Show UE af E INCREASED VALUE OF LAMBS docking and castration of young animal destined for market imp in prove proves quality provard by br the h ammom of agriculture docking and castration of eunit destined fur for the market materially increases their market value bemuse because of improved quality according to the tile united hautem department of agriculture there ore are reasons for thin docking makes the hind hindquarters quarters of lamba lambs appear more blocky und and deep and it also adds much to the clea till nees neon of the tile mul maIx time ilium they appear more attractive to the buen buers when they reach the tile market ewed which are to be kept in the fie breeding fluck flock should also be docked as an a very large portion of the tile undocked ewes will full to breed runt lambs oer three months of age tend to crow grow thin and develop coarse and nek thin fleshed coane course open shouldered lambs aro am not of a de 11 and when hen they rench reach the market they are discriminated by the buyers because of these theme feu turee ir if the lambs tire castrated and docked locked when they are a few dus das old their growth groth will not be retarded on the hand hund they will prest tit a better appearance und and if they have been properly fed ted hlll III liae a smooth de desimple tin fin ish ut at four months of ago age lambs of good quality in this condit condition lon cota mand a premium over bucky and undocked lambs at the markets oftentimes during the period when the jersey city market ie Is receiving it large irge numbers of lambs from the eastern state states lamb prices at that market fluctuate sharply because of the high percent ago age of undocked and bucky lambs which are discriminated against by buyers seeking a high quality product MAKE ALL BROOD SOWS WORK Pro properly parly managed animal should produce two litter litters each year roasters in demand the properly managed BOW sow should produce two litters a year it tho the farm la Is equipped for fall pigs under such a system the sow should farrow in march and again in the early part of september A sow that was bred about No november ember will farrow march oth to oth dy by weaning the piga pigs at e eight a t weeks of age the r ow FOW may be reared late in may to farrow in september jn states whore the winter winters a are severe good houses are necessary for the young pigs bom born in march those coming in september will almost take care cam of themselves until cold weather they are then in need of good care or a large number of runts will result A good demand exists during thanksgiving and christmas for small pigs tor for ro roa stera asters A larmer farmer in northeastern northeast em low ahas raised pigs for this special market a number of years and finds it a profitable means of C disposing of his toll fall pigs CALCIUM NEEDED FOR STOCK cew cows honea homes and shep sheep must look to roughage for needed supply allago may answer the cow together with the sheep and horse must look to its roughage to supply the needed calcium frequently there Is s not sufficient calcium in the roughage or the vitamin needed to make ranke it aval available lable to the body Is not present this vitamin Is to present in green pasture at all times if has been properly made it Is to e thai that there will be enough vitamin in it also to cause the assimilation of calcium it Is not well to count on this however for much of the alleane made ut tat the present time Is not properly made cp LIVE STOCK HINTS poor feeding Is leeping brood sows on an hundreds of farms from paying a profit aty 0 peed alfalfa hay to brood BOWS sown it pays a greater return in this way than any other 0 0 0 damp bels beds are are responsible for pneumonia bowel trouble and skin diseases among pigs the responsibility of animal dis ease control rests with the veterinary profession says or dr it A craig head of the veterinary de department of purdue university A good ration fur for a sow now with pigs Is 0 parts corn 3 parts and 10 parts when on full feed 0 0 0 mixed shipments show a R greater number of killed and crippled hoga and tili filiater ater shrinkage than straight shipments waco ns the man who consistently latently follows a well established live stock system on his farm is more prosperous than the man who tries to be in when conditions look good and out when they look took bad |