Show W y AN intelligent HORSE the typical animal which the fai mer should possess A good horse Is a great treasure there Is as much difference in the ats position of horses as there Is in the disposition of women some of them you like some you tolerate and others you are afraid of you can almost well formed head always pick put a good horse by the looks of his head ears and face but you can t judge a woman in the same way there are complications and the subject Is gen orally more difficult some men ge badly taken in ih a horse trade but that Is their own fault they should know better than to trade horses the only proper thing for a farmer to do declares the farm press Is to colts until he gets more horses on the farm than he needs then sell oft the mean cranky ones and just keep the best it anyone is entitled to a good horse or a good wife it Is a straight forward honest hard working tanner A farmer should only sell the best ap pies and feed the culls or make them into elder but that rule won t apply to horses or women DIPPING SHEEP it should be done at shearing time and shortly afterward all sheep are troubled with external parasites unless thoroughly dipped at shearing time and again shortly after wards besides ticks sheep are often seriously injured with lice on account of the wool and the small size of the lice it Is almost impossible to see them many sheep are worried to death with lice when the owner has not the slightest idea of what the trouble Is it Is easy to dip sheep and it Is per sate in the summer time saya the farm press if they are thorough ly cleansed in warm weather they are not likely to become badly infected during the winter unless they are per to run with other sheep that have not been treated very often showing sheep at the fairs will lead to trouble unless the exhibition stock Is very carefully guarded and taken care of before mix ing again with the home flock there are so many advantages from dipping that every farmer should build a tank a small cheap alfair tor a few sheep and a larger and more convenient ar ran gement for a larger flock CEMENT FLOORS they provide the ideal condition for the doghouse Ho ghouse cement la regarded by many as a good floor tor hog houses but many ob eject to it on account of its being cold and damp especially too cold tor young pigs it makes a floor that Is easily cleaned and one that is more nearly sanitary than any other floor if it is to be used as a furrowing farrowing far rowing house a false floor of plank would be an ad vantage and it Is quite likely no bad results would be experienced it enough bedding were used to keep the pigs from coming anto immediate contact with the cold floor many of the more recent hog houses that are being built have a covering of fine woven wire placed over the floor stretched tight and fastened down and this is covered with two or three inches of fine gravel dirt floors are usually preferable to cement or plank but there is great dit faculty with the hoga rooting them up by stretching this wire over the floor and covering it with a little gravel it prevents rotting and those who have used it report good satisfaction STOCK NOTES on some farms where the hogs are well taken care of hog diseases are unknown corn should not be fed in large quan titles to brood bows sows in summer as it Is too heating raw wheat flour mixed with milk and the yolk of one egg will often check scours the main thing in handling a flock of breeding ewes during the pregnant season Is that they have plenty 0 fresh air and exercise with the proper kinds of feed boiled skim milk thickened with a cup of flaxseed to each gallon to which Is added one half pound brown sugar and a little salt is fine for raising pigs by hand when fresh whole la ot available |