Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-03-03

WEI SeelNOAl I'LL dlAOIAAlu aAlA AC civ %
u climate is changing, and that We
are to have wet and dry seasons IN
place of cold and hot, in place OF winter
and summer.
We make no claim to the study of
meteOrology, but this unusually long
spell of wet weather should be remarked
on.
CONDITION OF STOCK.
Notwithstanding the wet weather,
stock is looking well. That is well,
considering the weather. They stand
shiyeTing i'm the cold rain--cattle with
their rounded backs to the storm,
sheep with their tieeces of wool
saturated with water. Ii is but few
farmers that have sheds and shelter for
all their stock.
During wet, or soft, mild weather
stock eat but little on the farm. They
get a smell or taste of the green grass,
and thus appetite for dry food Is gone.
During the crisp, cold winter weather,
stock eat heartily keep in good condi-
ton, and come out of the winter in fair
order and ready to improve on the first
taste Of pasture.
CAREFUL FEEDING.
What We fear is, that the long strain
of unwinter weather will prove too
much for stock, and when the spring
opens their systems will be so
enerated, that the poor one will not
survive the change, and the mortality
among them may be very heaVS'
especially among sheep. .
The flock owner must need look on
that the feed comes regularly, aud ut
a -s-lA 49,. .,,l klaf nanh animal
| gets its share. In this way alone an the
entire flock be pulled through the WIN
ter, for already the voice OF the sheep
pelter is heard in the land, and he Is
ready to gather III the sheep that
succumbS to the storms.
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.
Cork is the bark of an evergreen oak,
/ growing in different countries but
| properly cultivated in Spain and
Portugal. 1t produces acOrns used for
Gatteniug swine, sheep II poetry.
This oak fiourisheS i'm dry sandy soils
rows 30 or ~ feet high The cork Of
! commerce is the outside bark of
the cork oak. 1t is taken OFT when the
tree is l. or ~ years old, in August, rs
high as can be reached, and afterward
about every ten years. The tree grows
10 $50 e old fthe outside bark Is
stripped off, if not only 10 or 80 years.
ID could be grown in the southern pOr-
ton of the United States.
DIR. T.. G.. Page, writes to the Medical
,IOtTuUi that the "Pinkeye" Is one OF
the variety of influenza, or catarrhal
colds, So-called that prevail i'll this
climate among human beings, and Is
caused by excessive, or injudiciouS
eating, and working Immediately after
eating. When the disease attack the
horse, stop his feed Immediately, and
speedy recover will enSue. l regulate my
own diet with the weather says the
doctor, and am never sick.
THE NEEDS OF THE FARMER.
Like every other class, they are many
but we have no reference except it may
he i'm an indirect manner to his hnan-
cial needs. The farmer like the rest of
the wOrld-the American world-needS
TO make or wants TO make more money;
nor to his. political needs, for, although
he may be badly represented in our leg
islative halls and councils, yet he Will
enter these whenever he is fitted, and
should not enter before. We have too
many untitled men in there alrea ~
of course We acknowledge that there
are many who are more so than the
farmer.
SOCIAL-EDUCATIONAI.
We have reference more particularly
Ia the social and educational needs of
the farmer. Leading the isolated life
we do, We, ~ farmers, must acknowl-
edge that We are behind, socially,
=. .l,.., ,E.ln-a u-nalth ,HnnS
not equal ours, not that wealth Is n
entire end and aim, but 1t Is one OF n
elements of society or social standing as
at present constituted. And why this
falling in the rear. Not that we do not
have the wealth, but We do not educate
ourselves up to our W business, much
less in the great fields of knowledge
that lie outside Of our own garden
spots.
ORGANIZE TO EDUCATE.
We should have more county and
district organizations, where to meet, to
become better acquainted with each
other, to discuss matters relating to the
farm and the country household. To
learn from each other the best ways of
doing things. To cooperate in the in
PRODUCTION OfgOOd stock, good seeds and
better machinery to work together gen.
orally.
CLUB, GRANGE, OK LYCEUM.
Ii matters but little what We call our
organization, and under what rules we
conduct them
For forms Of government let fools contend,
What's least governed Is best"
It is what We accomplish that counts.
We should not organize to control
prices, not to subServe our own selfish
interests in any way, but we do need
education in our calling, and to become
better acquainted with one another.
In some sections a Farmers Club does
a great good. In Others, the Grange
Room, and even a lyceum has accom-.
plished all that is desired i'll an agricul-
tural community. And in our neigh
boring county OF Harrison, in Ohio,
they have a Wool GroWcrS' association,
composed ola body Of live men and
presided over by a live president which
discusses questions of vital interest to
farmers, and during the past year pixies
n the tariff have passed over their
table and been discussed in all their
phases as affecting the farmer.
SEED POTATOES.
Potatoes are the worst of all things to
give advice about. Yet a half a dozen
correspondents want advice. How shall
II be given? Let us see:
Early Rose.-Early, productive, fine
quanty when the seed IS pure, which is
not always the case, and very valuable
potato every way.
Early Nermont-Much like the early
rose, perhaps q little earlier. 1t is ex-
tremely hardy, very productive and we
would choose it at random above all
other potatoes for general crop. 1t is
SQperkVr IN every WAY 10 the early rlse