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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-30
Sailed BUTTER.
Why 1t Keeps Better Than Butter
That Is Fresh.

Why 1t Keeps Better Than Butter
That Is Fresh.
Why does salt butter keep better
than fresh butter? We must first real
ize that the bacterial population of
moderate sized pat of butter may be
reckoned by millions, that tiny lump
only large enough to go into a thimble
has been known to be tenanted by
nearly 4S,000,000, that, in fact, in con
Stunning a slice Of bread and butter you
may unconsciously be assimilating in
diyidual lives exceeding in number
those of the whole of Europe. Thus
the urgency for keeping these hordes in
check and hence the efforts which are
made, first, to set up effectual barriers
to their ingress by taking proper pre-
cautions in the production of milk and,
second, in the conduct of the processes
involved in the manufacture and distri-
button of the finished article
Included in these processes is the adj
dition of salt in such quantities as to
justify the butter being known as salt
butter, this addition being made with
the object Of extending the keeping
powers of the butter or, in other words,
to suppress to large extent the activi-
ties of the butter bacteria. That salt
does act in this manner is shown by
the fact that in butter thus treated
very large reduction in the number of
heterogeneous present is effected
There can be little doubt. therefore,
that the common butter microbes do
not by any means regard salt as their
elixir of life.
In England boracic acid is said to be
extensively used in butter as q preserv-
atiye or antiseptic agent, while in the
United States a recent public health
document states that none was report
ed to have been found in the samples
of butter examined. This is probably
due to the fact that in America there
exists a strong prejudice in favor of
salt butter whereas in England the use
of salt butter is the exception and not
the rule. Hence in America salt can
be used as preservative instead of the
boracic acid employed for that purpose
in England.
The densely populated condition of
butter above referred to is not to be
wondered at If we realize that the raw
material in the shape of milk may con-
tain from 100000 to as many as 169,-
100000 of bacteria in few drops
Longman's Magazine.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-30
Sorghum as Fodder.

We plow the ground in the spring
after corn planting. says Kansas cor
respondent in Prairie Farmer. The lat
ter part of June is soon enough. be-
cause If you sow too early it will get
ripe and you will have to cut it in the
warm weather of August. 1t is better
to plant SO you can cut it just before
frost. 1t will keep better and is not
liable to sour. as it might do if cut in
the warm weather. We SOW it broad
cast. about two bushels to the acre. Be
sure and sow 1t thick or it will grow
big. rank stalks, which will be hard to
handle and stock will not eat so well.
We aim TO feed it out before Christmas
Or before it freezes too much. OF course,
If it is fine, say like millet. it will keep
just as good as any hay. We usually
cut it with a moving machine. rake It,
put it in big shocks and feed from the
shocks just as needed. as it will keep
just as well as IL stacked. for If Ii is
coarse and rank the stalks will have
lots Of juice in them and will not
keep If stacked. Sorghum fodder is
splendid for all kinds of stock. Hogs
will eat it with relish: cattle and
horses like it also.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-30

On one occasion in the tifties an anna
teur dramatic performance was given
in San Francisco for the benefit Of
some deserving charity. Among the
performers was the late Hugh Farrar
MeDermott, the poet, and in box was
Mr.. Mills. The play was some classic
piece, and the acting was so bad that
what should have been a tragedy be-
came a farce. In the last act McDer-
mott dropped his sword and, STOPPING
aWkwardly, picked it up. There was a
litter in the audience, which increased
rs the luckless performer asked, what
shall do with this envenomed bladey'
From the bankers box came in n
queer stage whisper, Stab yourself.
Hugh, and be done with it~-Frank
Leslie's Monthly.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-30
A COUNTRY Road.


A dusty, stony way, whose bord'ring sod
Is thick with blackberries and goldenrod;
Abrupt, bare hills on one side looking down, III
And from the other you can see the town 4
Follow the rivers course through meadows green,
Der which thick woods and marble lodges lean. n
A little farther, where the road descends,
a brooks soft tinkle with some bird song blends,
Ozone from Its edge the dear old DANES small
cot
Half hidden by quaint flowers; lush bergamot
Makes sweet its banks, its depths the boys still
swim
Or watch the minnows from some willow limb
Upon its bridge how often / have Stood
Watching the west, whose glory seemed to food
With tenderest light the poorhouse and the graves
Beside it-turn to gold the brooklet's waves
Till from the hill, OH dearest sight Of all,
saw my father, aud heard him CALI
lie came with sturdy stride and swinging pail
My hand in his-told my days whole tale
OF joys, that meath his bright smile seemed to
grow,
While lessened was my every childish woe
As his sweet words fell on my soul like balm
While we walked homeward through the fragrant
calm.
Mary NJ Mccarthy in Boston Transcript
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-30
CORN CULTURE.

Best Methods of Cultivatins-Time,
Manner and Frequency.
If the preparation Of the seed bed,
the selection of seed and the planting
have been well done, the cultivation of
the corn crop will be easy and will ac-
complish it's best results. The cult
vator should have in mind at least
four objects-viz, the conservation of
moisture, the destruction of weeds, the
feeding of the corn plant and the AGRA
ton of the corn roots. says writer in
Orange Judd Farmer.
The time, manner and frequency of
the CIVILIZATIONS will be modified by
the condition of the soil, but should be
adapted to best effect the foregoing
objects. Generally it is best to begin
with the harrow before or soon after
the corn is up and cross harrow in
four or five days. The Importance of
this early and thorough work with the
harrow cannot be overestimated and
ought not in any case to be neglected.
This narrowing destroys the first crop
of weeds, which is always the most
injurious to the growing corn and pull
verizes the surface soil, forming the
soil mulch so necessary to conserve
the moisture below against the time of
drought, most sure to come.
Follow the harrow with the cult
vator, using small shoyels and running
close and deep the first blowing. Gull
tivate every week, the civilizations
after the first being shallow and far
Their away from the corn, until the corn
is too tall for the cultivator
The impression is quite prevalent
that q corn crop is well cultivated
when it is plowed or cultivated three
times. Three civilizations may be suf-
ficient for the best results in some in
stances, but five or six are sometimes
necessary.
If a farmer contemplates planting
and cultiyating 40 acres of corn with
one team, it is a mistake. 1t would
be better to plant 20 or 30 acres and
give it the cultivation necessary to at
tain the best results and use the re-
mainder of the 40 acres for pasture or
some other crop.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-30
The Pen Louise In New Jersey.

Last year extra early paintings of
peas in New Jersey were so far ad-
vanced that they were not materially
injured by the new pea pest, but me-
dunn and lafe, unless sprayed, were
entirely destroyed. The louise appear
ed about the last Of May in some sec
lions and from that time on was in
sufficient force to cover everything in
sight.
A large cannerfand grower at Free
hold saved the bulk of his early crop
by spraying two applications) with
whale oil soap. His sprayers lift the
vines and cover the underside of the
plants, where almost all the lice feed.
AS with the potato beetle, the grower
must have all things ready, as they
appear so suddenly and in such num-
bers as to destroy the crop unless i'm
mediately attended to.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-30
NOTICE.

In the matter Of The improvement Of the public road
kl,oe0n as The Woodbury. and Gtassboro road.
Notice of the assessment of benefits conferred
by the Improvement of said road, upon the lands
fronting or bordering thereon.
In obedience to order of the Gloucester
County Circuit Court, made on the seventeenth
day of May, nineteen hundred and one, 1, the
subscriber, Collector of the Township of Dept
ford, in the County of Gloucester, do hereby
give notice to the owners of the lots and tracts
of land and real estate, in the said Township of
Deptford, fronting or bordering the public
road, known as the Woodbury. and Glassboro
road, that the several amounts following, set
opposite their respective names, have been, by
the Commissioners appointed by the said Court
for that purpose, assessed for the peculiar bene-
fits conferred by the Improvement of the said
road upon their respective lots and tracts of
land fronting or bordering thereon, as appears
by the report OF the said Commissioners, by the
said Court duly confirmed, and on file in the
office of the Clerk of the said County of Glou-
cester and that the said several amounts so
assessed will be due and payable to the under
signed, as Collector of the said Township of
Deptford, within six months from the date
hereof.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-30
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FlE LnsNpE RRDEN
HOG PASTURE.
Neat Way to Do Good to Pigs and
~ po

A Neat Way to Do Good to Pigs and
to Pasture.
The permanent pasture, A, can be
seeded down to June grass, white clo-
yer, blue grass, timothy-in fact, al
most any grass that viii not freeze out.
Pasture B is for clover for summer
grazing; also for winter grazing Il
wanted and possible. Pasture @ is
for corn or green corn fodder raising.
Just before laying the corn by for the
season sow 10 pounds of clover seed to
the acre and cultivate it in when going
through with the corn cultivator the
last time, usually not deeper than two
to four inches. BY this time the
ground is generally quite well shaded
enough by the corn to hold the neces-
sary moisture to insure good stand
of clover even in a dry season.
The next year pasture c will be your
clover grazing ground, and in pasture
B the clover sod will be turned under
for corn and seeded down to clover
again, as before. Every year change
the clover on the corn pasture and the
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-30
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FEEDING FLOOR
PASTURE c
PASTURE 3
A PLAN WORTH LOOKING INTO.

A PLAN WORTH LOOKING INTO.
corn on the clover pasture. By this
continual exchange of grazing ground
the pasture soils will be getting richer
every year and growing larger corn
and more clover. This is also a good
place to pick out your seed corn.
Make the feeding floor of cement.
1t is thought to be better not to have
a roof above the feeding floor, so as
to get all the sunshine on top of it,
but there could be three foot tight
board fence around the sides of the
floor to keep off the chilly winds. Fig.
D is water barrel with an automatic
fountain.
Provide dry, comfortable sleeping
quarters with plenty Of light, sunlight
being the best disinfectant On cold
winter day you will frequently see the
hog go out to Craze on a clover field it
he can get at it. If each pasture con-
tains 10 acres, the plan outlined will be
sufficient for $50 to It's swine, con-
cludes a writer in Breeders Gazette.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-30
Farming Not Played Out.

J. 81. Hale, the successful peach
grower of Connecticut and Georgia,
whose life work has been on q New
England farm, who has no other in
come except from the soil and who has
been for the last 20 years in close touch
with the most progressive thought of
American agriculture, is quoted as hay
ing said recently that he was clearly
of the opinion that if young men and
women of brains and energy will fit
themselves as thoroughly for the pro
fession of agriculture as they must for
any other business or profession the
chances for success on the farm are
far greater today than in any other
business in New England.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-30

Bishop Clarkson of Nebraska. known
and well beloved throughout the west.
was accustomed to carry his fitments
in an ordinary travelling case.
On one of his journeyings be was ap-
preached by a travelling man, who,
installing him for fellow drummer
asked. what do you carry?"
10 which the dear man replied, with
understandable good fellowship. "Lawn!p
Exchange.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-30

Bismarck ON the Throne of France.
Bismarck on the throne of France
Bismarck was once spoken of in thai
connection. And by Napoleon too. II
was during the detention of the de-
throned emperor at Wilhelmshohe il
1871, when Napoleon and some mem
bers of his staff were discussing the
probability of Napoleon reaseendine
the French throne and news of the do
lngs of the commune was brought in.
''Horrible-too horribleI'' exclaimed
lie petit cmpereur.
Ana then, after a long silence, he re-
sumed, II know man who. if on the
French throne, would be master OF
Germany In six months"
''His name, sire?" asked his nephew,
Prince Murat.
Bismarck" replied the emperor as
ne turned on his heel
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-30
BREEDING HORSES.
GOOD DRAFT MARES A PROFITABLE
INVESTMENT.

Experience of a Missouri Farmer
With Three Big Mares - Breeding
Herd Doubled In Four Yeurs-Sur-
plus Paid Original Cost.
All through the dark days of depres-
sion in the horse breeding business this
Journal besought those who possessed
good grade or pure bred draft mares
not to part with them under any cir
cumstances whatever, says Breeders
Gazette. The promise was made that
better times would return, and return
they have, prices having slipped back
to level quite as high as that on
which they ever rested even in the
widest of the old boom days. 1t was
plain that such times must return.
History always repeats itself, and The
Gazette never thought that there was
any sense in rushing wildly out of one
sort Of stock merely because for time
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-30
Toprinr sheen.

Before sheep leave winter quarters
they should be tagged whether they
have manure on the wool or not. Many
are sure to have soft dung adhering to
the wool In doing this work it is not
necessary to cut much wool away.
From the wethers the wool stained by
urine should be cut away, as the parts
will get heated and cass.2 infamma-
ton and in many cases prevent the an
imal from thriving. If sheep go till
shearing time without tagging, there
is generally a loss in wool injured by
the manure.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-30
CLOTHING BIG BOYS.
HOW TO DO HOME TAILORING FOR
YOUTHS.

Some Articles which Mothers May
Make For Their Almost Grown UP
cts. Pyjamas and other Comforts.
copyright, 1901, by American Press Association
A woman's usefulness is curtailed
in the matter of making things for her
big boys. Still, she can make pyjamas
and smoking Jackets and golfing jack
cts, and perhaps she can even dare a
white vest. 1t takes but three-quarters
of yard of pique and the same Of
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-30
IMPORTED CABBAGE BUTTERFLY.

N>A~~Srl
to crops in America this is undoubted-
ly the worst. The larvae work in cab
bages, rape and various other plants.
From the nature of the case poison
cannot be safely used, and we have to
resort to other means for destroying
them. One of these is hot water. This
has proved successful in certain cases,
though complaints have come from
some parties who have used it.
The efficiency of hot water depends
upon the fact that it takes less degree
of heat to kill cabbage worms than to
injure the cabbage.
The ordinary manner of applying the
hot water is through a sprinkler. Wa
ter is taken boiling hot to the field and
poured into a sprinkler. From this it
is poured on the infested plants, killing
the worms, but not injuring the cab
bages.
Now, the exact distance that must be
maintained between the watering pot
and the plants cannot be stated, be-
cause the watering pots vary SO much
as to the size of the holes, and the tenn
pCldlQlC 10 llhCly W VAL Win tllC Oio-
lance from the heating apparatus. The
finer the holes, of course, the nearer
one can get to the plants. If, on the
other hand, the holes in the sprinkler
are coarse, the drops of water will not
cool sufficiently and the plants will be
injured. Every one must try for him
self on few plants at first and then
wait to see the effect.
Another remedy that is on some ac-
counts better is kerosene emulsion ap-
piled in the ordinary way. Professor
Hillman of Nevada highly recommends
the addition of one ounce Of pyrethrum,
or Persian insect powder, to the liquid
when it is ready to apply.
The work against the early broods Of
these insects in spring and early sum
mer should be prosecuted with great
vigor. At this time, before the head
begins to form, the most effective work
can be done.-R. H. Petit, Michigan.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-30
ASPARAGUS RUST.
Some Hope of Natural Enemies
Checking It-Clean High Culture.

Some Hope of Natural Enemies
Checking It-Clean High Culture.
Asparagus rust had been reported
up to 1899 in New England, along
the Atlantic coast to South Carolina
and Georgia, in Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Kansas and Michigan
and more recently in North Dakota.
Beds in New England standing alone
and surrounded by forests are seldom
troubled by the rust or are less likely
to be than those standing in the open
country.
Experiments on spraying with bor-
deaux mixture began June 16, 1897,
and continued to the tenth spraying
on Oct. were estimated to reduce the
rust at least one-quarter. Ten spray
ings cost $21.76. The rust was not as
abundant in 1898, but spraying reduc-
ed it to some extent. In 1899 on the
same bed there was &c per cent rusted
where it was not sprayed and 40 per
cent where the spray was used. The
results of spraying could scarcely be
called satisfactory.
During the three years it has been
noticeable each year ON this bed and
others that the Palmetto variety rust
ed less than any of the others. There
is also French stock, as yet but little
grown, that seems to show greater re-
sistance to the rust than others.
Clean, high culture improves the Wig
or of the plants, and the use of consid-
cradle quantities of nitrate Of soda to
produce strong growth of tops has in
sured crop when otherwise it might
have proved failure.
There is some hope of natural enc
my checking the rust. There are in
sects that feed upon the rust spores,
and two species of fungi are parasitic
upon the rusts. These facts are gath
cred from an address by DR.. B. D.
Halsted.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-30
IN cHANcERx OFF NEW JERSEY.

To WitliGns II. Aotand, EnoS r. 4rtman and JOS
eph w Hitson, directors and trustees Of The
Woodbury. Heights Land Company:
By virtue of order of the Court of Chan
Gerry OF New Jersey, made on the day of the
date hereof, in cause wherein Clement Reeves
and Louisa w. Reeves, administrators of Ann
M Reeves, deceased, are compliments and you
and others are defendants you are required to
appear, plead answer or demur to the bill of said
complainants on before the second day of
July, next, or the said bill will be taken as con-
fessed against you.
The said bill is fled to foreclose mortgage
given by Henry O. Loudenslager and wife to the
said Ann NJ. Reeves, dated April sixteenth,
eighteen hundred and ninety on lands in the
township of Deptford, Gloucester County and
you, William II. Moland, Enos r. Altman and
Joseph w. Wilson, directors and trustees of the
Woodbury. Heights Land Company are made
defendants because the Woodbury. Heights Land
Company owned said lands at the time of its
dissolution, and you, as directors, by operation
OF law became trustees of said company upon
its dissolution aforesaid.
A. H. SWACKHAMER,
Solicitor of Complainants,
No Cooper street, Woodbury., N. j.
Dated May l, 1901. 5-9-0I-6t
Prs fees, $3.50.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-30
The Head of the Flock.

Lots of bone, large. strong joints and
a fat rather than round, pipestem
leg are the things to insist upon The
belly and back line should both be
straight, the back broad and the skin
bright red, though dark and even light
er skinned rams are sometimes very
vigorous. This is not the rule. how
ever.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-30

AeS<% - OE eNC ~ S'ts
In the west, where farmers burn
straw to get rid of it, they could make
some money by planting potatoes with
it. Drop the potatoes on top of the
ground without blowing in rows or 9th
erwise IS inches apart each way. Use
whole tubers and cover with straw one
or two feet deep. There will be no
more work required except to care for
bugs until harvest time, when with a
fork turn over the straw and pick up
the tubers. from 200 to 800 bushels per
acre and perhaps more. They will not
suffer with drought, and the next year
the land win be in condition for any
crop and easily plowed. American Ag-
riculturist..
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-30
New Jersey sweet Corn.

Sweet corn is extensively grown for
market during the entire season. Each
grower has his favorite variety. Min
nesota and Shaker are among the best
early. Ne Plus Ultra or Shoe Peg is
largely planted and sells well on ac-
count Of superior quality. Stowell Ev-
ergreen ia Cor midseason and late.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-30
GLoUcEsrER CO. oRpHANs, couRr.

On the application of John F.
Trultt Administrator of the 49,.
Estate of Sampson Larring- @, orueT 70
ton, deceased, for an order to ONO" cause.
sell land to pay debts.
John F. Truitt Administrator of the Estate of
sampson harrington, deceased, having exhib-
tied to this Court, under oath, a just and true
account OF the personal estate and debts of the
said deceased whereby it appears that the per-
sonal estate of the said Sampson harrington,
deceased, is insufficient to pay his debts, and
requested the aid of the Court in the premises:
1t IS on this twentysixth day of April A d. 1901,
ordered that all persons interested in the lands,
tenements and real estate of the said Sampson
harrington, deceased, appear before this Court,
at the Court House, in the City of Woodbury.,
on Friday, the tarent9-eigtth day of June neat at
ten o clock IN the forenoon or as soon thereafter
as the Court hear the same, to show cause
why so much of the said lands, tenements
hereditaments and real estate of the said Samp-
son harrington, deceased, should not be sold as
will be sufficient to pay his debts or the residue
thereof as the case may require.
By the Court
WILLARD #. DU BOIS,
dated May IL, 1901. 5-16 Surrogate.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-30
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Charles B. Leonard Administrator @. T. A. of
Rebecca Bowers. deceased, by direction of the
Surrogate OF the County of Gloucester, hereby
gives notice to the creditors of the said Rebecca
Bowers, deceased, to bring in their debts, claims
and demands against the estate of the said de-
cedent, under oath or affirmation within nine
months from this date, or they will be forever
barred of any action therefor against the said
Administrator c. L. A.
G. B. LEONARD,
Dated April l. 1901. A Admir- @. T. A.