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Show Corn silage Is not considered a very good feed for hogs nor horBes. I'oorly fed sheep will not produce very good wool, nor good mutton. In the feeding of live stock there Is a chance for a large leak and yet have It unknown. A runaway horse Is only safe In the stable with a good baiter and the stable door latched. Skimp your sheep on good pnsture and they will skimp you on mutton. Works both wnys. By the time the pigs are eight weeks old they will be ready to wean without any check In their growth. Get the hogs on to new corn carefully. care-fully. It is hard stuff to digest You know that from personal experience. Carry your good care of the ewes this fall as far as feeding plenty of nice bright oats to keep them In condition. con-dition. Don't use a grade sire to improve your herd If there Is any possibility of your securing the service of a pure-bred. iKm't push tbe fat horse on hot days, either In the fields or on the rond. Once overheated be loses half his value. Too much grass weakens all teams at hard, steady work. A run In the grass lot or fields Sundays or rainy days Is sufficient You will be getting your male sheep for the fall's breeding soon. Pay enough to get a good one. There Is money In better stock. Blessed be the man who will Invent a floor for a hog house that wi'l drain easily and keep clean without a man having to set up nights to do It. Animals need fond to build up bone and muscle and repair the wear and tear on their bodies, and they need food to furnish heat and energy and store up fat Teams at steady work, whether n the farm or on the road. If turned out to grate at night, soon lose flesh and become dull. It la too much ot tbe strenuous life at once. Fodder that la somewhat green when cut should be left very lightly tied In the shock for a day or two lo order that It may care rmt before being be-ing tied sad bound tightly together. |