FEEDING YOUNG ANIMALS 



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Young clover, or a mixture of young timothy and 

 clover or alfalfa, will meet the requirements excel- 

 lently. The custom of preparing grazing lots of 

 cowpeas, rape, peanuts, sweet potatoes or rye is 

 growing, and where this method is followed the cost 

 of producing pork is materially lessened. At wean- 



AN INEXPENSIVE COLT CREEP 



Young colts, on pasture with their mothers, may be given grain by means 

 of some contrivance as this. 



ing time the ration must contain a liberal amount 

 of protein, but as age advances this will decrease 

 proportionately, and the pigs, if admitted to good 

 pasture, will grow rapidly and thrive as they should. 

 Feeding the Foal. Until the foal is a month old 

 it ought not to get wet nor have a damp bed. Dur- 

 ing this time it will obtain its food largely from its 



