Pedigree Sow Records

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 85, Issue 2, 15 August 1952, Page 128

Pedigree Sow Records

Owner’s name and address Herd book number Number of pigs Litter weight • Grade of litter* Sow Sire Born Weaned 3 weeks Jh. 8 weeks lb. Large White White Harper, R. J., J., Ohinewai Ohinewai 63436343 9874 9874 8 8 6 6 86 86 276 276 4 4 I Anson, F and Farrelly, B., , and Farrelly, B., Whakatane Whakatane 9619 9619 9080 9080 16 16 10 ' 10 129 129 374 374 1 1 Knight, M. H. H., Levin Levin 9237 9237 7955 7955 14 . 14 9 9 116 116 426 426 2 2 Mundy, R. Sr, S., Whakatane .. 10210 9934 12 10 133 456 1 New Plymouth High School High School 9700 9700 9687 9687 12 12 12 12 152 152 453 453 1 1 Wood, A. E., E., Whakatane ., ■ 9267 9873 ‘ 15 12 164 486 1 * Berkshire Pohangina Pig Pig Club, Ashhurst 24968 25218 - 9 4 f 46 159 Minimum L Litter Weight for Grades Breed Averages for the Period Grades Breed Averages for the Period Number of nigs Litter weights Weight pe pig Grade* 3 weeks (lb.) 8 weeks (lb.) weeks (lb.) Number Number x . 1 120 360 recorded Born Weaned 3 weeks 8 weeks 3 weeks" 8 weeks 2 100 300 1 lb. lb. lb. lb. lb. lb. lb. lb. 3 90 270 4 80 240 Large White .. 6 12.8 9.8 1 130 1 411.8 I 13.22 41.88 (J ■ 70 70 210 210 * A No. 3 grade is classed as good, No. 2 as excellent, and No. 1 as special.

Contributed by the Animal Industry Division In the period January 1952 to June 1952 the following breeders had litters recorded as shown: —