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Gloucester County Democrat., 1902-07-31
BREED, NOT FEED,

only Way to Get Milk That Contains
Plenty of Butter Fat.
There are so many requests for i'm
proved rations which will increase the
quality of the milk and cream of dairy
cows that one might be convinced that
our dairying is rapidly awakening to
the new order of things. But it must
be said that most of these inquiries
voice desire which cannot be graft
fed by any mixture of feed. They
ask that a feed shall be devised which
will improve the richness and quality
of their milk. Most of them have been
feeding fairly rieh foods, and the cows
have not been suffering from any lack
Of nourishing rations. The only an
swer to these requests must be that
the cows must be changed and not the
food. Now, it is an excellent thing to
have an ideal ration for dairy cows
and to feed them consistently with it.
but such a ration fed to poor cows
would not yield any good results, says
DR.. 81. T. Morse. 1t might in the long
run gradually improve the quality of
Tue ullh anu DuI uOI 10
make the difference in the cost of the
food. If one wishes to use such an
ideal ration, he should also undertake
to breed his herd up to a higher stand
ard. If he is not willing to dispose
of his cows for better stock, he must
at least introduce new blood every
year. The herd must be headed by
fine bull, which will bring up the
standard of averages, so that the ideal
ration can produce its best results.
There are plenty who maintain that
it is impossible materially and per-
manently to change the percentage of
fat in a cows milk by improved feed
ing rations. Unquestionably this has
given a good deal of dissatisfaction
and caused a good deal of discourage
ment in many quarters. But it should
not. Temporarily improved rations
may show a change for the better in
the fat of the milk. but it is small and
not permanent. Consequently those
who have tried it and lOund that there
was no continuous improvement gave
up the work and fell back into old con-
ditions. There is only one thing to say
to such men. 1t is necessary often to
change the cows first and then change
the feed. Doing the latter without the
former will often produce no good re
ar1lfc
Gloucester County Democrat., 1902-07-31
Confinement or Free Range.

We frequently see the statement in
the agricultural exchanges that it costs
more to feed hen that is kept con-
fined in yard than one that is given
free range. This is undoubtedly true
If only the food furnished the two
flocks from the grain bin is considered.
but having kept quite large f1ocks in
each way we thought that If those run
ming at large were charged with the
damage done in trampling through the
moving fields. picking the fruit and
scratching in the garden and flower
beds the balance would be the other
way. In fact. we have had it cost us
more for neighbor's flock running at
large than it did for our own in the
yards. The motto. Everything in it's
place." is as applicable to the hen as to
cows and swine, and we do not want
either given free range enough to trou-
Bile ourselves or our neighbors.-Amer1-
can Cultivator.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1902-07-31
FLOWER AND TREE.

Fruit trees and fruit require potash
for their best development.
With house plants all extreme
changes of temperature should be
avoided.
Too many trees prevent rapid growth
and extend the time when a grove is
well shaded.
Grapevines like their roots to be near
the surface, and the food for them
should not be placed at too great a
depth.
Small growth and too much small
fruit go together. Thrifty growth fur
nishes few large and fine specimens
of fruit.
There is no use in growing a tree
very tall. The top limbs are apt to be-
come slender and break if fruit is pro-
duced on them
All members of the poppy family are
hard to transplant BY choosing a
rainy day and not exposing the roots
one can sometimes manage a trans
ference.
Avoid straight lines as much as posi-
BILE. There is no straight line in nature.
1t is for this reason that groups and
masses are SO much better than formal
or set beds.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1902-07-31
PRECAUTIONS FOR SUMNER.
How to Guard Against Ills Caused
by Hot Weather.

How to Guard Against Ills Caused
by Hot Weather.
Summer is the time for health, or
should be for those who know how to
profit by it, yet it has special dangers
which must be guarded against. These
are mostly due to the heat, and the
higher the thermometer rises and the
longer it stays high the greater they
are.
The chief sufferers are city dwellers,
and it is of them mainly that one
thinks in very hot weather and espe-
cially Of the poor in the cities,
says the Youths Companion. They
live usually in contracted quarters in
high tenements in small, poorly ven
tilated, sunless rooms. Cleanliness is
often impossible to them, for even If
certain families are clean they suffer
from the dirt of their neighbors. 1t is
almost impossible for them to get
fresh and well prepared food, and the
walls of their houses and the pave
ments of the streets, baked during the
day in the merciless sun, give out their
heat like so many immense ovens
through the night
This can be endured for a short pc
riod, but as the heated term drags on,
day and night, without relief. the con-
ditions become worse and worse and
finally deadly. Children, especially ba-
bies, suffer most, but all, young and
old alike, are threatened at such a time.
The two chief ills are sunstroke, the
direct result of the sitting heat, and
digestive disturbances caused by food
which has begun to spoil. Much. how
ever, can be done to avert these ills.
Those who are obliged to be in the
streets during the day should carry
umbrellas and be deliberate in their
movements. They should be lightly
and loosely clad and abstemious in
food and drink. The less meat the bet
ter, and no wine or beer should be
taken.
In the house the air should have
free access to every part, especially
to the bedrooms and living rooms. 1t
is u foolish practice to close the win
dows and draw the shades. as so many
do. 1t is a fact that this often does
keep the temperature degree or two
lower than the outside air, but the
confined air soon grows stagnant and
unfit to breathe. 1t is far better to
have an unappreciable increase of heat
and to have the air fresh and con-
stantly changing.
Water is the great supporter in hot
weather-water internally and water
eXternally-not ice water, but cool wa
ter. Much water, little food, free air,
moderate exercise, long rests, avoid
ance of the monday sun and scrupu-
lous cleanliness are the preven-
tiyes of disease in the worst of torrid
spells.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1902-07-31
GERANIuM A1pHoNsE RIcCARp.

Double General Grant, which has held
popular favor for many years. The
color is brilliant vermilion scarlet,
without the bricklike tint common in
the older varieties. When we'll grown,
the bloom trusses are immense, often
reaching six inches across, and are car
ried on long and very stout stems. The
flower head shown in the figure was
purposely selected for its moderate
size, so that the individual forets
would not appear too crowded. AL
phonse Riccard makes a good pot plant
as we'll as a bedder and if given a
chance will grow very large.
A companion sort of real and tested
excellence is Jean Viaud. which may
be termed pink Riccard, having the
same lusty growth and excessively
large blooms. The particularly pleas
ing shade of pink is not common in 70
male pelargoniums.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1902-07-31
Wet or Dry Teats.

1t is little surprising, but it is nev-
ertheless true, that we are in receipt
of an inquiry from a dairyman as to
whether it is better to milk with wet
or dry teats. We had supposed that
this question was settled in the mind
of practically every dairyman worthy
of the name, says Hoard's Dairyman.
1t is not only filthy practice to wet
the teats, but it is liable to produce
chapped conditions. If for any reason
the teat needs little lubricating. use
a small quantity of vaseline for that
purpose and under no circumstances
whatever attempt to milk with wet
teats.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1902-07-31

CAN'T BE UPSET OR soI1ED.

the simple one shown in the accompa.
nying drawing solved the problem at a
very moderate cost The base is piece
of waste two inch plank cut the same
size as the rim of the pan. The pan it.
self is roasting or dripping pan which
cost 10 cents and is apparently as good
as new at the end of six months con-
slant use. The Stats were pieces of lath
about foot long, and the tops of them
should be left unconnected. as shown. so
that the fowls will not roost on them.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1902-07-31
Artificial AIetbods.

For success with incubators remem-
Der:
Test on seventh day.
Temperature 103 degrees.
Fill lamps every evening.
Cool eggs after fourth day.
Turn eggs after fourth day.
Never cool below IS degrees.
Keep burners perfectly clean.
Turn eggs every twelve hours.
Do not turn up fame too high.
Keep machines out of sunlight.
Put in a new wick for every hatch.
Keep doors closed during Matching.
Be sure the incubator is standing
level.
Discontinue cooling after eighteenth
day.
Add moisture only when air cell is too
large.
Don't let temperature run down dur
ing Matching.
Discontinue turning after eighteenth
day.
Hands off" while the eggs are hatch
ing.-Farm. Garden and Poultry.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1902-07-31

Euphorbia poinsettia has frequently
been called the Christmas plant, and
whether grown as single specimens or
with number Of plants in each pot or
with six or eight plants IN ten or
twelve inch pan, it is very beautiful
and popular. For growing in pans the
cuttings should be struck from soft
wood in July or August, as these late
cuttings make nice dwarf plants with
foliage to the ground if carefully cul-
tiyated. A hotbed of manure covered
with shaded glass is an excellent me-
dunn in which to root the cuttings,
plunged in pans. -
Gloucester County Democrat., 1902-07-31
How to Make KOumiss.

Take two quarts of milk, two table
spoonfuls of sugar, one-third of a cake
of compressed yeast and three table
spoonfuls of water. Heat the milk to
100 degrees T. Dissolve one-third Of a
yeast cake in two tablespoonfuls of the
milk. Boil the sugar with three table
spoonfuls of cold water. Mix all to-
gether and bottle at once. Cork firmly
and stand in warm place 60 degrees)
over night. Next morning place the
bottles carefully on their sides in a
cool place for twentyfour hours. Open
with tap or use ordinary beer bottles.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1902-07-31
FEEDING HENS.
Experiments Showing the Cost of
Different Rntions.

OAHSfGMh 1ANtlDnbs
We always keep an account Of the
feed the hens consume during Noyem-
ber, December, January and February
Ii we have fair margin Of profit for
these four months, we conclude that
poultry pays. As all feeding stuff was
very high last fall we concluded to
adopt the theory SO freely advocated
by many to feed less corn and more
nitrogenous food.
We wintered fifty old hens and thirty
pullets. The following is the total
amount Of food consumed during these
four months; Two hundred and sixty
pounds middlings and bran, 50 pounds
oilmeal, 80 pounds navy beans. 100
pounds animal meal, 5h bushels Of
wheat, bushels corn. The above feed
cost SIG or 20 cents per hen.
In 1897 and 1903 we also fed eighty
hens during the above period. They ate
60 pounds oilmeal, 250 pounds bran, Is
bushels corn, bushels oats, half
bushel of wheat. This amount OF feed
cost So, or 10 cents per hen. In the win
ter of 1S97-9S for every dollar OF feed
we got $500 Of eggs. The past winter
for every dollars worth of feed we re-
ceiyed $1.40 Of eggs.
Comparing the two amounts of feed
for the two periods. we observe that
last winter we fed only half as much
corn as usual. Since corn was very high
we concluded to feed more of richer ar
ticles-wheat, meat meal and beans.
This rich food did not produce as many
eggs per hen as we received FIVE and six
years ago when we fed more corn. The
eggs we received the past winter were
larger than common. Also since the
snow is gone and the hens are outdoors
and receive less feed the eggs are be-
ginning to get considerably smaller.
The hens were very healthy during the
past winter. Only one became suddenly
sick and died. Never had we a flock of
hens that had such ravenous appetite
They actually began to eat scalded
clover leaves. They eagerly ate soft
cabbage, leaving nothing but the solid
stalk.
Some may surmise that the hens are
Al POOA NOhOiAiOA OSNduSC tLty are 81
hungry and did not produce the num-
Der of eggs as formerly. They are
heavy and fat The real cause no
doubt. is because they had no free ac-
cess to ear corn. Let a hen have the
privilege to pick off a grain of corn now
and then. and she will be contented and
not consume nearly as much other feed
as she will if corn is only given her in
the evening. If the feed had been the
same price as five years ago. last win
ter's ration would have cost 81 more
than the ration five years ago.
The comparison seems to indicate
that it is not practical economy to feed
too much nitrogenous food-poor policy
to feed protein TO produce fat and heat.
Corn at rs cents per bushel has its
place in economical feeding. Perhaps
it would have been economy for US to
have fed less wheat and bought some
oats at so cents per bushel. There is
no doubt that many flocks of hens were
kept at loss last winter. The high
price of eggs saved us.-A Shirer in
National Stockman and Farmer.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1902-07-31
Resting Eggs After Travelling.

Poultry breeders and shippers of
eggs for incubating purposes frequent
ly instruct purchasers to rest their
eggs for twenty-four hours after re-
ceiying them before putting them into
incubators. claiming better results
with eggs so treated than when put in
the incubators Immediately upon ar
rival. The Maine experiment station
tested this last year and hatched fif-
teen chickens from sixty-fiye eggs rest
ed twenty-four hours after shipment
and twenty-five chickens from sixty
three eggs put in the incubators as
soon as received from journey Of
over 500 miles. The number of infer
tile eggs was seventeen and eighteen
respectively.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1902-07-31
The Market nuck.
Tic NiAFket DUCK.
The duck has no crop.
Ducks do not have gapes.

Lie uuCk Has no crop.
Ducks do not have gapes.
A sandy soil is best for ducks.
Don't forget grit In the mash.
Water ducks three times day.
Hard grain is not the proper diet.
A duck well hatched is half raised.
Better have the ducks little hungry.
Let the ducks make their own nests.
The weakest part of duck is it's
legs.
The "green duck" is of late innova-
ton.
Give water the first thing in the
morning.
Duck eggs over week old do not
hatch we'll
Artificial incubation developed the
duck industry.
1t costs about So year to keep
breeding duck.
The food must not be too highly con-
centrated.
The older the duck the less nervous
she becomes.
Be careful not to overfeed or over
heat the ducklings.
Sore eyes in ducks are often caused
by filthy quarters. II Farm. Garden and
Poultry.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1902-07-31
q LoUcEsTER COUNTY ORPHANS COURT.

In the matter of the applica-
ton of Samuel d. Lodge Ad-
ministrator of the estate of Order to show
John b. Alfred, deceased, for cause.
order to sell lands to pay
debts.
Samuel D. Lodge Administrator of the estate
of John B. Alfred, deceased, having exhibited
to this Court, under oath, just and true account
of the personal estate and debts of the said de
ceased, whereby it appears that the personal es-
tate of said John B. Alfred is insufficient to pay
his debts; and requested the aid of the Court in
the premises:
1t is on this twenty-seventh day of June, A.
d. 1902 ordered that all persons interested in
the lands; tenements, hereditaments and real
estate of said deceased, appear before this
Court, at the Court House. in the City of Wood
bury, on Friday, the twenty-sixth day of Sep
tember, A D.. 1902 at ten O'clock in the fore
noon soon thereafter as the Court can hear
the same, and show cause if any they have
why so much of the said lands, tenements
heredtaments and real estate should not be sold
will be sufficient to pay the debts of the said
decedent, or the residue thereof as the case may
require.
By the Court WILLARD F. DUBOIS,
July l0-02-7t. Surrogate
Gloucester County Democrat., 1902-07-31
TO CONSERVATIVES.

The undersigned having been restored to health
by simple means, after s@fering for several years
with severe lung affection, and that dread
disease Consumption, is anxious to make known
to his fellow sufferers the means Of cure. To
those who desire it, he will cheerfuliy send free
OF CHARGE copy Of the prescription used. which
they will find sure cure for Consumption,
lung Maiadies. He hopes all sufferers will try
his remedy. as 1t is Invaluable. Those desiring
the prescription. which will cost them nothing,
and NAV prove a blessing, will please address.
Rev. EDWARD A.WILS0S, Brooklyn, New York.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1902-07-31
IN CHANCERY of NEW JERSEY.

To lIayne c. p Parker, Emma Parker, his acife ;
Joseph FL. Bailey and Huldah Si0diat:
By virtue of an order of the Court of Chan
cery made the day of the date hereof. in a
cause therein pending, wherein Wilson Fitz-
gerald is complainant and you and others are
defendants, you required to appear, plead,
demur answer to the complainants bill on or
before the Ninth day of September next, or the
said bill will be taken confessed against you.
The said bill is filed to foreclose eel tain
mortgage given by Sarah E. Paul to Wilson
Fitzgerald, complainant, bearing date the thir-
teenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred, on lands in the Town
ship of West Deptford in the County of Glouces-
ter and State of New Jersey.
And you, the said Mayne G. p. Parker, are
made defendant, because it is alleged that you
are the owner of, and claim title to the mort
gagged premises.
And you, Emma Parker, are made defendant,
because you claim an inchoate right of dover
in the said mortgaged premises.
And you, Joseph H. Bailey, are made defend
ant, because you hold mortgage upon the
premises in the complainant's bill described,
which is alleged to be lien upon the premises
And you, Huldah Swain, are made defendant,
because you hold a mortgage upon the premises
in the eomplainants bill described, which is
alleged to be a lien upon the said premises
WATKINS e. AVIS, Solicitors.
13s S. Broad St., Woodbury., N. J.
Dated July 8, 1902 Adv. fee $3.50
Gloucester County Democrat., 1902-07-31
To Secure Broody Hens.

We often hear people complain Of the
scarcity of sitting hens When we
are short of sitters. we place four or
five extra nest eggs In several nests
and in very few days usually find
them covered with broody hens. II
one is short of nest eggs, he can use a
few eggs that are under size or off in
shape and worthless for Matching pur-
poses, marking them, so the fresh laid
eggs may be readily distinguished
from them and gathered as usual.
We find this a very simple and effee-
tive method to induce the hens to be-
come broody early in the season.-Mil-
ton A. Brown in Poultry Keeper.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1902-07-31

A prime requisite is to keep the
poultry house dry. AS fresh air leads
in this direction. 1t goes without say
ing that plenty of fresh air should be
circulating all the time. If the houses
are dry. that dreaded disease, roup, is
not apt to get foothold. The houses
should be thoroughly aired every day.
rain. hail or shine.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1902-07-31
How to Glenn Pearls.

Most of US have heard that the ideal
way of preserving to a string of real
pearls their exquisite coloring and lus-
ter is to always wear them round the
neck-that is to say, next to the skin.
Since, however, some people may OBJ
ject to this method, an excellent way
of cleaning these beautiful jewels is to
put them in soft cloth and sprinkle
them with salt. Then tie them up in
the cloth and rinse in tepid water till
the salt is dissolved. when you may re-
move the pearls and carefully dry
them
Gloucester County Democrat., 1902-07-31
How to Rake potatoes on,c,z,x.

HoW TO btlAe HUtHtUes Qulck1ys
Put the potatoes into boiling salted
water and boil for ten minutes; pour
off the water and put the potatoes into
a quick oven and bake until soft. It
will take half the time to bake the po-
tatoes in this manner that it will by
the method of putting cold into the
oven. AS soon as the potatoes are soft
break the skin Immediately. This al
lows the steam to escape. The pota-
toes will he drier and whittier by break
ing the skin
Gloucester County Democrat., 1902-07-31
Dated surrogate's oaice, June i6, j
TO CREDITORS.

Isabella H. Welch Executrix of the estate of
Samuel S. Welch deceased, by direction of the
gives notice to the creditors of the said Samuel
). Welch, deceased, to bring in their debts,
claims and demands against the estate of the
said decedent, under oath or affirmation, within
nine months from this date, or they will be for
ever barred of any action therefor against the
said executrix. ISABELLA II. WEIGH.
Dated July IS 1902 T-2i
Gloucester County Democrat., 1902-07-31
How to Prevent Dust Rising

An Austrian material for preventing
the rising Of dust on sweeping proves
to be cottonseed oil. In test at Wen
ma it was found that floors oiled twice
year could be swept weekly without
any whirling of the dust, and the ma
terial was recommended for all rooms
receiving many persons as well as for
laboratories, Libraries and other places
to be kept scrupulously dust free.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1902-07-31
Tested Fruits.

Of fruits tested at the experiment sta
lion of the Massachusetts Agricultural
college the Agawam, Snyder, Taylor
and Ell Dorado blackberries still retain
their place among the old kinds, with
Mersereau and Rathbun as decidedly
promising.
The raspberries that stand at the
head are the Cuthbert, King, Curtland
and London for heavy soil.
OF the currants the varieties stand as
follows: Red Cross, Wilder, Fays,
Cherry and Pomona.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1902-07-31
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GOOD GARDEN GERANluMs.
A Fine Scarlet nnsl a Pleasing Pink
Both L.usty GROWERS md RI0orsaer

n E1ne Sc0rkSt ana u i'IeAStnB RINK.
Both Lusty Growers and BIoomers.
The evolution of the Zonale pelargo-
mum, or garden geranium, still contin-
ues, though the present pitch Of horti-
cultural perfection makes further i'm
provement slow and progressively more
difficult. Beauty and profusion Of
bloom. delicacy or dazzling brilliancy
of colcring and elegance of habit are
sufficiently common in the new intro
ductions, but for outdoor use these
qualities must be accompanied by vig-
orous growth and easy propag CATION.
Rural New Yorker. which tests the
most promising new bedding varieties
among the annual food of novelties,
says that probably the most valuable
of the newer sorts is the double scarlet
Alphonse Riccard.
1t Is an extremely robust grower and
bids fair to reNace the well known
Gloucester County Democrat., 1902-07-31

To remove tight ring from the fin
ger pass a piece of linen thread or fine
twine under the ring and wind it round
and round the finger toward the tip.
Then take the end below the ring and
gradually unwind it. During the proc
ess the ring will be gently pushed up
ward till. little by little, it has moved
along the string to a thinner part of
the finger, whence it is easily removed.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1902-07-31

Steaming is the best process for
cleaning wells. Wind the veil carefully,
with even edges, around a piece of
broom handle, lay across a boiler or
saucepan of water and steam for about
three-quarters of an hour. Leave on
the broom handle until dry, and all the
dirt and dust will be gone, giving it a
new stiffness.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1902-07-31
Dated July 5, 1902.
TO CREDITORS.

Samuel d. Lodge, Administrator of Edward
Moncrief, deceased, by direction OF the Surro-
gate OF the County of Gloucester hereby gives
notice to the creditors of the said Edward Mon
Grief. deceased, to bring in their debts, claims
and demands against the estate of the said de
cedent, under oath affirmation, within nine
months from this date. or they will he forever
barred of any action therefor against the said
administrator. SAMUEL ID. LODGE.
Dated June 81 1902. 7-3