Show RD THREE HELPS TO CHEAP HOG GAINS cleanliness well mixed rations and shelter needed cleanliness well mixed rations and proper sl eiter otter are tl ti ree aides upon wh ch cb a farmer may rely in making economical gains with I 1 is pigs accord ing to J fc S coffee pr professor fessor of ani ant n al at Pub bandry for or tl ti e ohio state uni varsity for pro profitable profi fital talle le pork production it Is esset bial to keep heel the hog shelter sli elter and feed lot free of worms I 1 e saas si s A comfortable dry sl 1 I eiter elter large eno enough ugh to piment pi event p ling Is also an important I 1 elp in turning p gs into market hogs I 1 because the winter ration Is III likely elv to be short in minerals minei als a feed 1 be used wl ich fell contains a it mineral ull mix x ture such as 40 per cent finely aroun ground id limestone 40 per cent bone meal meat and 20 per cent common salt the rail rad n sl si contain about 1 per cent of tl it is n liture in cone s opinion ills oti er recommendation end atlon Is to allow tic tl logs 1 free access to the mineral mix ture at all times A good stan standard daid ration tor for hos in ohio is ma mac e of corn and a supple ment consisting of 50 per tent cent tank ale u or fish meil meal 25 per cent alfalfa meal and 21 io per cent linseed oil meal if good tl ird cutting alfalfa hay Is alai available avail alle lalle tie alfalfa meal may be left out of tl IT e ration and coarse hay boy substituted 11 II gs are in danger of suffering from anemia in the winter and therefore should sl be brought in direct con tact with e as often as pos s ble coffey declares save all straw stacks to cany can farm stock the miln main elen ent in food for cattle md I 1 borses Is the bulky feeds such as hay fodder and in their absence straw will do grain and mill feeds will not take the place of these bulky feeds for live ille stock and are of second arv importance when nhen it comes to sus tailing ta ning life and earning the stock over to a new season ir it many coan ui ties there are tire hay staci s wa ellch ich hal have e been can led along ison bon e may ha have e i ead ed a ripe old a age e but nen nevertheless nevert ertl leless eles they will voll sustain lift an I 1 will cone con e in I 1 1 andy in many communities there are fire also strive stacks wl ach ch beret tot boic e I 1 lave ale been consi derel of 0 no value slue I 1 ideas as to the anlue of stock feeds will cl ange of necess ty and straw w 11 sustain life wheal er it he be of this soa sea son sons s crop or pro produced need in prior yea rs tl TI ei afore sti aw I 1 be carefully cire fully concer conserve lel 1 in those comi es Ps specially ally wl wi ich fell are threatened thre atene I 1 with a feed sl st cortage or in any community seasonably close to IT tie e dry districts so that it may be hi ha I 1 as a bulky feed for the stock this winter large IM number of lambs marketed never docked acon A con ie le nun her of the lambs limns pro laced in iowa town and the in I 1 ng n states are giovan ard ar d marketed mir mar ketel with out hiving their tills tails docked accor I 1 hg jig to chui coui couitt ts mide at some f tle e in mil i I 1 west est live stock markets as high as 20 per cent of the bitile iambi lambs sold during tl it e summer and fill fall monti s have full length tails failure to dock Is a source of loss in two tuo alvi bivs s tie long tails cherel with inith wool collect alit an filth and invite fl es of various arlous types to lay tl ti air eggs I 1 ere As a result mascots magots hitch batch and cause an I 1 sickness and even death TI tle e secona I 1 source of loss Is lower selling price rec receive ellel tins this lower price Is partly due to less desinal ie appearance annl an tartly die to lack lak of uniformity in size rind con due to I 1 indi ind caps leaps coming frair failure to dock put cattle on pasture and full gram grain ration bittle that hive I 1 een wintered on hay an annl silage or other rations not cont ining filing much grain and thit that can he be put on pasture and a full grain r tl n at approximately the sime same time sh h uld mike tie tl e transition fr to I 1 ay to enss rather easily and ond with no I 1 le e I 1 I 1 in g ins baby I 1 leeves aenes eittle cattle apar a year ol 01 I 1 at gras grasi i timp time hive the greatest difficulty diff ditT culty in mik mil n ng satis fact ry rv gains 11 ing the first donth n anth or two ta on pasture the ollar the eittle cattle the hotter they can mil 0 th chiep ai at d grass in making fat beef short lear lings nen ten hou bou it t the fill before mike a n ore profitable use of pasture while on feel thin lounger stuff worms cause loss th rn headed worms are ausing causing mg big losses to tog I 1 og growers especially in blue bluegrass griss areas TI Is arm pisses n stage of its life in the wl ite lie grub which Is 1 often found in fn bluegrass pi pl tures lures hogs tike take the eggs of these worms into their digestive tr brits leq through their feed an I 1 drink 11 I 1 digs s which are li tested become thin and listless and fill fall to thrive there Is no effective cure tl TI e bec best reme ly Is to keep the I 1 ogg off f from land vilere hogs are worm infested |