Show KEEP HOGS CALM TO AVOID LOSS beating oi 01 exciting animals Is cause of deaths just because a I 1 og gets eigl beaded a about out en entering er a d railroad rail roid car fo for ship nent ent to mai macket et Is no reason for the broer to do tie same thing irritate ing as it may be to coax and gently urge the animals up the chute it saves money in the end coi cot of tl e lungs Is response res I 1 ifor IP or 63 i 1 er cent of tl e dead hogs found in n arket arlet ts ai at d Is due to oNer overexertion exertion and excitement of the anil anh ills before tl ey ire loaded don dont t dri drive e fat hogs or sheep rap idl beat or excite them saas the live stock loss prevention assoria tion of 01 lo 10 0 o in a recent statement haul heavy hogs to market even in cool v eather and unload them care fully athe fat cattle slowly and give them ample time to reach the yards in summer bed the cars with sand don dont t use clay and don dont t put cold water on tl e backs of overheated hogs NN et tl e floor of the car the association also le ie commends that the stock be allowed at least an hour or better four hours to stand in the bards before they are put into the cars in hot er hogs should have water to lie in before tl ey are loaded bags of ice hung in the cars will III help to keep the air cool and the drip of melting ice fee will keep the floor moist the live stock ass lieven tion as SoL lation is nade n ade up of re presenta thes of producers shippers pickers packers railroads and ott er agencies igen agen cles interested in reducing the loss in transit to te market horses coming back to popularity with farmer the hay h burners are coming back into popularity in illin Is according to E T bobb ns who his has just corn com plated a series of meetings in 19 coun ties tics of the state where farmers have been studying big hitches which will enable tl ti em ent to use more horses the use of horses Is attractive now as corn and oats are both cheap mr bobbins robbins states S me farmers of plowing an acre or tw tm 0 more land a day by chang ing their four horses from abreast to two and two which removes side dougl t and tives ues the power more efficiently tl TI ere was general agreement that farm ng R ith horses Is economical both in overt overl ead and upkeep some men told of min aging their horses so there was mas no depreciation in teams mentioned small Inest investments ments in equipment for I 1 orse farming some of tt e men remarked that dumn er pasture at and stalk fields and straw stacks reduced cost of feeding horses to a low figure at each of the 19 meetings photo graphs and moving pictures were mere used to sl ow how teams of from front four to twelve hor es were mere hitched to big plows and driven with mith two lines fizzle with hogs some fail fall to attain in main the health of tl it air animals thrush inexperience in I 1 tog og ralson many have hane inherited faulty notions notion 3 concerning tl e nature of the hog its habits habit feed an t care these indi visuals dowiot accept advice readily oti ei eis s do not seem to comphel end that thai the word sanitation banit atlon is applice I 1 ie le in any way to a hog one of the most deplorable and I 1 causes of losses from cholera Is carelessness live stock facts do not wean spring pigs until they are eight w meeks oil ol 01 1 scrub farmers are a greater handl cap to any state than scrub live stock stomach arms w are a serious pest and permanent pastures where sheep arc are grazed are verv ier likely to be in tested felted with stomach worms wien wl en a sheep chol es on dry fee I 1 like oats or bran use a dosing kosir g sn rh ge V fill the mouth slowly with water this softens tl it e dry feed and r t early al ways gin gives relief feed reed b atle lami s on t cow cows s milk a ergh fn sh cow is 19 best po do not dl di lute with water mater or aid 9 id any sugar and keep the bottle absolutely sanitary better give ghe tin to little van tl an too dieb m ich an annl I 1 fed it at regular I 1 bours ours if no legume hay hav Is fed a horse I 1 be eivin one to one and one hilf half p un Is of linseed oil meal per day to supplement the rat n of ear corn and prali e bay if little pigs are too closely con fined to a small pen for a few weeks after farrowing tl ere is dinger danger of loss from tl un ps fhe rhe trouble common to vung v ung pigs is caused ft wo much milk and too little and caurs when the sow is fed heavily and the sow and litter are confined to a small pen |