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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-14
The Poultry House In winter.

In the winter your poultry is COM
PEELED to be under shelter much of the
time, and you should see to it that the
poultry house is put in proper condition,
says FaHn News. Put on the whitewash
wherever it will stick - walls, roof,
nests and all See that the perches are
in good condition, free from sharp edges,
nails or anything that might injure
the fowl, Have your perches all on the
same level to avoid crowding at the top
Don't have them too high. One and
half or two feet is sufficient Where
perches are too high fowls, especially
the larger varieties, are apt to injure
themselves in flying up or down. See
that the nest boxes are all right, easy of
access and clean, with good fresh straw
in them occasionally. 1t is a good idea
to place nest boxes in the darkest part
of the house, as it is hem nature to
hide her nest, and the more seclusion
you can give her at the laying hour the
better she likes it. Another important
feature that must not be overlooked is
the dust box. This is hens bath and
is the only means she has to rid herself
of vermin, etc., and is absolutely essen
tial to the health Of the fowls. that they
can have access to some sheltered spot
where they can scratch in the dry earth.
Yet We Hear Talk of Overproduction.
France, with an area of 204, 147 square
miles, of which only 98,46 are capable
of cultivation-F France, with popula.
tion of about so, 600, 600, realizes more
than $3.50. 600, 900 annually from her
poultry. France furnishes England an
nually over 900, 900, 600 eggs, and the
French people annually consume 8, 000,-
900. 600 eggs. The cash value of her ex-
ported eggs is $13. 900, 900; of those con-
sumed at home. $50, 900. 900, and, add
ing to this $75, 00O, 900 for poultry con-
sumed and exported and $45, 900. 900 for
stock carried over each year, we find the
poultry interest of France represents an
industry of $l68, 600, 000
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-14
sarne Old way.

Robert When / get into my new
house, / mean that every thing shall go
like clockwork.
Richard-I see. The same as hereto
sore---tick. ticki-B Boston Transcript.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-14
no An Idaho dairvman Professoy

To an Idaho dairyman Professor Hem
ry recommends mixture of one third
ground barley and two-thirds wheat
bran, with mixed hay which has in it
more alfalfa than timothy. But where
the feed is chiefly timothy. with COM
paratively little alfalfa, then the grain
ration should be one-ifth oilmeal, one
fifth barley meal and three fifths bran.
In recent lecture Mr.. John Gould
Of Ohio gave four COW rations as below,
The amount being sufficient to feed
COW one day.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-14

The SNOWFALL is symbolic Of winter.
its name and appearance evidently sug-l
costing the idea.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-14

Letters posted in New York wills
reach the Barbados eight days later.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-14

We specify gluten feed instead of
gluten meal for the reason that we pre-
fer it at the usual prices charged. If the
meal is used the amount may be reduced
to correspond with the extra cost.
Another Pennsylvania ration:
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-14
THE DREADED CONSUME.
TON CAN BE CURED.
Scientist Will Send, Free, Three Bottles
OF His Newly Discovered Rene
diaa guffarare

Editor Gloucester County DEMoCRAT-I hsve
all Bronchial Throat and Lung Diseases, GEN
erai Decline, Loss Of Flesh and all Conditions of
Wasting away By its timely use thousands of
apparently hopeless cases have been cured. So
proof-positive am of its power to cure, that to
make its merits known. will send, free, to any
af1cted reader OF your paper, three bottles of my
Newly Discovered Remedies upon receipt of Ex-
press and Post Office address.
4. a. SLOCUM. NJ c., SO Pine Street, New York
When writing the Doctor, please mention this
panAr
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-14
ExECUTOR's SALE
REAL ESTATE;


Pursuant to an order Of the Orphans Court,
made at the September term. 1896, will be sold
at public sale, on the premises on the road lead
ing from Harrisonville to Terrell, ID mile from
the latter place, ON
Saturday, January 80, 1897
between the hours of IL and O'Clock, to wit: at
O'clock, being the farm and lands OF which
William Lafferty died seized, as follows
Tract No. lis the "Chard Farm" containing
Is and $500 acres The improvements are q
good farm house and outbuildings. The land is
in good condition, suitable for grain, grass and
truck or small fruits.
Tract No 2-Is tract of timber land, situate
on the road from HarrisonYille to Terrell, mile
from the latter place, containing q acres. from
which the timber has been sold and will be
removed before March Is, 1885,
Persons desiring to view the premises will call
on Edward Hughes, on tract No. /.
Conditions made known on day OF sale by
FRANCIS LAFFERTY,
Dec. "a, 1870. Executor.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-14

EXECUTOR,S SALE
ESTATE Or CHARLES CLARK, DECD.
The subscribers. executors of Charles Clark,
deceased. will expose at public sale, on
Wednesday, the Twentieth day Of January
A. D. 1897, between the hours Of 10 and O'Clock,
In the afternoons to-Eit: at o'clock. at the hotel
Of Samuel Reeve. In Mantua, Gloucester County.
New Jersey, the following described
DWELLING HOUSES
and lots Of land situate 10 the village of Mantua
No. Ia dwelling and lot containing one quar-
ter Of an acre Of land, adjoining lands of James
Lodge, lands late.Of James Craig and others Is
In good condition and now rented.
No. "A dwelling and lot OF land, containing
88-1D0 of an acre of land, on the Commissioner
road and adioins land late Of Thos. Carpenter,
James Jessup and others; also In good repair
and Is desirable as q home or Investment
Conditions at sale.
JOHN H Broadway.
CHAS. s. KNISELL
Dec. 10, 1895. Executors,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-14
Saturday. January so. 1897
You
Cant Read

fine print without paining and iniur-
ing your eyes. if they are weak or
defective. Wouldn't it be worth
your while to find out just where the
trouble is and how to strengthen and
save them. My skill will cost you
nothing in this direction.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-06

In the issue of June II notice Mr.. Han
sons remedy of beef brine for cabbage
worms and no doubt it is a good one, but
it leaves the dead worm on the plant.
agree with him that poison should not be
put on the plants, as it is dangerous, and
l have found the following remedy effec-
tive, simple and harmless. When 1 see
the first white butterfly, parent of the
worm, I thoroughly dust each plant with
fine wheat middlings before the dew is off,
and this I repeat at intervals. 1t makes
a light paste which sticks to the feet and
wings of the insect and she will not light
to lay her eggs. Wheat or rye flour
would doubtless do as well. I am never
troubled with the cabbage worm after this
treatment, says a cabbage raiser in the
American Agriculturist.
How extremely improbable the above use
of bran as a remedy for the cabbage
worm will instantly occur to any one
familiar al all with the habits of the cab
bage butterfly. 1t is the rarest thing in
the world that the butterfly lays its eggs
on the upper side of the leaf. Fully So
per cent. of the eggs are deposited on the
under side of the leaf. We know from q
long observation that this sprinkling of
bran as recommended is worth nothing in
preventing the egg-laying, but it is help
tul when the worms are Matched and come
10 the upper side, and get to feeding on
the tender bud and younger leaves. Then,
II bran is sprinkled freely on these tender
leaves While the dew is on it will either
XIII or eXpel the worm. But to make COM
pete protection there should be mixed with
me bran a small proportion of insect
POWDER or buhach-a teaspoonful of it
TO a quart of bran (well mixed. AS
many of the butterflies as possible should
9e Killed with brush or net when the first
night is noticed. The first brood of these
is very easily exterminated and the grower
on large scale is very apt to appreciate
ne need for thus destroying this enemy.
little fine salt Incorporated with the
iran Is also a very excellent remedy in
me ahsence of ninsect Inuudar, .,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-06
scrap Book.

DR.. f. E. Pratt of Limona is
quite enthusiastic in regard to cam
phor culture. and he. with some of his
neighbors, have decided to plant quite a
large number of camphor trees. If they
are successful they expect to put In a
plant for the purpose OF disulling and re-
filming the product of their trees.-Clear-
water Press.
Fertilizers.-The most satisfactory fer
tilizer for all kinds Of flowers that I
have used is thoroughly decomposed sta
BILE manure. But chemical fertilizers may
be used two or three years in succession,
in the culture Of ANIMALS, with good re-
suits. The best plan of fertilizing the
flower bed have tried, IS TO spade In q
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-06

fair amount of manure, then sprinkle ON
the surface a good, plain superphosphate
till the soil shows well busted with It,
rake and level the surface and SOW the
seeds.
The mechanical effect on old gardens Of
stable or COW manure and the humus IL
affords, are essentials that cannot well be
supplied otherwise.-Vick's Magazine.
Farmers Ahead.-Statistics from the last
census show that the United States con-
tans to-day 4,564000 farms. of an average
size of lS acres each. OF the bread-wn-
ners among the people "A per cent, are en-
gagged in agricultural pursuits, only % per
cent. or just one half as many, are en-
gagged in manufacturing. Twenty-three
per cent. are in professions of all kinds
and in personal service, and II per cent.
are engaged tn trade and transportation.
II Will thus be seen that farming is by far
the largest interest, engaging the most
people. OF these ASA COO farms, frac-
ton more than II per cent. are occupied
and cultivated by their owners and frac-
ton more than rs per cent. or occupied by
tenant farmers.-Prof. Georgeson.
How Much to Feed-It is necessary at
times to vary the ration by the use Of
soft food, as bran middlings, lnseed meal
and ground meat can be best given I'm such
form, but all classes of poultry will eat
as much, as possible at a meal when
there are a number of fowls together, as
they are induced to do through COMPETE
ton. Ducks and turkeys prefer soft food,
but chickens are more partial to whole
grains and other seeds, which can be
scattered over a wide surface In which
case all hens will share alike To learn
how much soft food to give, put a certain
amount of food in a trough and let the
hens eat until they walk away satisfied
Weigh the amount left over and you will
then know the exact quantity eaten; that
is, how much they can and will eat but
the next day they should receive not over
one-half the quantity eaten the day be-
fore.-EX.
Hints to Beginners. beginners in poul-
try raising are very apt to entertain high
anticipations of the profits they win real
ize and with their over sanguine antici-
pations are only too prone to count their
chickens before they are Matched They
never take into considerat ton the many
drawbacks that may connect themselves
with it., all owing, perhaps. to their ig-
norance, or neglect to do full justice to
the fiocks in their management They
never think that considerable knowledge
must be gathered, and an apprenticeship
served even in this business, to be sue
Cessful.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-06
To Can Yegetables at Homo.

| The manner of preserving vegetables
for winter use is now so simple that one
prefers to prepare her own and have them
| in glass jars, these being better than veg
etabIes to be purchased in tin cans and
less expensive, for the jars may be used
| number of years with the addition Of
| only new rubber bands, says the New
York Sun.
An important item is to make sure that
the jars and covers are perfectly fitting,
thus being alright. When flied they
should be kept in dark, cool place.
Green peas claim attention very soon,
as the early pickings seem the sweetest
and best for canning. Wash the peas and
reject all imperfect ones. Fill the jar with
peas, shaking them down closely and fill
ing it to the brim. Pour over the peas cold
water letting every little space between
the vegetables be filed. When 40 more
bubbles come on the water and the jar
overflows fit the cover on securely. Stand
the filed jars in boiler of water, placing
them upon a wooden rack or something to
prevent their coming directly into contact
with the bottom of the boiler Place the
boiler over the fire and let the water boil
over the jars for three hours If the water
in the jars evaporate so that the Jars are
not full upon no account remove the COW
ers TO fill them up; the vegetable will be
best left as il is. If the cover is loosened
during the process of boiling it must be
screwed on tightly as possible when taken
from the water.
String beans may be treated in the same
manner except that less boiling is re-
quired for this vegetable. Cut the stem
and tail of the beans and string them;
then cut the beans into strips lengthwise
and then in halves, or, II preferred, cut
them into pieces about one ipch long. Put
the cut beans in the jars, filling them very
full and pressing the vegetable down close
ly before pouring in the cold water; then
proceed as with the peas, boiling the jars
containing the beans shorter time; two
hours will be sufficient.
Ripe tomatoes may be canned whole and
kept perfectly without the usual cooking.
Drop the fruit into hot water to loosen
the skin. When the peel has been remov-
ed, take out the stem end so no green re-
mains. Pack as many of the peeled toma-
toes in the jar as can be put in, having
them whole if possible, though any too
large may be cut into halves. Press the
tomatoes as closely together as possible
without breaking them. Turn over the
packed fruit boiling water. pouring il in
slowly so the liquid will run into all the
little crevices, and allow the jar to over
now peIofe screWlnB on the ntted cover.
AS each jar is filled with the boiling wa
ter and covered. stand 1t in tub, boiler.
or some large vessel that has been filled
with boiling water, having the water deep
enough to completely cover the jars. When
all the jars are in the water cover the
vessel holding them with a rug or blan-
ket and let it remain until the water be-
comes cold AS the jars are taken from
the water tighten the covers if they have
loosened, but upon no account lift them
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-06

When he beholds his calves. colts and ali
other stock entering upon the winter in
such me condition. During much of the
winter, when they are turned out of their
YARDS they viii start at once for the rye
hela- In fact, il can be pastured nearly
All winter when the ground is not covered
with snow. 1t can also be pastlired quite
late in the spring. and when the stock
IS all removed will often spring IN if
weather is favorable and afford to the
farmer fair crop of grain. Or the field
can be piowed up in the spring and plant
ca TO corn or some other crop. The fall
pioWlng will have made the land more
mellow for any spring crop. All farmers
VINO nave fields that can be utilized in this
way should not fail 10 sow rye Years
ago many of the farmers in Kansas pas
tured their wheat fields when not covered
with snow. Some thought it was no detri-
ment to their crops, while many question
the utility of the practice. But rye is one
OF our hardest grains. Drought does not
affect it as it does wheat or oats
Rye is not held in very high esteem by
our southern farmers, but at any time and
on any farm il is much better than moth
ing. II costs very little to have few acres
OIL rye, 1t is the surest of crops and va
Gates the land in plenty of time for cotton
or potatoes or even corn. If sown early
with 100 pounds of some quickly acting
fertilizer, nice pasture for the calves and
milk cows will be ready in no time. Do
not pasture prematurely, however.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-06
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 1897.

take hoe and mound the ground about
your trees four to six inches in hight
This will induce the moth 20 deposit her
eggs high up in the tree. You should
maintain this mound. If the winds and
rains displace it, go over your trees and
replace the ground about the trunk. You
should see that the weeds are kept down.
In the fall you should. with the hoe,
remove the ground leveling IL. You will
be surprised at the result. Many exuda-
tons of gummy matter will part from
the tree, carrying with it numerous lar
vac. Wherever this substance is found
scrape the tree and that tree will be be-
yOnd the power of the moths influence for
at least that year.
It is quickly done. An active hand can
effectively care for 500 to 1000 trees per
day. 1 have rarely lost a tree. although
following this custom for more than fif-
teen years. 1t does sometimes happen that
some larvae escape observation at first,
but by having the tree scraped you can at
a glance see any that remains, by having
four to sax inches of the body of the tree
exposed 1t is rarely they pass below the
surface if thus treated. Where loose cul-
tivation is had the insect soon passes 20
the roots and il is much more difficult
to clean the tree. 1 think this the best
and simplest method yet devised to reduce
this pest to the minimum.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-06
Peach Tree Rorers.

In the following communication to the
Western Fruit Grower. the writer gives
some facts regarding the peach tree borer
which should be understood in order to
deal most efficiently with that pest:
The presence of the peach borer is dis
gummy matter at or near the crown of
the tree. To the orchardist no introduction
is needed to this enemy. Yet it is no uu-
common thing to meet orchadists who
while recognizing the Importance of the
pest, and knowing its habits, are unfa-
mlliar with the parent insect. The parent
is moth, yet is mistaken frequently for
a wasp, which IL strongly resembles. In
the males this characteristic is more
strongly developed than in the female. In
color the moth is a deep blue. In the male
the wings are transparent; in the female
the hind wings only. The female is much
the larger when her wings are expanded,
being fully one and one-half inches across.
They deposit their eggs in the bark at a
few inches below the surface of the
ground. The egg is very small; color, yell
lowish brown. After a short period of in
cubation they are Matched, the worm en-
tering the bark of the tree to the sap wood
where 1t feeds until fall. This is the time
that the greatest damage is usually done,
as not infrequently the tree is entirely Cir
died and dies. How to get rid of them is
therefore an important factor.
The remedies are legion-quack nostrums
are abundant-but a little common sense
injected into a little work will give you
the greatest satisfaction. Early in April
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-06
Two More SOuruern Fruits Worth
Being Grown.

Why Not Grow Guavas?-Why more at
tention is not given to the culture of
guavas is a matter of surprise to
all who have given the subject even a
little consideration.
To start with, this fruit is one of the
easiest grown, one of the quickest to re-
spond with a full crop of any indigenous
to this section. Two years from the root
gives bush in splendid bearing, while
one year will show some fruit.
Again, while it is susceptible to cold,
the late freeze-historic in Florida-dem-
onstrated one great fact to growers of
this fruit, viz: That the best results are
obtained when the tree is cut down after
bearing four years, and let start up again
from the root and stump. In less than a
year after being thus cut down the guava
will be bearing again as heavily as ever.
1t has been demonstrated by the most
successful growers on the lake that this
is a fact.
1t is not wise to let the guava reach
tree growth if fruit is the desideratum.
This quadrennial cutting back keeps the
tree bushy and all the substance absorbed
from the soil goes to the fruit growth
rather than to make wood.
Then the question of a market is a
feature 50 muCn III ldNOT OIL the extensive
culture of the fruit. The leading jelly
maker of the state wants all the guavas
that can be raised here and comes here
himself each year to purchase the fruit
right where it is grown, paying a re-
munerative price therefor and relieving
the growers of any risk of marketing
Lake Worth News.
The Loquat-The loquat is one of
the most valuable of fruits and it
is surprising that it is not more extensively
propagated. The fruit when the tree is
well fortified, is superior to any other in
delicate flavor far surprising the peach or
guava.
1 have one tree that shows the value of
muck. Near it the lady of the house set a
rose bush and shortly afterwards a fell
low who had a muck machine gave her a
lecture on the value of muck as fertilizer
and then she talked to me until had the
man dump whole load of muck between
the rose bush and the loquat.
The rose grew and bloomed and the
great freeze had no effect on it. The loquat
also grew and bloomed eight months in
the year; is in bloom now and bears great
big loquats with much less bulk of seeds
than others not so treated. Since then L
have given the loquats plenty of muck,
clay and COW chips and the trees reward
well for such treatment.-Farmer and
Fruit Grower.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-06
Feeding MOIasses.

The Louisiana sugar planters have at
last found a use for one of their chief pro-
ducts, the low-grade molasses, or ''black-
strap" as it is generally called. Last year
it was experimental with as a food for
stock and cattle. 1t was soon found that
an exclusive and long-continued diet OF
molasses was anything but beneficial to
the animals, but eventually the proportion
of molasses was discovered that could be
mixed with corn. hay or oats to produce
the best results. The scheme worked sue
cessfully, and the call for "black-strap"
as a food for cattle has steadily grown,
and il is now in demand in other states,
particularly in Texas. 1t promises to be-
come the chief food depended upon for fat
tening cattle. The large meat dealers and
clippers find that the difficulty of obtain
ing American high-grade beef is increas-
ing daily. The chief reason for this short
age is that large proportion of the west
ern ranchmen, and cattle feeders have
been driven out of business by the hard
times. The process of cattle raising re-
quires both time and money Formerly
hundreds of feeders" attended the cattle
sales in the large western markets, bought
from 50 to 100 head, and took them to suit
ably equipped ranches, where time and
care were devoted to finishing the cattle;
that is, feeding them up to a superior
point of excellence. Few of the feeders had
much capital, and when the money strin-
gency came a large number of the ranch
men went into bankruptcy. 1t is thought
that by judiciously combining molasses
with other feeding, the process of Finish
ing" cattle can be made shorter and less
expensive, and the best American beef can
again be brought up to the prime quality
that in years past gave it such high dis
tinction throughout the world
Benjamin Waddell, of Marion, o., was
winner in contest for the best beef at
one of the fat stock shows held in Chicago,
producing the beef by feeding quantities
of New Orleans molasses to the prize ami
mails. John Ross, of Bucyrus, o., always
fed molasses to the cattle he showed at the
big state fairs where he won so many
T1rizas