| Show alve 11 re kocl in february the fa tai rm m work for february nary scarcely scar celT ditter froni that of the other winter mouths months except excepting ilig that the stock need more rare cure particularly where the cows we are to drop their calves in the early earing As they grow heavy there ia greater r danger of injury from slipping from rom W blows 0 a and n d copious drinks of co their grain T atinis should be iced in in quantity and heating food ive like cornmeal corni neul cottonseed or oil meal tl tloyd old rut nut ay 10 ased unless it be for old cows have been heily heavily grained grala cd tint but having been prolific milt milk erg ere or from sonic other cause have become boin bein como come tb thin in flehr elep with them the ration should hoil ld not be largo large and the effects should be carefully watched the brt imy hay is nond too good tor for them or for the aves that are to drop lamb soon give them good bay with a few roots every evera day if they are arc on hand band and a little wasat at bran if it seems sc ians to bo be needed to keep them in good condition do not leave the ewes out in cold storms neither allow them thein to suffer stiller froni froin a jac lack of exercise it is to be hoped that it is which wes are likely to drop the early lambs and about when they may luay be expected and that they will bo be selin separated rated from the 0 others and placed where they can be quiet warm arm and protected from molestation froll their mates and from dogs A visit to tile the pen once or twice during ti tho 0 night may save valuable ablo lambs lamb a the sows bows are more often expected to tarrow farrow in march than in february but there seems no good renson reason for this now that fiacre seems to bo be a demand for or pi pigs b that will drebo froni from to pounds when about 8 months old there should lie ile more surety of their attaining a desirable weight if they appeared in february an and it is no more trouble to raise ali february pi with a comfortable for table snug snag pi gery the cold should not be as intense inside it ft as it would bo be in a cold wind in march which seems to find out every crack and crevice and if not actually as cold by the inome tex seems colder by a contrast with the tew warmer Wi iriner days that occasionally sio sio nally appear we would advis 0 every tanner who raises pigs to plan for his hi spring pigs in february and bis fall pig in anly or august the latter will then attain sufficient size and strength to cou courinne cout ione tinne growing and fattening during the winter if given good warm quarters qu aiters corn comfortable f beds and good food it may a little more to make them tnt fat than it would for the spring aprin F pigs but bat it pays american cult culli vator valor |
