • hollow-stemmed plants as the small ! cereal grains by cutting fine and • packing firmly. Other crops, ot I which legumes are examples, are de ’ ficit in the fermentable constituents needed for palatable silage. On the other hand, a few crops, such as the saccharine sorghums, have so much sugar that unless cut at a more mature stage they have a ten dency to produce sour silage. In most parts of the United States more food material can be obtained from an acre of corn as silage than from an acre of any other crop that can be grown. Corn is more easily harvested and put into the silo than crops like rye. clover, cowpeas or alfalfa, and when cut for silage the maxmimum quantity of nutrients is preserved. Experiments have shown that corn, when siloed, lost 15.6 per cent of the dry matter, against 23.8 per cent when cut for fodder and cured in the field. Moreover, there is less waste in feeding silage than In feeding fodder, since good silage properly fed is all consumed. When corn Is cut for silage the land is cleared and left ready for another crop sooner than when the corn is shocked or is husked from the stand ing stalk. Corn can be put into the silo at a cost not above that of shock ing, husking, grinding and shred ding. Farmers’ Bulletin 578 on ’’The Making and Feeding of Silage may be had by addressing the United States department of agriculture, Washington. D. C. Farmer Loses Profit If He Sells His Pigs And Then Buys Pork There’s a profit in selling pigs and buying pork—not for the farmer who follows this practice. The farmer’s most profitable course is to kill, cure and can enough pork for his own use and sell any additional amounts which he can produce and for which there is a demand. The practice of home curing pork has suffered through neglect, but Jt is now be ing revived, according to the bureau of animal industry and the states re lations service. These two bureaus of the United States department of agriculture are co-operating to en courage the general adoption of this wholesome usage among farmers.' Home-cured pork, scrapple. pork pudding, sausage, canned pork, head cheese and lard are among the foods which the farmer should get from his own cellar shelves and not from the city market. All transportation costs and commissions remain in his pocket.B. A bulletin, “Killing Hogs and Cur ing Pork," now being revised by the department of agriculture, will soon be ready for issue. New methods and improvements have been given space in this discussion, and details of the processes for canning fresh pork have been added. Canning preserves pork with fresh pork flavors and les sens the toil and time incident to some of the older ways of curing the product Besides being rapid and simple, the new process saves pounds of pork for all periods of the year which formerly had to be eaten , soon after slaughter or be wasted. | the weaning pigs to a 225-pound I weight. In tests at Ames actually i less grain was used to accomplish j this result; also less pasture. i Some risks are avoided, in that 1 j the hogs reach heavy weights quickly < and thus go to market early. Thus 1 | late fall cholera may be missed. In the tests at Ames under Mr. Evvard’s direction young hogs put into the tests at forty pounds Juno 18 and self-fed on pastures were ready for market at 225 pounds six teen to forty-six days earlier than , hogs that were hand-fed In the same experiment. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1920. Load slowly and carefully. Avoid ' excitement and d® not beat or bruise the animals. Load not to exceed 14,000 lbs. fat hogs and 16,000 lbs., stock hogs in 1 a standard 36-ft. car during warm t weather. Have water applied to the bedding ,in the car at available points im : mediately after the train stops. I Use ice on floor of whenever possible, three blocks to a car. I Report inattention or neglect promptly to superintendent of divis ■ ion on which shipment originates. 1 Never throw water directly upon hogs after they become heated. Run ■ it on floor of car under hogs in stead. and that the buildings were wrecks. But he casually remarked: “The man who owns this place is in jail, serving a sentence for selling rum. He won’t be out for a month or two yet. They say that just be fore the lid was banged on this fel low bought a big stock of whisky, but the sheriff never has been able to find any of it. The stuff couldn't been sold, for it didn’t arrive in Bangor until about a week before the lid went on. I guess there is seme truth in the story that he cart ed it out here about that time. Bet ter have spent the price of that liquor fixing up these buildings. The farm was sold next day. Smaller Pigs From k Young Sows, Says Illinois Bulletin CHAMPAIGN, 11l. —A carefi study of records relating to the birtl of 720 litters of pigs at the Univer sity of Illinois reveals many side lights for- those interested in ho.- raising. The 720 litters containe< 5,840 pigs of seven distinct breeds The following conclusions arc drawn: On the whole, the belief that younj’ sows produce smaller pigs than di older sows is substantiated. Like wise, the data substantiates the pop ular belief that up to acertain age about 3 years, there is an increase in the of litter as sows grow older. The older sows farrowed 12.3 per cent of dead or immature pigs, as compared to 8.1 per cent by the younger sows. The Season Doesn’t Count It is doubtful whether there are any variations in farrow attribu table to the season at which pigs are farrowed. In succeeding litters from the same sow there was an increase ii number of pigs per litter and ii the weight of individual pigs unti the fourth litter, at which time th' sows were 3 1-2 years old. The records obtained from 549 lit ters showed a wide range, 98 to 12 days, in the length of gestatio period, with an average of 114.5 days. However, 93.6 per cent of th litters were farrowed between th< Ulth and 119th days, and 73.8 pei cent between the 113th and 117 t. days. The general belief that ol( sows have a gestation period one t< three days longer than younger sow: appears to have no very gqod basis No Effect on Sex There was little, if any, correlatio between the length of gestatic period and the birth weight of pig and the sex of pigs in relation to t length of gestation shows no tende cy for either sex to predomin" more than normal. The average size of litters was 8 pigs. The average weight of a 1' ter was about twenty pounds. 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