. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. ®tte £?rccbcr ottfc £tpj?rtsmttn [October 1, 1904 THE FARM New Live Stock Company. A company to conduct atock ranches in Solano and C ilusa counties, co">p Louie Titus and \V. J. HotcbkiBS Francisco, John II Spring of Krnitvale, and George \V. Miller ui , bas just bceu organ . e Island of .-•res in ^olunn county will be de. voted entirely to cattle. Toe Geddee ranch of 4000 acres southeast from Dixon, and the Ilannan ranch of 4000 acres in Colusa county will he used for sheep These tracts of land, which are owned by Messrs. Titus and Spring
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. ®tte £?rccbcr ottfc £tpj?rtsmttn [October 1, 1904 THE FARM New Live Stock Company. A company to conduct atock ranches in Solano and C ilusa counties, co">p Louie Titus and \V. J. HotcbkiBS Francisco, John II Spring of Krnitvale, and George \V. Miller ui , bas just bceu organ . e Island of .-•res in ^olunn county will be de. voted entirely to cattle. Toe Geddee ranch of 4000 acres southeast from Dixon, and the Ilannan ranch of 4000 acres in Colusa county will he used for sheep These tracts of land, which are owned by Messrs. Titus and Spring, have been leased to the stock company. Mr. Miller, who has many years of experience in the stock business, will be the manager, :ind will have headquarters at Suisun. Arrangements are now being made to repair the old levees on Joice Island and to construct new levees where it is found necessary. When this work is completed this will be one of the best cattle rancheB in the State, as the place can easily carry from 500 to 600 head of cattle the entire year. the horse or mule as they are the only animals that stand the bite of the Tee Tse lly, which is sure death to the horse or donkey. The zebra hybrids are also bred by several breeders in south Russia, England and Germany, and everyone recommends them as being much hardier than the horBe or mule. They are as gentle as a borse and can be handled the same way. It is thought by experts that, the zebrula will be the most popular beast of burden of the future. o The pig, curiously enough, has more teeth than any farm animal. When it has got its set complete the pig possesses iu all forty-four teeth. The horse bas forty teeth, while cattle and sheep have only thirty-two teeth each. The forty- four teeth of the pig consist of six in- cisors, two canine, eight remolar, and six molar teeth in each jaw. Another peculiar fact about the dentition of the pig is that while the incisors or front teeth in the upper jaw bear a close rese
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