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Show LIVE STOCK NOTES. Try a measure of kindness for a balanced ration. Hank up the old barns to shut out the cold wind under the floors. The sunshine should come Into every ev-ery stable through large windows. Honestly, now. how many men dla you ever see salt their horses In winter? win-ter? I iogs properly sheltered will thrive on much less feed than those exposed to cold. Every window should have shutters to close tightly at night to keep the t old out. Alfalfa hay and corn have been found to be a moat aatlsfat-tory fattening fat-tening feed for hogs. Hog manure la almost the richest of any made on the farm. Save It all and put tt out on the land. Sheep are timid, nervous creatures, and all excitement and roughness sl.ould be svolded In handling them. If the food Is Allowed to sour In the troughs. It will throw the bogs off reed. This will deck growth, snd la a loss. The passing of the "long horn" est-lie est-lie Is sn evidence of the great Advance Ad-vance being made In the live atotk In lustry. look out for sore teats on ewes with lambs. When such conditions ire discovered, rub the ffet ted parti twice a day with salted butter. Alfalfa meal Is not all the real tuff. Some manufacturers sell a product that Is pretty nearly pure, ind then, again, there are others. Ti e work horses must have exercise nd fresh air when not In ue. Turn .hem out during the warm part of the lay and let them enjoy themselves. Keet pulp and alfalfa make about is fine pig meat a ever found Its ray to market but, alas! we do not ill live In the beet pulp and alfalfa elt. Dont try to winter fall pigs with-rat with-rat good provision for slop. Besides be feeding value, the slop encourages Le pigs to drink freely, which Is de drable In cold weather. |