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Show LIVE 8TOCK NOTES. Teach the colt to draw loads by degrees. de-grees. Gentleness pays best with the colt or horse. A draft horse should have a large chest and square shoulders. There Is no better place to fit a colt for market than on the farm. A horse that Is trained without blinds la usually the safer horse. Old ewes and poor breeders should be fattened now, and seut to the butcher. Great care should be used In watering water-ing the horses. A little and often Is the best way. Fork production appeals strongly to a man of limited means who desires quick returns. Sheep return to the soil 80 per cent of fertility of food eaten. Sheep manure ma-nure Is valuable. Whole grain makes best feed for sheep. Cleanliness, pure water and salt are a necessity. If when the hogs are growing fast their bind legs become weak, feed a little bone meal dally. Examine udder and teats carefully; see tha. both teats are open or you may have caked urfder. Sheep have warm wool coats; don't be afraid to turn them out In good weather, even If H Is cold. The sheep Industry cannot reach perfection until every mongrel dog In the land la exterminated. The successful feeding of lam In depends de-pends largely on their being offered great variety of food while In the yards. The pigs and the light porkers should go to the market early. Oats for the brood sowa will produce pro-duce better muscle for the plga. |