. Our farm and building book. . make money requirescareful planning to breed two litters ayear at the right time to fit in with theseasons. The breeding plan on most weli-con-ducted stock farms divides the farrow-ing between April for spring pigs, andOctober for winter pigs. October far-rowing gets young pigs along to theshoat age during the early pan 01 thewinter. Just when they should begrowing their best is when the ex-tremely cold weather is coming on anda good house is necessary to inducethem to make proper gains. With a house like this, any farmercan raise pure-bred stock and sell thebes
. Our farm and building book. . make money requirescareful planning to breed two litters ayear at the right time to fit in with theseasons. The breeding plan on most weli-con-ducted stock farms divides the farrow-ing between April for spring pigs, andOctober for winter pigs. October far-rowing gets young pigs along to theshoat age during the early pan 01 thewinter. Just when they should begrowing their best is when the ex-tremely cold weather is coming on anda good house is necessary to inducethem to make proper gains. With a house like this, any farmercan raise pure-bred stock and sell thebest animals at high prices. Hogs forfattening should be made to weigh from180 to 250 pounds when they are eightmonths old. This is generally the mostprofitable age and weight, and it is theage and weight wanted by the age and weight mean that eachpig must gain one pound per day frombirth to market time. This is a veryprofitable gain for hogs, to make, andit is reasonable to expect such gams FARM AND BUILDING BOOK 73. PEIAIL LLLWI0NOF FPQNT PANEL SECTION
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