Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 240, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1910 — Hints for Stock Owners. [ARTICLE]

Hints for Stock Owners.

Farm Journal. The sheep that both feeds and clothes us, besides adding tremendously to the fertility of the land, is bound to be one o's the biggest economic agricultural factors. Let us have fewer dogs and more sheep. Hogs often get crooked legs for lack of exercise. Pure air, pure water, clean food, and a clean place bit sleep make hogs profitable. , When a small bit of pork costs a day’s wages, and even a ham bone is precious, there need be no fear of overstocking the hog market. No animal on the farm tfill respond to kind treatment quicker than the hog. And kind treatment means a good deal in the accumulation of marketable meat. Give the horse some carrots, apples cr potatoes two or-three times a week. Some people call this fussing, but it pays. Don’t let the breeding mare get down to skin and bone. It is bad for her and bad for her colt. Give her extra feed and care. A fine saddle horse was running down. His teeth were floated, made even and in just one month he was plump and round and sleek. Heavy draft teams hauling heavy loads keep in good condition when kept at the fast walking gait, and accomplish more than when trotted part of the time. Give the cows a chance to get under the shed every night now. If too cold, keep them in the stable. The best cows are never cheap, and are seldom for sale; so it pays to give the heifer calves the best of care. Some farmers leave pails of milk sitting around on the cold ground, or hang them up some place while they do the chores, and then blame the cream separator and its maker because the machine can not separate as much cream from chilled milk as from milk separated as near animal heat as possible. Do not let the summer milkers ruu down in condition, dnd go into winter quarters thin in flestn — It will take a lot of feed to get them back into paying condition if they are allowed to get thin. This will cost more than to keep them up by extra feed; besides if given the extra feed in time, they will pay lor every pound of it, with a profit -added. Don’t you see?