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Show LIVE 8TOCK NOTES. Build floors of fattening pons on an Incline. Be kind hut firm with tho colts and tie them with strong halters. Irregularity in tlmo of feeding and quantity will causo indigostlon. An animal that is sluggish and clumsy Is not In perfect condition. Tho animal with broad nnd deop foro quarters has a good constitution. Encourage exorcise by placing feed some distance from tho sheds on flno days. Plenty of exercise Is ono very important im-portant item for keeping a flock healthy. Bo suro that the sheep barn has a tight roof, a dry floor, good ventilation and no drafts. Tho boar of mixed and unknown brooding is to bo shunned as a snaro and a doluslon. An Ignornnt, ill-tempered, loud-voiced loud-voiced mnn should novor bo toloratod In any stable. Hold on to somo of tho clover for spring feeding. It Is groat whon tho sheop got tired of timothy. Tho dished faco and slightly drooping droop-ing onr aro said to bo signs of an easy keeper and n contented disposition. Wo don't need a stovo in tho barn or hog houso, but thoso buildings should bo tight, comfortablo and froo from drnfts. Tho larger pigs aro always at tho spout ond of tho trough, and because thoy are always at tho spout ond thoy are tho larger. A little shelled corn mixed in with tho ground food you givo your horses will help to keep thom from swallowing swallow-ing their food too fast. Tho chillier tho pig, tho thinner tho ham. To fntten western lambs or yearling wethers, they must never bo allowod to go hungry, dive all they will osi up clean overy day. Tho herd which shows uniformity of brooding and contains animate with good forms nnd constitutions Is a safo ono from which to ioloct breeders. breed-ers. tr " " - - - |