PEDIGREE SOW RECORDS
Grade Minimum Litter Weight At 3 weeks. | At 8 weeks. 1 ' 120 lb. . 360 lb. 2 100 „ .300 „ 3 90 „ 270 „ • 4 , 80 „ 240 „ ' 5 ' 70 „ 210 „
DURING the three months January-March, 1947, seven of the eight litters recorded were sufficiently good to be included in one of the five grades set out below.
Breed. No. of ‘ Litters Recorded Litter Weight at Number of Pigs. | Average Weight at | Average Weight at 3 weeks. (lb.) 8 weeks. 1 (lb.) Born. | Weaned. 3 weeks, Weaned. (lb.) 3 weeks,8 weeks. (lb.) (lb.) 8 weeks, (lb.) Berkshire . . 4 101.3 327.0 9.8 8.5 11.91 38.47 worth 4 3 101.3 ' 85.7 327.0 268.0 9.8 8.5 8.3 7.0 11.91 7.0 12.24 38.47 . 12.24 38.29 38.29 A No. 3 grade litter is looked on as a good performance, No. 2 as excellent, and No. 1 as special. on as a good performance, No. 2 as excellent, and No. 1 as special.
Contributed by the Livestock Division. Breed Averages for the Period
Owner’s Name and. Address. . Herd Book No. of — Litter Weight at • No. of Pigs. Grade of Sire. . Litter Sire. | . Sow. 3 weeks, | Sow. (lb.) 3 weeks, 8 weeks. (lb.) (lb.) 8 weeks, Born . Weaned of Litter (lb.) Born Weaned • Berkshire Pohangina Pig Club (secretary, Spelman, T. J., R.D., .Ashhurst) = . . • . . . .... 21226 19540 99 360 11 8 3 Jones, J. H., Selwyn Street, Leeston . . . . . . Rotomanu Pig Chib (secretary, Hodgkinson, H. E., 21411 . 21857 70 280 9 9 5 Rotomanu, Westland) ' . . . . . . . . 18295 19461 113 ' 308- . 8 8 2 Hodgkinson, H. E., Rotomanu, Westland . . ' .. 18295 20718 123 360 11 9 ' 1 Tam worth < Hari Hari Pig Club (custodian, Manship, G., Hari Hari) 13754 . 13728 85 278 10 8 4 Hari Hari Pig Club (custodian, Manship, G-., Hari ' - Hari) . . . . . . .... 13754 11634 46 147 5 4 — Ogle, F., & Son, Normanby . . .. .15304 14943 126 . 379 10 9 1 1 - 1 Large White Haydon, G. C., Barrytown, Pte. Bag, Greymouth . . 6129 | .6484 139 | 457 1 1 13 I 1 10 1 10 1 1 .1 ■
The following list gives the names and addresses of the breeders of recorded sows and details of the litters:
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 75, Issue 1, 15 July 1947, Page 36
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352PEDIGREE SOW RECORDS New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 75, Issue 1, 15 July 1947, Page 36
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