Show requirements FOR SUCCESS clean dry place with plenty of fresh air and Sun ahir among essential in wintering shoop thoro thera are tour four very essential things necessary in wintering a flock oc of brooding owes tho the first in 1 a clean dry place with an abundance of air and all the sunshine possible blo tho the house or ched must bo be worm for tho the lambe lambs to do well from tho the start should thoy they come in march or february but there must net be a hothouse hot houpo warmth the second essential ie in pure water vater and plenty of it cheop that eat cat snow for tor will oo 00 found in a enry different condition from those which have access to water at all time times remember that a hoop sheep drinka drinks but little 4 rambouillet vve at a time and often A hock flock having pure water to 1 seldom found with parasites the worst enemy with which we contend the third essential ie Is feeding the writer saya says an exchange has obtained tho the best beat results by feeding hay and clover mixed abc sheep like this very much and it if the mixture Is put into the barn in good shape they will more than thrive on it sheep relish a good corn fodder and it should be given to them at least once a day about six weeks before the ewes are due to iamb lamb they should bo be fed a mixture of bran one part and oats two parts salt for the chickens salt in aiding digestion also keeps the whole system of the fowls in good working order the blood la to kept from impurities and the birds will be less likely to suffer from colds can ker or roup alo also the gizzard worms find it impossible to live in salt fed food salt can be fed in the scalded oats it A teaspoonful to each eight or tan tail quarts of oats is sprinkled over the top of the oats and then boiling poured over thein being careful not to use more water than the oata oats will readily absorb stir the mixture well pay pays to cull the sow when the breeder brooder culls out his sow sows I 1 that produce stock that never attains good slie size when he his promptly sends to the block the sow with small litters when he gets out of hie his herd hard the peevish hoga bogs and the hog hogs of low vitality then he will bear less about the relative advantage of the crossbred hog bog wilt will make coll colt thrifty cooked roote roots mixed with wheat bran or ground oata oats or barley occa sio signally nally will go a long way in fix making a better and more thrifty coir colt |