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Show Live Stock Notes a-. -..-a ----"'-""-''-" 0""---" Rams should be fed a pound of grain a day during the breeding season. sea-son. Water should be available at all times, as it is an essential part of the swine ration. There will be an increased demand and good prices for good horses within with-in the next few years. The ideal roughage for growing colts is alfalfa hny, as it furnishes large amounts of prolein and lime to make muscle and bono. Successful shoep raisers have found ' that rigid culling of aged ewes and I light producers is a good practice for ! the immediate improvement, of their ! flocks. j Oats and prairie hay make a satisfactory satis-factory ration, but corn and prairie hay are not good. When corn is the ' only grain fed. at least half the hay should be alfalfa or clover. 1 i It is always advisable to keep salt . in reach of the cattle, and since cat-! cat-! tie crave more than salt, put out a ; box of some good mineral sold by one of our advertisers. Failure to dock ewes tends to pre-i pre-i vent successful mating. Docking may j be done nt once, with red-hot docking j pincers. It is, of course, best to dock i lambs when but two or three weeks ; old. The best modern idea seems to be to use a central hog house of small to medium size, and make the best possl-J possl-J ble use of individual bouses. P.eef breeilin caltlo should have suitable protection and adequate feed. Bred cows must net only maintain themselves but also the- unborn calves. Early sprint l.iuihs to he fattened for market i-hould be given grain when three or four weeks old. A creep should he built vhcre the lambs may go to gel their ?i-iin al my time. |