The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-29

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SHORT CREEK, W. Va, Oct, 1881,
Correspondence Of the IntellIgenCer
The weather Is all that could be desire
for thegrowing crops, Notwithstandingth
dry weather we have had the wheat
looking splendid and the farmers hope
may yet be realized
The apple crop was not altogether
failure, some Of the orchards being wei
loaded.
The State Fair over, the farmers haveal
settled down to their fall work, huskinl
corn and preparing for winter, which SOM
OF the "old settlers" predict will DO yer.
severe one.
Among the preparations for winter tn
principal and the first should be u genera
thinning out Of stock" There will b,
hundreds OF COWS, horses and sheep KEEP
over the winter by farmers shat will no
sell for enough in the spring to pay fol
the food they will consume from now til
grass starts again. Many OF these animals
have "outliyed their usefulness" and quite
a large number never had much usefulness
to outliye. Some OF these animals are kept
year after year as token OF gratitude fol
tho good they have done. The lives oil
some are protraCted In the vain hope that
their last days will be better than their first
Some farmers seem to become attached Ia
animals that give them great deal Of
trouble, the same rs some mothers dote OH
children that behave in the same manner
Many farmers in this county are spoken
Of as being "land poor" There is still u
larger number who are stock poor. They
keep cows that will give but small qlan.
tity OF milk at any time. 1t does not take
many such inferior COWS to keep n farmer
poor: They use up tho grass crop, and
considerable Of the corn and grain crop
employ the time OF the farmer during the
winter In taking care OF them, and give no
return for all the food they consume and
all the labor they require. Their proper
place is in the beef barrel.
1t does not take u large number of slow.
going, lame and balky horses to keep n
farmer poor. II they did nothing worse
than ito eat their own heads OFF, during
tho winter the case would not be as bad us
II is. They eat In the course OF tho winter
very much more than they will sell for in
the spring, and there Is no return for the
trouble OF keeping them.
Brecch steers help keep u farmer poor
by the number Of fences they tear down
and the amount OF crops they destroy,
Sheep that yield scant tleeces and pro.
duce very inferior mutton tend to keep "a
farmer poor, and we all know the tenden.
Cy OF nearly all dogs, whether kept by the
farmer or his neighbors, is in the sumo di.
rcCtion.
No farmer should long remain "stocE
poor" II he hNs COWS that do not give an
amount OF milk during the season equal to
twice their weight they should be dis.
posed OF in some way, and theirplaces sup.
piled by others. No unruly stock should
be kept on any farm longer than Is reQur.
ed to get 1t In condition to DO slNugh.
tered.
AS to horses that have "Outliycd their
nsefulness,"-I never had any to outlivC-
they should be disposed Of on the best
terms possible. II they will command no
prices at all, Il Is better to give them to
some ono. liza horse Is so poor specimen
that no one will accept him as gift II Il
best to dispose OF him at shooting match
at which no one but good marksmen should
be allowed to use rifle. His hide will pay
for the taking OH, his body will be useful
for manure, and he will no longer help
keep his former owner poor.
..... ALwTN'