Show cottonseed MEAL FATTENING FEED may be used to good advantage to finish pigs amille too much cottonseed joeil Is injurious when fed to hogs recent experiments peri ments have shown that it anny be used to advantage in fattening pigs ilie pigs in these experiments were fed in dry lots for periods ranging from 55 to 84 dais with an average dilly consumption of from one third to one half pound of cottonseed meal says E II 11 hosteller chief of swine investigations at th carolina state college with none of them showing any evidence of cottonseed meal poisoning in another trial with soy bean pasture added to the ration of cottonseed meal shelled corn and mineral the pigs were fed three fourths of a pound dally for n period 0 00 days without any injurious effects greater gians at less cost were also made when cottonseed meal was add cd to the ration states mr hosteller parts of fish meal and cotton seed meal were mixed and fed free choice with shelled corn and mineral in the five trials conducted in this experiment the algi made more gain at less cost than where fish meal alone was used as the protein supplement the relatively low price of cotton seed meal as compared with other high protein feds Is of much importance to hog raisers in the stater kajs mr hosteller and farmers can safely add this supplement to the fastening ration similar experiments have been conducted at the experiment station in texis and have shown the same re cults baates mr hosteller young lambs suffering with sore eyes aided sometimes young lambs suffer with sore bjes it the trouble Is caused by the ei clashes being turned in a or two with a needle and white thread will hold the eyelids open and in a day or two the trouble will be over if the sore eyes are caused by infection a few drops of one per cent alon of silver nitrate administered with a medicine dropper in the ee will usually clear up the beginners are frequently overanxious to assist a ewe in lambing it Is better to let the ewe take her time in a natural way it the ewe has labored unsuccessfully tor an hour an examination should be made and it the lamb Is not in a normil position with nose and front feet foremost the lamb should bo straightened out have everything ready before lambs acrive it Is a good plan to have everything in readiness several anys before the ewes are expected to start lambing for while the average gestation period for ewes Is about days frequently the lambs arrive three or four days earlier ilist of all have the ewes in readiness by being owr hughly tagged out both between the hind legs and also the wool around the teats this will enable the young iamb to find its first meal much more readily and furthermore if the tag gang Is done before the iamb comes the wool Is clean and dry whereas it Is wet and soiled after lambing K t H H live stock items K K ht K K cattle given tree access to corn sl lage and alfalfa will balance their own rations A hog that Is off feed will not make first class pork it butchered in that condition death asses amount to larger proportions in pigs than in any other oung stock on the farm dont allow sour breeding animals to become so thin that you hive to apologize for their condition horses and mutes on farms in the united states have declined steadily dily from a total ot over in 1920 to on january 1 or 24 per cent the number of dead and weik pigs in be largely eliminated by giving the bows sows suitable qu aters and feeding them a well balanced ration during gestation too Is an import ant part of the management of preg cant bows sows pigs running on pasture make great cr gains from the s ime amount of feed than they do in the dry lot pigs on pasture are healthier and the ask of loss from disease Is les bened worm infestation may be con strolled trolled much easier on pasture than in the dry lot pasture for hoga furnishes about ane half the amount of protein feces fiary to balance the grain ration hence less or skim milk la needed when boga are on pasture 4 Str aft |