Show L VE STOCK LOOK BEFORE LOADING STOCK many car care may haw have detect defects that may cripple animal floor la Is mort important Wr pared by the th united state of Aari agriculture culture inspection of arriving cure cars of live stock at noven of the luree large mar betm by buix of the packers and stock yards administration united states department of Acri agriculture culture ha has shown that shippers would di tit well ell to make careful P of can cars before louding thom tit tro the railroads roll roade main tulo tutu satisfactory inspection car service at the uie large tN but not all care cars eat sent to country shipping points have directly from tho the terminals As a consequence conee quence many runny cure cars have defects that may cripple or even cause their death of tho cars impeded inspected in this investigation wen had holes in the floor 01 had projecting nalle nulls la in the walle walls and 88 had cleate cleats that might and probably pro bubly did croume bad bruises bru lava elgh ty two cart were without bedding a large factor in the safety and comfort of animals aniu iule in trun transit sit no mutter matter who lit 1 responsible aa tor for the th condition of care cars it ie Is to tho the interest Inter cut of the shipper always to make an inspection spec tion of hie his own on and most certainly it to 1 up to him to see that tho the right kind of bedding Is provided vre pre aro are used in stock can cars and because of this a careful ex must be made for projecting nails naus und dents that may have been left when these partition partitions wore were removed the floor in 1 the most important part mirt of the car it should be gone over thoroughly ond and any holes pati patched ched doore doors must be in good repair and when the cattle or other live stock are tire loaded securely fastened last year at one middle western market 1700 cattle and more than 2000 hope hogs were found crippled in care cam in december more than 1000 crippled halsa were rec received elved rt at one of the east em market markets cheso numbers are small in comparison with total receipts but they looked mighty largo large to the shippers who 0 ned the animals look before yon you load I 1 HORSES CARRY HEAVY COATS profusely and hair will ill not dry out shelter from cold rains many horses harses carry a heavy beavy coat of hair this spring such horses will sweat profusely protus ely and the hair will not dry out readily it will wilt be almost impossible to clenn clean them properly property when thea the are working they will ill tire easily and if not clipped will ill lose a lot of hesh flesh in the first few da das a after being put to work horses that have been blanketed and well groomed and those that have ben been worked steadily will not have such it long coat of hair idle farm horses are seldom groomed and there them occurs a natural greasiness that aide aids in keeping the animal warm this also increases the difficulty of af keeping the animal clean clipping can be done any time during the spring of the year but preferably lust just a few days before the spring work begins even though there may occur a few cold days or a few storms the horses will suffer no inconvenience as they become accustomed to the change due to the clipping in juet just a n few hours however if a blanket Is it can be used and the horse should be sheltered from cold ruins rains the clipping should take in the entire body and where any clipping Is done this Is to be recommended it Is not advisable to clip trace high taking in the belly horses as a rule do not shed early enough in the spring to enable them to work with any comfort ft LIVE STOCK FACTS the harm ham a scrub bull dova does 11 lives es after him 0 0 0 A club boy and his purebred pip pig are not soon parted raw potatoes ninke a wry very satisfactory succulent for breeding breed lii etl et en L thousands of good barmer 4 ahne found that a purebred giro sire pnra for himself in improving his hir on pring 0 0 0 sheep producer producers w ill find it ell from a standpoint to have the ewes in strong Ig igneous Ign rous orous condition at lambing time sunshine presents the little pigi from contracting disease been use e the sun keeps the pens penn free from disease germs gems cold and dampness which ore are most deadly enemies of infant pigs pim A purebred ram min Is relatively cheap nud without one a flock soon degenerates 0 0 0 the shepherds problems for the lambing season are ery largely solved if he has brought the ewe flock to the beg beginning lunIng of the season in good flesh and thrifty condition 0 6 more wore rit attention paid to the BOW sow aad and her litter a it t and immediately following the we farrowing season will result in la A greater number of pigs being saved LIVESTOCK 11 VE STOCK FACTS HORSE SUPPLY IS DECREASED number in united state states Is AW as a compared with in 1014 1914 prepared 4 kr by abo halted lt department of f an 11 per cent decrease in tho the Vurl world ds supply of horses since unil unit a alight decrease in the number I 1 of mules and asses are estimated by the united stated states department of agri culture the number of horse horses in 83 countries which about DO per tout cent of the total number of homes re ported IM lit now licad in ad am compared with before tho the war comparative figures for 15 other countries which have horses lio rees aro are not available the decreases occur largely in ituk bin sta and the united If states tates according to latest russia hue hug homes compared with in 1013 a decrease of 47 percent per cent tho the number of horeff tomes in the united stated ie Is BB an compared with in 1014 decreases are ure also reported from the united kingdom france germany and japan in creages are reported for argentina conada canada the union of south africa spain sweden and norway the number of mules and asses in 38 c countries which represents about 01 91 per cent of tho the total number reported ie Is estimated at OW as compared with 2801 in prewar pre war years comparative para tive figures for 10 19 other countries which have hae mules and und asses are not available the united states ranks first in number of horses with 2055 head and leuia second with head in numbers of mules und and asses the united states ie Is fIr aftret stIth ath head brazil arn Is second mith head and india third with head imports of horses into tho the united states have dropped from the 13 ue rage to in 1021 1921 during the first 11 months of 1022 2 only 41 10 horses homes were brought in of united states imports canada has farnI famished shed 80 to 00 per cent in recent years as compared with about 31 per cent in lit the prewar pre war period about 20 per cent of total imports formerly came from mexico and france exports of horses from the united states have decreased since the war and exports of mules have increased exports of horses averaged 15 head during the period 1010 1019 9 22 2 as compared with 28 head curing juring 1000 13 postwar post war exports of mules averaged and pre nar exports 5 mexico has been the heaviest purchaser of both horses and mules since 1010 sup planting canada which took more than any other country before the I 1 war since the war france has imported more horses homes than have been exported whereas before the war exports were about three umee times as large as imports both the export and import trade in horses of belgium have fallen off imports in 1021 were head as compared with un an average of head for the period 1000 18 exports decreased from nn an average of head bead in the five year prewar pre war period to in 1021 imports into the united states have decreased to less than a af fifth th of the prewar pre war figure exports have also fallen oft off to some extent there is a marked tendency to replace tractors with hones borses in england and wales the british ministry of agriculture and fia na reports tractors are being used to a great extent only on the larger arable farms but even on these farms tractors are am being used leae lem than in previous years few new machines are apparently being aurclia pur purchased clia as ed when tractors trac tora wear out the low price of horses the tile reduced cost of their keep and lower labor costs ore are given as the principal reasons for the reversion to horse home labor seven scrub chasers 1 I 1 bell that scrub bull for beet beef 1 2 1 make an exchange for A registered bull buu colt call a 3 exchange scrub bull in part pa ment ent toward a purebred butt bull of serviceable age 4 form a bull club or a bull association 6 8 hold a registered bull sale encouraging ing scrub owners to buy a bull at his lite own on price 0 ask your county breed secretary and county agent to as filst slat in replacing that scrub with a good purebred bull 7 encourage scrub bull own era to borrow a gud purebred bull from his neighbor for him to keep to be used for two years service then return him to original breeder MARKET FEED THROUGH COWS corn and other feed will grin more money in form of pork than at elevator with corn com and other f feeds eeds relatively cheap and the number of bogs hogs below normal great care should be taken to give the hogs the best possible opportunity to remain healthy as feed marketed in the form of pork will bring a lot more money than when sold at the elevator groat great minds winds do not all run in inthe the amo channel the tha channel la to too mall small winds are never worried over biff big thin they 1 do not reach that far nothing Is I 1 tempting lne to tho the person who ta is beyond tomp temptation tation but thoro there aro are no such uch animal animals tho with who 1 his hi own doods convinces othor that thoy aro are dot not worth poising 11 |