Show FACTS FOR FARMERS A WISCONSIN sheep breeder advocates feeding grain to ten months in the year THE man who sticks to raising first class cattle and hogs and does it with good judgment will find it reasonably profitable As iowa swine breeder says that a pig that lias recovered from a genuine attack of thumps is about worthless for breeding purposes THE new york experiment station has been making some practical tests with cows as to the amount of water they drink it was found that during lactation or the milk giving period the average per month was one thousand six hundred and sixty pounds WOOD ashes make the beat fertilizer for crimson clover although this clover thrives on land that has been used until but little fertility remains yet it needs plant food and gives the best results when manure or aslies or both are applied IF the pasture is scant it can be made to go further by herding and allowing the stock to eat down a portion of the field at the time even with hogs and sheep this plan can be followed without much extra labor movable thees sometimes meet the purpose |