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Show HINTS FOR LIVESTOCK RAISING When ono has young pigs nnd breeding breed-ing stock to caro for ho must think further than merely what food will fatten most. Feeding without caro is useless. Give tho cow sunlight; It has Its place in tho economic production of m Ilk just as well as good food. A successful dairyman feeds his cows this excellent bnlanced ration: Clover hay and corn fodder, all the cows will eat up clean, for roughngo; for grains, penB and oatB, ground flno and bran In equal parts by weight, and feed ono pound of grain to three j or four pounds of milk, with 10 pound of sugar beets a day. For generations Kngllsh farmers havo mnde extenslvo uso of dwarf Es sex rape as a stock food. This plant may bo described as a rutabaga run to head. Tho seed Is sown like rtita baga turnips and cultivated without thinning. Sow two or threo pounds In drills, or four or Ave broadcast and plant In early spring. The sed It not oxponslvo nnd tho crop Is easy tc ralso. If you haven't a hog pnsturo It will pay to fence off a corner of tho clovei meadow for them. Tho hogs will gel moro vuluo for you out of tho clovei than it would bo worth In tho form ol , hay, and save tho harvostfng of It. If wholo oats aro scattered very thinly on a floor and tho brood sow Is allowed to feed on thorn she will get enough to keep thrifty, whllo not got-ting got-ting enough to grow fat. This also keeps her busy and contented. |