. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. 154 FITTING AND EXHIBITING LIVE-STOCK Regularity of feeding is important. Fattening animals may be finished off more rapidly if the feeding period is more frequent than usual, as for example, four times daily instead of twice. Feed- boxes and mangers should be kept sweet and clean, and scalded out at frequent intervals. All food left in the manger should be cast aside at the next feeding and only fresh food given. Animals in proper digestion should clean up the manger in good shape some time previous to the next feeding. Watering
. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. 154 FITTING AND EXHIBITING LIVE-STOCK Regularity of feeding is important. Fattening animals may be finished off more rapidly if the feeding period is more frequent than usual, as for example, four times daily instead of twice. Feed- boxes and mangers should be kept sweet and clean, and scalded out at frequent intervals. All food left in the manger should be cast aside at the next feeding and only fresh food given. Animals in proper digestion should clean up the manger in good shape some time previous to the next feeding. Watering should be regular and only clean, pure water provided. Skin and hair treatment.—A mellow skin and a silky, fine coat of hair is very desirable. Occasional massage of a thick and tight hide of an animal will cause it to become more elastic. Sweet-oil rubbed into the skin will help. Flaxseed meal in the feed will improve both skin and hair. Black hogs at show time are often colored with a mixture of lampblack and oil. It is objectionable, however, to make this application excepting in a very moder- ate way. Too deep a bla^k on a Berkshire gives it an unnatural coloring. Grooming of horses and cattle should always be done with brush and cloth. The skin should not be scratched. For swine, a curves about the head, neck, breast and hind quar- ters. It is a general practice to trim the fleece so that it will accord with an ideal mutton form Fig. 131.• Dairy cow in show pose. Kate Spray 4th. First prize in class at Ohio State Fair. Holstein. reed or rush brush is most excellent. In the later stages of fitting, horses, cattle and swine may be occasionally washed with water of ordinary tempera- ture, and the skin cleaned of dirt and dandruff. It is undesirable, however, to remove the natural oily secretion of the skin. Cattle are shown in some instances with a smooth coat of hair (Fig. 131), while with other cases it is rough and long, as with the Galloway. An animal with a long, th
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