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Show LIVE STOCK NOTES Efflclcnty In directing the power of tho borso means n grout deal. Ono pound of cottonseed meal may bo fed dally to a horse, but it should bo mixed with other feeds. A hog can bo starved to eat almost anything, but this Is poor economy, for It retards development. As a single rntloh, alfalfa comes nearest to filling nil tho requirements of a hog thnt Is trying to get fat. A. J. Lovejoy, tho famous hog- breeder breed-er of Illinois, onco Btnted that a hog gained 100 pounds on nn aero of clover. Money thnt Is Bpent for well bred Btcck might Just as well be thrown away If tho stock Is not properly tali en care of. Tho best ration fcr the Bteers de pends largely on tho weight of tho steers, the feeds nv.itlnLlo' and tho prices of the same. I'ure-brod cattle or other llvo stocK arc what they aro largely becauso of tho feed nnd caro they and their an cestors hnvo received. Tho object of n horse Btablo Is not to get n certnln amount of nir In the Btablo and to keep tho samo Inclosed in tho stnblo all tho winter. Aro the young pigs to bo nllowed to shiver and freezo lu the cold, damp winds of early spring? And die nt tho rate of ono to fivo out of everj ten? |