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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-06-23

WE WANT YOUR ADDRESS ON OUR
books. Turn over to the index of the editorial
page and you will find our full address and the
formula by which you may place your name on
our books for three. six or twelve months, as
suits your fancy and your purse.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-06-23
He Who Thinks Well Of Himself
Will Dress Well

Your first thought this nobby SUMNER SUIT
We have them in all Sizes styles and prices.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-05-05
Dairy and Creamery.

John Ruddick at the annual meeting
Of the Eastern Ontario Dairy society de-
scribed pasteurization as simply proc
ess to kill and render neutral by high
heat the things in milk and cream which
should not have fallen into them. Just
SO.
One important point to be noted in
buying cream separator for farm or
factory is the greater or less ease with
which it can be operated. This means
considerable difference in the cost of
operating it. Another point to be taken
into consideration is the completely Of
the various parts of the machine. The
separator that runs most easily and is at
the same time the least complicated in
its appurtenances, the easiest to under
stand and to take apart is the best
Sweet, fresh separator skimmilk is
excellent food for both pigs and calves.
If you can feed it warm from the sepa-
rator, SO much the better. Add little
oilmeal for the calves until they are old
enough to eat, then feed them shelled
corn besides the oilmeal and ground oats
and peas The pigs will thrive with
wheat bran or middIings and shelled
corn.
If milk or cream for any reason seems
bad and has an offensive odor or flavor,
look first to the surroundings and the
utensils used in connection with it. If
these are thoroughly clean and pure,
then turn your attention to the feed of
the COWS. If there is nothing about that
to make the bad flavor, its cause will
probably be found in the health Of the
COWS themselves. If one of them is out
of condition, her milk will faint the
whole batch from them all. II the herd
is large, look carefully to each COW,
then separate out from the other milk
that of ths suspected Ones Separate
further the milk of each one Of these
and test each los by itself If allowed
to stand till the cream rises or if it is
separated, the bad flavor will quickly
be detected when you have the objec-
tionable milk by itself, and you can
deal with the COW that produces ii.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-05-05
Dairy and Creamery. .

There is such thing as washing
cream to rid it of bad favors and odors
before you ohurn it or sell it. Heat wa
ter to near the boiling point, then meas
ure out three times as much water as
you have cream. If the cream is very
much off flavor. take four times its bulk
of water. Pour the water into the
cream, stirring and mixing thoroughly.
This will bring the whole mass Of
mixed cream and water up to a temper
ature of about 155 degrees. After stir
ring well run the mixture through Your
separator. The cream will run out at
its proper aperture, while the water
will run out at the other place, and
with it will go the bad flavor. So high
degree Of heat will, however, pasteur-
iza the cream, and if you desire to
churn it you must use starter to ripen
it.
The milk of one COW that is sick is
often sufficient to spoil whole churn-
ing of factory butter.
The butter factory business seems to
have reached the stage where older
manufacturing enterprises have been
obliged to pause, the stage where over
production catches them. The cotton
goods and iron trades are examples of
what we mean In the older states
wnere creameries are already established
there is no room for new ones unless
the present ones are so badly managed
that they deserve to be killed. In local
tiles where there are plenty of cows and
40 creamery at present there would be
an opening for creamery if it made
srst class butter and was economically
managed.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-05-05
FARM Z Aaa,
k@s ~ lE|.:-Da
Ass2 PEN
FERTILIZER TALK.
Mixing Chemicals at Home Compost For
Ordinary Crons

Mixing Chemicals at me-Compost For
Ordinary Crops.
By mixing the chemicals at home a
farmer is supposed to save much of the
cost of handling and selling which the
manufacturers claim. This point The
Rural New Yorker considers as follows !:
In theory the work can be done at
odd hours-on rainy days or at times
when nothing else is pressing. The
manufacturers are usually able to make
a more perfect mixture, since they have
powerful and complete machinery for
doing it, and can mix large lot ahead
SO that it may work over or "blend' in
the pile, and then be reground and
mixed. Farmers who use large lots of
fertilizer are able to make special ar
rangements, and thus prepare a good
mixture. A New Jersey farmer thus de-
scribes his method:
81 put the different chemicals on the
floor, shovel them over twice, and then
put them through my mixer, which is
made of an old thrashing machine.
used an old understood machine, put a
hopper on top and made short shaker
with four mesh wire sieve in the bot
tom. / run this machine by horsepower,
using one horse. With two men and
myself can mix and bag ten tons of
fertilizer in day. ] am very careful in
weighing the different materials and
use care to have them evenly distributed
over the heap, consequently have had
very good Success, as the actual analysis
has never varied more than one-fourth
of per cent from the calculated analysis.
have been doing my own mixing for
the past six years, have had good sue
cess in the field and would not buy
mixed goods unless could get them for
about the same price as my fertilizer
now costs me.
In answer to query as to the value
of compost of leaf mold, COW, horse
and pig manure, and the best way to
use it, the journal mentioned advises:
All organic manures are one sided
that is. they contain too much nitrogen
in proportion to the potash and phos-
phoric acid. Like meat in human food,
they need to be balanced with other
substances. Cottonseed meal and clover
hay come the nearest to being complete
manures, but even these are one sided
1t would be impossible to give more
than a guess at the value of your COM
post. Do not use lime with it. You may
be sure that the compost is deficient in
phosphoric acid and potash. With ev-
cry load of the compost we would mix
rs pounds of muriate of potash and 100
pounds of dissolved phosphate rock.
Mix them thoroughly, working the COM
post over several times, if possible This
will make mixture suitable for almost
any ordinary crop. 1t is the best way to
handle such compost.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-05-05
Live Stock Points.

When you construct feeding rack
for sheep, make it SO that dust, rubbish
and seed from the hay and fodder can,
not fall into the sleeps fleece. This is
an important matter and should be at
tended to. You can have the rack right
by making it wider at the bottom than
at the top. Then the dust will fall un-
der the rack, not upon the sheep.
The process for working up cornstalks
commercially is this: The stalk is split
and the pith taken out. The pith is
made into cellulose, valuable materi-
al for packing the joints Of machinery
so they will not cause fires from fric-
ton. The cellulose is noncombustible
and nonconductor of heat. 1t is there
fore of the greatest value in cold stor-
age and refrigerator packing. The corn
stalk is ground up fine and is sold for
feed for farm animals, for which it is
extremely desirable. AS roughage to
be mixed with other feed it has proved
most acceptable. A farmer can now sell
his cornstalks to the cellulose factory
and get back the ground feed. Six new
cellulose factories are being erected in
various parts of the corn belt.
A horses leg bone that is thin and
fat when seen from the side is good
bone.
Here is what is said to be an infal-
hble remedy for grubs in the head of a
sheep: Take equal parts of turpentine
and sweet oil and mix them we'll and
inject thoroughly into the sleeps nos
trils. first one, then the other. Hold the
sleeps nose up and backward, SO that
the mixture will run through the mucous
membranes. One application generally
cures. If it does not, try again.
What the English call bacon pigs are
SO greatly wanted that they bring a
very high price for export. The bacon
pig proper is one that weighs from 100
to 200 pounds. A diet of rye, peas, bar
ley and shorts will produce the lean
meat now demanded by eaters Of pork
at home and abroad.
Cattle have been differentiated into
beef and dairy types. Swine will in
like manner presently be differentiated
into the lard and bacon types. For lard
the Poland China and breeds resembling
it will continue to be required. For
hogs whose flesh is to be eaten, how
ever, a separate type, one that makes
much lean meat, will be called for.
Systematic feeding and breeding will
produce the bacon hog or the one to be
eaten. Its flesh will be both more pal
atable and healthier than that of the
purely lard hoga The Yorkshires and
the Tamworth cross, so far as expert
ments have been made, promise to give
the lean meat hog.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-05-05

Professor Smythe was once .lecturing
in provincial town on natural philos-
ophy, and in the course of his expert
ments he introduced most powerful
magnet, with which he attracted a
block of iron from distance of two
feet.
"Can any of you conceive a greater
attractive power?" demanded the lee
turer, with an air of triumph.
81 cam" answered voice from the
audience
Mot natural terrestrial object?''
''Yes, indeed. .
The lecturer, somewhat puzzled,
challenged the man who had spoken to
name the article. Then up rose old
Johnny Sowelby. Said he:
81 will give you facts, professor, and
you can judgesfor yourself When was
a young man, there was little piece o.
natural magnet done up in neat cot
ton dress az was called Betsy Maria.
She could draw me A miles on Sunday
over plowed land, no matter what the
wind or weather. There WASH no re-
sistin her That magnet O. yourn is
pretty good. but it won't draw SO far as
Betsy Maria Strand Magazine.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-05-05
THURSDAY, MAY q, 1898

next, at the hour Of o'clock p. m, at Reeves
Hotel at Mantua, in said township sell the lands,
tenements, etc real estate hereunder described
for the shortest term not exceeding thirty years.
for which any person or persons Will agree to
take the same, and pay such taxes with interest
thereon at the rate of IL per centum from the
twentieth day of October, A. D.. one thousand
eight hundred and .ninety-six, together with all
costs. fees charges and expenses.
Aaron e. Ballinger ~ acres of farm lands adj
joining property Of Elwood |. Haines and oilers,
tax due, $l28.92
David Barton house and lot Pitman Grove,
tax due, $16.36.
Anna Barton house and lot, at Pitman Grove,
tax due, $t2.39.
Joseph Badger house and lot, Pitman Grove.
tax due, SIC o.
J. w. Biddle house and lot, Pitman Grove,
tax due, 1910
Joseph A. Clark 80 acres farm lands adjoining
lands of Isaac bikes and others, tax due. 1.b0
j. z. Carter house and lot at Pitman Grove,
tax due, &i173
Mrs. w. F. Chew house and lot Pitman Grove
tax due, 6.46.
John Cheeseman house and lot, Pitman Grove,
tax due. $Il.73,
Mrs. Elmer e. Carter house and lot, Pitm In
tax due, SO SO.
Charles G. Dilks house and lot, Mantua, tax
due. $2l.21
Joseph Devault. house and lot at Pitman Grove,
Mary E.Devault house and lot at Pitman Grove,
tax due, SIT.
Est. Joseph Davis house and lot, Pitman Grove,
SIo Eya1s q, dwelling house and acres I'D
loinIng ianos OF d. D. Lodge ana others, tax que,
SiSm: o.s :. o..uo
susan Goodwin house and lot. Pitman Grove,
tax due, $i3.71, $13 55-$s7 %.
Lizzie Gardiner mouse ana lot, Pitman drove,
TAX que, Sl5,Il.
louise Jonne mouse and LOT, truman GroVe
Henry Kean 90 acres farm lands adjoining
property OF Benjamin Cade and others, tax due
S5S ~.
Esg OF U Kline hOuse and lot. Fitman Grove.
tax Z, due $l6SS ssss g. p..- 60.
tag due, $I4 81;
george y. MINIS mouse ana lot near seven, tax
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-05-05

below the dotted line AZ. The upper
part being next to the skin, was pro-
teeted from the sun by the density of
the fibers.
The fiber is of course useless for GER
tain classes of goods, and the shepherd
is ever on the alert to prevent by means
of shade trees this scorching.
The illustrations are given for the
purpose of showing the principal diff
ferences in the appearance of a fiber
of pure wool and fiber from the same
fleece known as kemp" The latter is
sitter and coarser, lacks the delicate
soaly construction and is inferior for a
clothing wool.
Kemps are present in the fleece of al
most all sheep, but most prominent in
the fleece of. the cross breeds. These
kemps vary in length, coarseness and
elasticity according to the species of
the sheep and according to the circum
stances under which the animal is bred.
They originate mostly from the results
of exposure to which the sheep is sub
jected while on some windy hillside.
Kemps are not easily distinguishable
while ON the back of the animal, for
they are generally white and clear, and
therefore more or less hidden by the
pure WOOL In the case of black OF
gray sheep these kenps are correspond
ingly black or gray; hence they are de-
tected only with difficulty
Three causes affect the natural length
and quality of the fibers of sheep 8
Aeece-namely, the bred, the climate
And the soil The breeding, Of course,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-05-05
Chipping Foretops.

Don't cut your horses foretop off if
you ever expect to sell him to dealer.
A shaved foretop knocks from 10 to
Is per cent off the market value of
roadster, coach horse, a cob or sad
die horse. The practice of clipping
horses foretops and generally from
three to six inches of the name with it
has become a common one. 1t never
improves a horses looks and is rarely
beneficial Once in great while a
short foretop will persist in getting
tangled up in an overcheck, annoying
the horse to such degree that it is but
a humane act to cut it off, but the aver
age foretop will never cause any such
trouble if the bride is properly put on
and adjusted. Mr.. NJ. Tichenor, proba-
bly, the most extensive dealer in short
tailed harness and saddle horses in
America, tells me that the absence of a
foretop has stopped him from buying
great many horses. 81 cannot use
horse with his foretop and part of his
name clipped off," said he, "unless !
can buy him at price that will enable
me to keep him six months or until the
foretop grows out again. Fashion de-
mands that coach horse, cob, hack,
a roadster or any sort of saddle horse
must wear foretop, and it is serious
mistake to clip it off a marketable
trotting bred horse" Mr.. M. Newgas
is one of Chicago's most extensive ex-
porters of horses and ships many trot-
ting bred coach, park and saddle horses
to London and Liverpool each week.
When questioned in regard to the prac-
tice of clipping the foretops from trot-
ting bred horses, he said: "It's per-
nicious. | cannot buy horse for export
if his foretop has been cut off unless |
can get him at half his real value, be-
cause the foreign buyers always keep
such horse until the name grows out
again, and they must buy them very
cheap to do that. You cannot say too
much against that practice in your pa
per, or caution breeders too often, as
the number of trotting bred horses that
come to this market minus their fore
tops is astonishing. Horse Review.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-05-05

infers that when a crossing is effected
attention to proper selection of the sheep
is essential. and only those animals are
chosen which belong to species noted
for producing good, long, firm fiber.
In regard to the climate, nature having
decided for herself what length and
quality of wool the sheep must produce
in each country, it is useless for the
sheep raiser to attempt any efforts to
the contrary. for experience has clearly
shown that he can only permanently
raise long stapled sheep where nature
favors long wool and short stapled sheep
where nature fayors short wool. This
is proved by the change accomplished
in the growth of the fleece of the sheep
by changing them from one climate to
the other. The popularity is that their
fleece Immediately commences to adapt
itself to the climate, and it will become
long or short accordingly. The condi-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-05-05
DECORATION DAY AT GETTYSBURG.
observation-disclosures TOUR VIA PENN
SYLVANIA RAILROAD TO GETTYsRURe

CONDUCTED TOUR VIA PENN
sYLvANIA RAILROAD TO GETTYSBURG,
LURAY, AND WASHINGTON.
Memorial Day, May 30, will be great
day at Gettysburg. Imposing ceremonies
will be performed on this historic spot in
which President Mckinley and his Cabinet
are expected to take part.
The Personally Conducted Tour of the
Pennsylvania Railroad to Gettysburg,
LuIay, and Washington, which leaves New
York and Philadelphia May %, will afford
an excellent opportunity to visit the famous
battlefield on this occasion Two days
will be spent at Gettysburg, one at Luray,
and two at Washington.
The party will be under the guidance of
one of the company's experienced tourist
agents. A chaperon, whose especial charge
will be unescorted la1ies, will accompany
the trip throughout Round-trir tickets,
covering all necessary expenses during the
entire time absent, will be sold at the
extremely lou rate of $27 from New York,
$26 from Trenton, 1924 from Philadelphia,
and proportionate rates from other points.
For itineraries and full information
apply to ticket agents; Tourist Agent,
1876 Broadway, New York; 789 Broad
Street, Newark; or address Geo. w. Boyd.
ASS slant General Passenger Agent, Broad
Street Station, Philadelphia. 4-28-98-2t.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-05-05
WOOL.
Divisions of AIerino FIeece-Dead Fiber,
or Kemps-- Climatic Influence.

Divisions of Merino Fleece-Dead Fiber,
or Kemps Climatic influence.
The classification of the fleece of Me-
rino sheep differs in some respects from
that of the common kinds. The annex
ed sketch is the usual sectioning of the
Merino
A is recognized as the best part of
the fleece, for its fibers are notable for
their fineness, elasticity and brilliancy,
and are adaptable for use in the manu-
facture of the best grades of worsted
cloths. This division of the fleece is
termed "the refina.
D is that portion grown on the thighs
of the sheep. 1t is also an exceedingly
valuable wool, bat lacks some of the
qualities of the former grade. This sec
ton is termed "the fna.
B. from the throat, the shoulders
and the belly, is obtained "the ter
ceira." This part is fairly good cloth
ing wool.
G is "the inferior" quality of wool
obtained from the head and the legs of
the animal.
On the nature of the food of the ami
mails, the climate and relating circun-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-05-05

Mr.. J. G. Housed, Copper Hill P. o.,
N. j., says: " For twenty-five years !
distressed by the constant stoppage of
the nose and dropping of mucus in the
throat, in spite of all the remedies that
best physicians. Finally, I began using
the Munyon treatment, and am very
glad to testify that l was completely
cured, and consider my cure a perma-
nent one, as that was a year ago, and
have had no return of the disease
since.''
Where you are in doubt, a personal let
ter to Prof. MuEyon, 1,505 Arch St,
Philadelphia, Pa, will be answered with
free medical advice for any disease.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-05-05
Live Stock Points.

Sheep and cattle do not thrive well
on the same range.
The merino ram Royalist sold in Aus
tralia for 81, 900, and he was not such
an extraordinary looking ram either.
Tar the sleeps noses 1t is high
time. The flies are at hand. A mixture
of half tar and half grease will not be
so apt to harden and crack as tar alone
When you plant fodder corn, do not
sow it broadcast Drill it in rows and
cultivate it, and you will get far bet
ter and larger yield Whether the corn
is to be cut up green for forage or used
cured as fodder, it is better to drill it
in and cultivate it. Too much seed is
scattered when it is sown broadcast and
the plants choke one another.
The largest mule in the world was
raised in southwestern Missouri. 1t was
1927 hands high and weighed 1880
pounds. 1t was bought by stock dealer
who sent it to England to be put into
show.
A farmer sent some "fat" steers to
market. Ills orders to the dealer were
to sell the steers for beef and then buy for
the farmer lot of lean cattle and send
to him to fatten. The alleged fat steers
only brought SO. IS hundred. The lean
steers the dealer bought for the farmer
cost 81 a hundred. When they were
sent home, that ruralist found among
the lean lot three of the very same al
legged fat animals he had just sold at
80. rs hundred. That was what he got
for sending cattle to market when they
were only half fat
Shire horse are bringing great prices
in England. At recent sales mares Of
this breed brought from So, 900 to $3.50
each, according to age and quality, the
youngest Of the lots being yearling fl
lies. The price for Shire stations ranged
from So, 500 to $4,750.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-05-05

stances largely depends the color of the
wool. Rich green grass lands will re-
suit in a good, clear, white wool, while
sheep which have been fed ON the low,
marshy lands, where nothing but stunt
ed vegetation was procurable, will grow
a wool defective in color. Woods that
are simply discolored by contact with
foreign matter may be whitened with
the usual bleaches. l have secured good
results on particularly yellow stained
wool by using sulphuretted hydrogen
gas in chamber along with the regu-
lar bleach.
An easy and simple way to make sui
phuretted hydrogen apparatus is TO take
wide mouth bottle with an ordinary
cork. Through the cork insert two glass
tubes, one Of which should be funnel
shaped at the top and should reach
within about one-half inch Of the bot
tom of the bottle; the other should only
reach about one-half inch below the
cork. This latter tube is connected to a
glass tube by piece of rubber tubing.
The above completes a cheap and at the
same time practical apparatus for maxi
ing sulphuretted hydrogen.
The natural animal grease with
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-05-05
WASHINGTON.

LAST TOUR OF THE SEASON VIA THE P. R R.
The last three-day personally con Quoted
tour of the season to Washington via
Pennsylvania Railroad will leave New
York and Philadelphia May IL. Tickets,
including transportation, hotel accommo-
datioDs, and every necessary expense for
the entire tr p, will be sold at the following
rates: From New York, Brooklyn, and
Newark, $14 80; Phillipsburg, New Jersey,
$14 so; Pottsville, $l4.3O; Cape May,
$13 25; Philadelphia, $11 SO. and at pro-
portionate rates from other points.
Persons desiring to return via Gettys-
burg ma7 do SO by purchasing tickets at
$500 extra, which include this privilege.
An opportunity will also be afforded to
visit Mt. Vernon and Arlington at slight
additional expense.
For tickets, itinaries, and full informa.
ton apply to ticket agents; Tourist Agent.
1896 Broadway, New York or Geo. w
Boyd, Assistant General Passenger Agent,
Broad Street Station, Phila. 4 % SO 3ts.