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Show Try to protect all stock from cold winds and rains. It pays. Kafir fodder is better in quantity and quality In Kansas this fall than lor ten years. Two parts oats and one of bran make a well-balanced grain ration for pregnant ewes. Sheep, like men, can endure great severity if conditions are maintained favorable to the body. Many times plenty of salt for stock Faves medicine later on. Hogs should have it as well as the rest. The man with the cattle is now considered con-sidered the lucky man, and the better bred his cattle are the luckier he Is. A vicious old horse in a herd of horses In the pasture Is likely to do great harm by biting and kicking She should either be hobbled or kept entirely away from other horses. In the long run It Is live stock raiser who gets ahead. Look around your neighborhood and see If it Is not so. A hog fed on corn alone from the time It Is weaned from the sow until butchered at IS months old seldom pays expenses. As good a conditioner as we' know of Is oil meal fed In connection with one-tenth salt. There is nothing better bet-ter for winter conditioning. For a straight hog fence we have found that 26 Inches is not high enough. If there are to be no barb wires on top, the hog fence should be not less than 30 Inches high. If the brood sows are wintered on corn look out for dead litters, udder troubles and pig-eating mothers by and by. Much depends upon the wintering. win-tering. Give a few apples every day. |