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Show Live Stock tIZ7 NOTE'S Inferior sows constantly pull down the average of the herd. Muddy pens n winter are dlscour aging places to keep a bog. Hheep will do better on rough land than w ill any other kind of stock save goats. Good feeding Is an Integral part cf succeaa in breeding purebred swine, A rigid system of selection of brood sows should be practiced by all swine breeders. KoMlr fodder should never bo fed exclusively ex-clusively to cattle because It will scour them. The pro.'its of a successful hog man rest largely upon bis success In raising pigs. Kew branches of stock feeding offer better Inducemmts than feeding ranee lambs. Cattle feedlrg Is not a hat'.rdous business, provided It Is done Intelll-gently Intelll-gently and consetvstlvely. Soft cosl or coal clndrs are relished rel-ished by pigs and bogs because of the mineral matter they contain. Hogs that have a natural shelter md a good dry ground under them will always do well In winter. As a rule the main point to consider li growing bogs for market Is. How msny pounds ran I put on that bog? Lambs to be finished for market ihould go Into winter feeding quarters before the weather becomes culd and msettled. Por stallions, brood mares, young torses and borses at light work, rood quali'y clover or alfalfa hay can- ' ot be excelled. |