No kind of live stock bring returns so rapidly as
swine except in the case of poultry. Swine, like sheep,
may be made to bring returns twice a year, as when two
litters a year are obtained from one sow, but, whereas
sheep produce but one or two lambs in a year, the off-
spring of swine may number half a dozen and more at
each litter, which means that a brood sow under favorable
_ conditions may produce a progeny numbering not less
than twelve against progeny from the ewe numbering not
more than one or two under normal conditions, and
against progeny from the cow not usually exceeding one
at a birth. :


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Swine make an excellent adjunct to the dairy, as
they furnish an excellent medium through which the
waste products of the dairy may be utilized with profit,
and to any extent that may be desired. Where skim milk
and buttermilk may be had in plentiful supply, the grow-
ing of swine becomes much easier and usually more prof-
itable than it would otherwise be.
One of the greatest advantages of swine husbandry
is the extent to which swine utilize waste products that
would otherwise be lost. Swine are veritable scavengers,
and can turn all kinds of waste products and even offal to
good account. They can take waste products from the
garden and orchard and turn them into good money.
