The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-04-27
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

soothing word will do far more than
punishment with a frightcnd horse.
II should not be necessary to state
that feed imparts flavor {, meats.
Good meat can not be made from
bHd feed
Mutton sheep can Not be grown
proftably IN II section that will not
produce the proper food to bring
them to early maturity.
During 1904 we exported to Gre {
Britain 80 1000 sheep, more than
the sum total Of our exports for the
preceding eight years.
II is estimated that in Oregon,
Washington, Montana, Nevada and
Idaho there are at present 2,OO0,00O
of half.breed wild horses, for which
no market can now be found.
An exchange. says that solitary
confinement in a dark stable has ~
tendency to make horse vicious.
1t affects the brain as IL does the
brain of a human being in such
confinement.
Sixty live hogs were recently
shipped from this country to Glas-
gov. Az these animals, unlike cat
tie and sheep, do not standthe voy-
age well, it Is many years. since II
similar shipment was made.
There is nothing made by keep
ing pigs beyond the growing period.
When they cease to grow the prof
liable feeding period has passed.
This is goml point for the ronsid
GRAFTON Of those who grow pigs and
then futten them
A society has been formed in
England, Of which the Duke of
Portland is President, and which
has "a subscribed capital of $4,000,
the object Of which is To provide Il
comfortable farm home for TIE old
horses of members and others.
The feet of folds very seldom re.
ceivt the care and the frequent in
spection so necessary to their fu-
ture perfection of form and sound.
ness. Horses feet, from this cause
alone, frequently become deformed,
defective and unhealthy.
Grooming removes the dust and
secretions, thereby soothing the an
imals, and enabling the pores of
the skin to perform their proper
functions. Careful and regular
grooming has an important infiu-
ence on the health of the horse, be-
sides adding greatly to its appear
ance.
Those who have experimental
along this line say that fifty pounds
of corn fed whole and raw, will
make ten pounds of pork, while the
same amount fed ground and raw
makes fifteen pounds nf pork, and
the same quantity fed cooked and
fermented makes twenty pounds of
pork. What do our readers say?
All lambs intended for human
food, says writer in Prairie Far
mer, should he kept growing every
day from birth to block; must be
fed on heterogeneous food; must have
plenty of succulent food; must be
induced to rat all they can digest
and assimilate; must he kept as
quiet rs possible consistent with
health; must he sold as soon as
ready.
| A fault in handling farm horses,
of which not a few Of us is guilty, il
to keep them idle much of the time.
If work is properly managed, horses
can be used 235 days out of the year.
Ground can be plowed in the fall,
fence material be hauled in place,
wood he sleded up, and gullies filed
IN the winter. When work Is so
managed, less horses will suffice
.han when their work is put into
| $50 days of the year. find that
our horses work on an average of
above $50 days of the year and have
lasted an average of fifteen years.
At the Leipslc experiment sta,
tion in Germany potatoes have
been fed To cows, sheep and swine
to test their value. The results JUS
tifv the directors in advising the
use of the potatoes when they are
cheap and plentiful. They should
be c",sed for swine, and for fnten.
ing cattle they can be fed either
raw or cooked when given with
hay, meal and other substances
Cows In milk should he fed daily
twenty-five pounds of washed raw
potatoes. The larger potatoes sh0nld