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Show LIVE 8TOCK NOTES. Sheaf oats are relished by tht horses. Io not be In too much of a hurry to wean the pigs. Boft eoal or charcoal is to the hog as pie to the boy. Cottonseed meal Is not considered a good feed for Bivln. Au 1 ' ralBlng is , Ne down to se -Q. d raf y of vwi.u, Le Ui cuica'CiMTTf' easllV- It is the gains that the lambs make during the fall that determine the feeder's profits. TherTew- public tests of silage for wintering bcTf Vows have given emphatically em-phatically favorable results. Hay troughs should be so fixed that particles will not fall through and become be-come entangled In the fleece. Oregon experiment station shows that one acre of good clover for growing grow-ing hogs represents a value of $44. ilrood sows require a mixed diet, and one containing plenty of protein and not too much fattening quality. Too many farmers kill their good brood sows because of the temptation to sell for the high prices. This Is a mistake. Sheep are comfort lovers and the man who neglects to provide them with good, dry shelter makes a costly cost-ly error. The pig, like every other young animal, ani-mal, loves to be alert and to be moving mov-ing about with the freedom which belongs be-longs to such a nature. A spring pig will bring pigs the following fol-lowing spring and will make a better growth and. as a rule, prove more profitable than a fall pig. While there is considerable Investment Invest-ment In the brood sows, still It pays better to keep the good ones because they will produce more uniform pigs, more of them and will raise them better. |