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Show LIVE STOCK HINTS A good draft horse is a ready and willing worker and is neither irritable nor nervous. Registered cattle with long time records In their pedigrees are bringing bring-ing the most money. If one-half gallon of skim milk is fed per pig per day the amount of tankage may be reduced one-half. If ewes are to have good Iambs next spring, they must have proper feed and plenty of exercise this winter. Some alfalfa or clover hay should be included in the ration for calves or yearlings being fattened for market. Damp floors in hog houses need attention. at-tention. Often a line of drain tile around the foundation will eliminate elim-inate dampness. The silage fed steers have Invariably In-variably been found to be more uniformly finished than steers fed straw and grain only. A self-feeder Is an economical method of finishing the spring pig. Place shelled corn in one compartment compart-ment and tankage in the other. Horse specialists of the United States Department of Agriculture forecast an increased demand for well bred horses during the next few years. In the western cattle raising country the tendency is toward smaller farms and ranches, according accord-ing to the United States Department Depart-ment of Agriculture. Ranching' now calls for more farming and hay making than ever before, I j |