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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-26
PERSPECTIVE VIEW.

uses woven wire fencing cut in about
thirty foot lengths. The ends of the
wire are run through a 4 by timber,
the timber turned half over and wire
fastened by twisting the ends around.
Through these timbers are run three
bolts with nuts for drawing them to-
gether and tightening the hoops.
The openings for taking out the en-
silage are made by cutting out three
slaves for a distance of twenty-four
inches, which would make the opening
Is by "a inches. There are three of
these openings, one between each band,
there being four bands around the silo.
They are cut on the beyel, with the
longer sides inside, so the pressure of
the ensilage will hold them in place.
The lumber in this silo cost SIP, the
four foot woven wire fencing $3.50 and
the twelve bolts S1.20, or total of $40.
The cost Of labor is not taken into con-
sideration. 1t required one and half
days to build it. This is of about thir-
ty-six ton capacity and was built for
eleven cows.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-26
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If calf gets the scours-if it begins
to grit its teeth, If it follows your fin
ger to the milk and suddenly jerks
back the head and bites your finger SO
you want to box its ears-take all milk
away. Give it teaspoonful of lauda-
mum, four times as much pure black
berry brandy and five drops of creoline,
with little water, says W. F. McSpar-
ran in National Stockman. Give this
out of bottle or with a small syringe
pushed gently. If passages are not
checked, repeat every four hours till
they are.
AS food take two ounces of whole
barley and pour over it three half pints
of boiling water. When cooled to about
100 degrees, add two tablespoonfuls of
sweet cream; when cooled to 90 de-
grees, pour off liquid and feed. The
same barley can be used for making
the drink as long as it does not sour.
Remember, whatever may be the cause,
milk is an aggravation Of it. If barley
cannot be had, use rice. Two raw eggs
are easily digested and strengthening.
have had good results also by giving
about ten grains of bismuth and pepsin
mixed equally In connection with above
medicine. Some will die, but this will
pull many of them through. To reca-
pitulate, feed lightly at blood heat,
keep warm and light and dry. Scrub
and disinfect and whitewash.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-26

During the time the Kansas station
has been pasturing sorghum several
reports have been received Of cattle
dying in ten or fifteen minutes from
the time they entered the sorghum
patch, but in every case where we
have been able to get details the cattle
have eaten the sorghum in empty or
nearly empty stomachs, says Professor
D. H. Otis. Cattle should have their
stomachs so well filed that they feel
completely satisfied before touching
the green sorghum and then should be
allowed to eat it only few minutes at
a time until they are accustomed to it.
If sorghum can be pastured successful
ly, as the Kansas experiment station
has done, it means that the dairymen
and stockmen can get an immense
amount of pasture from a small area,
which Is available at q time when the
other pasture is getting short and dry.
Pasturing will also be the most eco
nomlcal way of utilizing sorghum. The
man that turns his cattle in a sorghum
field, however, must realize that he
may be taking risks. He must weigh
the evidence for and against its use
and then decide for himself if the ben
efits outweigh the risks.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-26
ABOUT SUGAR.

The United States used 100000 tons
Of sugar the past year. One million
tons Of this was produced ON American
territory-Louisiana 100000 tons. north
ern beet sugar 10000 tons, Hawaii
100000 tons, Porto Rico 10000 tons
this million tons paying no duty, while
100000 tons were imported, upon
which the duty was $46,S00,0o0. The
protest which the consumer has in this
matter is that the 100000 tons pay
ing no duty was held and sold by the
sugar trust at price based upon what
it cost to import foreign sugar and pay
the duty on it. When this country gets
to producing 100000 tons instead of
100000, this order of things will be
reversed or there will be a howl from
one end Of the country to the other.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-26
pEpnAvEp AppErrrEs.

Animals, like men, frequently are
the victims of depraved appetites.
Postmortem examinations of animals
which die of no known disease fire.
quently show that a mass of foreign
and wholly indigestible matter has ac-
cumulated In their stomachs. We once
lost valuable mare whose stomach
contained over three pounds of barbed
wire, nails and similar trash. A reader
writes us from Pennsylvania Of eX-
tracing solid ball of compressed hair
from the stomach Of pig. We are
asked why animals eat these things. 1t
Is probable that the cause will be
found in the fact of the domestication
Of the animal, under which condition
1t is not left free to select it's food by
instinct and is thus deprived Of GER
tain food elements essential to its
health. We doubt If wild animals are
ever thus affected.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-26
GU
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A child three years of age died OF
drunkenness the other day in New York
City. The parents said they had given
the child whisky to strengthen him.
In their absence he found a bottle of
whisky and drank from it, until he fell
over in a drunken stupor, from which
the physician could not arouse him.
That is only one case in several cases
of baby drunkards recently noted. The
important fact is that alcoholic stinu-
lants quickly develop the alcoholic habit
in children. This fact is just as true
when the alcohol is disguised as medi-
cine, vsarsaparil1a or other wcom-
pound.n So many medicines contain
alcohol, to the same extent that 1t is con-
tanned in beer or whisky, that parents
should be cautious what medicines they
give their children.
There is absolutely no alcohol, whisky
or intoxicant in any form in DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, neither does
it contain opium or any other narcotic.
1t is a blood-making and bodybuilding
medicine 1t does not make fiabby flesh
but good, firm flesh and muscle. 1t IS
pleasant to the taste.
uMy four year old daughter had suffered from
indigestion and bowel trouble from birth, " writes
Mrs. Lizzie Aten, of Baldmount, I.ackawanna
Co, Pa rThe treatment given her by home
doctors afforded but temporary relief Last
February she was taken with severe pain in
the bowels, followed by violent vomiting. She
experienced difficulty in passing urine, which
when cool, deposited milky sediment. be-
came alarmed from her symptoms and wrote to
the Worlds Dispensary Medical Association of
Buffalo, N Y, receiving in reply letter, advis-
ing the use of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery, together with special medicine which
they sent This line of treatment followed for
about two months, at the end Of which time my
child was enjoying good health, and she has had
no severe attack Of indigestion since"
Free. DR.. Pierce's Medical Adviser,
1908 pages, in paper covers, is sH1t free
on receipt of 81 one-cent stamps to defray
expense of mailing only. Address DIR.
R.V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-26
TWENTY DOLLAR slLo.
Easily Built and Has a Capno<ty of
About Thfrty-six Tons.

Easily Built and Has Capacity of
About Thirty-six Tons.
In q recent issue Hoard's Dairyman
published the accompanying picture
md detail of construction of silo that
was built by an Oregon farmer at a
cost of $40. The silo is 10 by "a feet,
Inside measurement. 1t is stave silo,
built of by scantlings set edgewise.
and they are neither sized nor beveled.
There are sixty-two slaves or scant-
llngs. They are set on foundation OF
gravel and brick. For the foundation
the earth is excavated to the depth of
fourteen inches, two feet wide, in cir
cular form. This is filed in with stone
and brick (the brick were used simply
because they were handy; gravel Is
just as good and tamped down solid.
On the center of this the bottom ends
of the slaves are set For hoops or
bands to hold the slaves together he
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-26
LAND HUNGER,

The American people are always
hungry for gold, and any reported new
discovery Of the precious metal viii
start a stampede for the place inside of
forty-eight hours. Then sometimes
they become land hungry, and the
eagerness to secure farms and homes
is almost equal to that displayed by
the gold seekers. The present Is one Of
the times when the people are land
hungry, evidenced by the scramble to
secure homes in the lately opened In
dian reservations and the tremendous
rush to the northwest country, where
cheap farms are still to be had. There
are several reasons for this epidemic
Of land hunger-one, the plentifulness
of money and the low rate Of interest;
another, the constantly improving and
cheapened methods of transportation,
which annihilate distance and give
great value to farm lands In hitherto
remote and inaccessible locations; an
other is the depleted fertility Of much
of the agricultural lands of the eastern
states, and still another reason may be
found in the constantly growing scar
city of desirable farm lands in any
section Of the country coupled with q
steady increase Of population which
seeks place to live and make home.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-26
WINTER WHEAT GROWING.

EARLY Flowing the Great Requisite.
Failing This, Use the Disk Harrow.
Growing wheat has not been as prof
table for some farmers as other kinds
Of crops that could be grown at less
expense. There is q feeling that any
man can grow corn, but that it takes
some skill and a great deal Of high
priced help and machinery to produce
a crop of wheat.
Winter wheat is encroaching on new
territory every year. Some good farm
er who is careful, painstaking and pro-
gressive will bring in some new va
riety and will be successful in growing
this cereal. Others will follow, some of
whom will not be successful.
Neglecting to pillow the ground early
so that the soil will get thoroughly set
tied and compact is perhaps the case
of more complete failures than any
other. Sometimes it is impossible for
lack Of moisture to plow ground at all
when it should be done.
Where it is impossible to plow ground
soon after harvest we would suggest
OfCt CACttA oluDbAO WV VA
three times with a disk harrow, keep
ing up q general pulyerization with
whatever tool that will perform the
work until the time for drilling. We
world then drill the wheat, says Iowa
Homestead. We are inclined to the
opinion that this preparation will make
a better seed bed than where blowing
is done late and the grain drilled in
freshly piowed ground with insufficient
preparation.
Where 1t is possible to plow early it
will give one and half or two months
from the time of blowing until drilling
time.
Latitude and the presence of insect
enemies will largely suggest the time
of drilling wheat. This time varies
from the second week in September I'M
I'll the middle of October.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-26

1t will be noticed that gluten meal
though rich in nitrogen, is unlike lin
seed and cottonseed meal, it being very
deficient in phosphoric acid and potash
Dried brewers grains though resem-
bling bran in digestible protein and
nonnitrogenous matter, are relatively
poor in potash and phosphoric acid.
Cornmeal, corn fodder and corn sto-
yer are all poor in ash.
Glover hay, cottonseed meal, bran
and linseed meal arc excellent supple
ments to Indian corn products so fan
as concerns both protein and ash. Ash
ingredients, as stated elsewhere, are
necessary in the animal economy, par
ticularly in the production Of milk, sc
that they may wisely be considered
from the standpoint of food and OF
manure. A ton of cows milk contains
1913 pounds of nitrogen, 3.S pounds OF
phosphoric acid, SO pounds of potash
Rhode Island Station.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-26
The Water Supply.

An abundant supply of pure water is
one of the essentials for the production
of good milk. When COWS are com
PEELED to drink the water Of swamps
muddy ponds or sluggish streams and
bitches, In which there is decaying ami
NAL matter, including their own drop
pings, there is a constant menace tc
their health. and unless cows are in
good health they cannot give first class
milk. Moreover. the mud, often full OF
foul germs, which collects on the legs
tanks and udders of the cows and falls
into the milk at the time of milking, Is
a direct source of infection which is
often overlooked.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-26

By virtue of writ of fieri facias to me di-
rected issued out of the Chancery Court of the
State of New Jersey, will be exposed at public
sale, on
Tuesday, the Tweaty-sscond day Of October,
next, between the hours of 10 and o'clock, to-
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 piece of land, situate,
lying and being In the village of Victoria" in
the Township of West Deptford, in the County
of Gloucester, and State of New Jersey, which
is bounded and described as follows
Beginning at stake on the southerly side OF
running thence (I) south twenty-three degrees
and forty-seven minutes east forty feet to q
stake corner to lot No. 1877; thence ~ along the
line of lot No. 167 south sixty-six degrees and
thirteen minutes west one hundred and fifty-one
feet and three inches, to corner OF lands of
Peter Verga and others; thence (3l along said
Verga's land north twenty-four degrees and
fifteen minutes west forty feet so stake corner
| to lot No. 165 aforesaid; thence (4) along said
lot No. 165 north sixty-six degrees and thirteen
minutes east one hundred and fifty-one feet and
seven inches to the place of beginning.
Being lot No. 166 on plan map OF lots of
Victoria, laid out by Victor f. Smith, which
of Gloucester County at Woodbury., in Book
No. of Maps, folio z, &c.
Sliced as the property OF George A. Valen-
tine ct ux., Defendants, and taken in execution
at the suit Of Louisa G. Sparks, Complainant,
| and to be sold by F. d. SPRINGER,
| Robert s. Clymer, Solr. Sheriff
Dated Sept. II, 1901. PRS fee 5000
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-26
Feed For The Calf

AS skimmilk contains only a very
small quantity of fat, some solid food
rich in fat must be added. For this
purpose there is nothing better than
ground flaxseed or old process oilmeal
made into a jelly by means Of some hot
water. says F. w. Wall Of the Wiscon-
sin experiment station. The amount
Of flaxseed or oilmeal added to the milk
is small at the start, only about a ia
blespoonful, and as the calf grows the
quantity given is increased by slow de-
grees until toward weaving time, when
one-half pound may be given daily.
Good results have also been obtained
by feeding ground oats or shorts in
connection with skimmilk
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-26
aAkAK CEz {;
III AN5

1t is quite generally accepted that
there is no roughage that makes such
a satisfactory basis for the dairy cows
ration as does corn silage, says II. q.
Van Norman in Farm and Home. This
is especially true when yield per acre,
cost of production, handling, ETC., are
taken into consideration. This gives
the dairymen of the corn belt one of
the first requisites for success-that is,
an abundance Of roughage at reasona-
Bile cost.
While cows may live and apparently
thrive on silage alone, it is desirable
balance up the ration. The corn being
rich In fat forming material, needs to
be supplemented by feh and milk max
ing foods, such as bran, linseed meal,
cottonseed meal, clover hay, soy beans
and cowpeas. Fortunately these crops,
which the dairyman should grow to
supplement his corn crop for feeding
purposes, are a distinct advantage to
the land as well as desirable for feed
ing purposes. If clover can be grown,
at least q small field should be includ-
ed in the crop rotation. A small area
should be devoted to each, cowpeas and
soy beans, and If one or the other is
found to do well on his soil sufficient
quantity should be grown each year to
put into the silo load with each load
OF corn.
Balance the Silage.
If 1t is not practicable to have silo
this year, cut the corn early, place in
small shocks and as soon as sufficiently
cured husk and put the fodder under
cover while still bright and green and
before the leaves have been lost, says
Farm and Home. If secured In the
best possible condition, this fodder Is
only little inferior to silage In feed
Ing value. Where corn is the main
crop the dairyman must expect to buy
some concentrated feed to balance his
ration This may be linseed meal or
cottonseed meal. Where the corn
silage is well cared, bran with a very
little oilmeal makes a good combina-
ton.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-26

One-half cupful OF butter melted In
one cupful Of hot water. Put in a
small tin pan on the stove to boil. Stir
in one cupful of sifted flour while boil
ing; take off and let cool. When cold,
stir in three eggs, one at time, with
out beating them. Drop on buttered
tins and bake in hot oven 20 or so
minutes. Filling. one cupful of milk,
one egg and one-half cupful of sugar.
Thicker with cornstarch and flavor
with vanilla.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-26
A VALUABLE FARM MACHINE.

Ten years ago all the corn which
was cut and shocked had to be done
by hand labor, and the doing Of it be-
came as near hard work as anything
to be found on the farm. 1t was al
ways difficult to get the help to do
this work, and when done tie corn
was left In such shape that 1t was an
all round nuisance to handle. Now
the corn harvester is available, cutting
up and tying in handy bundles from
eight to ten acres of corn per day and
enabling any grower of corn to secure
his rough forage from his cornf1eld in
stead of from meadow lands. The
general adoption Of this plan will add
25 per cent to the acreage Of any corn
and stock raising farm In the country.
Thousands Of these machines have
been sold in every western state in
the past few weeks.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-26
THE LESSON OF THE YEAR.

Drought keeps the people of India
face to face with starvation, 1t broods
over central Russia and paralyses the
efforts of millions, 1t girdles Australia
and makes q desert of once fruitful
farms, and here in the great MISSISSIPPI
pi valley no lesson has been more
sharply defined the past season than
that of learning how best to conserve
moisture in the soil. The early and the
later rains may fall, full or scant, as
the case may be, and the wise farmer
will learn how by deep tillage and con-
slant cultivation to raise good crops
even with minimum Of rainfall. No
subject is of greater Importance than
this.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-26

Many farmer has been saying that
there was no profit in growing corn in
New England, when western corn
could be bought at the market price of
several years past; but when they find
that dry season in the west has in
creased the price Of 10 cents a bushel
and may add 10 cents more to that be-
fore the season is over, they rather
envy the man who has a field that will
fill the old corncrib and give a good
stack Of corn stover to save the hay
next winter.-American Cultivator.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-26
A Good Grape For Home Purposes.

A Good Grape For Home Purposes.
Though the Isabella is no longer con-
sidered a desirable variety for table
purposes by our specialists and the
dealers, it is still worthy Of some at
tention by the rural home builder. 1t
is especially hardy, quite vigorous, and
usually supplies, with a minimum
amount of care, a fairly good crop of
palatable fruit, more of which should
be eaten by our people, 1t is an excel
lent variety for jelly making, and
grape jelly rates very high in the esti-
nation of the American housewife. 1t
is likewise one of the best varieties
from which to make grape must-i. e.,
unfermented grape juice-for which
there is a steadily growing demand in
one form or another.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-26
Feed Young Cows Libera1ly

Young cows require to be literally
fed. 1t must be borne in mind that the
two-year-old cow has not only to yield
milk, but also complete her growth
says F. S. Cooley of the Massachusetts
experiment station. If concentrates are
withheld at this time on the mistaken
notion that they are injurious to young
cows, not only is her milk flow lessen
ed, but she is hindered from reaching
her most useful development. 1t may
not be desirable to crowd young heifers
with heavy feed, but when they milk
deeply there must be the material to
supply the drain just as well as in ma
ture cows
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-26
Pure Wax
Refuse and Wax
Water Line.
Refuse and Water
Wafer

ing about it I concluded that by add
ing a considerable quantity of salt to
the water the wax would rise much
quicker, and it did.
Why does the wax come on the top
of the water? 1t is because the wax
is comparatively lighter than water.
That difference of weight is the force
that pushes the wax above the water.
Now let us add, say, one pound of
salt to the gallon of water. The weight
of the water will be increased by about
II per cent, and the force that pushes
the wax above the water will also in
crease in proportion.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-26
How to Remove Gloves.

In taking off the glove never begin at
the finger ends, for that stretches them.
Turn the glove over at the wrist and
pull gently. as though peeling it off.
After the glove is removed from the
hand turn it right side out. smoothing
and Strengthening the fingers into
place. Blow into the glove gently and
then let them air few moments, after
which wrap them In tissue paper.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-26
Self sucking Cows.

A self sucking cow is a nuisance and
is generally incurable. She should be
fattened and sold for beef or sold to
some one who will fatten her and sell
her for beef. There are a number of
contriyances that will prevent self
sucking, but they are all more or less
cruel. The best plan is to get rid Of
the COW.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-26
sALEp CORY FODDER.

Baled shredded corn fodder should
come to the front this year with hay
as scarce and high priced as 1t Is al
over the country. 1t is most valuable
forage for dairy cows and work horses
in point of nutritive value equal to tho
best timothy hay. One hundred tons
Of this fodder was sold lately in west
ern town ut $40 per ton. There is but
one drawback to its general introduc
ton. and that is the need Of doing the
shredding and baling when the forage
is thoroughly dry; otherwise 1t will
mold In the bale
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-26

RENDERING COMB.
N Easy and Economical Method of

An Easy md Economical Method of
Getting All the Wax.
Old combs, drone comb cut out, combs
more or less eaten by moths and full of
webs often accumulate till something
must be done. A correspondent of
American Bee Journal describes the
way in which he dealt with some of
the worst combs and refuse from melt
ing others, including moth eaten combs,
which latter, he says, are the meanest
things that can be found in that line:
l did not want to go into much ex-
pense as the wax to be obtained
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-26
NOTICE OF SETTLER EMIT.

Notice IS hereby given that the account 81
Lewis Warwick, Executor of the estate Of
James A. Porch, deceased will be audited bv
the Surrogate and reported for settlement to thu.
Orphans Court of the County of Gloucester. on
Friday, September q, A. d. 1901.
LEWIS WARWICK
Executor.
Dated Sunogate's Office, Aug. r. 1901.
A. H. S,gack hamer Proctor 800