Show LIV OE elm ra PO spro L SHIPMENT RULES FOR LIVE STOCK circular gives information on transporting Pr epand by the united states department of agriculture live line stock owners often have occa slon sion to ship domestic animals from one state to another when they make sue such h shipments they should know what regulations must be observed these regulations v ary nary somewhat tor for animals intended for breeding feeding eahl and other pur purposes poes to aid producers and shippers in ob obtaining gainin information governing each of the these e cases the bureau of animal industry united states department of agrical ture I 1 as published a circular which gives brief statements concerning the essential requirements tor for animals en ell bering each state this Is Miscella ne ous circular 14 MC state sanitary requirements governing admission of live stock which has just been re and Is available on application to the department the information in the circular Is obtained by the bureau from officials of eich state and deals principally with the movement of cattle horses mules asses hogs sheep and goats sone sorie stiles stites also hane hav e regulations gov eining the admission of other stock such as poultry foxes dogs and cats information as to who ulay may inspect animals for shipment what tests are acceptable and the names of the state officials who have charge of inspection are also given self feeders adapted for heavy grain feed self feeders for grain have been used continuously for many years by some of the lead ng steer feeders in tl e corn belt th they ey are especially suitable for feeding heavy rations of grain in fact selfred self fed steers usually eat more and make greater gains than hand band fed steers many of us feed hay by the self feeder method to fatten 1 ing ng steers but we vie do not call it by tl tj at name in self feeding grain great care must be given to starting cattle on feed to turn a bunch of hungry steers that thit are not used to grain onto a self feeder which allows them all they can eat would be disastrous animals of tl is kind should be hand fed tor for a month or more in the troughs of the self feeder until they are corn coin petely on a full feed of grien one should start with about one part of grain to three parts of roughage by weight then gradually increase the grain until the bittle are getting three parts of grain to two parts of rough age ap at the en ell I 1 1 of the first month of c course ourse toward the latter part of the fattening period the cattle will be eat ing about three times as much grain gralli as roughage hige danger of bloating Is drawback to alfalfa except for the fact that there Is some danger of bloat alfalfa makes a splendid pasture for cattle tl e dinger from bloat can be minimized by not turning the cattle in when they are exceedingly hungry if they have had a meal of ground feed or hay or silage and are fairly well filled before turning tl tt em on there will not be much danger of aloit I 1 Iro ro viding a raci ful of I 1 ay or straw also pre vents bloat to ome vollie extent wl WI ie the cattle do not dot eat much of the dry material they will if hun gry eat enough of it so that they will not be so ravenous when turned on the alfalfa the mixture seems to help in starting tl e cattle on alfalfa it would be advisable to keep tl em on only a half I 1 our to an hour at a time at first lengthening the period as the they y become accustomed ed to it tl TI e danger of bloat Is grei greatest test wien wt en the alfalfa Is wet net or covered with frost sheep thrive on weeds without eating grass the poorest sort of pasture will maintain one ewe eine per acre good ards will maintain five or even enen more sudan pasture will maintain ten or more during the gr grazing izing season the value f sheep tor for the farmer lies in the fact that they live largely on weeds and in the ordinary weedy pasture will impson e tl e grass if not ado closely confined the most profit able nod of sheep Is that thit number which will keep down tl tie e weeds on a farm without citing eiting very much of the grass sheep will kill out nearly all the ni wee ee Is in a pasture in a couple of vears cars this permitting the grass to mike tit the a arsh start and come back to a tl icker stand shipping hogs because of I 1 igli prices being paid tor for finished alnis b ed hogs and the in increased creased losses in sl due to summer heat waves farmers will be w well ll 11 repaid for extreme care in getting their Z E hogs to market acco according to to the S swine wine deportment university of 1111 nois shipping conditions may be im proved by I 1 anding ice fee it in burlap bags from the roof of the car this will cool the air and the drippings will provide a cool place for hogs to lie ile in |