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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-09-25
The Salt Trusts Iron Hand.

The Federal Salt company, common
ly known as the salt trust. is having
a demonstration in political economy
that may be valuable to it as well as
to consumers of salt The trust pre-
sumes too much on its control of the
market and, in the language of the
street, overplayed its hand. 1t put the
price of its product up to $2S ton.
actually a cent and quarter a pound
for an article that has been sold in
Salt Lake City as low as 81 ton
crude and 81 ton refined. To main
tain this price the trust stored 10000
tons of salt to keep it out of the mar
ket Nine thousand tons of salt were
ordered from Europe by ocean route,
and one cargo is already at the docks
IN Portland The trust has had to drop
its price $14 ton and still has a big
margin of profit in its stocks if the
price does not go still lower, as seems
likely.-Grocery World.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-09-25
MEET CONDITIONS.


ieon't Keep the Drones and Useless
Males While Feed Is So Costly. 4
The excessively high price of grain
has made poultry raising with many
a more strenuous undertaking than
ever before. To attempt to disguise
this Is misleading. 1t will not perma-
nently help our business to avoid the
true facts in order to encourage new
but blind ventures or the retaining of
birds of doubtful promise.
| Every improbable flock that is sent
to market brings in immediate cash,
stops the outlay for feed and leaves
! room and means for new beginning
with stock that will be profitable
Eggs are high, and those who are
feeding the right kind of hens are
making more profit than they could
when grain and eggs were cheaper.
but those who are not fortunate
enough to get a good egg yield are
going behind more rapidly than for
merly.
Men with progressive ideas are try
ing to show us the Importance of get
ting at facts-fundamental truths that
when understood will help us to work
Understandings. Sometimes in a spirit
of antagonism a poultry raiser claims
that he is satisfied with his egg yield
and his ability to control it when such
figures and facts as he can produce
will not justify his claim. Others I'M
der the pressure of large feed bills and
diminished egg supply candidly ad
NIT that they are call at sea-"
The condition of the poultry market
seems to show that the high cost of
feed Is arousing poultry keepers to ac-
ton. In some sections more early
Matched cockerels have been thrown on
the market than in previous years.
| The raiser realizes more than ever that
it does not pay to hold them. AS con-
sequence chickens have brought no
more this year than last, Enough cost
ing more to produce.
| The usual drop in the egg yield this
summer has been a serious matter to
many. In February, March and April
the fiocks were laying profitably, but
| In May, June and July, with the grow
| ing chicks making ever increasing de-
I
mands for food, broody hens in every
| pen and lot of hens that are not
broody failing to lay profitably or not
at all. the poultry keeper may be par
doned for asking himself seriously,
Where am atY We can say that
the hens, having laid heavily all win
ter and spring, need rest.
That will do very well when we are
sure that the individual birds that are
resting" now are the ones that laid
heavily all winter, but often it is found
that the summer drone is also the win
ter drone. A brief period of spring lay
ing does not warrant us in feeding a
bird whole year. Many fiocks con-
tain lot of birds that do most of their
laying in the spring. The most per-
sistent summer broodies are often of
this type, and yet some people consider
broOdiness as an indication of previous
heavy laying.
1t behooves us to Gull out our I'M
profitable stock. 4-.rket while prices
are good those hens that it will not
pay to keep and retain only those that
are likely to be proftable-Po Poultry
| Keeper.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-09-25
A Handy Fodder stack.

How best to stack corn fodder to
keep and be handiest in getting at
when feeding is often question given
much thought by the farmer. This
method possesses many advantages
that will recommend it above others:
Set two posts twelve or sixteen feet
apart where you wish the stack to be.
Across from one to the other, four and
a half or five feet from the ground,
spike by A. Stand the fodder
against this with the butts on the
ground and the smaller ends coming
together at the top. There should be
a space of two or three feet at the bot
tom. This will give the rat. dog and
eat an opportunity to keep the stack
clear of mice. This stack will turn the
rain and snow of winter. will keep dry
and bright and when used will not be
opened to the weather, as no stalks are
left exposed by removing the top.
Farm Journal
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-09-25
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SELLING APPLES.
A Crop Well Grown Is Half Sold
Good Grading Demanded.

A Crop Well Grown Is Half Sold.
Good Grading Demanded.
Two topics have been very promi-
nent in discussion among farmers-one
is the weather, the other apple scab.
1t will be highly important to grade
apples properly this season. There will
be great temptation to run in large
quantity of scabby apples, which will
he most serious mistake. In our
home markets large quantity of No.
2 apples will be taken by the grocers'
and bakers trade, but they should be
packed and marked only as No. 2.
This fruit will not do at all to ship to
foreign markets. The English buyers
are the most exacting and will pay the
highest price for fine fruit We lost
our once high reputation in the English
markets for American cheese by send
ing in fraud in the form of filled
cheese, and while the English con
sumner wants our fine apples he will
not touch our poor fruit, and we injure
our reputation every year that scabby,
poor fruit is sent over to the English
or German markets.
We need to study the demands of
different markets. London will pay
the highest price for red apples of me-
dunn size. Liverpool will pay high
prices for large apples like the King,
Twenty Ounce. Hubbardston and Spy.
The same is true in our home markets.
and to realize the highest value the
shipper must understand what differ
ent markets most demand. Boston will
pay the highest price for Fameuse,
Grayenstein and Mcintosh; New York
for King, Jonathan and Rhode Island
Greening; Chicago for Hubbardston,
and the GilliflOwer will bring more
money Thu any other variety in our
southern lies.
Ins packing use barrels for No. 2
stock, but for apples of fine quality
use bushel boxes. Growers do not take
sufficient pains to inform the consumer
in regard to the special value of fine
varieties. On every box of fine APP
PIES. like the Jonathan, Spitzenberg,
Wagner, Mcintosh, Sutton's Beauty,
Baily Sweet and others,a printed label
giving the fine quality of these differ
ent varieties in a brief description
would be of great value in giving i'm
portant information to consumers. The
manufacturers of cereals understand
this by putting descriptions on at
tractive packages showing the highly
nutritive properties of the different
cereal products offered for sale.
California is steadily reaching out to
the market of the world with her finely
graded and packed fruit.-G. I. Pow
ell, Before New York Fruit Growers
Association,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-09-25

TATToo1Ne FoRcEPs,

nations and so serve when tattooed on
the ear effectually to distinguish the
individual. Initials or whole words
may be tattooed. The tattooing process
is simple. The ear of the animal should
be thoroughly cleansed. India ink
should then be applied with brush to
the hairless or inner side of the ear so
as to cover the surface where it is de-
sired the characters should appear.
The jaws of the forceps being SO
placed OH the ear as to bring the pierre
ing device over the ink. sufficient
pressure should be exerted to cause
the points to pierce the epidermis and
true skin, but not the cartilage of the
ear. The ink should then be rubbed
into the punctures, although generally
the mere piercing operation drives
enough coloring matter into the skin
to leave good mark. The wound soon
heals, and a mark that cannot be cas-
lily removed or tempered with is left.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-09-25
MARKING CATTLE.
Characters Tattooed In the Ear With
EOrcenn and India Ink.

Characters TattoOed In the Ear With
FOrceps and India Ink.
The cut, from Country Gentleman,
shows a means Of marking cattle.
which a Canadian correspondent says
is open to the fewest objections and is
practiced by many breeders of live
stock in Great Britain. The operation
of tattooing. he says, is simple and
practically painless. The mark is legi-
BILE and fairly durable, but unless some
white fluid for use in tattooing black
skinned animals is available this meth
cd would be useless for certain breeds
of cattle and swine. The instrument
used is simple and easily manipulated.
1t consists, as shown in the cut, of
pair Of pinchers or forceps so construct
ed as to permit of changing the mark
ing teeth or stamps. Numbers from
to 0 may be arranged In many combi-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-09-25

Skimmilk for hogs and the big profit
in it is all the talk now.
Ohio is clover growing state. 1t 10
also becoming an alfalfa growing
state.
The market for coarse fax fiber is
almost unlimited. according to west
ern grower.
The agricultural building of the st.
Louis worlds fair is reported as
planned to cover twenty-five acres and
the palace of horticulture seven and a
half acres.
A recent circular of the United States
department of agriculture defines the
laws regulating interstate shipment of
birds and game.
Late blight In some sections has re-
duced the earlier promise Of heavy
potato crop. but large western crop Ii
still the general tenor of advices.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-09-25
TheY Like 1t Red.

An interesting human kink is given
by the London Chronicle in the follow
ing item: Every pound of butter that
goes to the West Indies is colOred a
brilliant red The darkies over there
won't have any other color. They like
red butter, just as they adore red
shirts and red ties OF the red label on
a tomato can. Grocers say that if a
black and white label should be placed
on canned tomatoes there would be nc
sale at all"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-09-25
utilizing the undernow.

According to statistics published by
the Denver chamber of commerce, Col
orado advanced during the decade 1889
to 1899 to the front rank of irrigated
states. surprising California in the ex-
tent of land under irrigation. but re
naming second in the number of irri-
gators and in the value of irrigated
crops.
Water is held in the layers of sand
and gravel which have been deposited
at various depths beneath the surface
of the plains. Investigations indicate
that this supply is large and that con-
siderable areas Of valuable land To-
Gated at too great an elevation to be
irrigated by gravity diversion of water
will ultimately be reclaimed by utiliz-
ing the underflow.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-09-25

All primitive people regard the bird
as specially wise and favored. Living
In the air, he Is regarded as exercising
control over atmospheric phenomena,
and, knowing so well his own migra-
tory seasons, the Indians observe his
flights as foreboding i'll or good to
themselves.
The Hurons believe that the dove
carries the souls of the departed hence.
The Dakotas say the storm bird dwells
so high as to be out of human vision
and carries fresh water lake on his
back. SO that when he plumes himself
it rains, when he winks his bright eyes
1t lightens, when he flaps his wings
thunder rolls. The Alaskans hold much
the same idea about the thunder
bird"
Among them all the eagle is mighty,
brave, aspiring, the symbol of their
warriors for apparent reasons The
kingfsher is anxious to serve his broth
er man.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-09-25
A Nest Of $4,000 Hens, Egg.

According to Sydney paper, Aus
tralia has the largest duck farm and
the largest incubator in the world. The
incubator has capacity of 11,440
ducks eggs, or 14,0S0 hens eggs. The
machine is, in fact, a dollhouse. 1t
stands in open ground and is con-
structed of ordinary pine board, with
corrugated iron roof. The egg trays
each hold 100 ducks eggs or 100 hens
eggs, and there are four of these trays
end to end in eleven tiers, one above
the other, on each side of the room,
making total of lightweight. Mois-
ture is supplied in pans beneath the
bottom tier of trays. The heat is sup
piled by means of steam pipes from a
large boiler. The incubator is said to
be working well and bringing out big
percentage of ducks.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-09-25

the warning symptoms of disease, he is
carelessly inviting calamity
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
cures diseases of the stomach and other
organs of digestion and nutrition. It
enables the perfect digestion and assirni-
lation of food, which makes strength.
1t stimulates the liver, cures biliousness,
and removes bilious impurities from the
blood.
al had been troubled with a pain in lower
part OF my stomach for three years, so severe I
thought it would kill in timep writes Mr.
Aaron Van Dam, of (Kensington) 254o 10th ST,
Chicago, Ill. 81 could hardly work; it felt like
big weight hanging on me and got so bad that
had to take medicine. used Stomach Bitters
for time, but it did good so wrote to DR.
R. v. Pierce for advice, which he gave me i'm
mediately. / followed his directions; used two
bottles of his medicine and was cured. I had a
torpid liver which was troubling instead of
cramps las thoughtl, DIR. Pierce told me-
have pleasure in living now; have gained in
weight IS pounds since then"
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con-
stiPation. They do not beget the pill
habit.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-09-25
pnnuInritx of sflos.

! Reports from some of the dairy sec
lions say that silos or silo stock is
coming In by the carload and that the
number in use will be largely increased
this year and in future years, says an
exchange. This feeling In favor OF
the silo is increased by the fact that
IN many cases those who feed ensilage
are getting at the creameries credit
kor more butter fat and better price
for their milk than those who feed
hay and do not expend any more for
grain, though they may balance their
rations little better, and the good
price paid for hay may have some In
fiuence, for dairymen would not object
to having few tons Of hay to sell
and yet be able to keep as many COWS
and sell as much milk or butter as they
10 when they feed ont all of their hay.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-09-25
Preparing Exhibition Birds.

After the hot days have gone and
fall comes on, the pushing or forcing
of the future exhibition specimens be-
gins. Great judgment is needed at
that time SO as to keep them growing
as fast as possible and not overfeed
them; at the same time they must not
be fed so as to make the combs de-
velop too fast. Plenty of food must
be given to keep bone, body and feath-
ers growing, but meat must be used
very sparingly at this time. for it has
tendency to make the combs of
both males and females grow too fast.
All this can be avoided. but it takes
actual experience to do this, for no
set rule will work in all cases, and we
must learn by actual experience how
best to act.-Exchange.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-09-25

How to Make Cream Nut Fudge.
Two cupfuls of granulated sugar. two
thirds of cupful of milk. butter the
size of walnut. vanilla TO flavor and
one cupful of chopped nut meats. Put
the sugar and milk together into a
granite saucepan and heat rather slow
~ to the boiling point Boil hard, stir
ring constantly, and when almost done
add the butter. Take the mixture from
The fire. add the vanilla and nuts and
stir until it is smooth and will keep in
81 .Sas. Put into a Duttered pan 10 the
depth of half inch then check in
squares. If desired. several kinds of
nuts may be used together. Always
blanch almonds before chopping.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-09-25
uow TO pse SOM.

Under ordinary conditions or binary
methods serve, but when the skin is
very dirty or we desire to attack black
heads soap should be worked into Il
over the surafce for some seconds;
then. using u little hot water. say half
Il pint. the skin surface must be rubbed
into Il lather. washed in another supply
of hot water and finally be rinsed in
cold water.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-09-25
A MENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
"A OF NEW JERSEY, PROPOSED, BY
THE LEGISLATURE OF 1902.

BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate (the House of
Assembly eoncurring) that the following
amendments to the constitution of this State
be, and the same hereby proposed, and
when the same shall be agreed to by majority
of members elected to the Senate and House of
Assembly, the said amendments shall be entered
on their journals, with the yeas and nays taken
thereon, and referred to the Legislature next to
be chosen, and shall be published for three
months previous to the first Tuesday after the
first Monday of November next (being the
fourth day of said mont h. in at least one news
paper of each county, if any be published there
in, the said newspapers to be designated by the
president of the Senate, the speaker of the
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-09-25

Slice two onions, fry them in butter.
and when they begin to color put them
into saucepan with the juice of half
lemon. Il cupful of broth. two slices
of lemon peel. two cloves of garlic. a
bay leaf. thyme. basil and two cloves;
boil these a quarter of an hour and
then strain it: add capers and an an.
chovy chopped. pepper. salt and a
spoonful of horseradish boiled to a
pulp: warm the whole without boiling.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-09-25
Earthinr LIN Celery

The gradual earthing up of celery
should be attended to when the wealth
er is suitable. In earthing up it is
necessary to success to have the
foliage dry and the soil in a friable
condition. Landing with wet soil will
aggravate rust and even start it on
healthy plants. Go over the lines and
remove all rotten leaves before adding
the SOIL Where it is found impossible
to blanch with soil on account of bad
weather boards can be used temporary
ly for this purpose of starting the
process in time ON either a portion Of
the crop or all of it by standing a line
of twelve inch boards along at each
side of the celery drill OF course
celery can be blanched altogether by
the aid of boards, but many people
consider the celery superior when
earth has been used, while others OBJ
ject to the expense of boards. In
handling celery it is important to
keep the soil from getting into the
hearts. This can be done by drawing
all the stalks closely and evenly to-
gether, holding the plant with one
hand and packing the soil firmly
around with the other, or they may be
tied with string. The soiling can then
be finished with the spade or plow
While the plants are growing four to
six inches is enough to put in at one
time
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-09-25


William the Conqueror did not intro
duce swearing into England, but he
brought with him very forcibIe oath
William was accustomed to swear "by
the splendOr of GOd,' and on such oc-
casions he combined with it the s.ter-
rible aspect of the eyes," which always
took the place of swearing In the case
Of Sir Joseph Porter, X. c. B. After
Williams time the rulers of England,
with possibly here and there an excep-
lion, swore with great frequency and
vigor. 1t Is related that even Queen
Bess, whose auburn locks did not belle
fiery temper. would break into a
string Of explosives that would rattle
the royal windows and brighten the
household and royal attendants from
all sense Of diplomatic recourse Lon
don Taller. -
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-09-25
how to Tell the Age OF Eggs.

The following method of determining
kets of Paris: About six ounces of com
mon cooking salt are put into large
glass. which is then filled with water.
When the salt is in solution. an egg is
dropped into the glass. Ii the egg is
only one day old. it sinks Immediately
to the bottom. if any older. it does not
reach the bottom of the glass. Ii three
days old. it sinks only just below the
surface. From five days upward it
floats The older it is the more it pro-
trudes out OF the water.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-09-25
SO 81 49,
afARNN, GARDEN
9sS 49,
VARIETIES OF WHEAT.

Best YieIders at the Kentucky Agrf-
cultural Experiment Station.
Wheat varieties being of interest at
present, some experience of the Ken
lucky agricultural experiment station
is here presented. The wheats Illus
trated were among thirty-seven varie-
ties planted Oct ii for the season of
1900-01. The fourteen best yielders for
two years have been Fultz, Harvest
King. Prudy. Lancaster Red, Beech
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-09-25
Rye and Russian Thistle.

1t is nothing uncommon for rye to
yield forty bushels to the acre. and If
the ground is properly prepared and
good seed well put in failure will not
occur If there is enough moisture in
the ground to terminate the seed in
the fall. Rye can be sown in August
or any time before the ground freezes.
We have seen good crops when the
grain was sown SO late that the plants
could hardly be seen above ground I'M
til the following spring. If rye is not
sown by Sept. 20, 1t is usually bet.
ter to wait until the ground is about
to freeze up. One who has land infest-
ed with Russian thistles will find great
satisfaction in sowing rye thick and
early. Some sow in July and pasture
the stand SO it cannot joint, then har-
vest a crop the next year.-Field and
Farm.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-09-25

BY virtue of writ of feri facias, to me d.
rected, issued out of the Chancery Court of the.
State of New Jersey, will be exposed at public
sale,
Monday, the Twentieth Day Of October
next, between the hours of II and o'clock. to-
wit at O'Clock in the afternoon of said day, at
the Court House in the City of Woodbury.
County of Gloucester, and State of New JersAv
all the following described real estate. that is 10
say:
All that certain tract or parcel of land and pre-
misses situate in the Township of Deptford in
the County of Gloucester, and State of New
Jersey, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at point in the Easterly line OF
East Avenue, distant Nortberly two hundrts
and eighty feet from the intersec ion of sa4
Easterly line of said East Avenue and til
Northerly line of West Avenue as delineated O.
q map marked MAP of lands of j. M. Plum. AZ
Westville, N. il" thence North one degree AMI
two minutes West sixty feet to point the,
from the beginning and last mention. ffiyGa
Easterly at right angles to said East Az asf,s
low water mark Great Timber Cret 'z's,le
lots numbered l5, 16 and IL on said A s32d
gether and the free and common Oh said
East Avenue.
Being the same lands and premises that John
Nj. Plum and wife, by deed dated June 18th, 1896,
and recorded in the Clerks Office of Gloucester
County, in book No. III Of Deeds Page 5s5&c.,
granted and conveyed to said Theodore krein.
Seized as the property of The Arena Mutual
Athletic and Aquatic Association ct al, defend
ants and taken in execution at the suit of The
German Centennial Building and Saving Fund
Association, of Camden, New Jersey, complain
ant, and to be sold by
William J. Kraft Solr, Sheriff
Dated Sept. IL, 1902. Prs fee, $40