Show FIRST CARE CAIRE SOWS k sho should uld be kept in thrifty Condit condition lorf without laymore Lay morr A on much fat ma king 11 0 pot oot the rot me care ot of ah brood sow BOW abou er in a thrifty condition without laying on an much fat A or ten days buforo far rowing timo put her in a fattening pen and let herget accustomed ed to her bar new qa quarters barters jar Y reed feed a pia bran each eh aneal which gaii a i laxative effect t a and A makes farrowing furrowing far rowing easier scratching and petting patting a bow BOW while feeding Is time well spent although it may seem ridiculous to some edme writes edward B chalk in the parmera farmers mall mail and cave breeze re ezill by treatment of this kind I 1 nave in one one week tamed an old sow BOW that looked like a man eater so BO I 1 could handlo handle her bor pigs I 1 prefer the hog cot or the bat aal hog house while the larga house 1 l at di tho the hog cot cal in sections section Is convenient and has other advantages it if to la hard to keep clean and it if it a contagious disease breaks breake out the chances are that all the herd will tako it the bottom timbers of 0 my hog cot ore are aby 2 by as placed up eight and made to lap over at the corners where a pin holds them in place when setup the top timbers oe me M e 2 ayao the same way the of the cot are 8 by 8 feet beet 6 feet high in front and 4 root feet at the back I 1 find and that such a house can be built for 7 it to Is best to make such a house of matched lumber but inch boards a foot wide and well battened are good I 1 place a guard along the wall of each cot a 2 by 6 that extends outward and Is six sit or eight inches above the floor this protects krotec ts tho the pigs from being rolled on when they are young I 1 have five of these cots cota now and will build civo more they arii are easily kept dry and clean may be moved about where wante dand whon when not in use for hogs may be used to house bouse chickens or calves WEED stallions j effect of breeding from such stock Is apparent in very low grade of horses produced the education of tho the average farmer its as to the importance of good breeding in the production of horses makes slow alow progress the majority and this la Is not overstating over stating the tact fact are not yet prepared to pay a decent price for stallion service preferring to use scrubs because they aro are cheap some of the states have passed stallion laws containing some excellent features wisconsin has baa a license law which prevents pre the preva 11 11 1 I 1 A grade Perch cron lonce lenco and distribution of grade stallions in the state minnesota has a law framed along the lines of the wisconsin measure pennsylvania and utah have adopted similar laws and other elates otate have shave restrictive measures under consideration the effect of these laws la is to make the lie owner of each registered non stallion declare his bis horse horae a grado grade on handbills hand bills that are posters so that no one may bo be deceived as to his pedigree the situation abroad la Is very much better than in this country in tact fact practically no scrub grade or lot stallions are used for pub ila service in the investigations of this matter carried on by dr A S alexander of wisconsin it was found that of all the stallions in the state GO 60 per cent were grade stallions and only 40 per cent pure bred some of the specimen horses used for public service are remarkable exhibitions hibit ions of wretchedly bad rundown and diseased animals the illustrations trat ions are from photographs of a grade Hambleton Hamblet onlan tan and a grade which traveled throughout the state for service one Is hands in height and we weighs lahs pounds and hes not the worst in the lot by any means the effect of breeding from such stock Is apparent in the very low rrth tae A grade Hamblet onlan grade of horses produced water cannot rise above its ito level neither can a grade stallion raise the blood level of his progeny above that of hla his own veins in quality the use of such sires therefore means a retrogression and a great damage to the farmers of any state |