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Show Live Stock Items Cattle given' free access to corn silage si-lage and alfalfa will balance their own rations. A hog that Is "off feed" will not make first class pork if butchered in that condition. Death losses amount to larger proportions pro-portions in pigs than in any other young stock on the farm. Don't allow your breeding animals to become so thin that you have to apologize for their condition. Horses and mules on farms in the United States have declined steadily from a total of over 25,000,000 In 1020 to 19,000,000 on January 1, J 930, or 24 per cent. The number of dead and weak pigs 1 can be largely eliminated by giving the sows suitable quarters and feeding I them a well balanced ration during gestation. Exercise, too, is an important import-ant part of the management of pregnant preg-nant sows. Pigs running on pasture make greater great-er gains from the same amount of feed than they do In the dry lot. . Pigs on pasture are healthier, and the risk of loss from disease is .lessened. .les-sened. Worm infestation may be controlled con-trolled much easier on pasture than In the dry lot. Pasture for hogs furnishes about one-half the amount of protein necessary neces-sary to balance the grain ration, hence less tankage or skim milk is needed when hogs are on pasture |