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Show LIVE STOCK NOTES. Teach the colt to draw loads by degrees. de-grees. Gentleness pays best with the colt or horse. A draft horse should have a large chest and square shoulders. There Is no better place to fit a colt for market than on the farm. The pigs and the light porkers should go to the market early. Oats for the brood sows will produce pro-duce better muscle for the pigs. A horse that is trained without blinds Is usually the safer horse. Old ewes and poor breeders should be fattened now, and sent to the butcher. Great care should be used In watering water-ing the horses. A little and often Is the best way. Pork production appeals strongly to a man of limited means who desires quick returns. Sheep return to the soil 80 per cent of fertility of food eaten. Sheep manure ma-nure Is valuable. Whole grain makes best feed for sheep. Cleanliness, pure water and salt are a necessity. If when the hogs are growing fast their hind legs become weak, feed a little bone meal dally. Examine udder and teats care'-illy; see tha both teats are open or you may have caked udder. The sheep Industry cannot reach perfection until every mongrel dog In the land Is exterminated. Sheep have warm wool coats; don't be afraid tr turn them out In good weather, e' en If It ii cold. The successful feeding of lambs depends de-pends largely on their being offered grep.t variety of tooC while In the ya'ds. In shoeing the foot should only have bo much hoof removed from It at each shoeing as Is necessary for the proper fitting of the shoe. |