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    This document describes an activity where students are asked to summarize information about litters from eight sows on a small pig farm. It provides the breeds and litter sizes for each sow in January 2009. Students are asked multiple choice questions about specific litters and then choose three litters to ear notch pigs from for identification.

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    This document describes an activity where students are asked to summarize information about litters from eight sows on a small pig farm. It provides the breeds and litter sizes for each sow in January 2009. Students are asked multiple choice questions about specific litters and then choose three litters to ear notch pigs from for identification.

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    Michael Deliva
    This document describes an activity where students are asked to summarize information about litters from eight sows on a small pig farm. It provides the breeds and litter sizes for each sow in January 2009. Students are asked multiple choice questions about specific litters and then choose three litters to ear notch pigs from for identification.

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    Ear Notching Lab Activity Name______________________

     Your swine operation has EIGHT sows and is mainly a show pig operation. You
    farrow piglets in hope to sell them to local 4-H or FFA members to show in the summer
    time. The sows breeds and names are listed below.

    2 - Yorkshire sows (#1 Y, #2 Y)


    3 - Landrace sows (#1 L, #2 L, #3 L)
    2 - Duroc sows (#1 D, #2 D)
    1 - Hampshire sows (#1 H)

     You have planned to have all EIGHT of these litters born in the month of January.
    Here is how they farrowed…..

     The #1 Duroc sow had a litter of 11 piglets on the morning of January 3, 2009.

     The #1 Landrace sow had a litter of 15 piglets on the night of January 3, 2009.

     The #1 Hampshire sow had a litter of 8 piglets on January 10, 2009.

     The #1 Yorkshire sow had a litter of 11 piglets on January 11, 2009.

     The #2 Landrace sow had a litter of 14 piglets on January 12, 2009.

     The #2 Duroc sow had a litter of 13 piglets on January 13, 2009.

     The #3 Landrace sow had a litter of 16 piglets on the night of January 13, 2009.

     The #2 Yorkshire sow had a litter of 10 piglets on January 15, 2009.

    ????? What litter number is the #3 Landrace sow’s litter of 16 piglets?

    ????? What litter number is the #1 Yorkshire sow’s litter of 11 piglets?


    Now choose 3 litters that you would like to personally ear notch. Write those litter
    numbers here

    ________________

    ________________

    ________________

    Now choose 3 pigs out of each of those litters to ear notch. Write their complete
    ear notch here & draw.

    __________________

    __________________

    __________________

    NOW WAIT FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS 

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