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Show LIVE STOCK NOTES. Oats for the brood sows will produce pro-duce better muscle for the pigs. Don't rush matters when loading fat hogs. A little haste may kill a fat porker. Pneumonia kills many pigs before the herd gets used to sleeping In damp pens or drafts. The young boars that are to be developed de-veloped for breeding purposes should be selected at an early age. For the breeding of mules select marea that have good sized, roomy bodies and short, strong limbs. Hang the windows so that the wind will shoot overhead when they are open, and not right on the cows. There Is hardly any reasonable limit on the price a farmer can afford af-ford to pay for a good brood sow. Frequent change to fresh pasture Is one of the best ways to stimulate the growth of both the grass and the pigs. Tne dreaded gap between fall and spring pasturing has been successfully successful-ly spanned In this country by the silo. It Is a good plan to soak shelled corn lor the hogs and If H la ground before It Is soaked, so much the better. bet-ter. It Is generally advisable to study an environment of a locality before selecting se-lecting a particular breed of live stork. Give the young boar as many kind of food as can reasonably be provided, but do not make sudden changes in his diet After the pigs have been put Into the fattening pen In the fall they should be fed all that they will rat with a relish. If a little rape seed Is sprinkled In with the rye, a variety of feed will be provided, and the hogs will do even better than upon rye alone. The sjici IhI care of the young boars should commence at weaning time, whin they should be separated from the gilts and other hogs placed In a yard away from the rest of the herd. |