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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-02
THE FIELD PUMPKIN.

The Old sYallcr Pun pISin" of York
Statehood For Man and Beast.
What moistens the lip and gladdens the eye,
What brings back the past own pumpkin
pie2
Perhaps there is no vegetable so east
ly grown and SO much neglected as the
field pumpkin, valuable food for cat.
tie, swine and the human family. AS
a catch crop, planted with corn, as it is
usually grown, the yield is often Won
derful, but when planted alone and
cared for the same as squashes it be-
comes immense. And in speaking OF
pumpkins | mean, says writer in
Gardening, the old field orange pump
kin, early, prolific, large enough to
handle, good for stock and second to
none for culinary purposes.
We have many new kinds, some of
mammoth size, others small, some rec
commended for stock, others for table
use. Some of them are pumpkins, and
others are neither pumpkins nor
squashes, and doubt if any of them
are equal to my old favorite. A num-
Der of years since business called me to
southern Illinois, and as I was about
returning the old landlord with whom
I boarded requested me to send him
some "York state yaller pumpkin
Seed" explaining that "the seed grown
there was good for nothing, as it ran
out after the first year, so that the
pumpkins were worthless"
Poor old man! He got the seed, but
in taking them out to his farm he took
cold and did not live to enjoy the
crop, while 1 got the credit of causing
his death, as his daughter said, "If it
had not been for that York state Yam
kee, father would have been alive yet. "
do not tell this to deter others from
planting "yaller' pumpkin seed, but
rather to show the value of our eastern
pumpkins to the people of the Missis-
sippi valley.
If gathered before hard frosts and
stored in a moderately warm place,
they can be kept until Christmas, but
they must not be bruised in handling
and should be thoroughly ripened be-
fore gathering. In feeding to cattle the
seeds should be removed, which can
easily be done by cutting the pumpkin
open and scooping out the seeds with
paddle or narrow shingle. In cook
ing for swine, which is the best way to
feed them, remove the seeds the same
as for cattle. After being thoroughly
boiled ground feed can be mixed with
the pumpkins. This makes one of the
best and cheapest foods for the early
fattening period that can be used.
As for the culinary properties of
the pumpkin, ask any housewife who
has a drop of New England blood in
her veins, and she will tell you that
Thanksgiving dinner is never complete
without pumpkin pie.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-02
THE RIGHT THING TO PUT ON.
(Benson's Plaster Is Palms Masters

From the natural impulse to "put some
thing on a painful spot all applications
for the relief of pain have arisen.
The most successful have ever been poul-
tees or plasters, and the best Of these is
Benson's Porous Plaster.
No other has anything like the same
power as a curative agent; it is highly and
scientifically medicated, and its standard
is advanced year by year.
Use Benson's Plaster for coughs, colds,
chest diseases, rheumatism, grip, neuralgia,
kidney trouble, lame back, and other all
ments that make Winter season Of suffer-
ing and danger. 1t relieves and cures
quicker than any other remedy.
Do not accept Capsicum, Strengthening
or Belladonna plasters in place Of Benson's,
as they possess none of its curative power
Insist on having the genuine.
The people of every civilized land have
testified for years to the superlative merit
of Benson's Plasters; and 5000 physicians
and druggists of this country have declared
them worthy of public confidence.
In official comparisons with others, Ben
sons Plasters have been honored with
ffty.fce highest awards.
For sale by all druggists, or we will pre-
pay postage on any number ordered in the
United States on the receipt of 25c. each.
Accept no imitation or substitute
Seabury q johnson, Mfg. Chemists, NY
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-02
FLAVOR OF EGGS.

Exercise Care In Feeding When Pro-
ducing For Table Use.
It is generally conceded that eggs
which are perfectly fresh have the
finest flavor. After eggs have been kept
for a time the flavor deteriorates, even
If there is no indication of spelling
Such differences are especially impor-
tant when eggs are used for table pur-
poses. Stale eggs are not regarded as
palatable, and the favor of spoiled eggs
is such that for this, if for no other
reason, they are totally unfit for food.
The flavor of even perfectly fresh eggs
is not always satisfactory, since it is
Influenced more or less by the charac-
ter of the food eaten by the laying
hens. The New York state experiment
station studied the effect Of different
rations upon the flavor of eggs. Those
laid by hens fed highly heterogeneous
ration were inferior to those from hens
fed q carbonaceous ration. They had a
disagreeable favor and odor, the eggs
and yolk were smaller and the keeping
qualities were inferior. In test at
the Massachusetts (Hatch) experiment
station to compare cabbage and clover
rowen as the green portion of ration
for laying hens it was found that the
eggs produced on the former ration, al
though heavier and possessing higher
percentage Of dry matter, protein and
fat were inferior in flavor and cooking
qualities to eggs produced on the ration
containing clover. The North Carolina
experiment station studied the effect
of highly favored food upon the eggs
produced. A small quantity of chopped
wild onion tops and bulbs was added to
the feed of a number of hens. After
about two weeks the onion flavor was
noticed in the eggs laid. When the
amount of onion feed was increased,
the flavor became so pronounced that
the eggs could not be used. A week aft
er the feeding of onions was discontin-
ued the disagreeable flavor was no
longer noticed. From these tests it APP
pears that the favor of eggs may be
materially Influenced by the food con-
sumed. This is a matter of Importance,
especially when poultry is kept to
supply eggs for table use.-Farmers'
Bulletin, United States Department of
Agriculture.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-02
FRIDAY. the Third paz Of Nav

next, between the hours of u and o'clock,
towit, 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 lot or piece of land situate
on the Northerly side of Park Avenue in Wood
bury Park, Gloucester County, State of New
Jersey, as shown on certain plan thereof, filed
in the Clerks Office of said County, at Wood
bury, and designated as Lot No. %, described
as follows
Beginning at the Southeast corner of lot No %
on said plan; thence along lots Nos. %, 81, 20
and 10, North thirty-eight degrees East, one
of foot to corner of lot No. 80; thence by the
same, South fifty-nine degrees and eighteen
minutes East. twenty-eight feet and two-tenths
of a foot to corner of lot No. d; thence along
said lot No "a South twenty degrees and forty
minutes West, one hundred and sixty-one and a
half feet to the Northerly line of Park Avenue
aforesaid and thence by the same North sixty
nine degrees and twenty minutes West, seventy
of beginning.
Reserving an easement of light, air and pros
pect over a strip of lands hereby conveyed of a
uniform width of ten feet from the Northerly
line of Park Avenue and subject to the following
restrictions; the parties hereto for themselves,
their heirs and assigns, hereby agree that no
privy nor cesSpool shall be set within eight feet
of the boundary line of the lot hereby conveyed.
Being the same premises which the Woodbury.
Park Land Company by deed dated June 18th,
1886, and recorded in the Clerks Office aforesaid
in Book l42 of Deeds, folio Ia granted and con-
veyed unto the said stephen D. Allen in fee.
Seized the property of Stephen ID. Allen
ct ux, defendants, and taken in execution at the
Woodbury., complainants, and to be sold by
+. ID. SPRINGER, Sheriff.
David o. Watkins, Solicitor Prs fees 50 90
Dated March 81 1901. 32S
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-02
Dated surrogate's Office, Apr
CHERIFF,s SALE.

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
Monday, the Twenty-seventh day Of May
next, between the hours of IL and o'clock, to
wit at 2 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 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
lie road leading from Bethel to Isaac Cranmer's
in line of Thomas w. HurR S land, and corner to
land of Jacob Bender, and runs thence Il along
said Bendler's land south fifteen degrees and
forty-hve minutes west two chains to a 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 a corner of land of Charles Jones;
thence 81 along said Jones land north fifteen
degrees and forty-five minutes east two chains
to a corner in the middle of the aforesaid public
road in line of said Hurff' land; and thence (4)
along the middle of said public road and along
said Hurff's land north seventy-seven degrees
west one chain and twenty-five links to the
hundredths of 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 So 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
JOS j. Summerill, Sorr. Sheriff.
Dated April %, 1901. Prs fees, $500.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-02
~E 49,
AGARMe F0gAD
- aAD GARDEN
HARVESTING WITH CATTLE.
Grazing Steers on Corn and Covpeas.

Grazing Steers on Corn and COwpeas.
A Profitable Plan.
1t is evident that allowing cattle to
gather crop instead of harvesting and
feeding it must be saving of expense.
If at the same time the gains made are
satisfactory, this method Of feeding
should commend itself.
The Arkansas station recently tested
the desirability of grazing steers on a
field of corn and cowpeas, supplement-
ing this food with as much cotton seed
as the animals required. The five steers
used in the test were turned on a five
acre field after the corn had been pull
ed. The yield of corn was % bushels
to the acre, which is regarded as hardly
an average crop. The cowpeas gave
more than an average growth of vines,
but less than an average crop of peas.
None of these had been picked.
The steers required Go days to con-
sumo all the food on the five acres.
They were allowed access to only one
third of the field at time. The cotton
seed was always accessible and was
consumed at will. During the first 30
days of the test, while the pea vines
were yet green and peas were accessl-
bic, the steers ate very little seed.
At the beginning of the test the five
steers weighed 1858 pounds. The daily
average gain was 2 pounds per steer.
The average amount of cotton seed con-
sumed per steer during the whole test
was $50 pounds.
Rating cotton seed at Sc per ton and
making suitable allowance for the cow
peas planted, the cultivation of the
crop and the labor Of feeding the steers,
the cost of pound of gain was calcu-
lated to be 1.6 cents. 1t appears that
the corn should be gathered and the
animals turned to grazing as early as
possible before frost.
Judging by results obtained at the
Arkansas station, this method of feed
ing is profitable and worthy of trial.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-02
Agricultural News.

The application of nitrogen in any of
its forms to sweet corn in all cases in
creased the yield at the New Jersey
station.
Moderate lining appears to improve
both the physical and chemical proper
critics of sandy soils.
Tobacco decoction is very effective
against strawberry root lice.
Spinach should be sown every two
weeks for succession.
1t is claimed that when a young crop
of fall wheat is only lightly infested
with Hessian fly it is possible some
times to stimulate the growth in spring
by light application of some quick
acting fertilizer. such as nitrate of
soda.
An Iowa farmer is said to have DEM
onstrated that velvet weed, which
grows on almost every farm, will make
Irvine and rope as strong as that from
a good quality of hemp
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-02
REAL ESTATE


All that certain farm, tract of land and prem
ises, situate in the Township of Deptford,
County of Gloucester, and State of New Jersey,
bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a stone on the Northerly side of
the Egg Harbor road, corner to Samuel Sharps,
late Gibson's farm, thence by land formerly
Amos Campbelfs and David Roes (1) South six
degrees and thirty minutes East thirty
chains and sxty-three links to a stone corner in
the line of lands late John Tatum's; thence by
the same (2l South eighty-fve degrees and
twenty-five minutes West, twenty-eight chains
and thirty-four links to a stone corner thence
by lands late of William Tatum, deceased, (3)
South eghty-five degrees West, sixteen chains
and eighty-nine links to the middle of the road
leading from Woodbury. to Glassboro; thence
az Northerly along the middle of said road six
teen chains and ninety-thrce links to stone
corner to land of George G. Green formerly
the Joshua III. Diks land; thence thereby (5)
North thirty-fve degrees and fifteen minutes
East twenty-five chains and fourteen links to a
stone; thence still by the same in part and part
by Griscom's land (6) North, seventy-six degrees
East, twenty chains and fifty-eight links
to a corner in the middle of the Egg Harbor
Road aforesaid thence along the same( n South.
thirty-six degrees East, one chain and nine links
to corner; thence (S) still along said road
North, lightweight degrees East, lightweight
Containing $50 60-l00 acres of land be the same
more or less.
Subject to the operation of certain lease or
license bearing date the thirteenth day of No
vember, A. ID. 1879 and recorded in the Clerk S
Office of the County of Gloucester in Book Il 5
of Deeds page All &c, made and executed by
Joseph B. Roe and Mary X. Roe, his wife, to
George G. Green to lay, alter and repair a single
line OF water pipes, and to lay, alter and repair
buildings, machinery and works the said
mortgaged premises for the storage and supply
of water, as in the said lease license partcu-
larly mentioned and described.
Excepting thereout all that certain part of the
said premises conveyed to "The Mayor and
Council of the City Of Woodbury. by deed
dated March Goth 1886, and recorded in the
Clerks Office of Gloucester County in Book
No 14l OF Deeds page 433, &c.
Containing S07-1000 acres more or less
Being the same land and premises that Frank
lin d. Springer, Sheriff OF the County Of Glou-
intended to be forthwith recorded, granted and
conveyed to the said Mary X. Roe.
Seized as the property of Mary K. Roe, ct al
defendant, and taken in execution at the suit of
Lydia r. Hazelton, complainant, and to be sold
by
Watkins & Avis, Sol,rs. Sheriff.
Dated April g. 1901. Prs fees, $3.50 A.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-02
Food For Chicks.

1t is a mistake to suppose because
the chicken is small that it needs to be
fed mainly soft food. No. other one
young chicks as wet cornmeal, left
where they can run into it, trampling
the food with their dirty feet and
then leaving a large part of it to fer
ment, which it is sure to do in the
warm sunshine. The food for the
chicks should be as nearly dry as it can
be to feed conveniently, and cornmeal
should never be given to small chicks
except as it is mixed into dry, crum-
bly, state. A very good feed for little
chicks is cornmeal, bran and ground
oats, equal parts. For this purpose the
oatmeal should be sifted, so as to re-
move all coarse matter, then mix and
bake hard like johnnycake. To get
this bread in good shape to feed it
should be run through a mill and
ground fine.
But | believe in giving some dry
grains from the start = pinhead oat-
meal, millet, finely cracked corn and
1nC VI lHc CulChtu
is naturally strong if not weakened by
feeding exclusively on soft food. Some
fine grit and charcoal should be placed
where they can get at it handy. They
will eat only what they require of this.
Whole corn should not be given to
chickens until they are quite large.
The kernels are too large for them to
digest well, and its heating nature
makes it likely to ferment in their
gizzards, the same as cornmeal will do
if eaten freely when digestion is i'm
paired. ] have found wheat to be an
excellent feed for chickens after they
are 8 or 10 weeks old. Some poultry
raisers prefer the small, shrunken
grains that go out with the screenings
in cleaning to the large, plump grains
owing to their being harder and having
less starch and greater proportion of
the heterogeneous nutrition that is re-
CURED to promote growth and make
feathers. A. M. Couch in Poultry
Monthly.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-02
THE OCEAN scoRcHER.
He Who Brags About How Many
Times He Has ssCrossed."

He Who Brags About How Many
Times He Has "Crossed."
The ocean scorcher, the woman or
man who was forever Dragging about
how many times he had crossed is,
thank heaven, on the decrease. Fash
ion has at last set the seal of her dis
approval on him, and he is rapidly be-
coming obsolete. The fashion Is now
never to mention the number of times
one has been to Europe. '"The last time
was over" is the way to refer to an
over the water experience If you wish
to be in the vogue. OF course you may,
if you truthfully can, say "the time be-
fore last was over" or sthe tenth time
crossed or during my seventh trip
through Europe" but great majority,
you will find, say "the last time was
over" 1t is safer-when one has been
over but once.
Pin many of these travellers so fond
of relating their European experiences
down to the figures, and you will find
that ''the last time was over" bears
close relation to the little boy who said
he was next 10 the liedu VI Ills CidSS,
to have it transpire later that the class
consisted of himself and little girl.
s'The last time l was over may, like
as not, have been the first. Still any
thing is better than the ocean scorcher
and his Dragging. To him it didn't
matter where he hadn't been or what
he hadn't seen or anything. but simply
how many times he had crossed.
The one time OH record that any one
was known to get ahead Of these
scorchers was when a lot of them were
sitting swapping lies on certain
steamship deck and nonscorchcr, hav-
ing learned that the star scorcher's rec
ord was 1873 runs, remarked, There's a
man on board who has crossed 566
times" Then, as the excitement caused
by the news somewhat subsidized: Hes
never been anywhere except to the two
ports Liverpool and New York. He's
never seen anything, he's never done
anything. but just cross the ocean 566
times-he's the ships barber. New
York Sun.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-02
LULLABY.

We've wandered all about the upland fallowl,
We've watched the rabbits at their play,
But now good night, goodby to soaring swallows,
Now good night. goodby, dear day. a
Poppy heads are closing fast, pigeons circle home
at last;
Sleep, liebchen, sleep, the bats are calling;
Pansies never miss the light, but sweet babes
must sleep at night;
sleep, liebchen, sleep, the dew is falling.
Even wind among the quiet willows
Rests, and the sea is silent too.
See soft white linen, cool, such cool white pillows
Wait in the darkling room for YOU
All the little chicks still; now the moon peeps
down the hill
Sleep, liebchen, sleep, the owls are hooting.
Ships have hung their lanthorns out; little mice
dare creep about;
Sleep, liebehen, sleep, the stars are shooting.
Ford NJ. Huefer in LittelPs Living Age.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-02
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PRUNING SHRUBS.
To Prolong the Flowering Season.
The Right Time to Prune.

To Prolong the Flowering Season.
The Right Time to Prune.
That good deal can be accomplish
ed in the way of prolonging the flow
ering season of shrubs by judicious
pruning l have often observed. Some
years ago a neighboring florist had
row of Hydrangea paniculata grandi-
fora badly mutilated by heavy hail
storm about midsummer, when the
young growth was about a foot in
length Practically the plants lost
nearly all their tops. AS the growing
season was still on new growth start
ed, and a late crop of flowers was the
result, perfecting their heads nearly a
month later than usual. The late sum-
mer blooming spireas, such as tormen-
tosa, billardi, nobleana, paniculata and
callosa, will often flower freely in the
fall if cut we'll back in spring. Let
alone, they flower in June and July,
but under the pruning plan flowers
come in September.
Nurserymen sometimes make late
paintings of shrubs, among them wei
gelas, planting them after growth has
well started Their plan then is to cut
down the shrubs nearly to the ground.
Strong shoots are the result, and with
weigelas it is not uncommon for these
shoots to be graced with flowers quite
late in the season. Those who wish to
try this plan should have more than
one shrub of a sort, as 1t is not worth
while destroying the spring display,
which pruning back does, for lesser
one in the fall.
The proper time to prune early flow
ering shrubs is in spring as soon as
Towering is over. | do not claim to
have been the first to call attention to
this, says Joseph Meehan in Country
Gentleman. but was certainly not the
last, and it has been kept before the
public for many years. 1t is a pleasure
to find the practice now general, where
as some years ago shrubs were pruned
in winter or early spring, and with it
went most of the shoots which would
have given flowers. Now a good cut
ting back is given as soon as Towering
is over Strong young shoots are then
developed, which are those we look to
for our next seasons display.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-02
Heep Calves Dry.

Under no circumstances should
spring calves. or fall calves for that
matter, be allowed to stay out during
rainy weather. They should be kept
In a barn or stable and provided with
plenty of dry bedding. If they are al
lowed TO get wet, their feed will have
to be increased, their oats become
rough and they cease to grow. They
must be kept in thrifty, healthy con.
dition at all times.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-02

BY virtue of a writ of fieri faeias 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, 1901-05-02
He Hacked OF His Leg.

Caught in bear trap ON the banks
of the Athabasca, near Milford, Me-,
John Mcleod, lumber scaler, was
obliged to take out his jackknife and
cut off his leg. The trap was too heavy
to move and was sprung in such way
that he could not reach over and re-
lease it. He was far from any human
being, and the only way out of it SEEM
ed to be to cut off the leg.
That was done easily. because the leg
upon which he operated was of wood.
But when he stumped back to camp It
made him mad to hear the jeers of the
French-C Canadian cook of the lumber
crew.
"Why you no take off you whole
wood laig. ali? You get out um thrap
and no Spite you wood laig tall ah?''
Such way out of his difficulty had
not occurred to Mcleod before.