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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-11-10
FARM MILLS.
What Farmers Say About Machines
For Grinding Grain at Home.

what Farmers Say About Machines
For Grinding Grain at Home.
The Rural New Yorker gives express
sion to the ideas entertained by some Of
the farmers in regard to grinding grain
with individual farm mills as follows:
Most farmers who have bought such
mills agree that they save money by
owning them. They save the miller's
toll, the cost of running to and from
the mill and can utilize stormy days
when otherwise there would be little to
do. They all seem to agree that it pays
to grind the feed for most kinds of
stock. Even in the west, where corn on
the ear is so largely fed, and steers are
followed by hogs in the pasture, all
farmers now agree that it pays to grind.
With regard to powers, there seems
to be wide diversity of opinion A
great many farmers are using the sweep
power and are apparently we'll satisfied
with it. Others prefer the tread powers,
chiefly for the reason that they occupy
less room, are more easily put under
shelter and give a little more power
than the sweeps. Many farmers are using
wind power to run their grinding mills.
This seems to give fair satisfaction
when pains are taken to work enough
feed ahead to last while the wind does
not blow. Steam or gasoline power,
however, is much more satisfactory for
the larger mills.
With regard to the kind Of mills
x.ool kt,o ~ ~
pear to be using small sweep mills or
crushers. These grind an average of 10
or IL bushels an hour and of course do
not give as fine feed as the larger and
more powerful burr mills. Some farm
ers with these sweep mills follow tho
plan of grinding twice. First they grind
their corn, cob and all, and then run
this chop through the second time,
mixed with oats or rye, thus making a
fair feed, which gives better results
than very coarse chop The best work
of course is done with the larger mills,
but in order to make them profitable
one must have larger amount of grain
to be ground more probably than aver
age farmers can expect to feed during
the year. One great advantage in favor
of the sweep or tread powers is the fact
that farmer can hitch his horse to
them at once and start up the mill
without delay, while with steam con-
siderable time is necessary before the
mill will start.
The substance of the matter seems to
be that grinding mill pays good in
terest when farmer has 1, 900 or more
bushels of grain to feed. The cheap
sweep crushers or grinders are certainly
giving fair satisfaction.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-11-10
GRADE DAIRY cows.
What May Be Done With Good Bulls
and Native Cows.

What May Be Done With Good Bulls
and Native Cows.
In an article in The Farmer M. B.
Wood favors grade dairy COWS and says:
Do not expect that Guernsey or any
other bull can do himself credit or do
you the good of which he is capable I'M
less you give him a fair class of COWS
to serve. AS to the kind of COWS to Sc
leet, take your native cows, and, as l
have said, select them for performance,
as, am sorry to say, few farmers are
expert enough to select COWS in any
other way, and, after all, performance
is sure thing. / suggest native COWS
for the reason that you will be able to
build up a more uniform herd from ma
tive dams than you will from miscel-
laneous lot of mixtures of several
breeds, because the impressibility of
your sire will be much more apparent
when none of it is needed to counterfeit
characteristics of other breeds. Keep
the COWS that test rich in butter fat,
that give an even flow for long time,
instead of large flow for short time !;
those which milk up close to calving
time and which have good, well quar-
tered udders, with fair sized teats set
we'll apart both from front to back and
side to side. Keep them when they
have roomy abdomens, as the more feed
a cow can consume with profit the bet
ter she is.
When you start to build up herd of
Guernsey grades, stick TO them, as your
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-11-10
FEEDING A SKELETON.
A Hotel Mans Experience with a
Freak Boarder.

A Hotel Mans Experience With a
Freak Boarder.
"Once in awhile / have some freak
boarders, : said hotel manager. "One
time had living skeleton who came
very near breaking me up in business.
He came here for long stay, as he
was going to make the rounds of all the
museums in town. His manager came
to me and made arrangements for the
skeleton to live at my hotel while he
was in the city / supposed that liv.
ing skeleton didn't live on much OF
anything but water, so | made him a
rate away DOWNS week, believe
it was for board and room The skele
ton arrived early one morning, so the
first meal he had at the hotel was break
fast.
After he had finished his breakfast
and gone to his room l went to the din.
ing room and asked the waiter what the
skeleton had eaten. | nearly fell dead
when the waiter told me that the new
boarder had consumed three cups of cot
fee, two orders of beefsteak, four fried
eggs, two big baked potatoes, half loaf
of bread and a plate Of buckwheat cakes.
What do you think of that? That was
certainly the worst SUI prise party ever
experienced. But there was no way out
OF it. had made the rates and could
not fire the skeleton out He staid
with me nearly six weeks, and he came
close to eating me out of house and
home. Exchange.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-11-10
FAN Planting Of small Fruits.


have been quite successful i'll plant
ing raspberries in the fall. These should
not be planted until October, and then
the work may be done any time before
the ground freezes. Dig your plants if
you have them of your own, cut the
canes back to or IL inches and the
roots to about the same length. Pillow
burrows for the red varieties about six
feet apart and six inches deep. Set the
plants about three feet apart in the fur
row, enlarging it SON ewhat with the
hoe and spreading the roots out, and
covering them with fine soil, then at
once place a mulch of manure around
each plant. have for years set rasp-
berries and blackberries in this way in
the fall, and not one plant in 100 has
died. When setting these plants in the
fall, the main thing is the mulch around
them, then the freezing and thawing of
the ground in the winter will not heave
them out.
These directions, with little modifi-
cation, apply to planting grapes, cur
rants and gooseberries if you have plants
grown from cuttings which were set in
nursery rows last spring. In planting
grapes, the rows should be eight to ten
feet apart and the vines six to eight
feet apart in the rows, according to the
variety. 1t is not quite as safe to plant
grapevines in the fall as in the spring,
but they will usually live in dry soils.
The successful planting of the small
fruit trees. such as plums and cherries,
depends on the condition of the soil. If
it is not we'll drained-so we'll that
there is no danger of water standing on
1.-THE planting had better be deferred
until spring Generally in we'll drained
soils, if mulching is attended to, it is
safe to plant nearly all of the small
fruits in the fall, and it often saves val
liable time in the spring, says w. H.
Jenkins in Ohio Farmer.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-11-10
Lnnr Service


A description Of the old New England
Sabbath is calculated to make restless
children of the present day and possibly
some of their elders thankful they were
not born two centuries ago.
The Sabbath began Saturday after
noon with the going down of the sun.
Sunday morning horn was loudly
blown to announce the hour of worship.
Service began at 9 O'Clock and lasted
for eight hours, with an intermission Of
one hour for dinner and conversation
In the earliest days the congregation sat
on rude benches, their seats being as
signed them at town meeting. The
service consisted of several parts, which
are chronicled in an ancient diary as
follows:
Preliminary prayer or invocation
chapter of Bible read and expounded /;
psalm in meter, read out line by line
by Deacon s. long prayer on various
matters, one hour and half; sermon
of 100 to $50 pages; at close Of service,
baptism; sinners put on trial, confessed
before congregation. Minister @. bowed
right and left no person stirring till he
had passed down and out of the meet
ing house. 10y Youths Companion.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-11-10
Butter In Paraguay,

Consul Ruffin of Paraguay says that
the butter supply for that country
comes mainly from Europe and is in
ferior to that made in the United States,
He thinks the superior quality of Ameri-
can butter would insure its rapid sale,
and states that the retail price is from
35 to 40 cents, gold, per pound. For
eign butter, however, pays a so per
cent duty. The consul suggests the fol-
lowing innocent tricks of the trade:
"Let any butter manufacturer cater to
the whims of the people by placing on
his small Gang picture Of the president
of Paraguay, or those Of some of the
leading statesmen, and an old historic
house or two, which would catch the
eye OF the people and cause it to be
talked about. This would give popu-
larity to the American brand and ought
to lead to quick and profitable sales.
Nothing of this sort exists in the coun-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-11-10

One of the principal aims with re-
gard to cold frames now should be, &C
cording to American Gardening, to con-
centrate all the sun heat possible by
closing up early, especially those con-
tanning crops which we are anxious to
push on to maturity. Freedom Of air
must, of course, be given during the
day on all suitable occasions. 1t is a
mistake to think that matters can be
fastened by giving air only in limited
quantities during the day and running
up the heat to an abnormally high de-
gree. This would cause too great a
difference between the night and day
temperatures and healthy growth would
thereby be retarded in place of being
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-11-10

Out on the water in the moonlight. A
more beautiful or romantic situation for a
young man to tell the story of his love and
ask the young woman of his choice to share
his life cannot be imagined
The courtship of young couple may be
ever SO romantic and their married life be
very unhappy. There are common sense
considerations outside of love that have a
world to do with the making of married
happiness One of the most important of
these considerations is the good health of
both parties to the sacred tie. The young
man who is in the incipient stages of con-
sumption commits a crime if he marries
before he is restored to health. He CON
dennis his wife to the life of a nurse and
his children to early death, or lives of sick
ness and suffering. Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery cures 90 per cent. of all
cases of consumption if taken in its earlier
stages This is its record established dur
ing the past thirty years. 1t is the great
blood-rnaker, flesh builder, nerve-tonic and
general restorative.
The Young woman who suffers from weak
ness and disease of the delicate and inn
portant organs that make wifehood and
motherhood possible has no right to answer
Yes to young mans proposal until she
is thoroughly restored to health i'll wom-
anly way. DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton prepares a woman for w1fehood and
motherhood 1t makes her strong, healthy
and vigorous where woman most needs
health, strength and vigor. Thousands of
women have testified to its merits
MY daughter" writes Mrs, N A. Thomas of
Little Rock Ark had been under doctor 9
care for four years. DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription, which cured me also cured her."
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-11-10
PERT PERSONALS.

Cha1ncey M. Depew has reached the
dignity of the kissing statesman. New
Haven Union.
Can it be possible that Inventor Maxim
has been marrying on the rapid fire prin-
ciple?-Philadelphi North American.
General Joe Wheeler is rapidly estab-
fishing his claim to the title of 'the big
gest little man" in thiscountry.- Chicago
Times Herald.
Aguinaldo is merely one of large num-
Der of people who make the plea of pa
triotism an excuse for being troublesome
Washington Star.
Christine Nilsson has just celebrated
the fifty fifth anniversary of her birth
Patti, who was born in the same year, is
just 45 years old.--New York Mail and
Express.
Some reports say that the empress Of
China is the ex-emperor's stepmother;
others, his aunt. Judged by the way she
let him down. she had promised to be his
sister. Chicago News.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-11-10

Some men say that one should man.
age to have clean potato field at dig
ging time, and confess that have
thought that the presence of many
weeds or grass indicated carelessness on
the part of the farmer, but know now
that a season may be such that field
cannot be kept clean. Early potatoes
that were left absolutely clean when
the vines covered the ground this year
became grass and weed fields during the
constant wet weather Of August, when
the vines had given way. Grab grass
was the worst pest, and the mower bad
to be used ahead of the digger. It was
condition of affairs that could not
have been prevented, remarks Alva
Agee in The National Stookman and
Farmer.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-11-10
MILK For Calves.

From experiments at the Utah station
it is concluded that:
Calves may be raised very profitably
on skimmilk when it is properly fed.
From the standpoint of gain in live
weight and quality of meat whole milk
is the best food for calves, but it makes
too expensive a ration to be profitably
fed. Butter fat has been worth is cents
per pound. The gain in live weight of
these calves at cents per pound re-
turns but 1917 cents per pound for the
butter fat fed and at cents per pound
for the gain but cents per pound.
The calves whose rations were com
posed largely of skimmilk, while they
gained one-half pound less per day yet
required practically the same amount
of dry matter to each pound of gain as
did those fed ON whole milk. They
made just as good use of the food.
The calves fed whole milk alone gave
greater proportion of dressed meat to
live weight than did those fed on skim
milk, and also gave more fat on the
carcass.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-11-10
Harrestine Wi1Ioua.

Osiers should be cut the first year,
even if no valuable material can be
got, according to an authority on
osier culture. If the cutting is delayed
until the second year, branching takes
place and less valuable material is OBJ
tanned. They should be ont in the Sec
ond and third years also, but if there is
a good demand for hoop poles they
should be left uncut the fourth year to
grow for hoop poles, reaching sufficient
size for that purpose in from two to
four years. If there is no demand for
hoop poles, continue the yearly cuttings
until the growth becomes too slim for
basket purposes, which is generally
from 10 to b years, when the osier
hollis must be renewed. The cutting of
rods should be done during the winter,
from Nov. to March 1. Cut as near
the ground as possible. Tie in bundles
ten inches in diameter, and keep these
bundles in running water, standing up
right, four inches of the butts under
water until small leaves or sprouts APP
pear, when they will be ready to peel,
the sap having started.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-11-10
JEWELRY JoTTlNGS.


Stiff silver bracelets, plain, deliberately
carved or IN the semblance Of rope, are
much in evidence.
In seals for men S silk fobs, dark green
jade furnishes a handsome innovation.
while aiEethysts, topazes, agate and car
nelian are very effectively employed.
Burnt ivory and silver combined form
some beautiful umbrella handles. Colored
enaniels are also much used, the head of a
parrot being one unique design thus car
ried out
Simplicity of ornament as bridal fash
ion seems destined, by the way, to rapidly
become thing of the past A recent
bride, certainly to the manner horn, wore
pearl necklace, diamond pendant and
two bracelets zone Of opals and diamonds,
the other of learIs and diamonds Jewel
ers' Gireniar
Soothing. healing cleansing De Wits Witcl
Hazel 6alye il the irplacable enemy of sores
burns. and wounds. Il never fails to cure Piles
ton may rely upon Il. Alfred s. Marshall.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-11-10
Honey In the New York Markets.

Honey In the New York Markets.
California honey is sent to this city
in considerable quantities every year,
but this season the crop in that state is
almost total failure. 1t does not come
in combs, but is extracted and put up
in jars 1t tastes much the same as the
eastern honey and sells for about the
same price. Arizona has stepped in to
supply the California shortage in New
York this fall, but the honey from that
region is not particularly good. 1t is
likely to have a rather sharp, bitter
tinge. Extracted honey in jars also
comes from the south, and that made
from orange blossoms is considered par
iicularly fine. 1t is probably the most
expensive honey sold. New York Trib-
nna
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-11-10

Charles Blinsinger surviving executor Of
George A. Blinsinger. deceased, by direction Of
the Surrogate of the County of Gloucester
hereby gives notice to the creditors of the SAID
George A. Blinsinger, deceased, to bring in theii
debts claims and demands against the estate Of
the said decedent, under oath or affirmation
within nine months from this date, or they will
be forever barred of any action therefor agains
the said executor.
CHARLES A BIINSINGER,
D. 0. WATKINS, Proctor. Executor.
Dated August 10, 1898. 1888.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-11-10
Office TO CREDITORS.

Isaac NJ. B. Thompson, administrator of Emily
A. Thompson, deceased, by direction of the Sur
rogate of the County of Gloucester, hereby gives
notice TO the creditors OF the said Emily A.
Thompson, deceased to bring in their debts
claims and demands against the estate of the
dec dent, under oath or affirmation, within nine
months from this date, or they will be forever
barred of any action therefor against the SAID
administrator. ISAAC M. B. THOMPSON.
Dated September 2l 1898
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-11-10


Various opinions exist among fruit
growers in regard to fall pruning Of
berry bushes. For instance, one grower
near here does not cut back the new
wood at all, while another cuts back at
least one third and claims to have proved
by experiment that the trimmed canes
come out better in the spring, says #.
Cranefield of Wisconsin in The Orange
Judd Farmer. 1t is our practice here to
trim out all of the old wood in the fall
and bend down and cover with earth
all of the new growth, no matter how
much there may be of it. Even with
this treatment many varieties will die
back to quite an extent and the neces-
sary pruning may be better done in the
spring. It is quite task sometimes to
cover large plants of Gregg or Column
bian, but we want to save every posi-
BILE inch of fruiting wood.
Grapevines should be pruned late in
the fall and covered the same as berry
bushes. 1t has been very we'll demon
strated in this state that winter protec-
ton of berry bushes and grapevines is
necessary in order to insure crop.
Some growers practice covering the tips
only, depending upon snow for protec-
ton. but better plan is to cover the
entire plant with two or three inches of
earth.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-11-10
Atlanta,s Peace Jubilee.

Atlanta. Ca. Nov 3.-The citizens
having in charge the arrangements for
Atlanta's peace Jubilee have decided
upon Dec. IA and Is for the big event.
President Mckinley has signifed his
intention of being present.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-11-10
NJ OTICE TO CREDITORS.

Ann J. Watson and Jesse Nicholson, Execu-
tors OF Ephraim B. Watson, deceased, by direc-
tion of the Surrogate of the County of Glouees-
said Ephraim B. Watson, deceased, to bring in
their debts, claims and demands against the es-
tate of the said decedent under oath or affirma-
ton, within nine months from this date, or they
will be forever barred of any action therefor
against the said executors.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-11-10


strator of the Estate of Matthew Kelly deceased,
for an order to sell lands to pay debts.
Order to ShoaO c0uSe
James Sweeten, Administrator of the estate of
Matthew Kelly, late of the Township of Log IN.
in the County of Gloucester and State of New
Jersey, deceased, having exhibited to this court
under oath just and true account of the per
sonal estate and debts of said deceased, whereby
it appears that the personal estate of the said
Matthew Kelly. deceased is insufficient to pay
his debts and requesting the aid of the Court in
the premises
It is on this Thirtieth day of September in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and ninety eight. ordered that all the persons
interested in the lands, tenements. heredita-
ments and real estate Of the said Matthew
Kelly, deceased appear before the Orphans
Court of the County of Gloucester on the Second
day of December, next, at ten O'Clock in the fore
noon, or as soon thereafter the Court can
hear the same, to show cause why so much OF
the said lands, tenements, Entertainments and
real estate of the said Matthew Kelly, deceased,
should not be Sold will be sufficient to pay his
debts or the residue thereof as the case may
require. By the Court
WILLARD f. DUBOIS,
Oct ID, '9S Surrogate.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-11-10

This is the man who
has only to look at you
and describe all YOU
aiIments-places his.
finger directly upon
your pains and aches
with the agility OF q
Wizard.
Ifyou are doing vel
under the care OF YOU
home Physician, and
there is a reasonable
prospect of recovery
do not come to me.
My province is &c
treat those who cannoi
find relief Otherwise
and / have no DISPOSE
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-11-10
TO CREDIroRs.

Joseph H. Master, administrator OF the estate
of Joseph Il. Kelley. deceased by direction Of
/ the Surrogate of the County of Gloucester here
| by gives notice to the creditors of the said
Joseph 7. Kelley, deceased, to bring in their
debts, claims and demands against the estate OF
said decedent under oath or affirmation within
nine months from this date, or they win be for.
ever barred Of any action therefore against said
administrator.
JOSEPH H. MASTER.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-11-10
ExceIs That of a woman.

Wife (reading the paper THE gil
raffe has a tongue is inches long.
Husband--Aren't you jealous9 New
York World.