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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-08-01
PARIS WHITE COS LETTUCE.

the surface Of the inner leaves consld-
erably folded. The heads are 8 to II
inches high, rounded at the ends, firm
and weigh from u to "a ounces each.
In quality this variety is hardly sur
passed by any kind of lettuce. 1t is
customary to tie the leaves together
when the heads are forming, although
when the plants are well grown this is
not always necessary.
Other varieties closely resembling the
above and which appear to be hardly
distinct from 1t are the Trianon Cos
and the Paris Self Folding Cos. The
White Heart and Dwarf White Heart,
if distinct varieties, differ but little
from the Paris White Cos and are in
ferior to it.
The Paris Green Cos is a little deeper
green than the Paris White and the
plant not quite so large, but natures q
few days earlier.
Balloon Cos has leafy plants and the
heads not very firm even when tied.
Ground Cos is dwarf variety, inter
mediate between Paris White and AS
paragus Cos.
Asparagus Cos has little value as a
garden esculent, although some people
like the feshy midribs. which are
tender, juicy and peculiarly pleasing
to the taste If gathered just before the
blossom stalks show in the center of
the plants.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-08-01
A Strange Fire.

On the night of March 81, 1916, about
three hours after sunset, a monster
bright light arose out of the Adriatic
sea and passed from east-northeast to
the west of southwest, crossing over
Italy in vertical line about half way
between Rimini and Leghorn. Various
estimates as to the height and size of
the body were made. One scientist,
with amusing exactness, declared that
1t was 80 miles high at Calmers. At
all places near its course kissing
noise like that of skyrocket was
plainly heard. At Leghorn the sound
is said to have been like that Of
large cannon, quickly dying away I'M
til 1t sounded much like cart running
over cobblestones. Estimates Of It's
size seem to have been as Wild as those
respecting its height. Some accounts
say that it was as large as house."
LIE Cat says that sit was good half
mile In circumference" Bohn, who
has written very readable account
of 1.-THE great meteor or strange fire
of March p. 1876" estimates that It
was about one-half mile by the small
cr diameter" which would surely make
It terrifying object to behold.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-08-01
FINE CAULIFLOWERs,

than what the water supply. Thirty
or forty thousand pounds per acre CT
barnyard manure suffice to make the
soil conform to requirements, no mat
ter what Its previous condition may
have been.
Cultivation requirements are about
the same as those of cabbage, though
little more exacting. At the Texas ex-
pertinent station, where the soil is
about as unfayorable as possible, as
high as $703.50 worth per acre has been
grown, and 1t is claimed that the land
on which this crop was grown was not
sufficiently MANFRED.
Caulifiower has been successfully
grown at the Beeville substation by
irrigation, and 1t is a speciality with
many truck growers in that section.
The cut is photo of three specimens
grown by a successful truck farmer of
BeeVil1e Tex.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-08-01
THE HORSE INDUSTRY.
why the Eastern Farmer VIII Do
Well to Raise a Few Horses.

Why the Eastern Farmer VIII Do.
Well to Raise a Few Horses.
A belief exists all over the east that
in the future the west can be depended
upon to supply horses at less cost
than eastern farmers can afford tol
raise them. A months sojourn in the
west looking up the horse industry
leads me to the conclusion that such,
belief is unfounded, says a National
Stockman writer. The plain facts are,
the low prices of few years past have
more effectually driven the western
breeder out Of breeding horses than the
eastern breeder. True, there are horses
found In plenty In the sale stables. But
the quality of them is poor-in fact,
very poor in many cases. Scarcely a
first class carriage, coach or draft horse
can I find. By far too many of them
are 100 pounds too light for carriage
horses, and when / do find one large
enough with kind disposition and in
teiligent find him poorly formed.
There are no doubt good sires In the
country west Of the Mississippi, but
they are comparatively scarce. There
are some very good mares left there yet
ON the farms. But with the sires at
present there no considerable number
of first class horses will come to east
ern markets for some years. This can
be depended upon. The west has seem
ingly been made the dumping ground
for the Gull stations of the eastern
states.
The farmer of New York, Pennsyl-
yania or Ohio who has good mares will
do well to breed them to good sires and
thus be ready in the future to supply,
an increasing demand for good horses.
OF that have not the slightest doubt.
In the east the fall colt can be raised
where the mare is one of the team and
but little or no Inconvenience expert
enced. The colt can be weaned just
before pasture and raised with little
expense to supply the farm team,
which in the future will take more
money than In the past to buy or am
no prophet and think l am after
looking over the horse situation.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-08-01
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81 DjASIIry7S
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Alfalfa should be cut when not more
than one-tenth of the plants have come
in bloom. Cut at this early stage, the
yield of hay for the season will be
much greater than if the alfalfa is cut
near maturity, and every pound of hay
secured will be worth more for feed
AT the Kansas experiment station
strip through a field of alfalfa was cut
when one-tenth was in bloom; another
strip was cut after full bloom had
passed. The strip cut early was nearly
ready to cut the second time when
that cut after full bloom was being
harvested the first time. The strip cut
early grew vigorously through the sea-
son and made three cuttings and
good aftermath. The strip cut after
full bloom gave a low yield the first
cutting and did not grow sufficiently
to yield good second cutting. Early
cuttings seem to invigorate the plant.
The late cutting of the first crop
seems to injure the plant more than at
any other time, and we have found it
profitable to cut alfalfa the first time
as soon as one-tenth was in bloom, even
though the weather was bad and we
knew that the crop would spoil in cur
ing. The increased yield from succeed
ing cuttings over that cut late much
more than makes up for the loss of the
first crop.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-08-01
A HOUSE GARDEN.

carried out the idea of a room. There
were tables, stools and couches of
green wickerwork. An artistic straw
mating rug covered the floor, and a
Turkish table loaded with tea things
stood in one corner. There We're swing
ing shelves filled with summer litera-
ture and a couple of low tables, one
Uttered with "smokables' and the 9TH
er holding embroidery and sewing odds
and ends. On the walls of the house
hung oars, tennis rackets and other
sporting implements.
There were flowers everywhere.
Boxes filed with them lined the rail-
ings, rustic baskets swung from the
pillars, and jardinieres holding the
winter palms and rubber plants were
scattered about artistically. A mass of
honeysuckle covered the screen on the
southern side, forming leafy wall,
which quivered with every breeze and
filled the air with fragrance.
A wrought iron swinging lamp and
two Japanese lanterns gave the neces-
sary light for dark evenings
HELEN CLIFTON.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-08-01
HOW TO FIX THE vERANDA.
Make Il an Attractive Living Room
Tor the Hot Days.


Tor the Hot Days.
During the hot weather the veranda
is practically the living room of the
family. The feminine members of the
household use it for gossiping, sewing
and reading, and the men like to linger
there after the evening meal and enjoy
their cigars and papers. An attractive
veranda means an attractive summer
home, and its owner will be more than
repaid for the money and trouble ex-
pended upon it.
In the first place, see that your We
randa is cool. There should be q screen
of vines on the sunny side and bamboo
shades which can be drawn down on
very hot days. Striped awnings give
cheerful look, and they can be used
on those porches or piazzas which are
much exposed to the sun and not ade-
quately covered. If mosquitoes are
common in your vicinity, inclose the
vera1lda with fine wire netting. This
will make your summer evenings much
more comfortable. A house which I
recently visited had its veranda entire
ly protected with this fine wire net
ting, and admittance was gained
through a screen door of the same. The
Enclosure within was thus transformed
INTO a fly and insect proof oIH of door
room, where the family often took their
simpler meals and practically lived
half the time. The furnishings also
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-08-01
The Hannx TrucIs Fnrmer.

Truck farming differs from the grow
ing of ordinary field crops in that not
so much land is needed for this work;
hence the location Of the home can be
found in the suburbs of towns and
cities, where both the advantages of
city and rural life can be enjoyed. This
is my ideal home. A man upon such q
truck farm is a king, surrounded by
the best influences of earth. away from
the temptations and excitement of the
city and close enough to take adyan-
tage of its schools, churches, water.
lights, etc. He is in touch with the
great pulsating heart Of nature, her in
MIGRATING atmosphere, her balmy sun
shine, pure water, the song of the
birds, the hum Of the bees and the
aroma of the flowers. What more en-
ticing surroundings could man need
10 lead a pure and happy life, which is
the ultimate object and aim of human
ambition when simmered down to its
elements ?-Farm and Ranch.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-08-01

When you have couple of quarts Of
clabbered milk, pour it into tin pail
or saucepan and stand it in another
larger kettle with hot water over the
fire. Let it stand till the milk is just
heated through; then pour it into q
bag made of eheesecloth. Hang 1t up
and let it drain till perfectly free from
whey. which is the watery part of the
curdled milk. When it is drained, emp
ty the curd from this bag into an earth
en- dish, wet it with little cream, mix
a generous quantity of butter with it,
working it through with your hands
Season it with little salt and make 1t
up into balls or pats and put it away in
q cool place.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-08-01

CANTAIOUPE AND PICKLE WORMS.
linas, Georgia and Florida, cucurbit
fields are rarely free from it during
late summer and fall.
The pickle worm feeds on most vari-
cites of cucurbits, but 1t has a decided
preference for the squash; therefore
trap plants Of summer squash are used
as a protection, and as the trap crop
must be kept growing as long as pro-
lection is necessary seed is planted ev-
cry two weeks or so.
The Georgia station in their advising
in regard to this worm says:
AS with most other insects, clean cul-
ture will here be of value. Collect and
burn the old cucurbit vines. Trash in
fence corners should be carefully raked
out and burned during the winter.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-08-01
POINTS ON TOBACCO.
Cultivation, Worms, Topping, Suck
ering and Harvesting.

Cultivation, Worms, Topping, Suck
ering and Harvesting.
I aim to cultivate the crop about five
times, not so much how I plow, but
when 1 plow, says an Ohio Farmer
writer; first stirring, ten days after
planting; last blowing, ten days after
topping.
AS to worms, they are sure to come.
always aim to be ready for them. Up
to this crop have used poison in liquid
form, and it has always given satisfac-
ton.
I shall also try one pound of paris
green to one bushel of air Stacked lime
and put it on by using tin can or basket
by perforating bottom with holes.
shall begin to use this at the second
blowing. One or two applications will
be all that is needed. At the third cul-
tivation we aim to cut out all grass,
milkweeds. pea vines or anything Of
like nature that may have escaped the
shoyels.
AS to hoeing, that is out of the ques-
ton. Our hoeing is done with riding
CulLlNdlOrs
Topping is the staggering point to
great many growers of the weed. Cen
orally when the time comes to top the
weather is dry, and we would like to
top after good rain, for then it will
commence to spread at once. and that
is what we top for. On Tobacco Leaf
farm we aim to top as near clean as
possible, for as it is topped so will 1t
ripen.
Suckering should be commenced in
about ten days after the tops have been
taken out. Then they will have be-
come about two inches long. The crop
should be cleaned twice before cutting.
This is one of the back aches of the
grower, but it must be done, or you will
repent when the crop is being stripped
and packed. We generally begin to
harvest the latter part of August.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-08-01

The work of many a housewife Is
greatly increased just because the fam
lily is addicted to a deprayed use Of
the frying pan and the baking powder
biscuit. Young lady, If your lover tells
you he wants hot biscuit twice a day,
don't you marry him. The chances are
that il you do he will have dyspep-
STA or Bright's disease before he is 40
and be so ugly you will want to go
home to your ma.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-08-01

BY virtue of a writ of fieri facias to me di-
rected, issued out of the New Jersey Supreme
Court of the State of New Jersey, will be ex-
posed at public SALE
Monday, the Twsnty-sixth Day Of August
next between the hours of 10 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 following described real estate that is to
say:
All that certain tract or lot of land situate in
the Township of Woolwich, County of Glouces-
ter and State of New Jersey, and bounded as
follows:
Beginning at the edge of Church street and in
the line of Joshua Thompson's land and runs
thence along the edge Of Church street South
thirty-three degrees and thirty-fve minutes
East one chain and seventy-five links; thence
bounding on other land of the said party of the
first part South fifty-six and one-half degrees
West one chain and sixteen links to the line of
Joshua Thompson's land; thence along said
line North one-half of degree West two chains
and ten links to the place of beginning. Con-
tanning one-tenth of an acre, be the same more
or less.
Being the same premises that Nathan T.
Stratton ct ais, by deed bearing date February
Gloucester County at Woodbury., in Book Ms
of Deeds, page 663, granted and conveyed to
Lippincott Casseday in fee
Seized as the property OF Lippincott Casseday,
defendant, and taken in execution at the suit of
Stacy L. Paneoast, executor, &c, complainant
and to be sold by
F. D. SPRINGER, Sheriff.
A. II. Swackhamer, Attorney.
Dated July H. 1901 Prs fee $50 us
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-08-01
How to Make egg Soup.

Stir teaspoonful of beef extract into
one quart of boiling water; add a graf
ed onion, an eighth of teaspoonful of
celery seed or a little celery chopped,
half a teaspoonful of salt and u salt
spoonful of pepper; stir constantly I'M
til it reaches the boiling point; strain
through fine sieve and pour 1t while
hot into the well beaten yolks of two
eggs. Add four tablespoonfuls of care
fully boiled rice and serve very hot
Ladies' Home Journal.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-08-01
now to Make Epicureun butter

Eplcurean butter is served with grill
ed meats. etc. To make it put two
tablespoonfuls of fresh butter in a
small bowl and work into 1t thorough
ly with the point of silver knife a
mixture of cayenne, mixed herb pow
der, minced parsley, lemon juice and
mushroom powder. When this Is ac-
complished, set it on the ice and as
soon as solid stamp it into dainty
pats. Dot these about the meat in
serving
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-08-01

Professor Blum Of the Louisiana ex-
pertinent station has made tests and
analyses from which the conclusion is
drawn that sugar cane grown on the
yellow sandy pine lands of Georgia and
North Carolina is fully the equal in
sugar content of the best grown any,
where and superior to Louisiana cane
in the proportion of 16 per cent to IL
Der cent.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-08-01
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A VEGETABLE DAINTY.
Cnulinower Grown In Highest PEI
faction Hinder Irrfcatiou

CauIinower Grown In Highest Per-
lection Under Irrigation.
Caulifiower is fayorite vegetable all
over the civilized world, and where 1t
can be grown successfully and by men
who know what the plant requires it
is very profitable product. The chief
requirements are a very rich soil, we'll
prepared, and an abundance of mois-
ture. Where irrigation is practicable
there the highest measure of success is
assured.
No land in state of nature is suffi-
GENTLY fertile to grow caulifiower to q
high degree of perfection. AS so much
manure is required, it matters less
what the quality of the land may be
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-08-01
IL IL Ed Ed =

The farmer who raises and fattens
mature steers has to furnish pasture
for his cows, the yearlings, the 2-year-
old and often for the 3-year-old steers,
says II. NJ. Cottrell of the Kansas ex-
pertinent station. He waits three years
from the time q calf is born until he
realizes on the investment, and only
one-fourth of his herd are COWS produc-
ing calves. If the farmer will produce
''baby beef" he can fill his pasture TO
the full limit with cows producing
calves, and he will realize on the calves
IL months from the date of their birth.
The farmers gain will produce from 80
to 100 per cent more pounds of "baby
beef" than it will of beef from a ma
ture steer, and for the past three years
the "baby beef animal has sold for as
high prices per hundred as has the
average steer.
In producing ''baby beef" the farmer
can market his heifer calves at the
same price as his steers and will usual
" get more for the 12-month-old heifer
than he would for the same animal If
kept until maturity.
Experiments made at the Kansas ex-
pertinent station show that the scrub
cows may be bought at ordinary prices
and IL selected with dairy forms will
produce from $50 to SIS worth of milk
per year per COW at creamery prices.
Our calves fed creamery skimmilk I'M
til weaving made the greatest gains in
the feeding lots and sold at $40 to $45
per head. This shows that a gross In
come of from 800 to 500 per COW can
be made by the dairyman who will
push both COW and calf.
The farmer who produces baby
beef should raise alfalfa and feed al
falfa hay to both COW and calf every
day In the year. Cowpea, soy bean,
field pea and red clover hays may be
used to give variety. and this means
that the farmer will grow leguminous
crops largely, and these will continual
~ improve his fields.
The calves used In this experiment
were common" bred ones, and they
made good gains. The farmer whose
business is producing "baby beef"
should use the best type of bull that he
can secure short legged. thick meated.
blocky and quick maturing. A few
farmers who are doing this are pro-
ducing year old calves that average
1000 pounds each. This means $50
and upward per head for every steer
and heifer.
Steers Fattened ON Alfalfa.
An Oregon stock raiser gives his ex-
perience In Breeders Gazette of fatten-
ing steers on alfalfa hay alone He
says: began feeding 80 head of steers
Oct. ID last which l bought by weight.
the average being OFT pounds In feed
ing always make 1t practice to keep
salt in the troughs. This year used a
condition powder. mixing eight pounds
OF 1t to 100 pounds of salt. l sold and
weighed the so steers Feb. %, their
average weight being 1910 pounds,
making a net gain of 323 pounds,
which is a third more gain than in
previous years.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-08-01

would exist In the decayed vegetable
matter, wherein the secondary yeast
spores Of the smut may grow and then
may be carried to the corn which be-
comes thus affected. Treatment OF
seed corn does not apparently reduce
the amount Of smut. Cutting and
burning the smut boils before they
have burst open would be useful. 1t Is
worth while to fight smut by all avail
able means. So advises the Ohio sta
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-08-01
Cold Curing Takes the Cheese.

Experiments. in cheese curing which
have been conducted for two years at
the Geneva IN. " experiment station
have results of the highest importance
from the commercial standpoint
Cheeses have been cured at tempera-
lures varying from 90 degrees E. to so
degrees r., the higher temperatures
representing the common factory con-
ditions.
OF the cheeses made in 1899 those
cured at 60 degrees f. and below
scored on the average almost five
points higher on flavor and 25 points
higher on texture than those cured at
65 degrees Il. and above. In 1900 the
average difference in flavor of the
lower temperature was 81 points on
flavor and 81 points on texture.
This is matter well worth the at
tention of all cheese factory managers,
because these differences in commercial
quality are sufficient to cause i'm
portant differences in the selling price.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-08-01
St &C II 0aaiR@
BARNS 'n- ~

A practical and effective silo. cheap
enough to be within the range of al
most any farmer. is made as follows:
Place it alongside the COW shed in such
position that the cutting machine and
elevator can be put beside it conven-
iently for filling and so that the teams
can unload the corn easily without
backing up. thus saving time Build
the silO of wood and round in shape, IL
feet in diameter and not less than 20
feet high. This size will hold 45 tons.
The planks should be as long as posi-
bic so as to have few spices. all the
same width. sound and free from knots,
2 inches thick and the edges square, not
beveled. The material needed is 81
pieces Of by 20-foot pine. 6 iron
hoops threefourths of an inch round,
1 inch at end and tapped for foot; 2
pieces by 4 20-foot oak. pieces 2 by
8 12-foot cedar and 125 feet of hemlock.
The bottom of the silo is sunk three
feet In the ground. with q cedar plank
foundation such as is used for the bot
tom curbipg of a well. Short 4-foot
hemlock boards are put around outside
to keep the earth from touching the
plank. The floor of the silo is clay
beaten solid, banked up little against
the sides TO keep out the air and hol-
lowed a little in the center. Two pieces
Of oak are put OH each side of the silo,
and the bottom and the fifth iron hoops
are put through them. drawn up tight
and screw tapped at both ends with
nuts and washers. Then put the first
plank on the foundation, raise it up
and hold it in place by wire nails bent
round the hoops. Do not drive the nails
through the plank. See that it is plumb.
otherwise the silo will be crooked. Put
up all the other planks in succession,
carefully adjusting the edges. Tighten
up the hoops already on and put on the
sthers. The square edges of the planks
will bind into one another. During the
tightening up make the planks keep in
their places with wooden mallet Put
the hemlock planks around outside.
pack the earth down tight all around
and the silo Is complete.
Farm Buildings.
One must own enough farm imple-
ments and animals to do his work prop
erly. A poor man cannot own horses
valued at 800 each, but his poverty is
no excuse for poor. emaciated, half
killed stacks of BONES" says NJ. Louis
Mertens in Prairie Farmer Make
barns more for comfort than for style.
but do not be afraid to fix up your out
houses-barns. sheds and chicken
houses-so as to have the appearance
that Indicates that we'll to do farmer
dwells there.