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Show WINTERING THE LIVE STOCK Profits Aro Greatly Reduced by Clinging Cling-ing to Old Cow3 and Sheep Long Past Their Usefulness. Tho keeping of old cows nnd aheop long past their usefulness will largoly reduce the profits of tho dairyman nnd farmer. Tho bottor method would bo to havo them served, glvo shelter nnd feed and whon fresh sell tho cow with tho calf. They hiay bo cheaply wintered win-tered on fodder, whent straw and see ond-crop clover hay, Old shcop should havo been Bold in tho enriy fall for what thoy will bring. It seldom payB to wintor thom. Heforo tho cows como fresh they should bo given a llttlo grain, say four quarts of wheat bran and ouo quart of flaxseed meal woll mixed togothor. Dlvido Into two oqual parts; givo ono part in tho morning and tho other half In tho evening to each ono. This feed will looson tha hldo nnd grently Improve tho appearance appear-ance of tho stock. Card and brush thom off every morning. This will remove re-move tho looso hair. Tho buying of thin cows and mllkcd-out cows from dairymen who ennnot afford to wintor Buch Btock, is found to bo n profitablo business by farmers having plenty of rough foo, such as fodder, straw and second-crop .clover and stablo grasses. Tho mild wintor has been a great advantage ad-vantage to dairymon nnd farmers short of grain and feed, as much Icsb food was needed to keep tho Btock. Economy Econ-omy muBt ho practiced; no grain or forngo should bo wasted. Fodder fed to cattle under covur, having tho shoda heavily bedded and llnod on tho north Hldo to keep out tho cold winter winds, may bo wintorcd In good condition. Tho fodder will last longor and food moro stock whero fed In small quantities quanti-ties in connection with strnw and second-crop hny. |