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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-08
PoLAND-CH

If this were true, why the ceaseless in
quiry and untitled demand for sires
good enough to head herds? The Po-
land China of % years ago was much
larger breed of hogs than those of the
present day. 1t was thought that they
were too heavy boned and coarse and
did not mature early enough, conse-
quently a process of refinement was
begun, with the result that the Poland
much smaller, lighter boned hog than
he was % years ago. Every breeder
of Poland-Chinas has doubtless seen
what is styled the guinea pig-that
chuffy, fat little fellow that never
weighs much over 100 pounds In
some herds ] have seen several OF
these every year and sired by the best
known and greatest boars of the breed.
This fact of itself would be evidence
that the breed has q tendency to be-
come smaller. The breeder Of Poland
Chinas has q work that will demand
the exercise of bis best judgment and
skill to maintain the size of his prod
uct, for the average farmer and pork
producer can breed them down as fast
as the professional breeder can breed
them up. As to whether breeders have
sacrificed size and profitable qualities
to get fancy points, l viii say that l
think great many of them have. 1t
is not a very difficult matter to breed
nice little hogs, but a great art to breed
nice big ones"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-08
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PEAR BLIGHT.
Is Unusually Abundant This Year.
Cutting 1t Out.

Is Unusually Abundant This Year.
Cutting 1t Out.
Pear blight has been unusually album
dant the present season, and 1t has
done great damage to orchard fruits.
Cutting out the blight may be done at
any time in the winter or spring up to
the period when growth begins. The
best time, however, is undoubtedly in
the fall, when the foliage is still on the
trees and the contrast between that on
the blighted and that on the healthy
limbs is so great that it is an easy mat
ter to find all the blight. 1t is impor-
tant to cut out blight whenever it Is
found, even in the growing season. AT
that time of year, however, it cannot
be hoped to make much Roadway
against the disease, as new cases con-
stantly occur which are sufficiently de-
yeloped to be seen when the cutting is
done. In orchards where there are
only a few trees and the owner has
sufficient time to go over them daily he
will be able to save some which would
otherwise be lost. However, when the
trees stop forming new wood the cam
paign should begin in earnest.
OF course the greater part Of the
blight can be taken out the first time
the trees are gone over. If this be in
midsummer, the trees should all be
again carefully inspected in the au-
tumn, just before the leaves shed, so
as to get every case that can be seen
at that time After this careful watch
should be kept on the trees, and at
least one more careful inspection Civ
en- in spring before the blossoms open.
It would doubtless be well to look the
trees over several times during the
winter to be certain that the blight Is
completely exterminated. In order to
do the inspecting thoroughly it Is nee:
essary to go from tree to tree down the
row or in the case of large trees to
walk up on one side of the row and
down the other, as in simply walking
through the orchard it is impossible to
be certain that every case of blight
has been cut out
a careful inspection of all pomaceous
trees should be made two or three
times during the summer and a sharp
lookout kept for the first appearance
of the blight. 1t usually takes two or
three years for the disease in an or
chard to develop into a serious epidem:
ic, but the early removal Of the first
cases win prevent this and save q
gerat deal of labor later and many val
liable trees.-B. L. Galloway.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-08
Make Pastures For nenters.

-
/ notice that farms which are rented
are not kept in as good condition as
farms which are cultivated by owners,
says correspondent Of The Prairie
Farmer. What is the cause of the run
down condition of these rented farms +?
In the first place, there is very little
provision made for keeping stock.
There is usually one small pasture
fenced off for a few cows and the
horses necessary for work on the farm.
The sheds that should shelter the cows
In the winter are conspicuous by their
absence, and the horse barns are gen
orally very poor. But the most serious
omission is hog pasture, which every
farm should have. a good hog pasture
would enable the tenant to raise hogs
at profit. which cannot be done in n
dry lot. He could feed his corn crop in
the fall to nice bunch of thrifty hogs
and realize more for it than If he had
sold 1t off the farm and at the same
lime return TO the soil in the form of
manure what the soil would be robbed
or II the grain had been sold. Every
landowner should make provision for
keeping stock enough on his farm or
farms to consume all the grain that ia
raised on them.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-08

BARNARD MANURE.

Fnets About Fermentation ard APP
pIicatisn In the Field.
Fermentation of manure always en-
tails a loss Of organic matter 1t also
means an escape Of a part Of the nitro
gen. The looser the pile. Tic greater
will be the deterioration Fire fangng
is injurious to The quality OF manure
aud results chiefly from an INSULT
cheney of moisture Liquid excrement
by itself rapidly loses in value. its ri
trogen escaping rs carbonate cf am
monia. These facts point to the great
desirability of controlling fermenta-
ton "a by fermenting tile solid and
LIQUID excreta together this can only
be accomplished by using sufficiency
Of litter or absorbent; (2l by ferment-
ing hot and cold fhoTse and sheep
exereta belong to the first class, that
from the COW and pig are of the latter
class) manures together; 81 by keep
ing the heap compact and moist, thus
excluding excess of air. Fermentation
must be regulated and controlled by
these means on the losses that enstc
viii more than outbalance the benefits
TO be gained.
With regard to the respective effects
of fresh and rotted manures on differ
ent classes Of soil it may be stated that
fresh manure is better for clays and
heavy loans, since it does auch to i'm
prove their physical condition by open
ing them to the air and making them
more friable On the other hand, rot
ted manure is better suited 10 light and
sandy soils, tending to make them
more compact and retentiye of mois-
ture.
Fresh manure may with advantage
be used for crops which have a long
season of growth. while rotted manure,
with its more available plant food, will
give better results for such as gather
their food and reach maturity during a
shorter period Excess of fresh ma
nure tends to rankness of growth and
the undue development of foliage and
is frequently the cause Of lodging" in
grain and too much top" or leaves, in
root crops.
" UllC COtStutiillS lHt lIdltSA Va LIZ
application Of manure we may take oc-
casion to answer the question so fire.
quently asked, Does manure spread
and allowed to dry out upon the field
lose any of its nitrogen? In 1892 we
conducted some experiments which
proved conclusiyely that the loss from
volatilization of ammonia when the
manure was spread in thin layers and
allowed to dry out was so very small
that it could be disregarded. 1t ap-
pears that in manure so treated fer
mentation is at once arrested.
As to frequency of application the
present opinion. as gathered from ex-
perience. is that it is better rather to
feed the crop than to try to permanent
~ improve the soil, though. of course
both are intimately connected, and one
cannot be done without in large
measure accomplishing the other. How
ever. the principle here stated points
to tie ACCESSIBILITY of light and FIRE
quent dressings rather than heavier
applications at longer intervals, and
there can be no doubt bat that it is
more profitable to dress with ten tons
every second year than to apply %
stons every fourth year f. r. Shut
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-08
FALL CALVES.
A Question OF Profit In Connection
With Dairying.

A Question OF Profit In Connection
With DairyinE.
Now that the calf is once more COM
ing into prominence as an important
factor in farm operations in the dairy
districts, the question as to whether
the calf should come in the fall or in
the spring will be revived with new
interest, says the Jersey Hustler. In
state of nature cows drop their calves
in the spring about the time grass
comes, and where cows are kept in
large numbers and solely for calf pro
duction this is the most profitable way.
The dairy COW, however, is an artificial
product. She produces from two to
gthree times as much milk as the ranch
COW requires for the support of her
calf, and it is important that her habit
of producing calves in the spring Of
the year should be broken up and that
the calf should come at the time when
it brings the best profit. Apart from
the advantage of having fresh cows in
the winter there are some good reasons
The calf should come in the fall.
Under any circumstances it has to be
grown mainly on skimmilk, supple
mented with fiaxseed Jelly and corn
meal for two or three months.
The spring calf makes comparatively
little use of pasture the first year, none
to speak Of before September, and the
skimmilE and cornmeal which it con-
sumes are worth little more in the fall
than in the spring. The fall calf, fed
as above suggested, learns to eat hay
in the latter months of the winter, and
the difference between the xallle Of the
f;fy sfsf3 Tie value Of the grass is about
the difference there is between the cost
Of the fall calf and the spring When
both are turned out to pasture the next
year, the fan calf can make as good
use of that grass as its brother six
months older and sell for very little
less when both are turned into the feed
lot, the one at IS or 30 months old and
the other at II or a.
The question. therefore, as to wheth-
fEu-7s-=sAeuld come IN the fall on in
the spring is to be determined by the
comparative profits Of the summers or
winters market. The winters milk
costs more money, but it brings more.
1t costs more in feed. IN shelter and
about the same in labor, and the rela-
tive price Of milk fed must determine
whether the calf shall come in the fall
or in the spring. As farmers settle
down to dairying as a business they
will more and more aim to make it an
all the year round business. and hence
have calves coming all the year round.
with greater proportion of fall calves
than heretofore This viii give cream
cries permanent work, which is essen
tial to their profit, and will bring dairy
ing down more and more to legiti.
mate and profitable business all the
year round
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-08
Watkins & Avis, Attorneys.
ncx- / t0A0
GLOUCESTER co. ORPHANS COURT

On the application of
Lewis Warwick executor
of James A. Porch, decd, Order to show cause
for sale OF lands to pay
debts.
Lewis Warwick, executor of James A. Porch,
deceased having exhibited to this Court, under
oath, just and true account of the personal es-
tate and debts Of said deceased, whereby 1t
appears that the personal estate OF said James
A. Porch is insufficient to pay his debts and re-
quested the aid of the Court in the premises; 1t
is on this twenty-eighth day OF September, A.
D., nineteen hundred ordered that all persons
interested in the lands tenements and real es-
tate of said james A. Porch deceased, appear
before the Court, at the Court House in the City
of Woodbury., on the thirtieth day of November
next at ten o'clock a. m. to show cause why 50
much of the said lands, tenements, heredita-
ments and real estate of the said james A.
Porch deceased, should not be sold, as will be
sufficient to pay his debts or the residue thereof,
as the case may require
JOHN s. JESSUP,
A. II. SwaelShamer Proctor Judge
Oct, 4-7w
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-08

American Bcekeeper gives the fol
lowing plan for moving one or two
hives short distance:
set all frames containing niiscaled
brood, queen and nearly all the bees in
to another hive body and place it upon
the stand where It is desired to have ii
remain, leaving but few frames OF
comb with honey and scaled brood up
on the old stand. III the evening Of the
second day carefully transfer the old
hive also to the new location and. hay-
Ing It's bottom board removed. set 1t
ppon the hive first removed III a board
or other object Is set against the front
of the hive. causing the bees to Iiote
their new location upon first starting
O. ID tile morning. but few bees viii
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-08
Travelling Apiaries.

Apiaries are always established with
a regard for the convenience of the
bees to rich fields Of blossoms. Many
Interesting accounts are given Of tray-
cling colonies Of bees. Gypsies wander
with hives On carts. Edinburgh bee
Keepers journey with their hives 10 the
moors where heather is in bloom. In
Egypt boatmen have apiaries ana sail
up or down the Nile. wherever the
Towering fields are likely to afford
harvest for the Ices. saws an exchapge
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-08
N eslAycER4 OF NEW JERSEY.

To Peter IT, spiese and Mary r spiese, his t0ifc:
BY virtue of an order of the Court Of Chancery
of New Jersey, made on the day of the date here
OF, in ii cause wherein John }. Coombs IS COM
plaipant and YOU and others are defendants, you
are required to appear, plead, answer or demnr to
the bill Of said complainant on or before the fifth
day Of December next or the said bill viii be
taken as confessed against you.
The said bill is filed to foreelose mortgage
given By Jacob Stoeekie and wife to John ].
Coombs, dated the twelfth day of October
eighteen hundred and eighty, ON lands in the
township of Clayton; and yon, Mary r. Spiese,
are made IA defendant therein, because you own
said lands or some part thereof and YOU Peter
NJ sDiese, are made defendant because as the
husband Of said Mary r. Spiese you have an
interest in said lands.
A. II. SWACKHAMER,
Solr Of Complainant,
No. Cooper St,
Dated Oct 4. l900-5w Woodbury., n. J
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-08
TO CREDITORS.

John W Mcclure, Executor OF the estate of
Sarah A. Haywood, deceased, by direction of
the Surrogate of the County Of Gloucester,
hereby gives notice to the creditors OF the said
Sarah A. Haywood deceased, to bring in their
debts, demands and claims 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 against
the said Executor.
JOHN w. MCCLURE.
Dated Sept 81 1900, 9-27 Executor
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-08
SMALLER SWINE.
Have breeders Sacrificed Profitable
Qualities For Fancy Pointss

Have breeders Sacrificed Profitable
Qualities For Fancy Pcfatsf
The following remarks We're deliv-
cred by George w. Falk before the last
meeting of the Missouri Swine Breed
ers' association. The questions to
which he responded were: rs the tend
ency of the Poland-Chinas to get
small? Have breeders sacrificed size
nnd profitable qualities to get fancy
points," "To the first part of the ques-
ton / unhcsitatingly answer yes. 1t is
true of all live stock. The Poland
China hog is an evolution originated by
the commingling of the blood of sew
eral different breeds of hogs and
brought to what is termed mis- present
state of perfection This is misno-
mer. None Of our domestic animals
have yet reached a state of perfection.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-08
GLOUCESTER COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT

III the matter OF the Improvement OF
the Public Road known as the Null
liea Hill and Harrisonvillc Road,
beginning at the Northerly end OF
the bridge over Oldmans Creek, on
the road leading from Harrisonville
to Woodstown, in the Township of Nr.4;a.
South Harrison, and extending in -No'ieS,
NortherIy direction, through the
villages Of Mullica Hill and Harris
omville, to the Southerly terminus
of the Mullica Hill and Woodbury.
Turnpike, distance OF six and
fifty-four one hundredths miles
Notice is hereby given, that the subscribers,
Commissioners appointed by the Gloucester
County Circuit Court to estimate and assess the
peculiar benefits conferred by the Improvement
of the public road as above, upon the lands
fronting or bordering said road, will meet IN
the Town Hail, in the village of Muliiea Hill,
in the County of Gloucester, on Saturday, the
seventeenth day of November, nineteen hum
dred. at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, when and
where they win hear any persons in interest,
who may present themselves to be heard.
By order of the Court.
JOHN REDFIELD,
DAVID OWEN,
JONATHAN IREDELIl,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-08
Quick Gro,rine Yinea.

For quick annual creeper to cover
wall nothing surpasses the Cobea
scandens for rapid growth and large
handsome flowers. A plant set in June
soon covers a large area and blooms
and remains green till late fall. Ma
delra and moonnower vines and morn
ing glories are other good quick grow
ing vines
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-08
DAVID cry, NEn., April !. ]

DAVID CRY, NEB., April I, Is0J.
Tennessee Pure Food Co., lie Roy, n. T.:
GentIemen:-I must say in regard TO GRAINS
that there is nothing better or healthier. we
coffee drinker He was taken sick and TIE
doctor said coffee was the cause OF it, and told
rs to use (4RAIN-0. We got q package but did
not like it at first but now would not be without
IL Nv brother has been well ever since we
started to use it. Yours truly
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-08
shortage Of california Bu1b.,

The demand for California grown
cailas and freesIas this year has been
larger than ever, and many late orders
for each remain untitled because the
stock Of large bulbs is entirely ex-
hahsted. according to Gardening The
shortage on urge calais Is particularly
noticeable and the prices obtained are
IN excess Of my Of recent years. -
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-08

gestion and nutrition. 1t cures diseases of
heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, etc, when
these diseases have their origin III dis.
ease of the stomach and its allied organs.
Thomas A. Swarss, of sulo-station c. coiuia-
bus. Ohio. Box Io3 writes: / was taken with
severe headache then cramps in the stomach,
and my food would not digest. then kidney aud
liver trouble, aud my back got weak so | could
scarcely get around. AT last had all the com
plants at once. and the more doctored the
worse I got until six years passed. had be
come so poorly could only walk In the house
by the aid of chair and l got SO thin ! had
given up to die. Then neighbor said rake
Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery and make
a new man out Of yourself The first bottle
helped me so 1 thought would get another,
and after had taken eight bottles, in about SIX
weeks was weighed and found had gained
twenty-seven (77) pounds. have done more
hard work in the past eleven months than did
in two years before and I am as stout and
healthy o-day think, as ever was"
DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, in paper covers, is sent free on
receipt Of 81 one-cent stamps TO pay ex-
pcnse of mailing only Address DR.. r.
y. Pierce, Buffalo, n. Y.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-08
A Good Geranium For the House

a Good Gernnfun For the House.
What are known in gardening as the
family of geraniums really belong to
the neighboring genus pelargonium,
and the branch that is popular in gar
dening represents the Pelargonium
zonaIe, the zoned or horseshoe" leay-
ed, though they usually 60 under the
name of scarlet or bedding gerani-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-08

Chicoiy growing seems to have taken
start on long Island. 1t is said tlat
over hundred acres were grown this
season by a number of farmers. and
after the long drought the chicory fields
look better than other crops. as
the taproots keep The plants green aud
thrifty. Many more acres viii proba-
bly, s,e planted next year.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-08

Chop the remnants of cold boiled
ham very fine; make thin white
sauce with one tablespoonful of butter,
one tablespoonful Of flour and one cup
full Of milk, salt and pepper for season.
iIg; add the ham to this and pour it
over buttered toast.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-08
HIS Gigantic Intellect.

She-What are you thinking about,
Marry?
He-Nothing.
she-Aren't you afraid of overtaxina
your brain, dear?-Detroit Free Press.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-08

'De man who talk de mos erbout *
fightin qualities" remarked Uncle Eph
usually got mighty long laigs. At
Ianta Constitution.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-08
Ne,rs nnd Notes.

In reporting an indicated shortage of
nursery stock and advising unusual
care in buying Rural New Yorker
says: about the greatest liar we have
heard of this year is a local nursery
man in Alabama who offers variety
of grape which will produce $50 pounds
Of grapes the second year from plant
ing! These grapes will keep fresh all
winter, and when spring comes they
turn into fine raisins."
American wlnemakers are feeling well
over the success of their products at
the Paris exposition. The proportion
Of awards was higher than that gain
ed by any other nation not even ex-
cepting France, and might have been
greater but for a misuse of French
names which caused some brands to be
adjudged falsely labeled and therefore
not to be considered in the COMPETE
ton.
Secretary Hester, New Orleans Cot
ton Exchange, puts the cotton crop of
1S99-1900 at 8, 43G. 41G bales. decrease
of 1888, 424 under 1880.
Cotton is once more king" accord
Ing to government statistics of exports,
which show for the seven months of
this year ending with July. an exporta-
tion greater III value than that Of any
other single article; for the month Of
August the average export price was
81 cents per pound. as against an
average of Sc cents during the wear
1899 and So cents In 1895.
According to Ohio authority, the
stubble fields of wheat are full of Hes
sian fy in the fiaxseed state, and the
prospect is good for an abundant crop
Of flies this fall.
The present Is the biggest honey
shipping season ever known In Colo
RADIO.
Very promising reports come from
some Of the orange growing districts
OF Florida.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-08

The face of a sheep does not only IN
dicate elegance of form generally, but
1t is the most sure and certain indica-
ton of the best feeding quality.-Sheep
Breeder.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-08

presently ne Sinks 10
his knees and dis
covers to his horror
that he has to fight
for his life IN a
quicksand.
Disease is much
like the quicksand.
The first symptoms
Of stomach trouble
do not cause anx-
ETY.. But w Ii e II
the body grow $
weak through lack
OF nourishnent and
disease of the stoi1i-
ach breeds disease
of heart, lungs, liver
or kidneys, the suf-
fercr re alize S his
danger and seeks for
medicinal aid.
DR.. Pierce's Gold
en- Medical Discov-
cry cures diseases of
the stomach an d
other organs of di-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-08
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