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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-12-11
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FOR INDOOR BLOOMING.
Hardy Shrubs That May Be Easily
FIOwered Ina the House.

Hardy Shrubs That May Be Easily
FIOwered Ina the House.
The lover of hardy flowers who feels
he cannot wait for the return of spring
to enjoy their beauty of bloom can
have the satisfaction of having them
in flower in the snowy season if he
will but pot some small plants before
winter sets in. There are several
shrubs SO impatient for spring to come
that they may unfold their flowers and
sthers that bloom after a few weeks
of spring weather, and these may
easily be brought into flower in the
house without any particular care or
trouble. Some or all of the following
list would give good satisfaction:
Japanese maple. blood leaved; flow
ering almond, Japanese Judas, Mag
nolia stellata, Pyrus arbutifolia, Anne
lanchier alnifolia, AZalea am9na,
Chimonanthus fragrans, Corchorus ja-
ponica, Daphne mezereum, Deutzia
gracilis. Exochorda grandifora. For
sythia viridissima, Lonicera fragran-
tissima, Spir9a van houttei, S. thun-
bergii and S. reevesii; Viburnum PHI
catum, dwarf lilacs, weigelias and
bush honeysuckles. Then there is the
half shrub, half vine, the hardy yellow
jasmine.
Besides these, many evergreens are
attractive in the house, notably the
evergreen euonymus and the evergreen
Japanese privet, not to mention small
plants of the japanese cedars the va
rious sspruces, arbor vitRs and pines.
Almost all shrubs which flower i'll
the early spring months are available
for winter blooming, but those named
above have been found particularly
good for the purpose. The way to pro-
coed with them is to get young plants
which can be placed in pots of reason
able size, looking to it to get those
which have made nice young shoots
the past season. Plants which have
not done this are of no use, as flowers
come from the shoots Of the preceding
season. Pot firmly and then put them
in some cool place where they will not
freeze and yet will be but little above
freezing.
The date of their introduction to heat
win depend somewhat on the kind of
shrub selected as well as on the time
it is desired to have the flowers. The
Jasmines, chimonanthus, daphne and
lonicera flower almost as soon as they
are brought into heat. Most of the 9th
ers require from four to six weeks,
much the same time as they would
were they out of doors in spring.-Jo-
seph Meehan in Gardening.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-12-11
Quality and pr,..

Quality is essential to securing good
prices. We should aim, says Mirror
and Farmer, to have the chicken as
full on the breast as the turkey, and it
Is not at all impossible to do so, as is
shown by comparison of the Games
and Dorkings with the Asiatics. AS we
decrease the inclination in fowls to fy
we reduce the muscle in the breast
The Brahma, which cannot fly at all,
has sharp, prominent breastbone, for
as the wings are seldom used the
breast is deficient in meat although
the frame exists. while the Game,
which uses its wings for flying and
also extensively when necessary, has a
breast filed with muscle, yet it is far
behind the turkey in that respect.
There is room for improvement In this
characteristic, and it can be done with
careful selection without in any man
ner impairing the laying qualities.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-12-11
Success or Failure.


The unfortunate fact that SO many go
into business without counting the cost
is the cause of many failures In the
poultry business, says an exchange
Entirely too many do not calculate the
continual vigilance that must be given
to successful poultry culture. This Is
the cost that must be calculated In this
business above all others, for failure is
assured in advance without. it. No
matter what else you may have or how
much Of it, whether money or lands,
failure is sure to follow unless the
closest attention Of some one who Is
competent be given to the work.
Those who imagine that a poultry
plant, whether large or small. viii run
itself are very poorly informed. for
nothing can be much further from the
fact. Regular attention and well di-
rected attention must be given or the
venture viii fail of good results. Moth
ing but disappointment ever follows
neglect Of fowls. This is proved be-
yond all peradventure. No success
carries unless the best attention be
given the fowls, their feeding and their
care. Bear this in mind all the time,
and when you are disappointed with re-
suits obtained see who is to blame.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-12-11
For Sale by ]. W. Merritt
Opp. Court House.
FARM POULTRY PROFITABLE
Biddy More Than Pays For Her Keel
and Pays Promptly.

Biddy More Than Pays For Her Keep
and Pays Promptly.
There are many reasons why poultry
raising can be made profitable on
farm. One very important reason is
that all the food necessary to raise
chickens Is grown on the farm and
ready for use. A great part of the liv-
ing of a chicken can be picked up by
itself. Especially is this true where
cattle are fed extensively. Much Of
the chickens living is made from
things that would otherwise go to
waste. The insects that might be very
bothersome indeed save for old Bid
dy's relish. All farm animals to thrive
well need some shelter from the win
ter's storms and the summers heat.
This is one of the most expensive
items In the care Of horses or dairy
animals, but with all kinds of poultry
a very small shelter will accommodate
large number. Just along the same
line comes the thought of Enclosures.
AL other farm animals have to be
fenced in to keep them home or in the
right place at home. while the poultry
roam over the whole farm.
Another great thing in favor Of poul-
try raising is the comparative ease
with which it can be done. Think
minute Of the drudgery necessary in
making pound of butter for sale, and
then compare that with the labor re-
Quired In marketing a dozen eggs
which would give the same return.
To be sure. there is time in the year
when the closest attention Is needed to
make a success Of raising poultry Of
any kind, but when that time is over
the marketing Of poultry or gathering
in the eggs is very easily done and re-
quires no great amount of time.
There must be some way of stopping
the little leaks in the family pocket
book If farming is to be made success
full, and poultry and eggs to take to
town are just the right thing to stop
that leak. If the egg and chicken mon
ey pays all the living expenses, money
from the sale of other products can be
used to great advantage somewhere
else. Poultry brings in returns all the
time, every week in the year, just as
the family need it. Many cases might
be cited where farmers wives have
paid all the living expenses of large
families simply by the poultry sales.
One Of the greatest reasons why
poultry raising is profitable on the
farm is because the eggs and chickens
help the farmers wife in preparing the
meals. Nothing we can raise on the
farm is more valuable as food than
eggs. Nothing contributes more to the
farmers good appetite than good fried
chicken in hot weather when other
fresh meat cannot be obtained.-Ex-
tract From an Address of Mrs, A. J.
Patriot at the Kansas State Agricul-
tural College.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-12-11

THIRD HAND-BALAxcEp LADDER

and stronger limb. 1t is also valuable
In picking fruit with pail Hook one
end over a limb or ladder round and
use the other for supporting the re-
ceptacle.
A Country Gentleman correspondent
is sure that If the reader once used
ladder marked to indicate the center
of gravity be would mark any be had
occasion to use in the future in this
manner. Without some distinguishing
mark 1t is almost impossible to tell at
what point you want to place It upon
your shoulder in carrying it from place
to place. If too much is behind you.
1t will trail; IL too much is in front.
you are huch like poked animal. A
scratch will answer. a lead pencil
mark Is better, but is not permanent.
A band of paint in some contrasting
color is best. as 1t can be distinguished
at a glance.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-12-11
Next Seasons Sweet Peas.

1t has been my practice to prepare
to sow the seed early in spring, says
Pennsylvania gardener. In Novem-
Der | dig trench 10 inches wide and
foot deep; then put four inches of
well decomposed horse manure in the
bottom Of the trench. Tramp it~irmly
and put in two inches of soil on top of
the manure. Then give liberal dust
ing of pure bonemeal and cover this
with soil in rough condition and let the
trench remain until spring. Sowing
the seed depends greatly upon the
weather and condition of the ground,
but the seed should be planted not lat
er than the middle of March.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-12-11
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FRUIT FOR EXPORT.
The Manner of Packing Orchard
Fruits For ShfDment.

The Manner of Packing Orchard
Fruits For Shipment.
OF great commercial interest and pos
Bibilities is the work of the bureau of
plant industry of the United States de-
partment of agriculture in its studies
On the exporting of fruits to European
markets, including the question of
temperatures, packages, the best man.
her of packing and of handling the
fruit after it is picked.
One week a shipment of 800 crates
of peaches was made from Conneeti-
cut, and the week previous 200 crates
of peaches from Connecticut and car
load of Bartlett pears from western
New York. Three shipments of peaches
have been made from Georgia, two
from Connecticut and four of summer
apples from the Delaware and Mary
land peninsula. The work will be con-
tinued through the fall and winter by
one or two shipments of peaches from
Virginia or West Virginia. Kieffer
pears will probably be sent from the
same locality. and winter apples and
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-12-11
Storing Dahlia Roots.

The dahlia appeals with force to all
who love pure, rich colors, while at the
same time light. delicate shades which
go well with flesh tints make the flow
er good for personal adornment or for
decoration.
Any one can grow the dahlia if he
will. Roots can remain in the ground
until any time after frost cuts the tops
and before the ground is frozen hard.
The lifted roots are to be taken into
warm cellar just as they are. with the
dirt adhering. and left there through
the winter and spring. The storing of
the root over winter is the most deli
cate matter in the handling Of the
plant. and over it many amateurs come
to grief. The roots must be kept both
dry and warm.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-12-11

CRATE OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. WRAPPED
SEPARATELY.
sweet potatoes. and possibly pine ap-
pie and cranberries, from different sec
tionS
The export of winter apples has long
been extensively practiced by Ameri-
can growers and shippers. There are
thousands of bushels Of early fruit
which cannot be held and which glut
our own markets, making prices ruin
ously low to the producers. Europe,
particularly England, offers a great
market at good prices for the fruit.
Peaches are shipped in the ordinary
six basket carriers, which hold about
twenty-four quarts. Trials are being
made with both wrapped and I'M
wrapped fruit; carriers nailed together
somewhat more securely than is the
common practice, but otherwise no
special change is made.
Most of the fruit is wrapped. but
some is unwrapped, in order to test
which is the better method of packing.
The early shipment of peaches from
Georgia gave returns from Is to 40
per cent higher than New York net
prices.-American Agriculturist.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-12-11
CMERTFF,s SALE.


By virtue Of writ OF feri facias to me di-
rected issued out OF the Chancery Court OF the
State OF New Jersey, will be exposed at public
sale on
Monday the 9Th day Of January next,
between the hours OF IL and o'clock, to-wit,
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 those certain tracts or parcels of land and
premises situate in the Borough OF Wenonab
in the County of Gloucester and State Of New
Jersey, bounded and described as follows
tract no. l. Beginning at the North East cor
ner OF Clinton Avenue and Poplar Street and
extending thence ~ East along the North line
Of Poplar street seventy-fve feet; thence (2)
North and parallel with Clinton Avenue one
hundred and fifty feet; thence 80 West parallel
with Poplar street scyenty-ive feet 10 the East
line OF Clinton Avenue; and thence az South
along the East line OF Clinton Avenue one hun
bred and fifty feet to the place OF beginning.
Being Lot No. in Section p on the plan OF the
Mantua Land and Improvement Company.
Tract NO. z Beginning ON the North line OF
Poplar Street at the distance of seyenty-fiye feet
East OF Clinton Avenue, and extending thence
In an Easterly direction, along the said North
inc OF Poplar street. thirtyseven feet and six
inches; thence ~ in a Northerly direction and
parallel with Clinton Avenue one hundred and
fifty feet to corner; thence (3) in Westerly
direction and parallel with Poplar street thirty
seven feet and six inches to a corner; and thence
az in Southerly direction and parallel with
Clinton Avenue one hundred and fifty feet to the
place OF beginning. (Being the same premises
which Simon r. Wilson and wife, by deed bear
ing date September 26th 1897. OF record in the
Clerks office OF Gloucester County, at Wood
bury, in Book l45 of Deeds, folio 433 &C.,
granted and conveyed to the said Christians G.
Webb, in fee).
Seized as the property of George w. Grier,
executor &c. ct als defendants, and taken in
execution at the suit of Amanda NJ. Bramell and
Joseph Bramell, executors &c, compliments,
and to be sold by
Joseph ]. summerill, WILSON t. JONES.
Sol'r Sheriff.
Dated December l 1902 Prs fee $780,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-12-11

convincing proof that the kidneys and blad-
der are out of order.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-12-11

FODDER cHEAPLY STORED.

Comparatively Tight Storage Re-
quired-A Crib and Self Feeder.
Slower requires comparatively tight
storage room to keep it in until wanted
for feed. Stacked in windy country
before it can settle or become compact,
it is liable to become scattered to the
four Winds A very satisfactory meth
cd, according to writer in Ohio
Farmer, is to build up a rail pen, put
ting in board floor, and run the stuff
Into it. packing down as close as posi-
BILE. When filed, cover over with
matched roof boards, a tarpaulin,
slough grass or anything that will turn
the rain. AS the material packs very
close of itself and is very impervious
to rain 1t will keep well. Another meth
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-12-11

We are asked why 1t Is that there
are so many lawyers and SO very few
farmers representing the people In con-
gress and in our state legislatures. 1t
is the farmers own fault. The lawyer
early in his career acquires the gift of
CAB. the ability to speak in public, and
he naturally gravitates into political
spellbinder and soon acquires the art
Of hypnotizing the grangers into think
ing that he is better fitted than they
are to make laws and administer the
functions of government When the
granger wakes up, this thing will not
so be. While the lawyers are good
enough fellows and we could not very
well get along without them. there is
still no sort of sense In letting them
run the whole show.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-12-11

A fine new shipping plum, deep gold
en- yellow with crimson flush, is re-
ported from Luther Burbank.
Better grading of apples was urged
at the meeting of the National Apple
Shippers association.
Mr.. q. G. Husman. an authority on
such matters. is convinced that Florida
can grow a fine table grape for the
early markets.
Michigan's apple crop is only fair, !"
according to the secretary of the State
Horticultural society.
wickson plum shows up well among
the late kinds.
Black knot may be held In check by
cutting out diseased branches in win
ter.
The number Of olive trees in Califor-
MIA Is estimated at 100000.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-12-11
SLOWER CRIB AND SELF FEEDER.


cd described and illustrated by the
same writer combines cheapness with
the "self feeder" idea. The crib is
made of the slat fencing or cribbing
as used by the farmers in the west
when their crops are larger than their
crib room. The Stating is made usual
ly In five and six foot widths and two
ties put up. making the combined
height from ten to twelve feet. A floor
of boards is put In and the bottom tier
of Stating fastened to the supporting
posts FIVE or six inches from the floor
boards, which should project two or
three feet outside the Stating. The
cattle will pick up clean all the feed
they will pull out through the space
between the boards and Stating. When
no more can be reached by the cattle.
the space around the bottom can be
filled by the attendant of the stock
with an iron rod sharpened and bent
into a hook at the end.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-12-11

once beautiful and happy. Pain, the
result of womanly disease, has marred
beauty and undermined happiness
Beauty and happiness are both restored
to the sufferers from womanly diseases
by the use Of DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription. 1t cures the pain-producing
ills peculiar to women, establishing reg
ularity, drying weakening drains, heal
ing Inflammation and liberation, and
curing female weakness. 1t restores
roundness to the sunken cheek and
plumpness to the shrunken body.
rI have thought for some time would write
you and tell you of the great improvement in
my health since taking your Favorite Prescrip-
tion,'" says Mrs. H. S. Jones. of Forest, N. c.
and had despaired of ever having any health
again. Could not sit up all day, and was SO
weak could not walk one quarter of a mile.
I noted great improvement in my health be-
fore the first bottle was used. Was suffering
with almost every pain that woman is subject
to; had Inflammation of ovaries, painful and
suppressed periods and other symptoms of fe-
vorite Prescription felt like new person.
Can ride horseback and take all kinds of exer-
else and not feel tired"
If you are led to the purchase of VIA
vorite Prescription because of its re-
markable cures of other women, do lot
accept q substitute which has none of
these cures to its credit.
If you are looking for a perfect laxa-
live try DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-12-11
Gloucester County Orphans Court.

In the matter of the estate of Order to show
gusta Kunzel, deceased, cause,
John @. M. Kunzel, administrator of Augusta
kunzel, deceased, having exhibited under OATH
true account OF the personal estate and debts
OF said interstate whereby it appears that the
personal estate of the said Augusta Kunzel is
insufficient to pay her debts and requesting the
aid OF the Court in the premises
1t is therefore, this thirteenth day of No
vember, in the year nineteen hundred and two,
ordered that all persons interested in the lands,
tenements Entertainments and real estate of the
said Augusta Kunzel, deceased, appear before
this Court at the Court House, in the City of
Woodbury., on Friday, the thirtieth day of
January next at ten o'clock a. M, or as soon
thereafter as the Court can hear the same, to
show cause why much of the said lands,
tenements Entertainments and real estate of the
said Augusta Kunzel, deceased, should not be
sold as will be sufficient to pay her debts or the
residue thereof, as the case may require.
JOHN 8. JESSUP, Judge.
WILLARD, F. DUBOIS, Surrogate.
e. G. @. Bleakley, Proctor 11-20.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-12-11
NOTICE no CREDrroRs.

Simeon 7. Zane, deceased, by direction of the
Surrogate of the County OF Gloucester, hereby
gives notice to the creditors Of the said Simeon
T. Zane, deceased, to bring in their debts claims
and demands against the estate OF the said de-
cedent, under oath or affirmation, within nine
months from this date, or they will be forever
barred Of any action therefor against the said
administrative.
SARAH E. ZANE.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-12-11
Street Trees.

Among trees favored for street plant
ing are the American and European
lindens. Populus balsamifera and Liri-
odendron tulipfera. the former grow
ing where no other tree will exist; the
sweet gum. the pin oak and the willow
leaved oak. which are the most SYM
metrical growers of the oak family,
but are not SO picturesque in the first
few years of their life as some other
varieties of trees
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-12-11
Hen killing Dogs.

We lost good many hens few sum-
mers ago from dogs. Occasionally a
young dog will develop a mania for
killing hens, as they do for killing
sheep. Such dogs are apt to train in
pairs. They will catch a hen, bite it
through the back, crushing the ribs.
and then chase down another. We
found two strange dogs at work one
day in this manner. but not until they
had killed over twenty. After a few
days they reappeared and killed about
the same number before the hired man
appeared on the scene with a gun. One
Of the dogs fell victim to his sure
aim, but the other made his escape. A
suit at law resulted In verdict for the
plaintiff and established the fact that
the owner OF dog is liable for dam
ages In case of this kind.-Mapes In
Rural New Yorker.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-12-11

There is not great deal of difference
in the feeding value of buckwheat and
wheat, pound for pound, the buck
wheat being a little more fattening
than wheat. 1t is a good winter feed
and may be fed as one feed two or
three days in the week if it is not too
high priced. We would not pay more
for pound Of buckwheat than we
would for pound of wheat.-Commer-
cial Poultry.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-12-11
The Bush Fruffs.

When the leaves are off the berry
bushes, cut out all superhuous canes
and all that are diseased or affected
by borers. and burn every stalk taken
out When this is done. work the
ground free from weeds or grass, and
give good mulching of manure around
the hills, to increase the growth of
wood and size of fruit for next year.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-12-11
FRUIT PICKING DEVICES.

A Third Hand Clever and Useful.
Ladder Carrying Made Easy.
The cut shows some devices of the
fruit harvesting season whose useful
ness is worth considering by those to
whom they are unfamiliar. with a
view to taking advantage of it to light
en- the labor of another year. Every
one who has ever picked fruit from
ladder has longed for third hand. A
third hand is shown in cut by New
England Homestead. 1t is simply q
piece of No. 8 wire bent as indicated.
With 1t you can draw in limb that is
Just out of reach and, hooking the 9th
er end to the ladder, can easily pick
the fruit, or you can simply hold the
limb. The device may be used to as
sist in supporting the ladder where the
limbs are not sufficiently strong to
bear its weight by hooking to another
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-12-11

The farmers of the country are now
getting their first pull on the national
treasury, the large sum Of $12.O00,O00
being required for the coming year to
meet the expenses of the rural mail
delivery system. 1t makes the granger
feel that his uncle has not entirely for
gotten him.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-12-11

An eight inch square box perforated
with auger holes laid the length of the
corncrib about three feet from the bot
tom of the crib will be great help in
preventing the corn from spelling If 1t
is not thoroughly dry when picked.