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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-12-08
Florida Poultry.

poultry farm. He says:
'In a recent letter you requested to
know our methods of conducting a
poultry farm in the sunny Southland
Having had fifteen years experience
in raising poultry, in Florida I will
note few items that lay be of in
terest to your many readers, and par
ticularly as to the advantage we have
over those in a colder climate.
eve avoid the great expense of
housing fowls in winter. In this eli
mate a house suitable for twenty-five
fowls can be built for SIS, which COW
ers material and labor. Our fowls oc-
cupy the houses at night only. There
is no annoying freezing of drinking
fountains, the only requisite being to
keep supply Of fresh water.
CAS- to Matching, [ have operated
two incubato tors from January 1 to
December 81; but our preferable sea-
son is from November Is to May 1.
If Matched in November, the fowls
will not moult the first year, and no
time is lost in the laying season. The
pullets will commence laying early
enough TO take the place of the older
hens when they stop for rest, and in
this way you have a continuous sup
ply of eggs.
''Let me say that vermin are no
more troublesome, if as much so, than
in the North. They usually breed in
complicated and ill-kept houses; ours
are so simple that they are very cas-
lily kept clean, and will stand consid,
cradle neglect before becoming trou-
blesome Our sandy and porous soil
will soon dry out after a hard rain
and afford the fowls good opportun1-
ty for dusting We never have to pro
vide busting boxes for them.
Grit is one of the essentials in this
State, as the sand is not coarse
enough for the purpose. [ have sold
a carload in little less than twelve
months. [ prefer the mica crystal pro
duced from the granite rock of New
Hampshire. 1t is brought from Bos-
ton as ballast, and we can retail here
as cheaply as they do in the New Eng
land States; 81 per 100 pounds is the
regular price.
"Feeding, etc.-I use corn only in
the coolest weather, and then sparing
w. 1t is heating and at-producine
food which we do not require in this
climate. Many who come here from
the North make a great mistake in the
material they feed. Besides its hea,
and fat-producing qualities, the use OIL
corn produces disease. The Bowkel
animal meal is the most popular mea
food here. I have sold forty tons pei
annum to the poultry raisers of this
State.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and serious
mistake often made by newcomers is
the use of Asiatic instead Of smaller
fowls. The Brahmas, Cochins, anC
barred Plymouth Rocks are too large
and heavily feathered for this warm
climate The latter, however, are
quite popular, especially the white va
riety. The Leghorns and all Mediter
ronean fowls do the best in this Italy
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-12-08
POULTRY DEP ARTMENT.

Address all communications to Poultry De-
partment Box 200, DeLand, Fla.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-08-05
NEW ROTATION THEORY.

Its Adoption Might Improve the Com
dition of Western Farmers.
When the farmers of the west see
their way clear to abandon the idea of
deyoting the land to corn as the prin-
cipal crop and substitute clover, sheep
and the sugar beet as the trinity neces-
sary to the redemption of the producers
from the depression resulting from low
prices for farm products progress will
be made towards better conditions.
Clover and sheep produce good mutton
while enriching the land. Sugar beets
are good for sheep and produce the best
of sugar at good profit. Let every farm
or who can and who has not already
done so make a start in this Frium-
virate theory of rotation which is GER
tain of success If properly conducted,
in restoring the prosperity which is so
much wished for. There is an increas-
ing demand for good mutton, an arti-
Gle which but few farmers know how to
produce to perfection. The large profit
Is only possible where the best is pro,
duced for market. Give the people good
and desirable food products and con-
sumers will pay literally for the same.
Mutton, if properly grown, is the most
nutritious and wholesome of the meat
diets. The mutton breeds of sheep are
the most desirable and satisfactory of
the domestic animals for the farm and
can be cared for with the least labor
The profits in sheep are also the most
assuring for the future of any of the
other domestic animals. Devote less
lands to the cereals and prosper
Farmers Union.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-08-05
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ABOUT KAEFlR CORN.
Experience Fails to Sustain Maay q
the Claims Made for 1t,

Experience Fails to Sustain Many OF
the Claims Made for 1t.
Some enthusiasts declare that Kaffi1
corn is destined to supersede both wheat
and Indian corn in Kansas, but the
Kansas authorities and the department
of agriculture do not sustain this claim
Kafir corn, an Egyptian millet, is a
sorghum, and as crop possesses these
advantages: The yields larger by from
20 to so per cent. than Indian corn; il
will grow and yield a crop-not large
one-on very poor soil; it is injured
much less than Indian corn by drought,
and even when withered by the hot, dry
winds of the prairies. it will recover IN
der moisture.
1t forms an excellent food for cattle
and pigs. All the experiments, of which
many have been made by scientific agri-
culturists, show that it is inferior in
fatening power to either wheat or
corn. Nevertheless, as a surer and
larger crop than corn, it promises most
important results for regions like Kan.
sas and Nebraska, where scorching
winds frequently wither the corn and
destroy the crop.
AS food for man, it is nourishing,
wholesome and palatable. But the lat
est conclusions of the national depart
ment of agriculture are that its use will
probably be somewhat like that of buck.
wheat-it will form an occasional
rather than staple article of diet. In
nourishing power 1t stands at 81, where
bolted cornmeal stands at 81, wheat
-four at 45 and oatmeal at 60.
Heretofore it has been difficult to
grind this corn fine enough for use as
human food. It is said that this diff
Guilty has been overcome lately. If SO,
there will soon be an opportunity to
test it's food value on an extensive scale.
Farmers Voice.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-08-05
INsEcT-EATINe BIRDS.


some Facts which Farmers Should
Always Bear In Mind.
Probably few farmers have any idea
Of the assistance which they receive
from friends who ask no reward, except
now and then little fruit, or few
seeds of grain. A recent number of the
National Stockman gives mass of tes-
timony as to the noble work done by
the birds in the destruction of grass
hoppers and other insects. The expert
ments were made by Prof. Aughey, of
the University of Nebrask. Tabulated
results show conclusively that birds of
all kinds were doing their best to re-
duce the number of locusts. The birds
of the thrush family were examined
first. The stomachs of six robins con-
tanned the remains of 265 locusts; three
wood thrushes had 68 locusts; one her
NIT thrush contained 10 locusts; two
olive backed thrushes had gathered in
IS locusts; two Wilson's thrushes abb
sorbed 70 of the pests, while five cat
birds had .scalled" 152 of the insects.
Three blue birds yielded GIT Of the
.'hoppers,' and one little ruby crowned
kinglet showed up 20 as the result of
its industry. But four tufted titmice
contained no less than $50 specimens,
and nine Iong-tailed chickadees had Sc
cured by hard work All of these enc
mics Of agriculture. Four slender
billed nuthatches had the remains of
% locusts. But the little warblers also
insisted in taking hand in the gen.
eral massacre, for seven golden war
blers turned in n locusts and 176 other
insects. Five black-throated green
warblers had secured 116 of the hop
pers and 104 other insects. Four black
poll warblers gathered 1913 locusts and
AZ other insects. Eight prairie warblers
showed the remains of 116 locusts and
still larger number of other insects.
Seven barn swallows called in 1870 To-
Gusts; eight cave swallows exhibited
1926 of the pests; five bank swallows
contained 104. and ten purple martins
had sacrificed 265 of these insects.
Many of these birds were seen to feed
the inmates of their nests with young
locusts.
But the roll call does not stop here,
even if our space should; and we would
gladly give the complete recorder
the roll of honor includes the yell
low-headed blackbird, the vireas,
shrikes, the bobolinks, Baltimore orr
oles, Brewers blackbirds, purple
grackle and others which ate locusts
almost without limit. Not only these
birds did their full duty, but even the
ravens, the crows, the magpies and
the bluejays followed up the good
work and consumed vast numbers of
the pests. The fycatchers and pewees
were not far behind, while 34s shop
pers" were taken from the stomachs
of seven night hawks. The humming
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-08-05
AFTER TWELVE YEARS.
A Spanish Statesman Has an Imposing
TFr,,naroI

A Spanish Statesman Has an Imposing
Funeral.
Spain is indeed queer country with
regard to the burial of its great person
ages. Thus the famous Field Marshal
Serano, duke de la Tore, who, after
being prime minister of Queen Isabella,
became president of the Spanish repub-
lie, regent of the kingdom after the
abdication of King Amadeus and then
once more prime minister of King AL
fonso, whom be practically placed on
the throne, has only recently been bur-
led, and that with considerable military
pomp and ceremony, as beftted his
rank. Yet he died q years ago, within
a few hours of the late King Alfonso,
who is almost universally believed to
have been his son, and who bore to
him most striking resem blance.
Had it not been for the practically
simultaneous death of King Alfonso
Serano would have received at the
time magnificent state funeral. But
as it was his corpse was merely tempo
rarily placed in the vaults of one of the
Madrilene churches without any fuss
whatsoever, the obsequies of the king
monopolizing all public attention. PEG
pie are quickly forgotten nowadays,
and the einbalmed corpse of the mar.
shall was permitted to remain thus IN
buried without any of the ceremonies
of the church having been performed
over it until the other day, when the
queen regents attention having by mere
chance been called to the matter she al
once issued royal decree ordering q
magnificent state funeral for the mar
shall. Chicago Record.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-08-05

birds are generally regarded as simply
ornamental, but Prof. Aughey states
that his cat caught specimen of the
ruby-throated humming bird, whose
stomach contained the bodies of four
locusts. Ten specimens of the yellow
billed cuckoos yielded 416 locusts and
152 other insects. But the woodpeck-
ers were evidently bent on business,
and did not confne themselves to
single article of diet, for 20 woodpeck-
ers contained 853 locusts and 725 in
sects of various sorts. Even the birds
of prey seemed to have joined in the
good work, for Is owls examined dis
played the remains of almost 600 To-
Gusts and other insects. Not to be OUT
done by the owls, the two hawks which
were taken gave up 1913 locusts. In the
same line followed the wild turkeys,
grouse. prairie hens and quail. Emu
lating the above good examples, large
variety of shore birds did almost equal
ly good work, considering that their
natural food is largely found in the
water.
In view of the above, can any
farmer have shadow of doubt as to
the inestimabIe value of the birds as
aids in protecting his crops? If few
birds furnished such results for sin
gle days work, what would be the
result were calculation to be made
of the work of all the birds for an en-
tire season? All sorts of birds were
examined, from the pelican. with its
mammoth form, to the gem-like hum
ming bird, and all proved to be the
riends of the farmer in protecting his
rops from the ruthless invader. How
polish is he who allows these his allies
be hunted as if they were robbers
nd enemies, and especially where he
lows them to be slaughtered for no
God purpose. Would space permit we
ould refer to hundreds of cases, in
lany of which the evidence is even
tronger than any given above, and
Il of such unquestioned truthfulness
5 to leave no doubt as to the facts in
he matter. A word to the wise is suf-
Gent.
H II. WATERS.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-08-05
Deafness.

It has been stated that three persons
out of every five in this country who
have attained the age Of 40 years are
more or less deaf in one or both ears.
A large proportion of this deafness Is
caused by catarrh, and medical treat
ment for difficulty of hearing is usually
directed to the catarrhal source In Eu-
rope much Of the deafness is hereditary.
DR.. James Kerr Love of Glasgow re-
Gently read paper on deafness before
the Royal society of Edinburgh, from
which it appears that congenital deaf
ness may be either hereditary in the di-
rect line or in collateral branches, and
that it depends ON not one, but many
anatomical defects. 1ntermarriage of
deaf persons perpetuates but does not
accentuate the tendency of deafness.
The hearing brothers and sisters of deaf
mutes are as likely to have deaf mute
offspring as if they had been deaf mutes
themselves Consequently of parents
emphasizes family defects, and in this
way many cases Of congenital deafness
occur. One Of the most singular points
of DR.. Loves paper was the assertion
that the state had the right to control
the marriage of persons belonging to
Families harliv tainted with deafness.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-08-05

.By virtue of writ Of aeri facias, to me d.
recteu, issued out of the Chancery Court of the
State of New Jersey, will be exposed at public
sale, on
Monday, the Sixteenth day Of Aug.
next, between the hours of II and O'Clock, TO
wit, at o'clock in the afternoon of said day. at
the Court House, in the City of Woodbury.,
county of Gloucester, and State of New Jersey,
all the following described real estate, that is to
say
All the following tract of land and premises sit
Gloucester and State of New Jersey and is
bounded as Jollows Being lot No. Is on Com
missioner's report beginning at q station in the
middle of the Cedar Road corner to lots Nos 4,
8, and 9. one rod from a stone on each side OF
said road; thence by No. sold to L. V. Atkinson
~ north. forty-six degrees and fifteen minutes
east two chains and forty links to a stone corner
to Henry S. JackSon's land thence by the same
(2) south forty nine degrees east eleven chains
and Seventy-two links to stone corner to lot
No. Is sold to Amos j. Peaslee; thence by the
same (3) south thirty rseven degrees west one
chain and seventy-two links to the middle of the
aforesaid road, corner to lots Nos. II ana 10 sold
to Samuel Ashcraft, one d from a stone on the
southwest edge of the aforesaid road; thence
along the middle thereof (4) north fifty de-
grees and thirty minutes west, twelve chains and
five links to the place of beginning.
Containing two acres and forty -four hundredths
of an acre of land be the same more or less.
Being the same premises which the said John S.
Hunter purchased of William G.. Kirby and
Harriet Kirby, his wife. by Deed dated Oct 18th,
A D. 1885 and intended to be recorded.
Seized as the property OF John S. Hunter, ct
TX. ct ais, defendants, and taken in execution
at the suit OF The Mullca Hill Building and Loan
Association, complainant; and to be sold by
WILLIAM COLLINS,
A. H. Swackhamer, Sorr. Sheriff.
Dated July IL, 1897. Prs feer, So 90
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-08-05

equally astonished, though perhaps not
disposed to laughter had they known that
the women of western nations, through false
ideas of delicacy, suffer in silence untold
agony, and sometimes death, through neg
lect of their health in wornanly way.
Women who suffer in this way shrink from
the embarrassing examinations and local
treatment insisted upon by the majority of
physicians. If they only knew it. there IS
no necessity for these ordeals. An emf
nent and skillfu1 physician long since dis
covered a remedy that women may use in
the privacy of their own homes. 1t is DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. 1t acts di-
rectly on the feminine organism, giving it
strength, vigor and elasticity. 1t stops all
facilitating drains 1t is the greatest of all
nerve tonics and invigorators for women.
Thousands of women who were weak sick
ly, petulant and Respondent inyalids are
to-day happy and healthy as the result of
the use of this wonderful medicine. Good
druggists do not advise substitutes for this
incompatible remedy.
Il have used Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton and Golden Medical Discovery in my
family writes Mrs. G. A. Conner, of Allegheny
Springs, Montgomery Co., Va, " and have found
them to be the best medicines that ever used"
Send 81 one cent stamps, to cover cost of
mailing only, to the Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y, for a
paper-covered copy of DR.. Pierce's Common
Sense Medical Adviser;-Cloth binding ten
cents extra. whole Medical library in
one Iooo-page volume.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-08-05
Mond h5yMu

furnace room and coal room, ash room
and storage room are in the basement
All floors are double, with tar paper be
tween. The exterior of the house il
sheathed with fence flooring and sided
with o. G. siding, narrow faces. Tar
paper will be placed between sheathing
and siding. All shingles are of red
wood or cedar. Joists are 2x10 inches
16 inches on centers; studding 2x4
inches, 16 inches on centers; rafters
2x6 inches. 20 inches on centers; wall
plates, double, 2x10 inches, broken
joints well anchored to wall, with
wrought iron anchors.
The parlor, sitting-room, dining
room and hall are finished in Georgia
pine; all other rooms in pine for paint
ing.
The exterior of the house will look
well painted white with blue.gray
trimmings; treads of steps, dark gray;
roof, yellow-ochre color; chimney,
above roof. yellow brick. The height
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-08-05
A SHOCKING LOVE TRAGEDY.


Man Shoots Himself and His Sweetheart
Takes Poison.
Senior Clodomiro May widely
known and popular young man residing
in the capital of Sonora, Mexico, had
been engaged some time to Senorita
Amparo Ynigo, the daughter Of an
equally aristocratic and wealthy family.
Another suitor began paying attention
to the young woman, and the new as
pirant for her hand found greater favor
in the.eyes of her stepmother than did
young Maytorena, and the latter was
notified to cease paying his visits. The
young woman then took to meeting him
at the residence of mutual friend.
The stepmother, learning this, locked
her up at home. The young man then
called upon the stepmother and gave her
a severe lecture. The stepmother then
laid the matter before mutual friend,
who is prominent official, and he
called at the residence of young May
torena's father and called the young
man to account.
The latter listened patiently to what
his censor had to say and then said to
him that, being under his own roof, he
would not violate the laws of hospitality
by resenting there what had been said
to him, but that he should certainly do
SO whenever he met him on the street.
The same evening be met the man and
made good his word. The man with
whom young Maytorena had this diff
Guilty took steps toward having him ar
rested.
Maytorena went home and informed
his father OF the situation, who advised
him to submit to tine arrest, promising
to secure his immunity from punish
ment. The following morning police
men presented themselves at the May
torena mansion to carry out the orders
of arrest. The head of the house went
to his sons room, told he was wanted,
advising him to go and cautioning him
against doing anything rash. The father
left the room, and the next instant he
heard two shots. Turning back, he
found his son in death agony on the
floor. He had taken two pistols, one in
each hand, pressed each to his temple
and fired, the balls crossing the course
of each other in his brain. When the
shocking tragedy was conveyed to the
young woman, she took poison and is
reported to have since died. st. Louis
Globe Democrat.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-08-05

The next meeting of the Association
of American Agricultural Colleges and
Experiment Stations will be held at
Minneapolis, July 1915.
The farmers national congress meets
at St Paul. Aug. 81 to Sept. 6.
Cutting timothy with the binderl
The arguments on the subject are con-
vincing, says Rural New Yorker.
If you could cover potato plant with
thin coating of bordeaux mixture, it
would be impossible for the blight fun
gus to start its work. The plant could
not blight. That is what you aim to do
in spraying.
According to one authority, barley is
the best hot weather grain for soiling.
The beet sugar industry in the United
States has been practically developed in
the last six years.
To keep hen manure use enough land
plaster to keep the manure perfectly dry
and store it under cover.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-08-05
Experiments WIN potatoes

Experiments conducted on Long Is
land by the New York station for the
purpose of comparing the relative prof
its from using 1000 pounds and 1000
pounds of commercial fertilizer per
acre on potatoes showed the smaller
quantity to be the more profitable and
that in the single application of 1000
pounds per acre, rs per cent. more
nitrogen, 65 per cent. more potash and
nearly i've times as much phosphoric
hcid were added to the soil, as were
removed in two crops. This indicates
that too heavy applications Of improp-
erly mixed fertilizers may result in
serious loss on Long Island and else
where. Agricultural Epitomist.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-08-05
UNCLE SANS FoRETHoueHT.


omcia1s Making Ready to Observe
the SUMS Total Eclipse i'm 1900.
The United States government is
already preparing to take observations
of the total eclipse of the sun which
is to take place on May rs, 1900.
Observation stations will be estab-
lished along the path Of the total eclipse
and experienced astronomers in the
service of the government will be sent
down to take the observations and
make the astronomical calculations
which it is expected will be so valuable
TO science and to astronomy.
These observations will be for the
purpose of determining the best points
at which to establish the permanent
stations. where the final observations
will be taken during the eclipse of 1900.
The path of the total eclipse will ex-
tend in direct line from New Orleans
to Norfolk, Va, and win pass through
Georgia In the locality Of Macon.
Blank report sheets have been sent
to all the weather bureaus in the yieini-
ty OF the path of the eclipse with the
Instruction to the weather man to ser
cure the services OF capable and in
telligent men to take the observations
and register the results in the sheets
made for the purpose. The exact con-
dition of the sky, of the sun and of the
whole heavens will be marked down
in the sheets every morning Of the
month when the observations are being
taken, and all of the sheets when filled
out will he sent to Washington and
carefully graded. The permanent OBJ
servation stations will be established
at the points where the first observa-
lions taken receive the highest percen-
tage.At lanta Constitution.
HOODS PILLS cure Liver ifIs.
Hliiousness, Indigestion, Headache.
q pleasant laxative. All DruRaists
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-08-05
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must be of red oak. and the kitchen
and pantry floors of maple.
All other floors will be pine; all fin
ished floors to be laid with narrow
face lumber. The balcony on the sec
ond floor will have tin deck. Apex of
front gable is filed with composition
carving, down spouts, cutters, finals,
flashing and valleys to be made of tin.
All glass to be American double thick,
free from burns and defects Of all
kinds.
Front door to have two-inch beveled
plate glass. The entire house is piped
for gas and furnace. The fruit room,