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Show I LIVE . SrOjCKj Dogs are enemies to sheep. Keep a sharp lookout for stray doge. Don't allow young horses to wear a set of shoes more than a month. A hog cannot sleep comfortably in a draft or in wind. He catches cold very easily. Cleanliness is a factor in successful sheep raising. Disinfect troughs and pens weekly. If any of the sheep are lame it may not be a symptom of foot rot, but it's pretty apt to be. A lot of hogs in a hog lot well-grown with clover will convey a lot of money to their owner's pocket. Feeding the drop apples to the stock will save much grain and act as a good appetizer for the animals. When lambs are grown rapidly the quality of the meat is far and away ahead of that grown slowly. A horse's usefulness is measured by its strength and rapidity of movement rather than by size and weight. If one is obliged to feed timothy hay a good ration of bran and oats will help to maintain the ewes in good coi dition. The pure bred hog will mature and : come into money more quickly than a I scrub, and bring more money for the I same weight, at that. |