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Show Live- Stock n?&zs Notes Efficiency In directing the power ol the horse means a great deal. One pound of cottonseed meal ma) ba fed dally to a horse, but It should be mixed with other feeda. A bog can be starved to eat almost anything, but thia la poor economy, for kt retarda development. Aa a single ratlbn, alfalfa comet neareat to filling all the requirement! of a hog that la trying to get fat A. J. I-oveJoy, the famous hog breed er of Illinois, once stated that hog gained 400 pounda on an acre of clover. Money that la spent for well bred stock might Juat aa well be thrown away If the stock la not properly taken tak-en care of. The best ration for the steers depends de-pends largely on the weight of the steers, the feeda available and the prlcea of the as me. Pure-bred cattle or other If r atock are what they are largely because of the feed and rare they and their ancestors an-cestors have received. The object of a bora stable) la not to get a certain amount of air In the stable and to keep the asm Inclosed In the stable all the winter. j Are the young pigs to be allowed to shiver and freese In the cold, damp j winds of early spring? And die at the I rat of one to five out of every tea? I |