- A market hog weighs about 220 lbs. to 260 lbs
- It takes 114 days (3 months, 3 weeks and 3 days) from conception until
a sow gives birth to the piglets.
- Hogs' ears are notched so that farmers can identify what month they
were born and which sow was their mother.
- Most sows have 2 litters per year with 7 to 12 piglets in each.
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