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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-09
A WORD FOR THE SILO.
Its Virtues ExtOIIed by n Progressive
Farmer

Its Virtues ExtO1Ied by n Progressive
Farmer.
There are always kickers against the
silo. They are two legged kickers, says
a correspondent of The National Stock
man. l never have had q COW or steer
or horse or mule or hog to be on any
thing but the most friendly relations
with my silos, and while do not per-
nit my own judgment to put on any
airs of infallibility l have some cows
that in their likes and dislikes are so
well established and feel so much jus
tification for my faith in their reliabili-
ty that | never think of making an ap-
peal from their judgment. 1 care not
from where the wise men come, from
the east or west, to tell me the silO is a
fad; that silage is sauerkraut; that it
is partly spoiled; that it is unwhole-
some and will decay the cows teeth
and eat out her internal economy; that
not only the taste of it, but the smell of
1t, is death to horses; that there is moth
ing in it that the dried fodder does not
contain but water, and that l am han
ding so many tons of that liquid that
could be cheaply added in the winter.
And when they have hurled enough fig
ures and statistics and testimonials at
me to overwhelm even stronger man
than l am | simply refer the whole
matter to the cows, and they always
vote in the affirmative.
When we shall arrive at proper APP
probation of the possibilities of the
silo not only as an adjunct of the dairy,
but as a supplement to the farm as
well. then we will understand that we
were wise in holding fast to the silo
faith, and the kicker-otherwise
Then the inside fences will go, and
the unlimited pasture, except the un-
farmable land, will be memory of the
past. Then the product of % acres
will keep the % cows more comfort
ably and profitably than the 100 acres
do now. and there will be 10 acres to
devote to other lines of agriculture or
to growing the protein for the dairy to
the wholesome cutting down of the
feed and fertilizer bills.
Then the progressive farmer will not
sigh to own all the land joining him.
but rather regret that he already has
more than he can farm as it should be
done.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-09
HOW TO SELECT GOOD COWS
The Milk of Every Animal Must BE
Weighed and Tested.

The Milk of Every Animal Must BE
Weighed and Tested.
1t needs no argument to show that it
requires good cows to secure profit in
dairying, says an old dairyman in
American Agriculturist. Now cows are
selected and maintained in dairy herds
almost universally on the judgment
of the dairyman. If COW pleases
a man, he takes and keeps her until
her years of usefulness are over. He
does not inquire about her record, as
no records are kept. 1t does not occur
to the dairyman that there may be a
great difference in the individuality of
the herd thus secured, a difference so
great that some individuals only will
yield profit and others will be kept
at loss. If this question is raised, not
one dairyman in thousand takes the
trouble to weigh and test the milk of
each COW in order to satisfactorily an
swer the question.
Four years ago we secured a herd
of % cows. None of these cows hav-
ing a record they were purchased on
the judgment of the men who selected
them. A committee of Jersey breeders
sent us four Jerseys. In the same way
three Guernseys and four Ayrshires
were selected. The remainder of the
herd were grades. Some were raised on
the farm and others purchased An
accurate record was kept of this herd.
Each individual COW was charged with
the food she consumed at market price
and in addition with the cost of labor
expended in her case. Credit was CIV
en- for the butter produced and for the
skimmilk The variation in the indi-
viduality of these cows was shown by
the years record. In the production of
milk the range was from S,55S pounds
pounds to 165 pounds; in net profit
from $4226 profit to $1S.63 loss. The
six poorest cows were kept at money
loss of $67.47 and the six most profita-
BILE at profit of $14S.7S.
1t is a rule scarcely without excep-
ton that when records of individuals
in a herd are kept for the first time
some animals are found running the
dairymen in debt and others yielding
very little profit. 1t is a conservative
estimate, l believe, that % per cent of
dairy cows arc kept at loss, Is to 20
per cent at little or no profit, while the
remainder only yield profit sufficient
to make up the loss of the improbable
ones and leave a small resulting profit.
Dairymen may correct their judg-
| ment and secure better cows by keep
! ing records of the milk given by each
| individual COW and the amount of fat
| it contains, by forming in their minds
better conception of the form and
outline of a dairy COW. She should have
long. deep barrel in order to store and
digest a large amount of food. She
should have a good udder. so that the
| food transferred to the | l..od may find
room to be elaborated into milk She
should have light front and rear quar-
tiers and carry little flesh, showing n
disposition to transform her food into
milk and not into flesh.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-09
FEEDING RYE IN SPRING.
ChenDens Cost of Ration and In
creases Flow of Milk.

Cheapens Cost of Ration and In
creases Flow of Milk.
For early spring feeding when the
supply of hay is running low and the
end Of the silage is in sight the dairy
man who has patch of rye will find it
most valuable, says correspondent of
National Stockman. During the winter
a good coat of manure may be profita-
bly, applied to 1t when the ground is
frozen. If the manure can be applied
with spreader, the work will be more
perfectly done, as the application
should be uniform and no punches be
left to smother the rye The rye crop
is most economically fed as a soiling
crop and given to the cows in their
stalls. 1t will be highly relished by the
cows, for as spring approaches the old
cows fancy fondly turns to thoughts of
something green. While 1t is being fed
the grain ration can be gradually re-
duced. and while the feeding of the rye
will almost always increase the Cow OF
milk 1t cheapens the cost of the ration
also.
As diuretic the rye Is valuable. and
a general tcning up of the physical sys.
tenn of the Tow can always be observed.
To avoid any faint it may COMMUNE
cate TO the milk or its products the rye
should be fed Immediately after milk
Ing.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-09
The New Irish Rose,

Country Gentleman says that the va
riety which was met with most ques-
ton marks (mentally) at the American
Rose society's show was new Irish
rose named Florence Pemberton. In
the minds of some it settled once for
all the question whether a rose by any
other name would be as taking. Had
this bloom been offered as peony the
expressions of delight over it would
have been loud and enthusiastic, but
as rose it was an unknown quantity
as well as an unknown sort. beautiful
certainly, but not with rose beauty.
The size is tremendous, just that of the
rose peony of our grandmothers, and
the style of bloom much the same.
though as peony it would be consid-
cred very light and graceful. The col
or is white. slightly flushed. and the
texture apparently tissuelike. Add that
all the inner petals are decidedly crimp.
ed, and it will be seen that this new
sort is certainly striking thing. Those
who have seen it will await its general
reception with much interest.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-09
Roses For Am Summer.

Culture is all in all with hybrid per-
petuals. A hybrid which in common
garden soil is left to shift for itself
may perhaps never yield more than its
June crop of flowers, but keep the soil
well enriched-it cannot be too rich
keep it stirred and mellow and do not
allow the plant to stop growing and
note the result. This is the only way
to bring out the good points, for the
flowers are formed in the new wood
Given well drained bed, from Is inches
to feet deep. under above treatment
and the plants of this class of roses
will make a surprising growth of wood
and yield the same proportion of noble
flowers. Added to this, the branches
must be kept well cut back. Remove
all wood that does not show strong
healthy buds. 1t is sometimes neces.
sary to cut back to two or three eyes
before bud is reached from which
we may expect new growth. When
branches are developed from such
buds, they will almost always beal
roses, but not with the freedom during
late summer that they displayed in
June and July.-Vick
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-09
preventing scours In Calves.

We have never been troubled with
the calf cholera, but the white scours
have given us trouble at times, says a
New York farmer in American Agri-
culturist. This common difficulty with
young calves is both unpleasant and
discouraging and. I believe, is prevent
able in almost every instance by care
full feeding. Feeding young calf
three times day for awhile is an ex-
cellent plan. Feed only small mess.
Have it always warm and always
measured or weighed. 1t may pay to
test the temperature with the ther-
mometer. Better feed little under
than little over the capacity of the
calf. 1t is overlooking that causes the
trouble. Never put the grain In the
milk. but feed it dry after the calf has
drunk
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-09

same as the Jersey Yellow when grown
ON the same soil. In fact, it is quite
impossible to distinguish between
them either before or after cooking.
Their yield was at the rate of 30
barrels to the acre with us the past
season. While some varieties yielded
more, the Vineland Bush gave a good
average crop. Their keeping quality
is not of the best, being somewhat in
clined to shrivel in winter storage.
A New Jersey grower gives in Rural
New Yorker the foregoing report of
this famous product of his state and
adds the experience of a Delaware
man who discarded another vineless
variety "for the simple reason that it
is superseded by Vineland Bush, which
is a perfect bush, with no inclination
for spinning. The tubers grow direct
ly under the stalk. They are most
abundant bearers, good flavor, hand
some, rich yellow in color. 1t is simply
perfection and a great improvement
over all vineless potatoes heretofore
solo,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-09
Dated April l, 1901. IA
SHERIFF's SALE.

BY virtue of writ of fieri facias, to be di
| rected, issued out of the Chancery Court of the
State of New Jersey, will be exposed at public
sale, on
Monday, the Twenty-seventh day Of May
next, between the hours of II 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 that certain lot tract or piece of land, sit
uate in the Township of Washington, in the
County of Gloucester, and State of New Jersey
bounded and described as follows: Beginning
at stone for corner in the middle of the pub
lie road leading from Bethel to Isaac Cranmer'.
in line of Thomas w. Hurf's land, and corner tC
land of Jacob Bender, and runs thence ~ along
said Bender's land south fifteen degrees ano
forty-five minutes west two chains to corner in
the same, and to lands of Edward Evans, Jr.
thence (2) along said Evans land south seventy
seven degrees east one chain and twenty five
links to corner of land of Charles Jones;
thence 80 along said Jones land north fifteen
degrees and forty-five minutes east two chains
to in the middle of the aforesaid public
road. in line of said Hurff's land and thence "a
along the middle of said public road and along
said Hurf's land north seventy-seven degrees
west one chain and twenty-five links to the
place of beginning, containing twenty-five
hundredths of an acre strict measure. being
the same premises which Edward Evans, Jr
and wife, by deed bearing date April Goth, A. d.
1875, OF record in the Office of the Clerk of the
said County OF Gloucester, at Woodbury., in
Book SIS of Deeds, folio 305, etc., granted and
conveyed to the said Elijah F. Watson in fee)
Seized as the property of Susanna Gallagher
ct ais, defendants, and taken in execution at the
suit OF Richard Evans, complainant, and to be
sold by
F. D. SPRINGER,
Jos. J. Summerill, Solr Sheriff.
Dated April %, 1901. Prs fees, $780,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-09

The Pretty Garden ForgetmenOt.
One of our loveliest flowers is the
garden forgetmenot (Myosotis palus-
tris), but there are very few gardens
where it will flourish for more than a
season. Plenty of moisture is what it
wants, and it is said that in Germany
and other parts of Europe it grows
along every stream. and apparently it
needs very little encouragement to do
the same in New England. says writ
er in an exchange.
Knowing of two cases where beds of
it are established in the fields, set out
two or three slips (rooted in water)
last summer, and already these have
increased to thrifty mat of budded
shoots as large as a handkerchief. 1t
begins to blossom about the LIST of
June and continues in flower until
frost, seeding freely as well as spread
ing rapidly by its creeping stems, and
it is perennial, perfectly hardy under
favoring conditions. Nothing is pref
tier for indoor decoration than big
bowls of forgetmenots, which will last
for fortnight. the sky blue blossoms
and rosy buds growing little paler,
however. as they open in the house.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-09
Vices of Fowls.

Satan finds some mischief still for
idle" hens "to do" This fact is impress
ed on US as we notice that SO many poul-
try keepers have to write about this
season each year, the hens having been
confined closely for several months. to
ask how to cure some vice which their
fowls have acquired. We notice, too,
that vices break out in very serious
form in places where the hens get plen-
ty of exercise in scratching for their
grain. Scratching doesn't furnish va
riety enough. and some hens are more
disposed to certain vices than others.
Some breeds, too, are more prone to
vice than others. and it seems to de-
pend mostly on the disposition. We
never had any trouble with Brahma
or Cochin hens by egg eating, feather
eating or picking the combs of the
males. Still we think that under ia
voring conditions they would develop
such vices and have no doubt that they
often do. They simply are more con-
tented and less easily tempted than
some of the others.-Farm Poultry.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-09
GUTTER FOR COW STABLE.
Cheap, Easily Constructed and Keeps
the Barn Clean.

Cheap. Easily Constructed and Keeps
the Barn Clean.
A great many COW stables have no
manure cutters, and the floors are Of
ten in bad condition. 1t does not cost
much TO put in a water tight gutter.
We have one in an old stable 30 feet
long that cost US less than 81 to COM
plete, writes ]. H. Brown in Hoard's
Dairyman.
We used two inch white oak season
ed pieces inches wide and made the
gutter 16 inches wide and 8 inches
deep. The sketch of the end section
shows how the pieces were fitted to-
gether
We secured 16 and IA feet stuff and
cut them SO as to break joints. This
made the whole gutter perfectly rigid.
The bottom pieces (B) were cut and
jointed to make a tight fit. For cleats
(C) 4 by a pieces of hard wood were
used.
The side pieces were spiked on, COM
mencing at one end and springing the
2 by 8 into line as we went along. The
heel plank CD and walk plank (E) were
laid over one-half inch, so as to form q
fiange. and then spiked down.
The end pieces were fitted in and
nailed, and the gutter was complete
When soaked up, it was found to be
water tight. 1t took the writer less
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-09
OUR HENS IN GERMANY.
An Agent of the Kaiser Has Been In
vestigating American Fowls.

An agent of the Kaiser Has Been IN
vestigating American Fowls.
Through unofficial sources the inter-
estsng fact has been learned here that
Emperor William recently sent to this
country trusted agent to study care
fully and report on the character and
habits of the American hen, with the
view of introducing into German barn
yards a strain Of new blood for the inn
proyement of the native fowls. This
development has led to the discovery
that the hens of the fatherland for the
last few years constantly have been
growing dereliet in duty in the impor-
tant matter of laying eggs and that as
a consequence Germany not only is
threatened with an egg famine, but
also that the ultimate result of the
present tendency of gallinaceous af-
fairs will be extinction unless some
thing is done to arrest the forces of
decay that have seized the German
hen. Accordingly the kaisers agent,
Count Won Luckler of Silesia, Is now
preparing an extensive report of his
! observations of the American hen, par
ticularly as to the diet and habits
which he perceives to conduce to her
remarkable fecundity. The count spent
three or four months in this country
in the prosecution of his mission and
only recently returned to Germany.
While here he traversed extensively
the farming regions of New York and
New Jersey, whence the main portion
of the egg and chicken supplies of the
metropolis comes, and also visited a
farm in Ohio whose owner makes a
speciality of raising" eggs. 1t is said
that his observations at this Ohio farm
convinced Count Won Luckler of the
unquestionable superiority of the Amer
lean hen over her cackling but deca-
dent sister in Germany as nothing else
did that he saw in the United States.
To give early demonstration of the
truth of his contention the count car
ried back to the kaiser's domains sew
eral scores of the finest specimens OF
American hens obtainable. He Will
cross the American breeds with the
German stock in the confident expecta-
ton of securing results that will prove
the correctness of his theory and at the
same time be so entirely satisfactory to
Emperor William that he will no Ion
ger have cause to despair of his sol
diers and other faithful subjects being
able to eat German instead of foreign
eggs, which not only cost more, but are
not so enjoyable to the German palate
If Count Won Luckler's experiment Is
successful, it is expected that there
will be an immediate demand in Ger
many for American hens, and by the
process of wholesale crossing of Amer
lean with the native fowl, it is believed
the kaiser before long can boast of hav'
ing in his realm that great desideratum
a perfect hen, one that does more lay
ing and less cacklng. York Trib
une.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-09

| By virtue of a writ of fieri facias, to be di-
| rected issued out of the Chancery Court of the
State of New Jersey, will be exposed at public
sale, on
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-09
THE PEOPLE KNEW HIM.
Benson's Plaster Is Pains Master.)

George Washington made and sold -four,
and every barrel of -four in the market
branded &c. Washington, Mount Vernon. y
sold without delay. No question was ever
raised as to quality or weight.
Benson's Porous Plaster sells on its repu-
tation everywhere. All the buyer wants to
be certain of is that the plaster offered him
really is Benson's, and not worthless :mi-
tation of it or substitute for it.
A plaster is the best form of external rem
edy, and Benson's is the best plaster; 5000
physicians and druggists, and multitude
OF people no man can number, have settled
that. You can trust it, they say.
Coughs, colds, lame back, lumbago, mus
cular stiffness and rheumatism, troubles Of
the liver and kidneys, influenza or grip,
pneumonia, and all other diseases open to
external treatment, are at once relieved and
cured by Benson's Plaster.
Do not assume that Belladonna, Capsi-
cum or Strengthening plasters are ''just as
good as'' Benson's. They are vastly in
ferior. No other plaster is as good as
Benson's.
In competition with the best-known
plasters OF Europe and America, Benson's
have received JJty.1i0 highest aacords.
For sale by all druggists or we will pre-
pay postage on any number ordered in the
United States, on receipt of 25c. each.
Seabury d johnson. Mfg. Chemists. N. Y.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-09
FOR THE 11TrLEsT GIRLS.

ed at the neck only and left to fall
straight down. 1t takes two yards of
cambria or any other white cotton
goods to make frock with deep hem,
but no tucks. for a child of months
and on to 10 or IL months. A little en-
broidcry or. better still, crocheted edg-
ing is put at the neck and wrists. Tiny
buttons at the neck in the back finish
it. To cut this needs no diagram. The
arm sizes are followed out and the
three inch shoulders very slightly slop-
ed and an inch taken out of the front
at the neck Then it is ready to gather
and put the band on and sleeves in.
Those frocks where there is yoke
are quite as easy to make. The yoke
may be cut after an old one, and it
opens in the back always. From the
yoke measure the length to the bottom.
1t needs two breadths, and two yards
will make the whole dress. Nainsook
costs but IL cents yard. Many ladies
have cambria skirts partly worn, and
such material is far better for the baby
than new. These frocks may be trim
med or featherstitched. but so many
are required to keep the baby clean and
sweet that 1t Is better to have more
plain ones than fewer ones with trim
ming.
The only real difference in the outfit
of the child of year and that of the
infant of a month is that the small one
has long clothes. The older one has
shoes and stockings instead Of knit
socks. The stockings. in winter at
least, should be Of wool and long and
fastened with side elastics.
For summer for babies over year
and half the new long wasted effects
are suitable. To make such a frock
take one yard and half of nainsook or
other fine cotton or linen lawn and cut
it into two pieces and sew them to-
gether, and then lay clusters Of fine
tucks all around lengthwise, letting
them end six inches above the bottom.
Finish this with row Of embroidery
or lace. Sew bertha at the top made
of the material edged with the en-
broidery, and one row beneath that for
sleeves. Between the clusters of tucks
stitch rows Of insertion. This is to
come but to the low waist line. A soft
ribbon sash is tied around the waist
low down. smaller bow is In the
front of the neck. This little dress can
be used for a model. and many varia-
lions can be evolved.
The newest style is to have the little
frock either depend direct from the
yoke or neck, without waist. or to
have the waist come down nearly to
the hips.
Goats for such small children are
made on the Mother Hubbard plan and
should be warm as well as soft and
light. For every day there is nothing
to compare with a good quality of elder
down flannel OLIVE HARPER.