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Show LIVE STOCK NOTES. Do not feed corn to the breeding ewes; It Is too heating. Pigs that are carelessly weaned are likely to be given quite a setback. The sheepfold should be liberally bedded and the bidding should b changed often. For horses at hard or fast work In the summer time, clover hay may prove too laxative. In order that sows may use onts to the best advantage they should by all mnna be ground. If the silage has been properly put In. there Is no reason why it should not keep through the summer. After pigs are weaned, one of the most common causes of runts Is the feeding of a straight corn diet. Peas should be well podded before hogs are turned tn. and after that singe they ma he hogged off with profit. For etallimi. brood mares, young hoises. nnd horses at 1'ght work, good quality clover or alfslfa hay can not be excelled. Silage Is very nearly as cheap as pasture and In composition Is prac ttcally th same, pound for pound, as timnthy pasture. Pens slone make a valuable (mature for hots, although the hogs should not be turned In on the crop as eoon as either cattle or sheep. Corn silage is sn excellent feed for steers on account of Its sm-eulenee and payability, and because of Its comparative richness In carhohydr'e and fat. In preventing and treating all dts eases of young pigs. It U weil. In addl Hon to giving fed ef the best quall'y. to allow plenty of exercise, sunshine, and pure air. To check acourlr.g In the ptg It Is recommended to give the sow two or three tcaspoonfuls of tincture o opium or place few srops on ptf s' tongues. |