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Show Harry H. Smith Advises Show Exhibitors With the Intel-mountain Junior Fat Stock show only a few days awayjunior exhibitors who have their animals in show flesh should pay particular attention to giving a few finishing touches to their iinlmals before they enter the ring, Harry H. Smith, Extension husbandman, advises. Calves should be broken to lead well and (aught to stand correctly. By pressing' a calf just above the hoof with a stick, he can be made to move his foot until he is standing squarely on the grand, in tile proper position fnr showinsr If the animal is weak in the back lie can he made to raise his back by scratching him under the side with a sharp nail driven through the end of a stick, Professor Prof-essor Sniih states. Before coming to the show it is advisable to wash the calf two or three times with tar soap, which makes a good shampoo. If the animal is longhaired, a little time should be spent in damping and curling the hair followed by an application of a small amount olive oil mixed with an equal part of denatured alcohol. A hog may be improved by olipaine; te hairs from the inside and outside of its cars and the top part of the tail, leaving a1 good switch. Ail boss should be I thorouchly washed and if they are infested with liee or have a mangy scaly skin they saou'.d he treated with crank case oil. If; the pigs' toes are long they should be trimmed. Driving ar.d handling the pig each day will make It easier to handle at the show nnd an animal which behaves well always attracts the judge's attention. at-tention. I |
