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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-14
sklmmilk For Chickens.

Skfmmilk Is a farm product whose
food value is not fully appreciated, II
the following from a report of expert
ment station work is an accurate pres
entation OF its merits: 1t is not general
" realized that milk loses little in
actual food value by Swimming. 1t is
true that most of the fat Is removed
in the cream. but the most valuable
food cOnstituents-that is, the nitrog-
the skimmilk. Skimmilk not only con-
tains much nutritive material, but this
material is In a form which Is, as a
rule. easily digested 1t is not only
healthful, nutritious food for man, but
1t may be fed to calves. pigs and chick
position is such that it may be substi-
tuted for part of the grain food, es-
pecially corn, of these animals with
benefit and profit,
At the Indiana station two uniform
lots a to weeks old of ten chickens
each were fed from July II to Sept.
under Identical conditions except
that one lot received In addition to the
food given the other all the skimmilk
they would drink. "Both lots were
given all they would eat of mixed
food consisting of two parts crushed
corn. one part bran and one part
ground oats. Both lots were also given
all they would consume of cracked
bone, cabbage. lettuce and water.'
1t was found that the lot receiving
skimmilk ate more of the mixed food
and made a more rapid and satisfacto-
ry gain than the lot which did not re-
ceive skimmilk. Milk fed chickens
made an average weekly gain of 4.4G
ounces; those receiving no milk, 2.62
ounces. The most rapid increase in
weight occurred at those periods when
the largest amounts of skimmilk were
consumed The skimmilk is considered
especially valuable as food for
young chickens during the hot, dry
weather and becomes of less impor-
lance as the chickens grow older and
the weather becomes cooler"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-14

Where clover will grow readily the
best swine pastures include clover,
rape and rye, says Professor Thomas
Shaw In The Farmer. Other pastures
are not necessary. Winter rye will
come first In order and when kept eat
en- down closely will be much relished
by swine. After winter rye will come
clover of the medium variety. Then
early sown rape will come In just after
the first growth of clover has been
eaten down. Later the second growth
Of medium clover will be on hand, and
still later late sown rape will carry the
swine right on until the approach of
winter. Where these two crops will
grow In good form the swine grower
need not trouble looking about for any
other. OF course other pastures may
be grown. but usually there is not very
great need for growing them.
Where clover will not grow the chief
pasture may be rye, barley and oats,
rape, sorghum and rape, grown in the
order named. Instead Of sorghum peas
and also sweet corn may be grown. It
is not necessary to grow all of these In
one season. For instance, winter rye
and rape when sown at proper seasons
may be made to answer the purpose
without any of the other crops. 1t is
fortunate, however. to have such va
riety, for there is opportunity for a
choice. 1t is a happy country for pro
ducing swine where pastures can be
thus grown for them in such variety
and. it may also be added. in such
abundance as characterizes the pro-
duction of prairie land.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-14
RipenIng Cream with starters.

One of the acknowledged experts In
this country on the subject of ripening
cream is Professor II. W. Conn of Con-
necticut. who is the introducer Of the
system of artificial butter cultures and
the discOyerer of the famous bacteria
which produces the June butter favor.
In his bulletin No. q he discusses vari-
GUS methods of compelling cream rlpen-
ing by use of starters and butter cul-
lures. The Danish method is to pas
teurize the cream and then add pure
culture of the right kind of bacteria.
This produces a mild favored butter.
which. however, is not so well liked In
this country as that produced by natu-
raj starters.
To make natural starter take the
milk from a perfectly healthy cow
After the under parts of the body are
carefully brushed and the udder care.
fully wiped with a damp cloth the first
few Jets of milk are rejected and the
rest drawn into sterilized vessel.
which is Immediately covered, heated
TO proper temperature and the milk
passed through separator The skim
milk thus obtained is set aside In COW
cred sterilized vessel to sour. When
well soured. it serves as a starter for
the cream ripenlng process. In conclu-
sion the professor observes that the use
Of any kind of starter viii not make
good butter out Of poor cream.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-14
ANGoRA GOATS.
Ranchmen Make Money with Them
as a Side Line.

HamChmen Make Money with Them
as a side Line.
While there is every prospect for
big wool crop, says a Texas writer,
nearly every sheep man also has a herd
of Angora goats which he expects will
make him more money in proportion to
the capital invested even though the
price of wool is higher than it has been
in a good many years.
The goats are good money makers
because the price of their fleece is al
ways about tive or three times as much
per pound as that for wool and be-
cause, owing to the enthusiasm in the
business at present, the animals them
selves are bringing all the way from
$3.50 to SD per head for breeding pur-
poses, and they breed like sheep when
a year old.
While 1t is generally believed that
they are handled like sheep, neyerthe-
less the method followed here Is de-
cidedly different. The sheep are, OF
course, herded out on the range even
In Landing season and frequently held
there during the shearng time and are
on the range practically the year round.
This cannot be done with the goats.
They are not hardy enough TO stand
the hardships of even these southern
ranges, and. moreover, they do not
seem to do well where changed and
drifted about.
They are generally held and herded
In focks of from 200 to three times
that number In fenced pastures along
with few gentle cattle, which last
materially aid the herder in keeping
wolves out of the range, for where
there are few good, old. long horned
Texas cows it is not likely to be any
loafing place for wolves, and these
seem to prey on the goats with greater
eagerness than ON sheep.
But with all the wolves driven out
the herder is still necessary In most
pastures, for this country is full of
wildcats, gray foxes and skunks, and
these, even the skunks, kill the kids
easily until the latter are half grown,
and the foxes and cats, of course, get
the old ones whenever an opportunity
OiACiSy AOI int SOdlS, Willie tremendous
fighters among themselves "billles'
butt all the hair off one another's heads
in breeding time still they will run
even when a fox sneaks up, and of
course If there were no herder there
would be a goat killed. Then. too,
they have to be driven into shielded
and well protected corrals at night,
both for protection against wild ami
mails and from any chance storm or
''norther," and no matter If they have
been driven regularly from the same
pasture to the same corral every night
for year they will stay outside if
left alone. No man can make a goat
herder believe that animals have even
a faint glimmering of reason.
With careful attention the losses can
be kept down much lower, however,
than among sheep. for they never fall
prey to those diseases which deci-
mate the sheep herds. Thus, with the
increase about equal. the losses less
and the expense of keeping but little
more, the increase in number. especial
ly in view Of the good prices, brings In
plenty Of ready money.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-14


For the last ten years. said a GU
rio dealer in the Old Quarter. "a broad
bladed dagger with an imitation bronze
handle has been lying among a lot Of
odds and ends in that corner showcase.
l don't know where it came from, but
probably got it when buying some
collection. At any rate, the other day
while looking over my dead stock, it
occurred to me it might be FURNISHED
up and used as paper knife. | took
it out, scraped the handle little to see
what it was made of and then laid 1t
on my desk TO attend to customer.
"When picked 1t up again, was as
founded to find the blade dripping with
blood. 1t seems a childish thing to tell,
but the incident was so grewsome and
apparently inexplicable that 1t set me
trembling like leaf. In a moment,
however, my common sense came to
the rescue, and what proved to be the
correct explanation flashed into my
mind
1T was trick dagger, for use either
mummery. and the hilt contained a
hidden reservoir for artificial blood.
In scraping the side ! had pressed a
spring which opened little valve, and
out came the gore still fluid after all
these years. | afterward found that
the top unscrewed for replenishing the
supply. New Orleans Times-Demo-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-14

Can any woman who suffers with con-
slant dragging, wearying, hfe-sapping
ailments be happy? Does not her
crown of wonianhood become a symbol
of martyrdom rather than of happiness
IF ailing women realized how surely
DR.. Pierce's wonderful "Favorite Pre-
scription " would restore them to COM
plete health and the perfection of
queenliness, there would be more
coronets of joy set upon brows now
crowned with misery.
at had female trouble for eight years" writes
Mrs L. J. Dennis, of 87S East College St, Jack
sonville, Ill. For three years suffered contin-
uaily Words cannot express what suffered.
sought relief among the medical profession and
found none, until induced by kind friends to try
DR. Pierces Favorite Prescription. When com
menced taking this medicine weighed ninety
FIVE pounds. After taking Favorite Prescrip-
tiou was built up until now weigh one hun
bred and hfty-six pounds-rnore than ever
weighed before.
II was so bad would lie from day to day and
long for death to come and relieve my suffering
1 had internal inflammation, disagreeable
drain bearing down pains in the lower part of
my bowels, and such distress every month, but
now never have pain--do all my own work
and am strong and healthy woman. Thanks
to your medicine. never forget to recommend
it to all suffering women. I consider myself q
living testimonial of the benefits of your Fa-
vorite Prescription
ANY woman may write to Dr. R. v.
Pierce, of Buffalo, N. v, with the ut
most confidence. He will give her case
careful consideration and send her a
letter of common-sense, professional adj
vice free of charge.
If your head aches the trouble is pretty
sure to be constipation. Dr.. Pierce's Pleas
ant Pellets will cure you.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-14
western ca.tI.

One of the results of the war in the
Transvaal is that the demand for Unit
ed States beef both on the hoof and
dressed is greater than ever before at
this season Of the year, says the New
York Mail and Express. Heavy ship
ments Of cattle are now being made
from New York every week, with the
result that the big stockyards of the
west are kept fairly busy with the
shipments of cattle from them. Re
ports from the western ranges show
that the cattle passed a very good win
ter. and the cowboys. or cow punch
ers." as they are better known on their
native heath, are busy rounding them
up and shipping train load after train
load to New York. Technically live
stock sent to Europe comes under the
head of export cattle. In one week re-
Gently 10000 head were marketed in
the Chicago stockyards alone. 1t used
to be that the bulk of the beef cattle
sent abroad were 'Ionghorns," or Tex
as cattle. but 1t is noticeable today
that the breeding up of cattle has been
so extensive that fully three-ffths of
the exports are Hereford. Shorthorn or
PolIed Angus grades. Grade cattle are
not full bloods, but a mixture of the
old time range cattle and the finer
breeds.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-14
SUMMER OUTINGS.
PERSONAL---VERY. CONDUCTED TOURS VI.
pENNSYLVANIA p z

PERSONALLY. CONDUCTED TOURS VIA
PENNSYLVANIA R.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company an
nounces the following PERSONAL !. conducted
tours for the Summer and early Autumn OF
1900 =
To the North, including Niagara Falls
Thousand Islands, the st. Lawrence
Montreal, Quebec, the Sagnenay, Au
Sable Chasm, Lakes Champlain and
Georgia, and Saratoga. July q to August 4
aud August II to %. Rate, 1925 for the
round Trip flom New York, Philadelphia
Baltimore, and Washington, including all
necessary expenses. Proportionate rates
from other points.
Five-day tour to Gettysburg, Luray and
Washington September Is Rate, $25
from New York, So from Philadelphia
Proportionate rates from other points
nine-day tour to Gettysburg, Luray
Caverns, Natural Bridge, Richmond, Old
Point Comfort and Washington, October 8.
Rate, sos from New York, $63 from Phila-
delphia, including all necessary expenses
PrOpOriionate rates from other points.
For itineraries and further information
apply to ticket agents, or address George
w. Boyd, Assistant General Passenger
Agent, Philadelphia. 67-1900 p.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-14
A VALUABLE PUBLICATION.
THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD 1900 sum.

THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD 1900 SUM-
MER EXCURSION ROUTE BOOK.
On June ! the Passenger Department OF
the Pennsy lvania Railroad Company will
publish the 1900 edition of its Summer
Excursion Route Book This work is de.
signed to provide the public with descrp-
tive notes OF the principal Summer resorts
of Eastern America, with the best routes
for reaching them, and the rates of fare. Il
contains all the principal seashore and
mountain resorts of the East. aud over
seventeen hundred different routes and COM
binations of routes The book has bean
compiled with the greatest care, and
altogether is the mos: complete and CON-
pIehensiye hand book of Summer travel
ever offered to the public.
The cover is handsome and striking
printed in colors, and the book contains
several maps, presenting the exac routes
over which tickets are sold. The book is
profusely illustrated with fine half-tone
cuts of scenery at the various resorts and
along the lines of the Pennsylvania Rail.
road
On and after June this very interesting
book may be procured at any Pennsy lvania
Railroad ticket Office at the nominal price
of ten cents, or. upon application to the
general Office, Broad Street Station, by
mail for twenty cents. 81 1900 Its.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-14
Friday, the 2Sth day Of June,

| next. between the hours of IL and O'Clock, to.
wit at O'Clock in the afternoon of said day, al
| the Court House in the City Of Woodbury., County
| OF Gloucester. and State of New Jersey, all the
following described Real Estate, that is to say:
All the following described tract or parcel of
Land and premises. situate, lying and beng in
the then Township OF Greenwich, but now East
Greenwich, In the County of Gloucester and
State OF New Jersey; and bounded as follows:
Beginning at stone standing in the middle OF
the kin road at the intersection of the Jes-
sups Mill road herewith. thence by Sailer's
land ~ North seventy-nine degrees and thirty
minutes west four chains and twelve links to a
corner to Green's land. by which 1t runs (2D
South thirteen degrees and thirty minutes west
twelve chains and fifty links to stone, thence
by the same (3) South seventy-seven degrees and
forty five minutes east, three chains and thirty
two links to a corner to Sailer's land ia the mid
die of said COhawkin road, thence az thereby
along the middle of said road north, sixteen de
grees and thirty minutes east, twelve chains
and seventy-three links to the place Of begin
ming.
Containing four acres and sixty-eight hun
dredths of an acre of land more or less.
Being the same tract of land which the said
John J. Sutton purchased of the said Amos
J. Peaslee and wife
Excepting however. all that certain part Of
said tract or parcel of land and premises:
Beginning at a stone In the Cohawkin road and
also In the road leading from Jessup's mill to
Greenwich Meeting House, and thence running
by Sallefs land Cd lorth seventy-nine degrees
west, four chains twelve links to Joseph D..
Green Is land; thence thereby south fourteen de-
grees west one chain and sixty-fve links to the
middle of Jessup's mill road aforesaid thence
along said road north seventy mine and three
fourths degrees, east. five chains and fifty links
to the beginning.
Containing one third of an acre more or less.
lied as the property Of Sarah Ann Blumoe,
ct ais. defendants, and taken execution at the
suit OF The Woodbury. Firemens Relief Asso-
citation, and to be sold BY
David o. Watkins. sol'r. Sheriff.
Dated May %. 1900. Prs fee $1,000
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-14
BEE BuzzES.

Curing honey simply means a proper
evaporation of the water it contains.
1t is best not to handle bees very early
in the morning or late in the evening.
To handle bees with the most satisfac
ton select a bright, rather warm day.
Dividing the bees into too many diyi
sions early in the season is often ruin
GUS.
In selecting combs for the colony tC
occupy in the new location get a good
supply of brood.
If the fertile workers are discovered
when they first make their appearance
before any of the drone larvae is seen
scattered about. they will often accepi
queen cell Or fertile queen without diff
fieulty.
The Importance of spacing frames in q
hive should not be overlooked. If too
much space is given, the bees will build
the combs so thick that it win be neces.
sary TO shave them down to proper thick
ness with sharn knife
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-14

load of horses and feed them till they
are fit for market and make money by
doing so, surely 1t viii be profitable for
the farmer who has grown the hay
and grain to do the same thing. More
over, it is in accordance with the gen
eral principle that it never pays to sell
raw materials as it does to make a
finished product as far as possible and
thus having as few middlemen as pos
sible between the producer and the
consumer.
The same principle applies to the
breaking Of the horse to harness, sin
gle or double. Somebody has to do it
before the horse Is useful to the per-
son who finally drives him. and that
somebody is paid for his trouble. An
untaught, unbroken horse or one that
is skittish or has tricks suffers a depre-
citation in price as compared with what
he would otherwise bring, and there
is no better place to break a young
horse than the farm on which he was
raised provided he be handled kindly
and wisely. They can be handled cv-
CA = udt AIOt1 SOlluOOQ anu newer hIOW
what 1t is to be afraid of man, and, as
almost all the faults In the education Of
horse have their origin In fear rather
than vice, properly treated they be-
come so, and the fact adds materially
TO their value. This Is especially true
Of light horses and such as, If quiet
and reliable, would be suitable for la
dies drivers.
The necessity of keeping a horses
shoes sharpened in winter weather to
enable him to keep his feet on ice COW
cred and slippery pavements has given
inventors an attractive problem. One
solution offered is an adjustable calk
that can be fastened to the shoe tempo
rariiy and which can readily be re-
sharpened at will. 1t consists of two
bars, bent as shown, with their ends
bent up into hooks so as to engage with
the shoe. AS both bars are of shorter
length than the largest diameter of the
shoe it is evident that they can readily
be held In place with bolt and nut in
the manner shown. Wedge shaped
calks are fastened in tapering holes
formed in the bars, the location of the
holes being directly over the iron shoe,
so that they cannot accidentally be
driven through into the hoof
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-14
Redn.


We cannot tell with any certainty
when the first portable furniture was
invented, and. to judge by the ark as
it survives among our children, Noah
was either ignorant of such things or,
and more probably. denied himself
their use for the time being in order
to leave more room for the animals.
But long before Cowper somewhat
apologetically sang the sofa Homer
was proud to enumerate the cherished
and decorated pieces of furniture In
the tents of the heroes before Troy
and described Odysseus' pleasure In
seeing once more his own beautiful
bed as sympathetically as any other
incident of the return, while that he
had a second best bed is one of the
very few personal facts we know re-
garding our Shakespeare.
Shades of Ulysses and Shakespeare.
A bed was bed then. In Greece, a
couch worthy of hero; In England,
a miniature stage of life. with its tap
estried roof and hangings and curtains
that rose or fell with fitting pomp on
the great scenes Of the domestic dra-
ma.-Chambers' Journal.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-14

=
By virtue ofsundry wriis Of feri racias to me
directed, issued out OF the Gloucester Circuit
and Chancery Courts of the State of New Jersey,
viii be exposed at public sale on
Monday, the Eighteenth day Of June, next,
between the hours of Il and O'Clock, to-wit, at
O'Clock in the afternoon of said day. at the
Court House in the City of Woodbury. County of
Gloucester, and State of New Jersey, all the fol-
lowing described Real Estate, that is to say:
All the following described tract or piece of
land and premises situate on the West side of
Ellis Street In Giassboro, Township of Clayton,
County of Gloucester and State of New Jersey
and bounded as follows: Beginning at a one
set for corner on the North side Of the line of
the Cape May Railroad and in the center of said
Ellis Street, thence (i) along the center of said
Ellis Street north sixty-six degrees east FIVE
chains and eighty-six links to the corner OF
Whitney's land, being a stone corner IN the
middle of said Ellis Street; thence ~ along
Whitney's line north twenty-fonr degrees west
two chains and ten links to another stone cor
ner in his line; thence 90 still along his line
north forty seven degrees west eleven chains
and thirty-nine links 10 another stone corner;
thence az still along his line south sixty five de-
grees and thirty minutes west chain and
fifty six links to the line of the north side of said
Railroad; thence l5) along the north side line OF
said Railroad south twenty-four degrees and
thirty minutes east twelve chains and sixty
links to the place of beginning Containing five
acres and nine one hundredths of an acre of
land be the same more or less. Excepting out
OF the same strip of land containing 37-l00 of
an acre conveyed to the West jersey Railroad
January 5th, 1892. Being the same premises the
said George Flower came ia possession of by and
through the last will and testament of his father,
George Flower, Sr.. said will being recorded in
the Surrogate Office of the County of Glouces-
ter at Woodbury. reference to the same win more
fully appear &c
Seized as the property of George Flower. de-
PENDANT, and taken in execution at the suit oil
Hannah Flower, complainant, and to be sold By
F. ID. SPRINGER,
A. H. Swackhamer and others. sheriff.
Soi'rs.
Dated Nav IA. 1900. Sir Prs fees So.