Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-12-19
shelter the stock.

The election is over, and we embrace
this, our earliest issue after the interest
ing event, to urge upon our readers, who
for the past month or two have been
working so earnestly to "save the coun-
try" that it is now high time TO make
some provision for shcltering stock from
the inclemcncies of the coming winter.
1t would seem us # this was matter of
such self-evident advantage and economy
that there should DC no occasion for urg-
ing il upon the attention Of the farmers,
but whoever will take the trouble to ride
through the country can not fail TO OBJ
serve that on very large proportion of
the farms the provisions in this respect
are wholly Inadequate il not entirely
wanting. OF course stock is hardy enough
10 get along without much of anything in
the way of shelter, but in the open range
country where the food which made the
flesh and fat how carried BY the stock has
cost nothing, and where the foOC TO re-
place in the spring the condition lost in
the winter will cost no more, it is the
custom TO allow the animal To rely upon
its natural hardness and constitution to
bring il through the winter. But this is
poor rule for the farmer who raises and
maintains his stock upon inclosed and
valuable lands. Every pound of flesh or
fat now carried by an animal OIL such
lands has cost the owner money; and if
there is loss of condition during the
winter that money is lost, and there must
be an equal expenditure TO restore that
condition in the spring. Consequently
there should be no loss of condition; the
farmer cannot afford it, and it can only
be avoided 10y generous tced, not of self
gathered grass upon the public domain,
but grain and forage produced BY actual
labor upon high-priced land. If no pro-
lection is provided against the Indictment
extremes of the climate, animals will re-
quire more of this valuable food. With
il it is possible, Of course, TO maintain
condition; but it is scarcely possible, ut
all times, to keep animals in that state Of
there is no profit in the maintenance.
"Roughimg it, OH the plains is all right,
but we have no patience with this sort of
thing on the iarmS.-Breeder' Gazette.
Mr. L. c. Palmer, North MonrOeville,
Huron county, Ohio, writes: Permit Inc
10 add my unsolicited testimonial TO your
list. My little boy, two years old, fell
from Il step and struck his forehead. y
large, black and blue bunch raised and
Swclled rapidly. We Immediately applied
ST. Jacobs Oil and the swelling and dis
coloration disappeared. We would not be
without it and have use it often with like
effect
The funniest things frog, but the
next funniest is a woman trying to cross
the street in rain. There are certain
things TO be done. 1t is desirable to keep
the bottom Of her clothes dry, also her
feet. She stands on the edge of the curb
stone and gathers handful on each side.
She gets hold Of the waterproof only, and
lets fall and raises again, gathering in the
dress and skirt. Tie dress is too high and
shows the skirt. Lets fall and shakes and
tries again. This time the skirt is all
right, bnt the dress GragS; tries again, all
three are too high and the instep of one
foot shows. She gets discouraged and
graSps firmly on each side, and starts
across the street on her heels, with one
side Of The dress and the waterproof trail
iny in the mud, and about yard Of the
skirt visible on the other side.
Quack doctors, electric belt and other