Show care of live stock for july A sheet of cotton cloth is a great protection to horses screening them from flies dust and heat while work wor kingin inglin the harvest field especial care must betoken betaken bo taken in keeping tho tile horses clean an occasional washing with a soft spon sponge and carbolic soap clea usand cools aids perspiration drives delves away the flies and is is in in every nv way ay healthful and ref refreshing re shing horses ma may y bo be given 1 a bath in a stream at evening provided ro ven aided they are not warm from work vor and nd are not kept antho in the water more than a few minutes if tho the horses arc are at pasture at night they need a good generous feed before being turned out when kept in the stalls A mess of green fodder may be given daily during the liot hot weather cows suffer if kept in a pasture A cool dark and clean stable is much pr preferred erred by them they need an abundance of pure uro water a alenty plenty of nutritious food and should be e kept as comfortable as possible sheep that arc are intended for tho the butcher need to bo be pushed forward with liberal feeding A quart of mixed ground feed to each animal dail daily will bring them quick quickly y into good goo p shape for the market store sheep need good pasture with a pa plenty n ty 0 of f shade if dysentery ry appears in in the hock flock remove the 8 sick ick animals to a cool sheds and give one ounce of castor oil with bran or oatmeal mush should maggots be found upon the sheep tar may bo be applied to tho the affected parts look weil well to the flock that sheep do not suffer in any way during the hot summer months growing young pigs for the early market aro arc often very profitable they may pay be ready in days in s from birth if well fed at first the sow needs to have rich food in ill abundance that she may have a full flow of milk af after ter maa a few c CW weeks let the young pigs have meal and wheat now is the time to weed out the poor liens in the poultry yard poor fayers layers or bad mothers can be quickly fattened in iii a coop ready for market and will command a good price american agriculturalist for july ia |