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Show -GENERAL i ) Good pasture is an essential to sue cess in hog raising. Sheep are unharmed by intense dry cold, but cold rains arc injurious. To he a good shepherd one should understand well how to care for lambs. ' Lambs, wool, mutton and manure are the four cardinal points of sheep raising. The squnrest built and the best shaped hogs are the cnes to keep as breeders. The greatest profit In feeding sheep for mutton is gained while the animals ani-mals are young. The manure carrier lightens the labor and tends to more sanitary conditions in the stable. The best breeding sow is always a good milker, and a poor milker is always al-ways a poor mother sow. For washing a separator nothing beats a brush and scalding water with a little washing powder sifted In. One thing to the advantage of the work of filling a silo is that light showers or heavy dews need not hinder. hin-der. Disk early fall plowing. This accomplishes ac-complishes two thinps the destruction destruc-tion of weeds and the retention of water. No man can guess which is his best cow. Every cow in the herd should show a profit on food eaten and cost of care. Wool Is that farmproduct which brings the most money In proportion to what it takes from a farm, and with the least labor to the producer. |