Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-11-05

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blankets If it has not already been done.
A judicious use Of these valuable arti-
cles may save the life of valuable
horse. d -. -,.... t.e,
Avoid working horses in the rain. as
much as possible. At this season of the
year the rains are generally cold. and
horses exposed to them are very apt to
be more or less injured thereby. 1t is
poor economy and q mistake to think
you are gaining time by not stopping
work for q rain. ..t
An unknown exchange makes the fol-
lowing curious statement: All fruits
that grow with pit, core, or with seed,
can be made to grow without them,
when it is Understood. 1t is accomplish
ed by reversing the scion-reoting the
top end Of the plant. To do this you
bend the scion to sprout down, and COW
er it with dirt. After roofing cut it
loose and let the root end be up Apples
are grown without cores, peaches with
out seed, and grapes and other vines al
so, by simply reversing the plant. 1t is
true, and can be done to a certainty, fur
ther remarks the exchange.
AS the price of wool advances, sheep
will become just that much moro valu-
able and higher priced, and it is very
likely that mutton sheep will bring good
prices at the opening of the spring trade.
There is every probability that there
will be no more profitable kind of stock
to feed this coming winter than a nice
bunch of wethers. Fat sheep will no
doubt, be more in demand and higher
priced next spring than at any time since
the depression in wool commenced. Then
the low price of corn will make the feed
ing quite profitable, even if the price of
mutton does not advance to any great
extent.-Stockman .
Present indications point to considera-
BILE decrease in the number of sheep in
this country. says the American Guilt
vator, while in Australia, our present
competitor in sheep husbandry, there is
no increase. If such be the facts, it is
matter of certainty that the sheep raiser
who preserves and cares for his fiocks
will before long receive substantial re-
ward. Successful merchants and manu-
facturers are those who form an opinion
of their own and are not swayed by
popular whim or impulse. The SUCCESS
full sheep raiser will be he who makes
careful survey of the field and forms an
opinion of his own, based upon the num-
Der of sheep and the positive increase in
the number of consumers of wooden
clothing. 1t is certainly mistaken pol
icy to sell sheep when when tkeir mar
ket value is as low as at present.
The too common practice of using oil
and backing on show focks of sheep
cannot be toe severely condemned, and
yet fair managtrs and the committees
of awards often wink at the crime (for
it can be called by no other name) and
give to the creased and blackened sheep
the ribbon. Such sheep should be- ruled
out, and the fraud be made public, so
that the honest breeder and the innocent
purchaser may be NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Farmers should now feed out such
thsngs as will not keep stored away
such as pumpkins, soft corn. unsound
heads of cabbage, and the worthless ap
pies. These will furnish considerable
feed Hew, but soon will be of no value
whatever. a.--..
An excellent dish for breakfast is
made of six eggs and three tablespoon
fuls of ham chopped very fine; beat the
eggs, and after melting lump of butter
in the frying pan, drop the eggs into it;
stir the ham in; the ham has of course
been cooked, either fried or boiled; sea-
son with pepper. This is good way to
use up pieces of meat that are left from
dinner.
The best fruit cellars are fitted up
with drawers and bins in which to store
the fruit. These are made with Slated
bottoms and shallow, so that the fruit
need not be stored in them over six inch
es deep, and so that the air can circulate
freely through it. This is not oRly IA
vorable to the keeping qualities Of the
fruit, but also enables it to be closely
watched and the decsying specimens to
be the moro carefully picked out. 4
The best way to keep sweet potatoes.
says the American CultivstOr, is in a
dry cellar and packed inlboxes filed with
dry chaffed straw. The potatoes should
not touch each other. and must not be-
put in until thoroughly dry. In this
way they can, be kept through the wins
ter with less loss than apples. They are
more sensitive to cold than ordinary POI
tatoes, and but be taken from the boxes
before they begin to push.
Free Trade" and wool-growing do
not grow well together on American
soil. 1t is evident te observing sheep.
men that both cannot survive, and that
one or the other must fall. Whenever
wool ia placed on the free list, sheep |
husbandry will receive its death blow.
The majority of hockmasters think that
even now the business is badly crippled
for want of adequate protection under
auspicious circumstances. for its most
rapid advancement. cannot be possible
under present conditions.
The Pittsburgh Stockman. In an arti>
tioIa m the cnrrent decline in the price |