The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-03-11
CLODHOPPER
advocates the Better Care Of Live
Stock aud Land.

For the News.
When writing on the subject of stock
raising and breeding for the last several
years, it has been my custom to dwell Sc
verely on the suferings of the poor dumb
reatures caused by exposure, and now I
have the qualification to fluid that the S. P.
G. A. has taken up the subject. I trust
that the matter will not be allowed to rest
until every owner of pig, calf or lamb
throughout the length and breadth of the
civilized world will be required to provide
comfortable quarters for the same.
When 1 see the poor shivering animals
lining the fence rows, with the mercury be-
low zero and scarcely enough flesh to cover
the bones, the wonder comes to me whether
their owners have ever heard of such a
thing as a just God that takes note Of 'the
sparrow hat falls" The religion Of the
man that allows his domestic animals to
suffer for want of proper care of shelter
and feed, is not worth the name it is sim.
ply mockery. It is worth while to remem.
Der that 'the good Lord of the universe
will hold US all accountable for the comfort
aud proper care of the domestic animals az
well as the children and hirelings that He
has iutrusted to our keeping. Further thar
this the world, that is the land was allowed
to us to use and not to abuse. I, therefore
hold it sin to so abuse the fields Goods
green acres" as to impoverish them by
rilage. To so till land as to impoverish il
is the worst kind of abuse of Gods greaI
gift to man. If everybody looked on the
matter in this light, what a different worlt
world this be- The fields would all "blos
som as the rose, and "the land would bt
filled with joy and fullness." To so til
the land as to impoverish it is simply al
abuse, and to let a pig or calf suffer foi
want of proper care is an abomiuable sin
Excuse me for saying so much on thi
subject, being directed to it by the S. P. G
A., which was very gratifying to me to hnt
that some one besides myself looked upol
the suffering of domestic animals caused
by exposure aud neglect as a crime to b.
punished.
The question has been asked me Of lat
as to the advisability of hauling manure il
the spring to put on the corn ground. A
a rule, do not approve of drawing ou
manure in the spriug, in any great quan
tity, for a variety of reasons.
The question of the saving and the prop
er application of manure is one of tn
most important that comes up for consider
alton, and will require a whole chapter t.
discuss it properly.
One objection to hauling out in the sprinI
is that the ground being soft, to drive owe
it very much, after the freezing aud thaw
ing season is past, will do about as muc
harm as a few loads will do good; the ma
nure is wet and heavy to handle, and genei
ally in a crude, uufermented state an
should the season be dry may indeed d
harm if thicby applied At least it neve
can do the good that it will to put it on th
land in the fall either wheat land, or o
tue Hbu AuAtAAEN AoL AtAl cur h GoLA CAbl
! If there is a lot of well rotted manure tbs
from any cause was not put out in the fal
spread it on the corn or potato lnnC
r though should not want it plowed und,
p; very deeply. Manure plowed under te
e inches deep in the spring will hardly
, heard from this season, nor the next.
certainly would not haul and spread muC
coarse, unfermeuted manure on the COZ
land in the spring, but would compact
carefully for use later in the season; f
the wheat crop or to go on the sod for ne
e years corn. Guess this article is abo
n long enough therefore 1 will promise
s. give a whole chapter on the manure que
d ton at an early day, life aud health perm
~ ting. CLoDHoPPER.
" GLENwooD Stock FAR3I, Feb. '28, 1885.
m Salvation OH. the celebrated American rem