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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-15
EARLY BREEDING.
Many Two-year-old FfIlies bred
with Good Results.

Many Two-yenr-oId FfI1ies Bred
With Good Results.
The question has already arisen this
gear and may arise next year many
times at what age 1t is proper to begin
breeding flllies, says The Stock Farm.
There are good many breeders who
insist on breeding nothing but fully
matured animals. These VIII put no
mare into the harem until she Is 4
years old. They therefore have no use
to which to put mare younger than
unless she Is used on the track. A few
years ago, when brood mares were
quite In demand, 1t became rather fash
ionable to breed flllies at years of
age, and DR.. Herr, who was quite a
successful breeder in his day and q
veterinarian as well, used to advise
people who asked his opinion that If
they intended mare for a brood mare
to breed her as 2-year-old. 1t has
been said that mares when but years
old have no difficulty in foaling, but
are liable to have at 4. However, If q
mare has a foal at she is usually
rather shy breeder at 4. Our own
view of this matter is to follow as
nearly as may be the indications OF
nature. In wild state we believe that
FLIES are very frequently, probably
generally, impregnated as early as q
years old. We have known cases
where even yearling FLIES have acct,
dentally got with foal and been deliY.
cred as 2-year-olds, though this is un.
usual. We know one such case where
the mare, when we saw her as a ma
tured mare, was about 16 hands high
and showed no signs OF retarded devel-
opment. Long after her first expert
ment she produced PAGER with q rec
ord Of 2:15la and a good campaigner.
When FLIES are bred as early as
years old, they should have the best of
care before and after being bred. Par
ticular pains should be taken that theiK
growth should not be arrested They
should be particularly well treated
While sucking the foal and after ita
being weaned as an extra preeaution.
we have known a great many 2-year.
old FLIES bred without any bad conse-
quenees resulting and do not view that
practice with any disfavor.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-15
Fatteninn nnra

Now is the time to be pushing along
the hogs that are to be slaughtered this
winter, says The American CuItivator
We never found anything that would
put the fat Cd equal to good cornmeal
OF that would make pork more to our
liking. We remember a statement by
Professor Stewart in which be says
that with good hogs and proper feed
ing one should make pounds Of pork
from a bushel Of raw corn or 10 pounds
from bushel Of raw meal, 70 pounds
from the corn IL boiled and Is pounds
from the meal IL boiled. He referred to
I've weight, but we think If he had
Said dressed weight be would not have
been far from right. And yet our expe-
rience has been more with what we
called scalded meal, or such as we had
poured boiling water over and stirred
well. allowing It to stand until cool
enough to feed. Whether a more thor
sugh cooking would have improved it
we do not know. We think Theodore
Louis, who Is very good authority on
pork raising favs q boiling tlae meal
until well cooked. but what feeder
can do for hundreds of animals snijshs
cost too much for labor and fuel ii
donA Tor d few.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-15
Horses Eyes.

Curious mistakes occasionally arise
in examining a horses eyes. says the
London Live Stock Journal Some
years ago a veterinary surgeon record
cd a case In which the horse he was
called upon to examine had been reject
ed by the intending buyer because
there was something wrong" With the
animals near eye-an unaccountable
yellow spot which only showed in GER
tain lights. The veterinary surgeon
could detect nothing amiss with either
eye, but knowing the would be pur-
chaser was a good and careful judge
made inquiry Of the owner concerning
the circumstances under which the
horses eyes had been looked at. and
being Informed that it was at the sta
Bile door to get good Hight Oh the eyes
the veterinary surgeon had the horse
placed as nearly as possible ON the spot
mentioned. Then. and only then. he
saw the yellow spot in the near eye.
Convinced by his previous inyestlga-
ton that there WIS nothing wrong with
the eye. he looked outside for explana-
tons and after experiment proved the
mysterious yellow spot to be neither
more nor loss than the reflection of the
manure heap in the yard. When rug
of gaudy pattern was thrown over the
heap. a minute reproduction of it re-
placed the yellow spot In the eye and
showed how the would be purchaser
had been deceived.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-15
BREAKING APPLIANCE.

all these things are. When he has had
an opportunity to calmly and carefully
examine them and every other new
thing, he becomes perfectly Indifferent
to them all. Therefore when the horse
SHES at anything is the time and place
to make him acquainted with that OBJ
Ject without punishment, but by en-
couraging words, and if necessary go
to the object of fright in advance of
him and show him that it is nothing
to be afraid of. Let him examine it
with his nose, look at it from both sides
repeatedly, and the job is done for all
time. But try to force him past it with
the whip, and he will become more
and more afraid of 1t. as he associates
the frightful object with that of the
punishment, and the more sensitive he
Is the more dangerous he becomes.
While we should be firm with our
horses, we must at the same time let
them know that we are their friends,
protectors, providers and educators.
Everything the horse does for us is a
matter of education Then is it not the
pain duty of every one who handles
horses to understand this matter to its
fullest extent? Whatever the horse IN
derstands he is willing to perform.
Then let us take great pains to educate
our horses in the line of work we desire
them to do, and then there will be but
little complaint in relation to their bad
habits. their unreliability or treachery.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-15
NERVOUS HORSES.

1E1ant Points In Their Treat
ID and Management.
4 81 nervous horses are those
eed, highly organized and often
kst intelligent, says DR.. J. c.
Ier in The Practical Farmer They
on the alert for everything, quick
take notice and equally quick TO
flake alarm and In moments Of sudden
terror act so quickly in what seems to
them necessary to prevent bodily harm
that they are really dangerous ami
mails under the circumstances by shy
ing, boiling and running away from an
imaginary enemy, all of which might
be obviated by proper early educa-
ton. The horse, like ourselves, must
learn everything, and the more highly
organized he is the more readily he will
learn, through the agency of man,
what to be frightened at and what will
do him harm. How can we tell what
awful suggestions strange objects offer
to the minds Of horses? A baby car
riage may appear to the horse a verita-
BILE dragon, sheet of white paper in
the road an awful chasm, an open UNI
brella terrible bugaboo, man on a
bicycle coming toward him some flying
devil from which he must fee for his
life, and when we stop and think of
the matter seriously we cannot blame
the horse for what he does not under
stand But how different the actions
of the horse when he understands what
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-15

Many windfall apples are now being
fed 10 horses and cattle, and In spite
of all the care that can be given ami
mails occasionally get choked, says The
American Agriculturist In the cases
of horses our veterinarian, Dr. ID. Nc
Intosh says to first put ON a twitch.
Open the animals mouth and put In a
balling iron. An iron saddle stirrup
will answer IL nothing else is at hand.
Pass the hand through this and down
into the throat. Remove the offending
obstacle il possible. In some cases a
little oil will lubricate the gullet, and
then by pressing up on the outside Of
the throat the animal will occasionally
cough out the obstruction, or by press
ing down it may be swallowed. If this
is not successful, use a probang. This
is a spiral wire covered with leather.
1t bends with the neck, and by gently
pushing the apple or potato may be
forced down into the stomach without
injury. But much force cannot be used
or the gullet will be ruptured. If cattle
are choking, use the same means Of re-
lieTing them as for horses.
If the obstruction cannot be removed
by the treatment described above, cut
down upon the gullet with knife,
making an incision and remove the
offending object Clean the wound
and bring the edges of the gullet firm
ly together with silk thread or cat
gut. Let the ends hang out Of the
wound, then bring the edges of the
skin together, put bandage around
the neck and keep 1t wet with cold wa
ter for "a hours. 1t will usually heal.
Give the animal soft food until the
union is perfect. If probang is not
at hand take a piece of rope about
three-fourths of an inch in diameter,
fray out the ends and turn back and tie
with piece Of string. This forms a
soft knob. Grease well, and this will
supply the place Of the probang fairly
well. If by any means the gullet Is
ruptured, cut down upon it from the
outside. pare off the edges Of the
wound and bring them together as de-
scribed above. Keep down the infam-
nation by using cold water bandages
and give the animal soft food until
healing takes place.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-15

GOOD HOUSE PLANTS.
some of the Best and Most Popular
Hrnr 4hn HNindnru In NNAnfnn


some of the Best and Most Popular
For the window In Winter
1t is useless to attempt to get the
Dutch hyacinths In bloom for Christ.
mas, but the Roman hyacinths cap
easily be had In bloom for that season,
Plant three or four bulbs In q Ave inch
pot and treat the same as Dutch bya.
cinths. A batch of Roman hyacinths
taken into a temperature of 90 de.
grees about Oct. II viii be in bloom
by Thanksgiving day or in about 38
days, says writer in American Gar
dening. Another batch taken into the
same temperature about Dec. 5 to 10
will be in bloom for Christmas or ID
about IL days.
Tulips, like hyacinths, cannot be
forced into bloom for Christmas, e4-
cept the varieties of Due Van Thpl,
These. If ready to take into heat by
Dec. 1, will flower for Christmas.
Freesias are sweet and pretty flow
ers to grow for house plants. They
are treated In the first place. exactly
as tulips, only more bulbs are placed
in q pot. These, If brought into heat
about Dec. 10, will bloom in 80 days.
After blooming the freesias will need
manure water twice week to develop
the bulbs for the next season. When
the foliage shows signs of turning yell
low, withhold the water and place the
pots where they viii be fully exposed
to the sun so as to thoroughly ripen
the bulbs.
The cyclamen is an excellent win
dow or house plant. In fact, believe
there is no better window towering
plant grown than the cyclamen, for
besides being beautiful in flower and
foliage 1t will continue to bloom in an
ordinary window for at least four of
the winter months. And yet well grown
cyclamen are very seldom met with
even in private gardens of some pre-
| tensions.
Another plant that is very much
used as q house plant is the Aspidistra
lurida and its yariegated form. 1t has
handsome erect growing leaves, which
are exceedingly tough in texture. They
thrive under conditions that few plants
can endure, such as a dry atmosphere
and very little light. They are seldom
attacked by insects and will do well
for several years without being repot-
ted; hence they have all the qualifica-
lions that go to make a good room
plant.
Cycas revoluta is sometimes seen
| growing as a room plant and Is excel
lent for that purpose. It's principal re-
| quirements are a well drained small
pot, a soil compost of loan and sand
and fairly light position when it is
growing. The mature leaves must be
occasionally sponged.
The Chinese primrose makes a good
window plant, as it likes dry atmos-
phere and will remain in bloom for sew
eral months. A little leaf mold added
to the loan and sand makes good soil
for these plants. The primrose must
not be potted very firmly, nor must the
soil ever be allowed to get very wet.
Plants are usually raised from seed,
but the side shoots may be cut off and
rooted In small pots of sand.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-15
The Eminent Kidney
and Bladder Specialist.

There is disease prevailing in this
country most dangerous because so decep-
tive. Many sudden deaths are caused by
it--heart disease. pneumonia, heart failure
or apoplexy are often the result of kidney
disease. If kidney trouble is allowed TO adj
vance the kidney poisoned blood will attack
the vital organs. or the kidneys themselves
break down and waste away cell by cell.
Then the richness Of the blood-the albunen
leaks out and the sufferer has Bright's
Disease, the worst form Of kidney trouble.
Dr.. Kilmer S Swamp-Root the new dis
covery is the true specific for kidney, bladder
and urinary troubles. II has cured thousands
of apparently hopeless cases, after all other
efforts have failed. At druggists in fifty-cent
and dollar sizes. A sample bottle sent free
by mail, also book telling about Swamp
Root and its wonderful cures. Address
Or. Kilmer & Co.. Binghamton, N. \. and
mention this paper.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-15
SMALL CAPITAL.
what a michigan SCOTSMAN Dld

What a Michigan StOckman DID
With Limited Resources.
After all the talk about the latest
method Of farming and the necessity Of
keeping up to date there are many
young farmers who would like to do
all this, but they lack the necessary
capital to begin with, says writer in
Michigan Farmer. I have been partic-
ularly struck with this In hog raising.
When a young man starts IN, he has
only small amount of capital, and he
has to struggle along the best he can.
1t is absurd to tell him that he should
adopt all the latest improvements and
breeds and conduct first class farm
for raising hogs. He does not have the
capital to begin with, and he must do
things that he knows are not the most
approved.
The way that some of these young
farmers struggle along and gradually
build up good business and add to
their incomes and capital would make
mighty interesting reading for the
more slothful If 1t could be written out.
Think Of starting out with half dozen
pigs, q few acres and a mortgaged
home and within ten years the hap
Ply possessor of 100 acres, 200 head Of
hogs and cattle and a pleasant home
with no debt on it! That is what one
young man accomplished In this state,
and today he says that he made his
success in hogs. He realized that he
had to economic In every way posi-
bic, and, While reading all that was
printed about high grade stock and
scientific methods Of feeding, he knew
that he could not go and initiate 1t.
He did not have the money to buy the
stock with or to get the feed. But he
had good health, n few hogs and q
chance. SO he proceeded to raise
grass, corn, milk and hogs. From
these four products of the farm he
made living and saved up something
each year except the first. That was
the hardest time of all, because the
land was run down and poor and the
grass did not grow well. He seeded 1t
over the next year, raised more clover
and timothy than had ever been raised
there before, permitted the hogs to
feed on it only to a limited extent,
fearing lest they would destroy the
young grass roots. In two seasons he
had converted the poor grass pastures
into good grass fields where his hogs
could feed.
After getting the grass field into
fine condition he secured some adjacent
land on lease for corn. He plowed and
fortified this until he had increased
his debt, and then he raised such
crop of corn that he felt justified In In
creasing the number of his hogs. With
grass and corn Aourishing he was pre-
pared to add cows to his stock, and
with good skimmilk to wean the young
pigs he soon found no difficulty In In
creasing his herd. He did all the work
himself and never thought Of hiring
man even in the busiest season until
the fourth year Of his farming. Then
he had so far succeeded and demon
strated to himself that he was on the
right track that he hired man during
the rush season. Two years later he
married, and ever since he has steadily
added year by year to his capital and
income. His theory of success Is bas-
ed upon hard and intelligent work ap-
piled to the raising Of grass, corn, milk
and hogs.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-15


ables her to nurse and nourish healthy
child.
The rFavorite Prescription contains no
alcohol, neither opium, cocaine, choral nor
any other narcotic
II am mother of six children writes Mrs.
c. A. Briggs, of Wildwood, Douglas Co, Oregon,
wand always took three or four bottles OF "a,
vorite Prescription before confinement and
never suffered any to speak Of; had no after
pains my babies were large-they all weighed
more than eight pounds and / am not large
woman; weigh about IFS pounds. I have had
some stomach trouble, but few doses of Golden
Medical Discovery would set me all right. am
hardly ever without your medicines. They are
all the medicine one needs, If taken IN time, to
keep one in perfect health.
III feel that owe my little boys life to Dr.;
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. as he had
commissions, and everything he ate would bring
them c,e commenced to give him the Golden
Medical Discovery in ten drop doses three times
day. Now he is just as healthy child as can
be found and he grows like weed.n
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the best
laxative for women.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-15

Cuttings may be made of currants,
gooseberiies, ounces. etc. Tie them
In bundles Of so and bury in the ground
Ia well drained spot or In sand In
the cellar. II preferred. they can also
be planted out In rows two or three
feet apart and two inches apart In the
rows Grape cuttings would better be
tied Ia bundles md buried until spring.
Farm Journal.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-15
a Popular Blackberry.

The Rathbun blackberry has become
wonderfully popular throughout the
country. A Farm and Fireside CORE
spondent says of it:
If my experience with It counts for
anything, 1t is one Of the best, if not
the best, of the later introductions for
light, sandy soil. Some of my CORE
spondents in the far north write me
that the variety has proved entirely
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-15

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 so
much of the said lands tenements, heredita-
ments and real estate Of the said James A.
Porch, deceased should not he sold, as will be
sufficient to pay his debts the residue thereof
as the case may require
JOHN S. JESsUP,
A. II. Swackhamer, Proctor Judge.
Oct. 47w.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-15

brought no glad
ness to the home.
Women who have
used DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescrip-
ton as a prenatal
preparation kno "
that it makes all
the difference be
tive IN h ap Ply,
healthy N otheT-
hood, and a mother
hood of murmur-
ing and misery.
A nd they know
also, that happy,
healthy m others
have happy. healthy
children. vFavor-
lite Prescription J"
strength ems the
whole body for the
strain of mother
hood It practic-
ally does away with
the pains of child
birth, gives tn e
M 0 Their abundant
Wit a1ffv and en-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-15
workiur Butter.

Butter when properly made In the
granular form needs no working other
than that done In the churn, says Pro-
fessor +. G. Curtis in The American
Agriculturist. This saves more than
half the labor and makes first class
butter. Salt should be evenly distrib-
uted through the butter and the butter
freed from the buttermilk and surplus
moisture. Why churn the butter into a
mass and fasten the buttermilk In?
Stir the cream we'll together when
more cream is added until enough is
gathered to churn. Churn the cream
at 62 degrees IN revolving churn
without inside machinery until the but
ter comes In granules about birdshot
size. If so done. the butter will be
strictly one thing and the buttermilA
another, and the buttermilk VIII run
out IL you give it an opportunity.
Rinse the butter twice with pure wa
Ter with salt added. The last rinsing
will come out nearly clear of butter
milk. Drain the butter few minutes,
add about two ounces Of good dairy
salt to the pound of butter, the butter
still being In the churn, revolye the
ehurn few times, and the salt will IN
termlngle evenly with the butter. 1t Is
well to allow few minutes for the
salt to dissolve, and then give 1t good
banging in the churn, which win give
the butter nearly all the needed work
ing. Now pack the butter sclidly IN
sub or crock or work into rolls with the
butter ladle. About hree-fourths Of
the large amount of salt put In the but
ter will come out ia the brine In work.
ing or banging the butter into a solid
body. | have practiced this method
over 80 years and can certify to its val
lle for farm dairy use or say up to so
pounds Of butter ut cIurning.
NERVOUS troubles arc cured by
IN Hoods SafsanariIla. which en-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-15
GOSHEN, ILL.

Genessee Pure Food Co., lie Roy N. Y.
Dear Sirs:-Some days since package OF your
GRAIN-O preparation was left at my Office l
took it home and gave it trial, and have to
say was very much pleased with it, as a substi-
tnte for coffee. We have always used the best
Java and Mocha in our family, but am free to
say like the GRAIN-O as well as the best coffee
ever drank. Respectfully yours,
l. A. G. Jackson, NJ. d.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-15
GLoUcEsrER COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT

In the matter OF the Improvement OF
the Public Road known as the Null
lica Hill and Harrisonvflle Road
beginning at the NortherIy end OF
the bridge over 0ldman's Creek on
the road leading from Jacksonville
to Woodstown, in the Township OF
South Harrison, and extending In a Notiee'
Northeriy direction, through the
villages OF Muliica Hill and Harris
onville, 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 on said road, will meet in
the Town Hall, in the village OF MulIica 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 will hear any persons in interest
who may present themselves to be heard
By order Of the Court.
JOHN REDFIELD,
DAVID OWEN,
JONATHAN IREDELL,
Commissioners.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-15

hardy with them, coming through the
severe winter of 1880 in good shape.
With me its strong points are It's high
quality and uniform size throughout
the season, characteristics fully appre-
ciated by any grower who has to cater
to critical market. The illustration,
from section of a branch just before
the last picking for the season, shows
this uniformity Of size as well as the
fact that it IS great bearer.