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Show EMI SERVICE NEWS H By Almu Poplin, County Agent. H DOES IT PAY TO RAISE RUNTS? H A qucstlonairo survey conducted H among 1.000 leading farmers .and H breeders by tho Unitod States Do- H. partment of Agriculture indicates H' that about 7 per cent of tho annual H production of farm livo stock in tho H United States consists of runts and H undersized specimens of tho various H breeds and classes. Farmers report H that their annual incomes from livo H stock would be increased an average H of 13 per cent if runts could bo clim- H inated. Better methods of feeding H and breeding better stock, tho uso of H, purebred registered sires, good care H and systematic attention, better H housing and sanitation, proper enru H ' of tlio dam before the birth of foung, H ) practical control of such objectiona- v bio parasites as worms and lice, the H control of disense, and the culling H from tho farm of all stunted stock B which indicates no possibilities of H successful reformation and rchnbili- B J tation arc tho control methods rccom- H mended by these experienced farm- H ( era. About three-quarters of them h say'tlint it docs not pay to raiso runts I whilo tho balanco maintain that Tom H Thumbs of tho livo stock world' can . bo raised successfully only when well bred and when plenty of cheap H .feed is available and dependable mnr- V kcts aro readily ncccssiblo. |