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Show LIVE: . SlTOCKH Growing pigs always pay their board bill. A little tankage and oil meal makes excellent feed for young pigs. A few choice lambs make suitable farm companions for the children. In the manger is the place to fep-' everything, and not out on the ground. One of the causes for weak lambs Is the result of compelling the ewes to live on coarse foods. It will be a long time before there will be an oversupply of beef, pork and mutton In this country. Packers are Btill talking lower prices for hogs, "but In spite of this talk the market continues healthy. Proper rearing and Judicious management man-agement will result In few bulls becoming be-coming vicious after they have grown old. It Is essential in raising beef to know the characteristics of a prime beast, for in order to command the top price the animal must be in the pink of condition. If one is obliged to feed timothy hay a good ration of bran and oats will help to maintain the ewes In good condition. Much lameness in horses is due to Improper shoeing. Horses should b shod by competent blacksmiths. I yours one? ' Fix a lamb creep to exclude tha ewes, sprinkle a little bran in tha troughs and you will very soon hava the lambs eating. A flock of sheep will get more substance sub-stance on poor land and at the earns time do it more good than any othe stock on the farm. There are too few good colts raised on the farms. This should not be. Don't leave this Important industry to the horse breeders alone. |