Show L live susa B v U tock taa RULES FOR BETTER BREEDING BREEDIN G modern improvement of draft horse brought about by observance of principles given considering what has ben been said we nay may next set down some simple uloa ules for tho the conduct of our brooding breading 0 o lons upon sensible sensibly ind alnea it may be said too to that t a t the modern improvement craft at fr draft aft horses Is being brought about by 4 tho the following of these rules rulea and their observance has led to the sue our ceas achieved ln in foreign countries countr tea the mares marcs chosen tor for draft horse breeding should be draft mares in itze weight character and tempera wit they should be sound work era bra aver over 16 15 hands in height and N not not less aas than 1200 to 1600 1500 pounds weight in work condition it would bo be best were they 1600 1500 pounds and up in n weight T the sire should be a sound bound grepo prepo tent tu muscular ocular thoroughly through worked or or exercised purebred pure bred bro 1 d registered stallion of draft breed the resultant sultane re progeny of the first cross if a male maie should be castrated cast rated if a er aale it should when tile the time cothes be bred to a purebred pure bred ired sire of tho the same breed as the original sire this plan of breeding should be continued cross after cross until five r six top crosses of the samo same pure 0 champion english shire draft breed blood having been put on the iho progeny Is practically puro pure bred tot 1 the breed used in its ita malting making abere s duld never ne verbo be tho the slightest f rom pian ur m elium deist lad there been in france we would not have the modern Perc herons of today and mixed breeding such as has baa characterized american operations would have absolutely prevent od bd the origination and perpetuation of the clydesdale shire suffolk or bel glan breeds selection and some mixing in blood had to bo be followed in the early origination of these breeds but it Is no longer necessary and now would be ruinous then too the sire inest be sound and throughout the entire operation of horse breeding as aa wo we have seen been f adequate feeding must bo tho the rule sour slops bour stops slops have no place on the well regulated farm contrivance TO SAVE LABOR excellent Excel Sent device for harnessing and harnessing Un horse prevents eventa Pr straps from tangling A device for harnessing and un 1 harnessing horses Is As described and illustrated in tho the iowa homestead by J F forest and which lie he has in use on his own farm it consists of a inch rod threaded and tightened with burrs and inserted between tho the foists bolsta above the horse similar to a manure carrier cable there aro are awning pul leys leya fastened together in a pair so that one pulley runs on an the three eighths rod and the other has a ropo run through it with two hooks tied in so BO that there Is an end of ropi hanging below each hook hooks aro are tied in according to the device for harnessing height of the horse one hook being clear up to the pulley and the other to hook into the hamo hame ring or strap pull the other end of tho the roves ropes which lifts the hames clear of tho the horse and hook the other hook in hame ring or strap the back pad and add breeching are lifted in the s same ame manner one hook to lift the back pad and the tha other can be used above the b breech bech 1 albov ing the harness now hangs bangs abobo e tho the horse and la is shoved back out of 0 the way against tile the wall to harness up the horse the hames are pulled ahead and are hanging ready to be ba lowered again in position on the horse after becoming accustomed to it a device of this kind saves eaves lift alft ing and the harness does doea not got tangled up SWINGING GATE FOR SWINE should be hung downwards Down warda with hinges so that the hoge hoga can push their way through A gate which will allow hogs to pass and at the same time almo will restrain cattle and calves will bo be found convenient an any farm says SRA the iowa Hom homestead estea the illus ifa swinging hog gate tion shows a small gate easily con strutted ted which la IR hung between two posts in the lower part of the fence hang the gate downward with a pair of small hinges so that it will swing both ways and the hogs will soon boon learn to go through that way the horses hoofs it if the horses hoofs are hard ana an inclined to be ba ali shelly elly do not lot anybody put oil or grease on them for this only clogs the hoot hoof material materi alt which should absorb water instead of 0 repelling it such buch hoots hoofs are best beet treated by soaking them several hours together in warm water slight ly salted or by turning out the horse horsa at night in a pasture where he will get the hoofs wet in the dew providing shelter for pigs when left in open lots lota the pigs should bo be given shelter from the hot sun by placing a few boards across the corner of the fence un er which a little clean straw can be bd thrown under this the pigs will seek protea tion from the sun and stor Ins sign of overfed sheep one sign of an overfed sheep abeel Is the frequent stretching and spreading out of the legs when these symptoms are observed give a bran mash and an ounce of linseed oil clover hay worms retter netter burn that clover hay at the bottom of the mow or stack that Is in full of worms before now new hay to Is put 1 in tho the clover hay worm Is a nuisance try peanuts why not try a crop of peanuts next season some of your neighbors made mada good money last season on tho the crop care for foe facts more of us will make fewer mis takes it if we care more for facts and I 1 less tor for opinion |