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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-06-18
TESTING CREAM AND MILK.
Getting Less Butter Than the Crear
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Getting Less Butter Than the Cream
Test Indicates.
Creamery men inform us that at times
they are unable to make cream hold out.
1t is not meant by this that the standard
gauge of cream fails to make pound of
butter, but that the butter churned is
less than the test indicates. We are
asked what is the matter The butter
milk tank is good place to commence
investigations when the butter churned
out is less than the test.
1t is perhaps possible to recover prac-
tically all the butter fat and yet have
the butter fall short If the caseine and
water is less than 70 per cent. Of the total
weight-that is, if the butter contains
more than So per cent. of butter fat, it is
presumable that the weight will fall
short An analysis of fifteen samples of
butter showed range of fat content
from 1929 to 87.56, averaging about 844
The cream test is gauged to allow for SO
per cent. of butter fat Butter which
contains S6 per cent. Of fat will, however,
fall short trife, as a little fat goes into
the buttermilk. If it contains S5 per
cent. of fat there should be no shrinkage.
If it contains less than SIS per cent. it
should overrun, and, in fact, well or
dered creameries will naturally secure a
surplus.
The principle Of the cream test may be
briefly stated thus: Five inches in depth
in the test tube is said to hold out when
it yields one and one-tenth inches of but
ter fat. This shows just % per cent. of
fat in the cream A gauge Of cream
weighs four pounds and is estimated to
churn out one pound of butter.
Four pounds Of % per cent. fat CON
densed to one pound will be IS per cent.
fat-more than the fat contents Of aver
age butter. AS the creamery management
does all the measuring, testing and
weighing, the patron has no opportunity
to swindle the creamery, and failure to
get out at least as much as the test indi-
Gates should lead him to watch the
churning with an intelligent eye.
But the milk test is different. It
should always overrun IF the test
shows four pounds Of butter in hundred
Of milk the fat is there-granting the
test 10 be correctly made. Ii the butter
maker fails to churn out four pounds of
butter fat, the separator or the churn, or
both, do defective work. More than this,
1 it should overrun as much as the weight
Of water, caseine and salt remaining in
the manufactured butter 1t would be
very interesting if our readers would re-
port how milk tests agree with the
churn. We refrain from laying down a
rule regarding the amount it should
overrun in weight, as we do not want to
encourage having the butter loaded with
water. How many find it overruns
more than 10 per cent. and how many
less?
If all the butter fat gets into the but
ter, and none is lost in the skimmilk and
buttermilk, So per cent. butter will over
run nearly IS per cent. VIII it? Let US
have reports. Creamery Journal
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-06-18
Fertilizers for Corn.

A Virginia farmer writing to Coun try
Gentleman says:
We have made and used mixture for
five years in succession with very sue
cessful results-composed Of the follow
ing materials: One third cottonseed meal,
one-third dissolved South Carolina phos-
phate and one-third kainit. We buy the
materials in bulk: haul home and mix
on the barn floor. We apply hundred
pounds per acre. Have got the mixture
for less than twenty dollars per ton-it
will probably be little higher this year.
We think it makes one barrel more per
acre and this, for one dollars worth of
fertilizer, pays well. We use a corn
planter which drops the corn and fer
tilizer at one operation-two rows at
once. We lay off the ground one way,
and then commence and plant the other
way. 1t requires careful hand to drop
and there is no time to talk politics. Our
land is red slate and has been settled and
cultivated for hundred and fifty years.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-06-18
Agricultural Notes.

1t is reported that sixty-four out Of
seventy-fve counties in the Texas grain
belt show total increased. acreage over
last year for wheat, corn and oats Of be-
tween rs and 100 per cent.
The consumption of canned goods in
the United States is increasing much
faster than is the demand for these goods
abroad, according to Bradstreets.
Cattle pastured in swampy or muddy
grounds are especially liable to ''foul in
the foot"
The quickest way to get the rust off
a spade or shovel is to coat it with coal
oil and scour it with brick
It is said that nine-tenths Of the swine
crop Of the United States is put into
market under year old
Let me put on your tennis sash,
do not think 1t right
For men to wear those things she said.
1t Is not manly quite"
He took II of and then she said.
.'Oh, myi greatly fear
can't put this around alone.
You'll have to help me, dear"
-Clothier and Furnisher.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-06-18

There are few things more unpleasant
than foul breath. This occurs iii its most
offensive form from decayed teeth and
from mucus adhering to the walls of the
mouth and throat, which has been de-
composed by the gases and acids of the
system. a simple and effective way to
remedy this is To drop q few crystals or
permanganate Of potash into a tumbler
Of water, and gargle the throat ana rinse
the mouth well with it after each meal.
or before going to bed and in the
morning. This solution is d perfect de-
odorizer Of all organic decay, and neu-
tralizes the offensive odor arising from
the decayirs particles Of food which re-
main in the cavities Of or between the
teeth, etc. It is harmless.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-06-18
CUT WORMS IN CORN.
Notes from a Bulletin Issued by the
South Dakota Agricultural Station

Notes from a Bulletin Issued by the
South Dakota Agricultural Station.
A perfectly clean crop Of corn is use
full in keeping down the cut worms.
Few farmers keep corn SO clean as to
reap the full benefit of it as a preventive
As generally raised, it cannot therefore
be compared to millet. Late fall plow-
ing has been recommended by some en-
tomologists. This is on the theory that,
as the worms pass the winter in little
oval chambers below the surface, they
would be turned up to the surface at a
time when it would be too late to make
this preparation again, and would con-
sequently perish. 1t is not claimed that
the period in which this preventive
plowing may be done extends over more
than very few days, just before the
final freezingup. The measure is there
fore applicable only to a small extent,
and even then would seem to require an
advance knowledge of the approach of
winter
Our own experience and observation
does not lead to definite conclusions.
An extensive correspondence with farm
ers shows that every possible time Of
blowing has been, in some cases, ap-
parently ineffective, and in other cases
apparently successful On the whole,
we have received about four times as
many favorable reports Of spring pIow-
ing as of fall plowing, which must be
regarded as a significant and valuable
point. Itmay be added that the letters re-
ceived illustrate methods of observation
and curious diversity of the cut worm
habit rather than the support Of any
particular theory. Taken as a whole,
these communications appear to justify
the following conclusions: In gardens,
hand picking, and repelling agents like
lime, ashes, SCOT, ETC., are Of value in
the order named. In fields, burning off,
absolutely clean culture (this includes
millet raising and spring plowing), are
the best measures as yet known. Head
ing off the worms where they are work
ing into field may be done by plowing
furrow little ahead of them, leaving
the perpendicular side toward the field
tO hn nrOtnctp1
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-06-18

There is q
lie yer, hard
working woman
p h y sician in
town who tray
els this summer
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-06-18
ILLUSIONS.

Go stand at night upon an octan craft,
And watch the folds of its imperial train
Catching in feecy foam a Thousand CLOVIS
A miracle of fire unquenched by sea-
There, in bewildering turbulence of change,
Whirls the whole armament, till as you gaze
AL else unseen. it is as heaven itself
Elad lost its poise, and each unanchored star
In phantom haste fees to the horizon line.
What dupes we are of the deceiving eyel
How many light men wonderingly acclaim
Is but the phosphor of the path Life makes
With its own motion, while above, forgot,
Sweep on serene the old unenvious starsl
Robert Underwood johnson in Century
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-06-18
New wav of RESTING Mi,k.

We again have bulletin introducing
new method of estimating the fat in
milk. This one consists Of test bottles
with graduated necks, pipette for
measuring the milk, glass acid meas
ure and centrifugal machine, kero-
sene gas lamp and commercial sulphuric
acid. Many words of precaution are
given as to sampling the milk. its care
full measurement of milk and acid and
the mixing of them by means Of the
whirling machine. Cream is the most
difficult to sample. The cost of the
estimation of fat is small mot over one
half cent Fer test. The only cost is the
suiphuric acid, except when bottle is
broken by accident. 1t follows that it
is important to have the measure accu-
rate, and therefore all should be tested
before being sent out. The test Is not
patented, and is within the reach Of all.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-06-18

A strong preparation for cleaning mar
bic is fine pumice stone. newly slalzed
lime and verdigris, mixed thick with
soft soap. Dip a woolen rag III this
compound, and rub the stains one way.
Then wash off with soap and water An
other excellent preparation L. made Of
two parts Of common soda, one part of
pumice stone and one Of finely powdered
chalk, which should be sifted through d
fine sieve and mixed with water 1t is
used in the same manner. iron rnst
can be usually removed by rubbing with
lemon juice
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-06-18

The Cornell University Experiment
station has made series of experiments
in setting milk for cream raising by diff
ferent methods, the results of which, as
summarized in Bulletin No. 90 of that
station, are as follows: In eleven trials
where the milk was set in the Cooley
creamer with ice water at temperature
of A degs. the average per cent. of fat
in the skim milk was %; in eleven trials
where milk was diluted with an equal
weight Of cold water and set in the open
air the average per cent of fat in the
skim milk was 1.3S; in six trials where
milk was diluted with 20 and so per
cent. of cold water the average per cent
of fat in the skim milk was LA in ten
trials where milk was diluted with 10 to
100 per cent. of its weight of hot water the
average per cent of fat in the skim milk
was LII; in two trials where milk was
In deep cans without dilution, in run
ming water at go degs. to SO degs., the
average per cent. of fat in the skim milk
was SO; in two trials where milk was
set In shallow cans, at 60 degs. and 81
degs-, the average per cent. of fat in the
skim milk was .4S; in one trial where
milk was set in shallow pans, and one
third Of its weight of water at 100 degs.
added, the per cent. of fat in the skim
milk was .75.-Science.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-06-18

Lime or lemon juice, used in liberal
quantities, frequently relieves the par
oxysms Of rheumatism. One MOTEL phy-
sician claims that by the persistent use
Of this simple acid for three DAYS cali
stimulating liquids being avoided tha
most confirmed rheumatism win relax
and the tone of the muscular ana ncr.-.
ous system b. restored to its usual Char
acter. Another simple remedy IS to
bathe the parts affected with water. III
which potatoes have been boiled. as hot
as can be borne previous to retiring
Obstinate cases have yielded To this sim
pie treatment.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-06-18

going this summer" If you are an acute
student of human nature you can, as a
rule, correctly gauge the answer For
example, look at this beautiful woman
with high bred, queenly air in an ex-
quisite fs.wn cloth gown, a Louis Quinze
coat of LACK satin brocaded with pink
roses and the tiniest love of black lace
bonnet, as she turns her head to answer
the invariable question put to her at a
matinee. You know as well as you can
know anything that she will say "New-
portland SO she does She is a famous
member of the Four Hundred, and that
august and awful body always summers
at Newport.
Many fashionable women, however,
prefer to go abroad for the summer. The
writer was an amused listener to con-
versation between three well known soci-
~ women on the subject of the Continent
versus Newport Il detest Newport" :"
said one an absolutely raving married
beauty. Everybody knows you there
and everybody minds your business. Be-
sides, the women are SO frightfully jeal-
ous If a man pays you the slightest at
tention the tabbies are after you. Stupid
place-nothing but dress, dress, and go,
go, every minute. My dear, do you
think there is any fun in putting ON a
light dinner gown and eating a lot of
stuff every evening?
1.-THE garden parties are very well to
be picturesque and all that, but
wretchedly stupid. Bat do you know
AK? Going there this summer? For
tnnata Momani It's far nicer than Ham
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-06-18
Facts About the Queen nee.

A queen can beat hen at laying.
Give her the best surroundings, with
plenty Of honey coming in and all that,
and she will lay 5000 eggs in "a hours.
She does not cackle over it, either. Each
egg measures ia Of an inch in length
and 1-70 of an inch in thickness. Even
when she is only doing an average bust
ness she will lay more than twice her own
weight in "A hours. But, mind you, she
does not do anything else. Does not
even feed herself You will see the
workers constantly offering her food
American Bee Journal.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-06-18

a Michigan man tu1nbled into hole
four feet deep one evening, and suppos-
ing himself at the bottom Of mine shaft
forty feet deep, he put in the night pray
ing and hallooing. When morning came
he climbed out and gave teamster 4
dollar to boot him for forty rods down
the road. Detroit Free Press.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-06-18

How to Render Fabrics Ineom bn-tible-
Many deaths would be prevented it
ladies engaged in household work would
wear incombustible or non-infammable
garments. The process Of 80 treating
linens and cottons il very simple Steep
the goods in a z per cent. solution of sui
phate Of ammonia, Or a 90 per cent. solu-
ton of tungstate of soda and then dry
them. If they are now held in the fame
Of a candle or gas lamp they win not talzu
fire. That portion Of the fabric which
was in contact with the light viii be-
come charred, but it viii not intiame,
and hence the burning state viii not
spread to the rest Of the garment. Steep
ing in borax and hot water viii have "A
similar effect.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-06-18

Touch the wart daily with 4 little
lunar caustic or with nitric acid 0r aro-
matte vinegar The caustic and acids
cause stains, which wear oif III a short
time; the vinegar scarcely discolors tine
skin. Applying the warts to the con
ductor Of an electrical machine for sev
eral days in succession will also remove
xya1.fc
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-06-18
now to Exterminate Red Ants

Set a plate well covered with lard
where the insects abound. They are
very fond Of lard, preferring it to sugar.
Place few sticks around the plate fol
the ants to climb up. After catching
the ants in this way turn the plate bot
tom up over the fire, when they will fall
in with the melting lard. Repeat unit
the pests disappear.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-06-18

The following is the old English plan.
Melt a tablespoonful Of good butter in a
saucepan and add about half pound IF
rich crumbly cheese cut in half inch bits.
Stir the mass over the fire, and while the
cheese melts pour in a gill Of old Ale.
When thoroughly mixed add pinch of
cayenne pepper. Lay slices of thick
toast moistened with boiled milk Oh
platter, pour the melted cheese over
them, and serve hot.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-06-18
now to Estimate what Horse Can Draw

How to Estimate What Horse Can Draw.
"a horse can draw Oh metal rails one
and two-thirds as much as on asphalt
pavement, three and one-third times as
much as on good Belgian blocks, five
times as much az on ordinary Belgian
blocks, seven times as much az On good
cobble stones, thirteen times as much as
on ordinary cobble stones, twenty times
as much as on earth road, and forty times
as much as on sand
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-06-18

"A saturated solution Of permanganata
Of potassa viii speedily cleanse foul
water About a teaspoonful To hogs
head should be used Another method
is to put tablespoonful Of pulverized
alum into hogshead of water and stir
the water well The impurities fail to
the bottom and the water viii soon pos
sess nearly all the elearness and fresh
ness Of the finest spring water
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-06-18
Notes.

Hog raising and dairying go well tor
gether.
That Ohio authority, John Gould, says
that GO degs. is the best temperature AZ
which milk can be set He declares,
moreover, that good keeping butter can
not be made with ice, and that tour
mothers" beat us all to pieces in the art Of
making butter that would keep several
weeks in perfect condition.
Two dairy cows well fed and cared for
are worth more than six long legged,
half starved ones
A. D. Baker declares that sweet skim
milk is worth as much to feed calves till
they are a year old as to feed pigs
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-06-18

Often the writing upon letters and
other documents becomes faded ana al-
most illegible. If they are Of Importance
the writing can be easily restored BY
6rst covering it with u solution of prus-
slate Of potash, and then adding, over
the prussiate, some diluted nnriatic
acid. BY this means the faded letters
will assume a permanent and beautiful
dark blne color
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-06-18

Running a creamery and stock raising
90 well together
The Holstein COW Lady Of Lyons
owned by the cheesemaker, @. w. Horr.
Of Ohio, gave 1877 pounds Of milk in the
three days. This was the prize record
at the Ohio state fair. Lady was fed
on oats, corn meal, bran and oil meal
besides all the fodder she would eat.
A common scrub COW on ordinary feed
should bring in not less than $50 pounds
of butter a year and fine calf. The
COW that will not do at least that much
il not worth keeping.
Pennsylvania dairymen are calling for
the enforcement Of the oleomargarine
laws
e. Bodice says that one Of the surest
signs Of good dairy COW Is the natural
shedding OF the hair early In the season.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-06-18

Pupils who learn "by ear," without
thought as to the meaning Of things, con-
trive to afford good deal of amusement to
their teachers Recently a teacher in a
grammar school asked one of her boys,
what is the meaning of 'topazfn
"a topaz" said the boy, lis where the
mules walk when they're drawing a canal
boat. .n-Exchange
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-06-18
The COW for Florida.

In the live stock department of the
Ocala exposition there were cattle repre-
senting the Holstein- Friesian, the Short
horn, Devon and Jersey breeds. While
we admired the splendid appearance Of
the Experiment stations animal and the
porterhouse steak in the Shorthorn, we
could see no reason to change the opinion
formed six years ago that the Jersey and
its grades were the cattle for this eli
mate.
While primarily considered as COWS
for butter, the Jersey steer viii rough it
on Florida pastures and make fine beef.
A decided improvement in the quality
Of beef offered in the Tallahassee mar
ket over that killed a few years ago can
only be traced to the infusionAof the Jer-
sey blood, as bulls Of the other breeds
have succumbed to the heat of the sum-
mer. While the Jerseys themselves are
prone to be attacked as well as the
others, they will recover quicker and
the percentage of loss is not so great.
A large COW requires q large amount
Of feed, and if she has to search for it a
pOIJftDlS uOuSt WOulU DC utCtSSetIl 10
keep up with her, and we have yet to
see the planter in this state who puts up
enough feed to satisfy even the small
Jersey.
Even here in Florida feed must be pro-
vided for the winter months, for there is
time when the pastures are bare, and
unless fed from the barn or silo cattle
suffer as much as on the western ranges.
The latter method of storing feed seems
to fill long felt want, and from un-
avoidable causes having been unable to
fill ours the past season, we miss livery
much
Any one with land able to grow corn
and handy with hatchet and saw can
construct a silo. | will be glad to in
form any one where to get the best plans
embodying the latest ideas.
Where one has the time to devote to it
properly, the calf should be raised by
hand, and it is not so hard to do so as
one may imagine.-W. b. Schrader in
Southern live Stock Tournal
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-06-18

Brookside House, Mountainville. The
terms at both these resorts are three dol
lars a week, and the hotels are filed
throughout the season. Many women
Of wealth and leisure, instead of fritter-
ing the summer away in the feverish
life of some fashionable resort, spend
their time with these girls, teaching
them and forming plans for their amuse-
ment and entertainment
One young heiress takes half dozen
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-06-18

We here reproduce from the Fancier's
Journal the picture Of an Indian game
cock which was prize winner at some
of the big poultry shows during the past
winter.
As may be. seen from the cut, the
general appearance Of the Indian game
is that of a powerful bird, the body
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-06-18

1HVF8 % ODV1aIII . I.ttIef q NFeUiF.
Any first class bank will issue a letter
Of credit upon the receipt of the amount
Of the credit and a small commission.
This letter enables you to draw any sum
up to the amount Of the credit from any
Of the banks correspondents abroad. A
list Of those correspondents Is usually
printed upon the back Of the letter.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-06-18

The Jersey COW. Paola Stoke Pogis, in
butter test, made ninety-nine pounds
and two ounces in thirty-one days. Her
average weight of milk during the test
was about 394 pounds day Her feed
during the time consisted each day OF
eighteen pounds corn silage, two feeds Of
cut clover hay and twenty-five pounds
OF grain divided as follows: One part
corn meal, one part fine feed, one part pea
meal, one part ground oats, one part oil
meal and two parts wheat bran. She had
besides also one feed of roots day. The
COW that digested and turned into butter
this tremendous quantity of food weighed
only $50 pounds.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-06-18

IHO" % 7 I"II7E'IlIlI l-1IIst slIlIU6 IFges-
In the autumn, before the frost comes
on, dig trench around the tree and cut
the roots, but not too near the tree. Re
move in the winter when the ground is
frozen. Raise the tree with the frozen
earth adhering to the roots. The whole
mass is easily raised with levers on to a
strong sled, when it can be drawn erect
by horses or oxen. Trees moved in this
way will grow in the spring
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-06-18
How u rell Steel from ron.

Aquafortis applied to the surface of
steel produces a black spot; on iron the
metal remains clean. The slightest vein
of iron Or steel can Be readily detected
by this method.