Management Of Stock

ittidiiip jlrijiui. After the sneep have been depnvod of their fleeces, the flock should be turnod into some field where shade is afforded. The scorching sun of mid-summer upon the exposed skin causes suffering to the animáis and loss to the owner ; for sheep cannot thrive under such circumstances. As wo have remarked bofore, it does not pay to stint the calves. If raising blooded or common, make all of them passablo. If calves get intb the habit, as is often the case, of sucking each other's ears, separate thera until the practico is forgotten. Provide shelter if they are running out, so that protection may bo given from sun and cold rains. If swine are permitted to ruu at large in the field, they should have either a ring in the noso or have it cut, to prevent them rooting. We have practiced both methods, and found both very effectual. So far as the operation of ringing or cutting is concerned, one appears to be no more severe upon the animal than the other. Clover fields are very often nearly ruined by swine throwing up the plants and eating the roots. Milch cows in the flush of feed require more salt than at any other season of the year. Dairymen should look well to this matter at the present time. Saline matter seems to be required by their very natures, as is attested by the bovinp tribes going long distances to obtain it, when in an undomesticated condition. Dairy cows that are amply supplied with salt when graBS is fresh and vigorous, thrive better than they other wise would, give a greater quantity of milk, and for the benefit of housewives, let us add, impart to cream an element which makcs it more readily converted into butter. lloraos that are kept in the stable during summer should be given daily the luxury of a roll on the earth. Rolling is the means given by nature for the animal to rid itself of vermin and skin diseases, and it teuds to make the animal healthy. Somo owners object to allowing a horse to roll on the bare earth because it gets dirt into the hair and makes extra work to keep the animal clean ; but the extra work pays if rightly nnderstood. We allow our horse to roll in the dirt when he is not moist with perspiration, and then stand an hour or two with his coat full of dust before being cleaned up.