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Show LIVE STOCK NOTES. Hog lice -do not Infest cattle or horses.. Nothing better or cheaper than raw cabbage for sheep. Most vicious habits of horses come from an Incompetent trainer. Pigs have to grow that are fed milk and shorts and a little corn to crack. Hogs going down some, but good price yet. Used to have three-cent hogs. It's a sure sign that a horse's teeth need looking after if he avoids whole grain. Hogs look better and do better if those of about same size are kept together. to-gether. Cannot afford to feed hogs In the mud these days. Corn too high. Always Al-ways was. It is poor policy to feed inferior grain to the horse especially to the work team. The value of a horse depends, first, upon his breeding, and second, upon his first year's keeping. While cleanliness is a necessary factor fac-tor in the furnishing of a flrst-clasB milk supply, it is essential that it be quickly and thoroughly cooled if we are to produce a raw material of the desired quality. The sheep barn must be dry and well ventilated. Foul odors and too much heat bring on pneumonia. Young pigs are liable to contract indigestion, where they have but little exercise and no access to the ground. Large-boned but smoothly built mares bred to a good-sized jack oi good blood will produce the best mules. If dusty hay Is fed, sprinkle with water and it will save the horse much annoyance; but better not feed it at all. As to the best time to market young stock, it is, as a general proposition, when they are in a finished market condition. If the horse's mane Is heavy and In clined to work under the collar, thir it out, because it will almost cer tainly cause a sore spot. There is no waste in feeding silage It is eaten up clean and is all digest lble. It is the most economical meth od of handling the corn crop. |