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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-12
FOOD AND SICKNESS.
The Common Ailments of Poultry
TraceahIa to Imnrnner Heading

The Common Ailments Of Poultry
TraceabIe to Improper Feeding,
Food and the way it is fed play an
important part in the causing of pouI-
try diseases. This is impressed upon
me more and more as / have occasion
to advise as to the cure of sick birds.
In fact seldom am willing to say
what think the cause of an outbreak
of disease may be until / know just
what is fed and how it is given. Here
In New England most cases of diar-
rhea and nearly every outbreak of so
called cholera" may be traced to I'M
proper feeding.
Until late years we had little trouble
from the food used. Birds had free
run, going as they pleased upon the
farm or over the village lot. This
gave them chance to get the most of
their food where they pleased and
when they wished The corn fed was
balanced up by the clover leaves ana
seeds from the haymow, and bugs
and worms added the animal element
needed. Now the old way Is changed.
The birds are fenced in from garden
and neighbors and are dependent upon
their owner for quality and quantity
of food. Now poultrymen are crowd
ing their birds to get rapid growth and
the largest possible number Of eggs.
All this is worth considering If we
wish to avoid loss and probably failure
In poultry keeping.
Spoiled food has no place in the
poultry feed pail. This is as true Of
soured food, spoiled after mixing, as
It is Of grain or meat that comes al
ready tainted. All wet foods, as
mash, should be prepared in quanti-
If left standing in pail or feed dishes,
it soon works" and is the direct cause
of many large death rate in brooder
chicks and also leads to diarrhea in
adult birds. Better feed too dry than
too wet. Young chicks grow finely,
with few losses, when fed all dry food
up to eight weeks of age.
1t is money lost to feed grain that
has been wet and probably through
the burning of an elevator sold a lit
tie lower than the best feed. BURN
ed" wheat or oats not only do not fur
nish as much food as a sweet article,
but are always dangerous feed when
fed to live stock. 1t does not pay from
the point of view of the pocketbook to
buy damaged grain. The best is the
cheapest in the end and brings the
best results sought.
The supply Of green bone or ground
dried meat and blood should be above
suspicion. Most of the bagged meat on
the market Is good, but now and then
you will run across lot put out by an
unknown firm that is fit only for fer
tilizer. These dried meat products when
exposed to dampness sometimes spoil
and thus become dangerous article
to use. Green bone should be used
while fresh, as it stands exposure to
insect life badly.-Dr. N. w. Sanborn
in Poultry Keeper.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-12
How to serve Fried stuffed Eggs.

How to Serve Fried Stuffed Eggs.
Boil eggs twenty minutes. put them
Immediately into cold water for ten
minutes, then remove the shell. Cut
them in halves lengthwise. Carefully
remove the yolks. Rub them through a
strainer. To six boiled eggs add one
teaspoonful of melted butter, one table
spoonful of minced ham or tongue, salt
and pepper. Fill the bottom of each
white, having the surface level. Press
one half to another. Dip in beaten egg,
then in crumbs, then in egg, then in
crumbs again. Fry in best beef fat.
Drain on paper. Arrange on hot plat
ter. Serve with a cream sauce made
with one teaspoonful of butter, one ia
blespoonful of flour. Cook together un-
til smooth. Add one eupful of milk.
Stir until thickened and boiling. Sea-
son with salt and pepper. Let simmer
five minutes.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-12

To wash velveteen prepare lather
with soap and warm water in which
three-quarters of a teaspoonful Of bo-
rax has been dissolved. Turn the gar
ment inside out and dip it in and out
of the water. If very dirty, soap on the
wrong side and rub with the hand, be-
ing careful not to press the pile fiat.
Rinse in clear, softened water. If the
color runs, put tablespoonful Of salt
in rinsing water and If the color has
run much rinse again in more water to
which has been added teaspoonful of
vinegar. 1t will restore the color. Hang
out dripping, not squeezing or wiring
ing at all.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-12
CURING BACON.
Careful Trimming. Sca1ding and
Packing In Straw or Hay

Careful Trimming, ScaIding and
Packing In Straw or Hay.
The hog having been properly fatten-
ed and killed and the offal removed, let
the carcass hang until the flesh is firm
enough to cut well. Cut up as usual.
The first point of Importance is to care
fully trim each piece, using a sharp
knife. Make the flesh side as smooth
as possible. There is no waste in this,
as all the trimmings go to the lard or
sausage tubs. AS far as possible try
to have the surface Of lean meat. Rub
well and pack down. Use an ounce of
saltpeter and three to four pounds of
sugar to fifty pounds of salt. Arrange
for drainage and cover well with salt.
When well sailed, which will be
within three or four weeks, according
to size of hog. have a kettle of boiling
water and immense each piece in this
for about one and half minutes. This
will make hard crust on the flesh side
and will also harden the skin, making
it almost impervious to insects. and
the scalding will destroy all insects
and fermentation germs that may be
on the surface. This l consider the
second point in Importance.
Then hang and smoke thoroughly
with hardwood sawdust, If such can
be had. Oak of any sort is excellent,
because it is rich in pyroligneous acid,
which gives to smoke it's value as
preservative and also contributes it's
characteristic flavor to the meat. When
sufficiently smoked, scald again. rub
with black pepper and pack in boxes
with straw OF clean, sweet hay, and
the meat will keep Indefinitely. Hams
and shoulders should be sailed sep
arately or, as is usually done, placed
on the top of the pile.
In the southern part of the state l
would stick a knife straight into the
joints of the hams and shoulders, let
ting out the sinuous fluid and filling
the hole and joint with salt. l have
cured as nice breakfast bacon as any
person could wish in the city of Gal
weston and in midsummer by packing
in salt for three days and scalding and
smoking in sugar hogshead. These
sides were, when cured, about two
inches thick. This meat was cured
more by smoke than by salt.
Every farmer is supposed to know
how to both salt and smoke bacon.
The only points insist upon as i'm
portant are the careful trimming, the
scalding and the storing in straw or
hay. The trimming destroys the favor
lite hiding and breeding places of dele
FERROUS germs. whether animal or vege-
table. The scalding destroys all such
germs on or near the surface and
packing in straw or hay prevents the
entrance of such germs after the cur
ing process is complete and protects
the bacon from atmospheric influences,
dust and mildew, as well as putrefy-
ing germs and destructive insects.-A.
A. Pittrick, Texas, in Orange Judd
Farmer.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-12

Consul Roosevelt of Brussels gives
this interesting account of fattening
poultry In Belgium: In fattening for
market, at about three months old,
coops of peculiar construction accom-
modate twenty chickens. They are
twenty-four inches high, twenty inches
wide, standing on four legs three feet
in height. The bottom is made of lath
so that the droppings fall through, the
top an adjustable board to allow free
circulation of air, the front lath two
to two and half inches apart and the
receptacle for food a triangular shaped
wooden box. The food consists of
ground buckwheat mixed with milk,
forming paste not too liquid and fed
twice daily. At noon milk or milk and
water is given them. If any refuse
to take their food, they are not forced
to eat. but are removed and killed, as
they will grow thin and lose their mar
ket value. They are usually fed four
or five weeks.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-12
ROOFING CUTTINGS.
Commercial and Home Propagate

Commercial and Home Propagation
of Currants and Grapes.
There are few things more easily
rooted than currant cuttings. Take
wood of this seasons growth and
make the cuttings six to eight inches
long, each cutting having from six to
ten buds. The best time to do this is
as soon as the wood is mature and the
leaves ready to come off, say in Sep
TENDER, although such cuttings can
be made and rooted successfully any
time from fall until spring. If taken
in early fall, they may be either buried
on sandy knoll or stored in sand,
moss or sawdust in the cellar or plant
ed Immediately.
The ground should of course be well
drained and in good condition and the
cuttings set nearly perpendicularly so
that only one or two buds remain
above the surface. Concord grape cut
tings may be made in the fall or early
winter. Select strong, sound, short
jointed canes Commercial propaga-
tors usually make two eye cuttings be-
cause they take less wood and are
more easily handled and planted.
For the home grower, however,
think it advisable to make three eye
cuttings, as they usually make stron-
ger plants. Store the cuttings in moss,
sand or sawdust in the cellar until
spring to allow them to become well
calloused, then plant in well prepared
soil just a little slantingly or nearly
perpendicularly leaving only the top
bud exposed.
II only few plants are wanted, lay
ering may be resorted to and will usu-
ally prove to be the easiest and surest
way of securing good plants from a
parent vine in the home grounds. Sc
lect vigorous young cane and lay it
in little furrow under the trellis, COW
ering two or three inches deep with
nice mellow SOIL In the fall or spring
the layer is taken up and cut into
plants. Nearly every bud will pro-
duce a plant.-Farm and Fireside.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-12
How to Make PumpL1n Pies.

Here is recipe for pumpkin pie CIV
en- by the head pastry cook of one Of
the most famous hotels in the United
States:
Take one quart of well stewed pump
kin strained through sieve, add half
a pound of sugar, two ounces Of melted
butter, nine eggs, half an ounce Of
ground ginger, one-quarter Of an ounce
Of ground cinnamon, one-eighth of an
ounce of ground cloves, half tea
spoonful of grated nutmeg, a pinch Of
salt and tablespoonful of molasses;
mix and beat well together; add pint
and half of milk. This will make a
filling for two large pies. Bake In a
moderate oven.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-12
How to Cure insomnia.

Let sleepless people court the SUM-
The very worst soporific is laudanum,
and the very best is sunshine There
fore it is very easily understood that
poor sleepers should pass as many
hours in the sunshine as possible. Many
women are martyrs and do not know it
They shut the sunshine out of theil
houses, they wear wells, they carry sun
shades, they do all that is possible to
keep off the subtlest and yet most po-
tent influence which is intended to give
them strength and beauty and cheerful
ness. Is it not time to change all this
and so get roses and color in your pale
cheeks, strength in your weak backs
The sunlight would be a potent influ-
ence in the transformation.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-12

Take pork tenderloin split lengthwise
on the side, place the two cut parts to-
gether, filling with bread stuffing.
Bind with thread to keep together.
Place in baking pan on bed of vegeta-
bles and spices, including one-half car
rot, one-half onion, allspice and cloves.
Cover the meat with fat pork or bacon,
place in hot oven top rail for ten min
utes. Return to lower oven, cook three
quarters of an hour or until done.
Basic frequently with little butter
and water and garnish with stewed
apples and cress.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-12
Currapts ana Gooseberries.

The great enemy of currants is the
currant worm, but with little prompt
attention and the use of the knapsack
sprayer and some hellebore in water, /
ounce to 10 gallons, it is an easy matter
to keep the pest in subsection. To SIM
plify things, adds The Farm Journal,
we might plant gooseberries close to
the currants or alternately with them.
The worms congregate on the goose
berry plants, and may be destroyed by
simply spraying the bushes. Mulching
is very beneficial to currants; soil
should be rich. The bushes need little
trimming.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-12
Grape Cuttings.

Grape cuttings intended for planting
to propagate new vines for future use
in the vineyard should be cut from the
vines, made into bundles of fifty. tied
out of doors or stored in boxes of
damp sand in cellar, advises Farm
and Ranch. Some recommend that
they be buried top down; others de-
clare it does not matter which end of
the cutting is down.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-12
Agricultural Rrevities.

Cowpeas have come to stay in tine
north, says one of their advocates.
The broom corn crop is estimated at
$500 tons less than last year.
Poultry and swine do not relish or do
well on cottonseed meal.
While the pear crop is by no means
a failure, it not only falls considerably
short of the crop of last year, but also
compares unfavorably with the ten
year average.
1t is reported that there has been an
increase in the output of canned corn
in Maine of 20 per cent over that of
1900.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-12
A Hint In Geranium Growing.

A warning should accompany rec
concentrations of geraniums for win
dow culture. Quite frequently an at
tempt is made to flower them out Of
doors all summer and then pot them
in the fall expecting an abundance Of
bloom in the winter as well. The
plants are weakened by blooming and
potting and do not respond to the care
given. Plants intended for winter
blooming should not be permitted to
flower during the summer at will, but
encouraged to make healthy, vigorous,
compact plants. Pot them up in am
pie time for the roots to become active
egain before transferring to the house.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-12

This is one rule given by a well
known authority on mushrooms-never
touch q mushroom whose lower gills
are white. Another tells us that you
cannot skin toadstool and an attempt
will cause it to break off in fragments,
while the covering Of the nonpoisonous,
on the contrary, will peel off without
the slightest difficulty. There is anoth-
er test called the onion test. Take half
an onion, peel off the dry outside skin
and boil it with the mushrooms. If the
color of the onion changes to blush or
black tinge, it will indicate that poison
Gus fungi are present, while if the on
ion preserves its color there is no dan
ger
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-12
Decrease In Duck Crop.

Everything points to a smaller crop
of ducks. From the estimates given
it would be fair to place the crop fully
10 per cent short of last year. Last
year the crop was fully 20 per cent
less than the year 1898, but as the
crop of that year was away above an
average crop the production this year
will not be much below an average
crop. Prices realized have not been
giving much encouragement to farmers
to raise ducks. They seem to have
been marketed freely on account of
the anticipated scarcity of feed and
the short water supply.-A Few Hens.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-12
GOLDEN JAP BANTAM COCK.

pect that they are merely new vari-
ETY. produced by series of skillful
crosses in which, by the way, none but
genuine Japanese Bantams were en-
ployed. Mr.. Hales, having exhausted
the prize winning possibilities of the
Dorkings, and having no other worlds
to conquer in that direction, has taken
up the Golden Japs merely because, as
he expresses it, '"They are mighty hard
to get right !"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-12
How to Make Crane catchup.

Six pounds of ripe grapes Concord
preferred), two pounds of sugar, half a
pint Of cider vinegar. one teaspoonful
each Of ground cinnamon, allspice
cloves and white or black pepper. half
teaspoonful of salt. Crush the grapes
with potato masher, add half a pint
of water and boil until tender. Strain
and add the other ingredients. Boil I'M
til it thickens little. Bottle and seal.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-12
HOW to C1ean Gilt Eurnitnra

4 Clean gilt furniture with sifted
whiting made into cream with alco
hol. Cover small space at q time and
rub off before 1t hardens. If a spot
sticks, touch 1t very lightly with clear
alcohol. II there is much dirt or deep
itarnish. wash quickly with borax soap
suds, wipe dry. then cover with the wei
whiting and let it dry.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-12

GREAT THINGS.

Fhe Southern Covvpea and Tall Corn
From the Philippines.
The following are among the notable
things of which mention is made in
Rural New Yorker:
The cut shows a single volunteer
plant of the Black Renovation cowpea,
which grew in the garden of a Penn
sylvania farm the past season. The
plant completely covered a circle
twelve feet in diameter. The stem
was three-quarters of an inch in diam
eter where it entered the ground and
was still growing rapidly when taken
up Sept. %. This plant did not come
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-12
FALL CORN ON LONG ISLAND.

height. The seed came from Luzon,
Philippine Islands, but the corn is said
not to grow to that height there. 1t
was planted without any care or cult
walton and with an idea that 1t would
not grow on Long Island, not to speak
of its enormous height. The corn is
red. round. beadlike and very easy to
shell. The stalks are very hard and
strong. withstanding the winds better
than the domestic, regardless of its
height. The leaves are long. wide and
sweeping.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-12
How to Make stone Cement.

To make lining for stoves or fire
places, take six parts in bulk of COM
mon potter's clay, one part of plaster OF
paris and one part wood ashes. Mix
this together with water to form q
thick cement, which must be spread
thickly and smoothly in the place
where the lining is needed. Fire may
be made in the stove in few hours. II
in day or two cracks appear, fill them
up with fresh cement made in the same
way, and you will have perfectly hard
and durable lining.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-12
Prize winnfnr New pIants

The rose Mrs. Oliver Ames exhibited
at the recent New York flower show
won the prize of the Society of Amer
lean Florists for the best new flower
of American growth.
A new Dailledouse carnation carried
off second prize in this class, and a
new foliage plant, Drac@na curtisii,
received honorable mention.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-12
Rhode Island Reds.

One of the largest Rhode Island Red
plants in New England is the De Wolf
farm at Bristol, r. l. This plant is
under the management of Mr.. Samuel
Cushman, who for a long time was
manager of the poultry work at the
Rhode Island experiment station. Prob
ably no name in the country is better
known in connection with Rhode Is
land Reds than that of Mr. Cushman
He advocated the breed when he was
at the station and since then has been
breeding them III great numbers.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-12
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Joseph J. Summerill, executor of the last will
and testament of Elizabeth 8. Brewer, deceased,
by direction of the Surrogate of the County OF
Gloucester, hereby gives notice to the creditors
of the said Elizabeth s. Brewer, deceased, to
bring in their debts, claims and demands against
the estate of the said decent under oath aifir-
nation, within nine months from this date
they will be forever barred of any action there
for against the said executor.
JOS. j. SUMMERILL.
Dated October I4th 1901 Executor.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-12
Golden Japanese Bantams.

To Mr.. Henry Hales, the veteran poul-
try fancier of Ridgewood, N. j., be-
longs the credit of originating this
new variety of popular breed of ban
tams. Mr.. Hales has been working for
years to produce the Golden Japanese
Bantams and has at last succeeded,
the birds at present in his yards being
so well marked that no one would sus-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-12
The quality of apples this season does
net correspond with the high price.

A West Virginia reader writes us that
instead of the farmer in that state fret
ting about the coons working in his
cornfeld he is only too glad to know
that they are, for night coon hunt
in the cornfeld and coon pot pie rep
resents pleasing feature of West Vir-
ginia rural existence.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-12
TO CREDITORS.

Charles Turner and Thomas Loring, executors
of the will of John O. Turner, deceased, by
direction of the Surrogate of the county Of
Gloucester, hereby gives notice to the creditors
of the said John G. Turner, deceased, to bring
in their debts, claims and demands against the
estate OF the said decedent, under oath or AFR
nation, within nine months from this date,
they will be forever barred of any action there
Tor against the said executor.
CHARLES TURNER,
Dated Oct. Is. 1901. THOMAS LORING.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-12
THEY CRUSH the POWERS

This is written In midi October. The long,
oppressive summer is quite gone. Fading
leaf, whitening tree and the rustling corn in
the fields are signs of the season. Fog,
frost, rain, snow, they are coming. You
remember last winter; of 1900 and 1901.
The weather was cruel. Ali the thous-
ands it killed, and the hundreds of thous-
ands it MANNED and crippled. Oh, the
rough grasp it laid on men at work, women
at home, and children in cribs and cradles.
Coughs that began before Thanksgiving
Day are racking and tearing them still; yes,
and growing worse as they dig deeper into
the poor, tired throat and lungs. Many
were cured by using Bensons Porous Plas-
tiers. For the soothing and healing power
Of these Plasters is wonderful. They con-
ouer the complaints
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-12
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

James T. Budd, executor of the estate of Mary
Budd, deceased, by direction of the Surrogate Of
the County of Gloucester, hereby gives notice to
the creditors of the said Mary Budd, deceased,
to bring in their debts, claims and demands
against the estate of the said decedent under
oath affirmation, within nine months from
this date or they will be forever barred of any
action therefor against the said Executor.
Dated Nov. T. 1901. lila JAMES 7. BUDD.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-12
Celery Storage.

Observation and experience lead the
Rhode Island station to the belief that
the best winter celery is that which
is protected by covering it with earth
and forest leaves in the field where it