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Show rt. LIVE STOCK BRIEFS. it' f Afccordin'g to the United States D-parlment D-parlment of Agriculture, a good milch goat will give at least two quarts f milk a day, and have a period of lactation lac-tation of four to six month. The quality of milk from the common goat is said to be as good as from a cow, and the healthfulncss of the goat's milk is icverywhere acknowledged acknowl-edged and recommended by those Who 1 have investigated the matter. The medium-sized hog is now moat in favor. Hogs weighing from 400 to 600 pounds or more were once thought to-be ideal, but it became apparent ap-parent to swine growers that cyery day a hog lived over one year it was losing money for its owner. Itfow hogs arc so managed and fed that in eight or, ten months they arc large enough to meet the popular demand. . A successful sheep breeder says: "Do, not ibrccd to a dry-flecccd rath. The sire is the proper imprpver, but in order to be such he must be a gocl individual audi descend from the best lineage sturdy sire, dam and blood lines. Have a right .ideal and breed to produce it. j. CL'hc worl "develop' is ottcn misused mis-used for the word "fatten.' This is a mistake. In order to, develop a pig he, must have suitable food to, keep up a good growth of bone and muscle, and regular exercise, to give him strength and vigor. An authority says that warts can uc removed from horses by rubbing the ' warts until they bleed, and then rub-ibing rub-ibing them withsalaratus. Repeat the operation a few times and, the warts will Uc gone. |