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King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 193, 23 September 1909, Page 4

In substance remember that the foot is the weakest part of the horse; that the service of the horse is worth money to you. Take good care of the horde's feet. Tbe leaves of lucern are much richer j in protein than the stem 3, and the | leaves drop off and shatter worse in j cutting if the plants are allowed to ; become too mature before harvesting. Tbe feed of sows just before farrowing should be strengthening and not heating. Wheat bran is good, and ' will ward off costiveness, which is . common when the sows a-e feverish. The water supply of a farm is far more important than it at first appears, for it is only rational to assume that impure water, like impure air, must have a very detrimental eiTec*. on animals. N'o practical horsebre'-der will fie: y that most of the unsoundness in Lor.-f arises from hereditary causes, and couid in time be tiirr.ir.ate.-i i.y a universally judiciuos selection of stallions , for breeding purposes. i