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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-08-21
How tn Avoid smallpox

One of the best ways to avoid small
pox is not to be afraid of it, but if you
can't adopt that precaution there is
this other: Wear smooth faced outer
clothing. Medical authority doesn't
claim that this is an absolute proven
tive, but it is a simple enough safe
guard which will go a long way to-
ward lessening the risk of contagion.
The principle is that smooth clothing
catches the minimum amount of dust,
and it is the germs which float about
in the dust of the atmosphere that car
ry smallpox bacilli Another precau-
ton is to wear flannel Undertaking,
because it promotes circulation in the
skin and prevents chills. A chilled
body. it is well known, is highly sus-
ceptible to ntagion.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-08-21

FITTING GROUND WITH THE ROLLER.
or loamy soils. By the use of the
roller the surface particles of soil are
pressed closely together, and surface
capillarity is greatly increased.
1t should be made principle in farm
practice that whenever the roller is
used upon plowed land it should be
followed with the harrow so that the
surface soil may be again loOSened and
the escape of moisture be prevented.
Where the roller is to be used at
the time of drilling in grain the roller
should precede the drill. After the
plants have appeared above ground
and are from one to two inches high,
the roller may be frequently used
to advantage 1t serves to firm the
soil about the plant roots and gives
them firm contact with the soil; it
pushes the small stones which may
be upon the surface into the ground
and thus prepares the way for the
reaper or mower.
In fitting the land for wheat this fall
the roller should be used to firm the
subsurface soil, for wheat does best
in our latitude when made to feed near
the surface of the ground in the fall.
A precaution which should always
be observed is never to roll land when
it is so moist as to be sticky, for then
harm will be done. Sandy, gravelly
soils may be rolled often. but the har-
row should follow soon after.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-08-21
Secretary Knight,s caution,

Secretary Knight of the National
Dairy union has issued small PAM
phlet giving brief history of the eff
forts made to secure the passage of
the oleomargarine law. and in connec-
ton Herewith a synopsis of the law
and its full text On the last page Of
the pamphlet appears the following
timely caution: place no confidence in
statements you read in the daily and
weekly newspapers in relation to the
Oleomargarine law or it's effects or any
thing connected Herewith. Oleomar-
garine makers and dealers have spent
thousands of dollars with various
newspapers to secure publication and
circulation of misleading reports calcu-
lated to shake confidence in the new
law. In the hundreds of newspaper
reports which have been printed in re-
lation to this measure not one in q
hundred has had single grain of ac-
curacy in it. 1t is subject which few
not acquainted with the dairy business
understand, and in their effort to han
die it the majority of newspapers have
published ridiculous misstatements,
which have led to much confusion In
the minds of the people,"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-08-21
PREACHING AND PRAcTlcING
Handling a Heiser's Udder Before
She Drops a Calf.


Handling HeiSer's Udder Before
She Drops a Calf.
A short time ago correspondent III
an article on handling the heifer, refer
ring to those who advocated handling
and rubbing the udders before she
drops her first calf. asks the question,
do they practice what they preachT
His only argument against the prac-
tice was that it was contrary to nature
to do so. Does this friend not know
that the modern and paying dairy COW
is largely artificial? says a writer in
Buckeye Dairy Farmer. She has been
manipulated in breeding and handling
until she does not resemble in the least
the original animal. She has been
changed. artificially changed, in form
and nature.
But. speaking for myself, 1 want to
say that l practice what preach, and
practice it more intensely than have
ever preached it. In our herd today
we have eighteen head of young cows
that have gone through the system of
udder development These heifers
were not selected to start with, but ev-
cry heifer dropped by our cows was
saved for future mixers.
With me this system or method of
developing dairy cows is no longer a
theory. This is not saying that one
can take any kind or breed of heifers
and develop them so they will make
good dairy cows. We must have breed
ing to start with, and the heifer with
the best breeding will be the better
for such course of handling, and
heifers with doubtful and ordinary
breeding can be developed so as to
make good dairy COWS that otherwise
would have been failures. l claim
that COW needs a course of schooling
to prepare her for her future work,
as does the race horse Had it not
been for breeding, handling and edu-
eating We would not have any three
minute horses, nor would we have any
three pound butter cows. Look along
the line from man down and see
whether it is not fact that as q rule
the best trained or educated man OF
beast is the most useful. We do not
claim to change greatly the form of
our heifers. but do claim, after draw
ing eighteen prizes from nineteen
chances. that it pays to follow this sys-
tenn OF treatment.
We have often heard it said that a
heifer should never be MIXED before
she drops her first calf-contrary to
nature, we suppose-yet our best cows
all had to be MIXED before calving,
some of them for month before. We
had heifer drop her first calf this
winter. She had a fine udder. and
about two weeks before she dropped
her calf she looked as though she
ought to be MIXED. But at that time
l read an article in which the writer
claimed that it was a positive injury
to milk heifer before coming fresh
We took his advice, much against our
judgment, with the result that the heif-
err lost one-quarter of her fine udder.
Under ordinary treatment they may
not need milking. but under our sys-
TEN we find it necessary.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-08-21
EASY PROPAGATION.
Grape, Currant and GoOseberries
Layering and Cuttings.

Grape, Currant and GO0seberries.
Layering and Cuttings.
Grapes are rather difficult to propa-
gate from cuttings unless one has had
some little experience. A Farm and
Fireside writer recommends beginners.
as general rule. to grow them by lay
ering, which is very simple. To do this
bent to the ground and covered for
about foot of its growth in the mid
die of the cane with four to six inches
Of soil. Treated in this way, such
branches will generally have a good
root system by the time the leaves fall,
when they may be taken up, cut into
two parts and treated as small, sepa-
rate plants.
Currants are best grown from cut
tings made early in September or any
time after the leaves fall. They may
also be made up later in the autumn or
even in the spring with very good re-
suits. They should be made about
eight inches long and preferably of the
new growth. They should be planted
out seven inches deep In good, rich,
heavy soil, setting the cuttings about
four inches apart In rows three feet
apart. Great pains should be taken to
firm the soil carefully around the cut
tings, SO that they cannot be easily
displaced.
On the approach of winter cover the
cuttings with q mulch of well rotted
manure about two inches deep to pre-
vent their being thrown out Of the
ground by frost. With this treatment
1t will be found that the cuttings are
rooted before the winter sets in, and
they will make strong, vigorous
growth In the spring.
Gooseberries do not grow easily from
cuttings in the northern states. where
they are best grown by layering. This
consists of bending the branches to the
ground the latter part Of June or the
LIST Of July and burying piece of the
new growth for about six inches.
Many small shoots that grow upon
the branches will then produce roots,
and they may be cut apart in autumn
when, If they are rooted ever so little.
they will grow the next spring if plant
ed out and treated about as for cut
tings set in the spring.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-08-21
In CHANcERY OF NEW JERSEY
Between
ANNA M. MATTHEWS,
Complainant,
and
WALTER ]. MATTHEWS,
On Bills, &c.
Order OF
Publication.


The complainant having filed her bill in the
ABOVE cause ana process of subpoena having
been issued and returned according to law: and
It being made to appear by affidavit that the de-
PENDANT, Walter J. Matthews, resides out of the
state OF New Jersey, and that process could not
be served upon him.
It's, on this fourth day of August, one thou
sand, nine hundred and two, on motion of Wat
kins 4 Avis, solicitors of the complainant
ordered that the said absent defendant do an,
pear, plead, demur, or answer to the complain
ants bill on or before the Fourth Day of October
next, or that, in default thereof such decree be
made against him as the Chancellor shall think
equitable and just.
And it is further ordered that notice of this
order and also this order as prescribed by law
and the rules of this court, SHALL within twenty
days hereafter, be served personally on the said
absent defendant by delivery of copy there
OF to him or be published within the said twenty
days in GLOUCESTER COUNTY DEMOCRAT, a
newspaper printed at Woodbury. in the County
OF Gloucester, in this State, for four weeks
successfully, at least once in each week, and in
case OF such publication, that a copy thereof be
also mailed, within the same time to the said
absent defendant directed to his post-otfice ad-
dress, II the same can be ascertained in the
manner prescribed by law and the rules of this
court. w J. MAGGIE q
A true copy. E. @. STOKES, Clerk.
IN CHANCERY OF NEW JERSEY.
To Walter J. Matthews:
By virtue of order of the Court of Chan
Gerry made on the day of the date hereof in a
cause 6nereih penang, wherein Anna NJ.
Matthews is complainant and you, the said
Walter ]. Matthews are defendant you are re-
CURED to appear, plead, demur or answer to the
bill OF the said complainant, or before the
Fourth Day Of October nert or in default, such
decree will be taken against you as the Chan
cellor shall think equitable and just.
The said bill is filed against you for divorce
from the bonds of matrimony
WATKINS Il AVIS,
Dated August ., 1902. Solicitors,
13s S. Broad St., Woodbury., N. j.
Aug. Z, '02-5t Prs fee, $lo.sO.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-08-21
ChiMch Bugs In Corn.

The Ohio stations advice for deal
ing with the chinch bugs in the corn
is as follows: The chinch bug, though
able to fly, prefers to travel on the
ground, and it's migration from wheat
to oats or corn may be intercepted
by making V shaped trench, as with
the corner of q hoe or the outside
tooth of cultivator, and pouring in a
across will be sufficient When a
crust forms over the tar, it must be
freshened with new supply. As the
bugs enter cOrnfield their progress
may be impeded by frequent cultiva-
ton Of the outside rows of corn, thus
burying many of the bugs. When they
cluster on the stalks of corn, they may
be killed by sprinkling with kerosene
emulsion, made as follows, thrown
with sufficient force to wash them off
the corn:
Dissolve half pound of soap in
one gallon of water and heat to boil
ing; remove from the fire and while
hot add two gallons of coal oil, churn-
ing the mixture with force pump for
fifteen minutes, or until it resembles
buttermilk. To each quart of this
emulsion add fifteen quarts of water
and apply with spray pumps or sprin-
king pot.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-08-21
PLANT LICE
And the Big Brown Millers That
Produce Alfalfa CutyvOrms.

And the Big Brown NIillers That
Produce Alfalfa Cutvorms.
The green aphis, or plant louise, which
attacks cucumbers and cantaloupes. is
not an easy pest to combat. 1t makes
it's appearance early in the season and
confines it's attacks particularly to the
under side of the leaves, causing them
to curl and eventually fall off. Vines
should be watched carefully, and upon
the first indications that the pests are
present the leaves should be plucked
and destroyed and the under side of the
vines thoroughly sprayed with 10 to
II per cent strength of kerosene emul-
sion. Tobacco decoction has also been
found very effective, depending some
what upon the kind used The per
cent of nicotine present In tobacco
stems is small, and, as it is very solu-
BILE, much of it may be lost, provided
the tobacco has been left in an ex-
posed place.
A pound of good tobacco stems in
two gallons of hot water ought to de-
stroy this pest If the material is prop
erly applied. A spray nozzle with a
bent neck extension will be necessary
to reach the under surface of the
leaves. A knapsack or bucket sprayer
should be used, as it is difficult to get
into a field with barrel sprayer after
the vines have obtained their present
growth. The pest usually appears in
spots, and such places should be care
fully watched. sprayed and treated to
keep it from spreading to other places.
Large numbers of big brown millers
have been noticed this summer In
houses, fields and out of the way places.
These are the moths that lay the eggs
of the alfalfa cutworms, of which we
have always had more or less for the
last fifteen years. When the Larvae
hatch out. they begin depredations on
the alfalfa and will often lop over on
to the beetfields adjoining. Running
water around the fields is one of the
remedies suggested. but is frequently
impracticable.
The only real successful remedy for
them on the beets is a thorough spray
ing with some arsenical mixture. 1t Is
sometimes found necessary to spray SO
strong as to kill the plants before hav-
ing the desired effect on the worms.
Therefore it is well to be prepared for
them, and when they arrive narrow
strip can be thoroughly sprayed around
the fields so as to head them off as
they pproach.-Denver Field and
Farm.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-08-21
STEAMED SlLAGE.
Interesting Experiments I'm OreSo
Fodder Kept Bright and Sweet.

Interesting Experiments I'm Oregon.
Fodder Kept Bright and Sweet.
The method Of ensilaging forage
advantages, a. loss in food elements
and (2) the presence Of organic acids,
the product of chemical changes. The
Oregon station has been aiming to
secure an approximately acid free 81
lage that could be fed in sufficient
quantities to supply complete ration
Tor beef or dairy animal or, at least,
furnish the larger portion of the ra-
ton. To this end experiments have
been conducted in the forcing of steam
through the contents of the silo. Data
at present are too scanty for the sta
ton to feel warranted in drawing any
conclusion, but. according to report
just issued, it believes that it is work
ing in the right direction.
Corn silage, as it usually comes from
the silo. has undergone many changes
since the time when the green material
was put into the silo. One of the best
ways of noting changes in silage is
W hccp lEdCk VI tie dClUlty. IL the
acidity of the material increases to any
great extent, it is sure indication
that many changes have taken place
in the silage in the silo; if the acidity
does not increase then but few changes
have taken place. The silage coming
from the steamed silos was sweet and
had undergone very little change since
put in as green fodder.
On opening one of the experimental
silos after removing the surface foot
of moldy silage the remainder of the
silage was sweet and bright and had
most pleasant odor. rot at all like
ordinary silage. In another 1.-The silage
was bright and sweet and had the
odor of sweet corn when it is being
cooked"
No experimental feeding was under
taken to determine it's value as COM
pared with silage put up in the ordi-
nary way, but the cows ate it with
avidity and 1eemed to do well on it.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-08-21
IN CHANCERY Of NEW JERSEY.

To Mayne c. P. Parker, Emma Parker, his icife
Joseph III. Bailey and HUlddh StoGin:
By virtue of an order of the Court of Chan
Gerry. made on the day of the date hereof in a
cause therein pending, wherein Wilson Fitz-
gerald is complainant, and you and others are
defendants, you are required to appear, plead,
demur or answer to the complainant's bill on or
before the Ninth day of September next, or the
said bill will be taken as confessed against you.
The said bill is filed to foreclose a certain
mortgage given by Sarah f. 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, made defendant
because you claim an inchoste right of dover
in the said mortgaged premises.
And yoa, Joseph H. Bailey, are made defend
ant, because you hold mortgage upon the
premises in the compliments bill described,
which is alleged to be lien upon the premises
And you, Huldah Swain, are made defendant,
because you hold mortgage upon the premises
in the compliments bill described, which is
alleged to be a lien upon the said premises
WATKINS & AVIS, Solicitors
1873 s. Broad St., Woodbury., N. J.
Dated July 8, 1902. Adv. fee $3.50
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-08-21
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THE FARM ROLLER.
Its Value and How to Use 1t In Fit
ting Ground For Wheat.

Its Value and How to Use 1t In Fit
ting Ground For Wheat.
The roller is an implement which
should be upon every farm, and yet
if it is used without an understanding
of its operations it may be produc-
tive of harm instead of good, says
writer in Rural New Yorker. The
farm roller should be used in fitting
the wheat ground. Ordinarily the
roller is looked upon as an implement
with which to crush clods and with
which to press the stones into the
ground upon the meadow land. But
when used upon wheat land it becomes
something more than a clod crusher.
1t compacts the surface soil, it firms
the seed bed, and as result of its
action upon soils the harrow is made
far more effective in its action. That
this last statement is true can be
easily proved if one will take fresh
ly plowed field and roll portion of it
before narrowing The truth of the
statement is especially seen on sandy
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-08-21
A KICK JUSTIFIED.

Now, here we make kick, and a
justified one at that. Reduction in rev.
enue taxes to the amount of $73,000,O0t
went into effect July 1, the government
getting more money than it needed, but
the taxes thus Cancelled benefited stock
brokers, banks, gamblers, brewers, pat
ent medicine men, and not the common
people, who still have to be content
with sixteen or seventeen pounds of
sugar for a dollar. Why not have made
a partial reduction in the excessive tax
on sugar, one of the absolute necessa-
ries Of living for the common people,
and let the classes mentioned have
still contributed to the support of the
government? The government tax on
sugar is one of the most illogical and
burdensome taxes. save as the govern
ment needs the revenue produced, that
was ever placed upon the backs of the
American people. 1t is akin to the salt
tax in India.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-08-21
Srysr CHANGE

It Is up to the farmer of the west and
northwest to pay to study how to
make money on land worth 500 per
acre. 1t is a new proposition to the av-
erage man and makes him scratch his
head Old methods will have to 60
that much he sees-but 1t is not easy
for him to adapt himself to new ones.
He always has used thirty-fve dollar
scrub bulls and still looks upon 1t asia
wanton waste Of good money to buysa
two hundred dollar animal. He has al
ways sold most of his grain and hay
crop and Is afraid to feed 1t all out
and lot more with 1t on his farm. THe
has always had contempt for book
farming and college professors and
hates to own up that either books. or
professors know more than he does.
He has always run his farm by guess
and by gum and never knew whether
he was making a dollar or not unless
he had few dollars left after his
hired help, grocery and machinery
bills were paid. 1t worries him that
he has got to change, learn in new
school and adopt entirely new meth
DDS of agriculture. But he'll have to or
quit, not the least doubt about that.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-08-21
CREAMERY COMBINES.

A movement in line with the almost
universal effort being made to combine
individual lines of business into large
concerns is being attempted with the
creamery business. At some of the
large business centers companies have
been organized for the purpose of buy
ing and handling all the cream pro-
duced within radius of from 100 to
200 miles. and the prices paid for such
cream are higher than the producer
realizes from his local creamery. While
we have expected to see this thing at
tempted, we have never believed that
it could be made profitable, but it
seems that it is a success. We still be-
neve that the dairyman had better
stick to his home company even If he
does not realize quite so much for his
product; otherwise trust to all In
tents and purposes will be created
which may, when competition is
crushed out. pay him full value for his
product, and then again it may not.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-08-21
ARTICLE v.
EXECUTIVE.

graph, as follows:
III. The governor, or person administering the
government the chancellor and the attorney
or person administering the government, shall
be one may remit fines and forfetures and
grant pardons, after conviction, in all cases
except impeachment.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-08-21
Cuttings and Crafts.

When celery rust is prevalent, pull
off the small bottom leaves and side
shoots: also keep clean and we'll wa
tered If drought prevails. Be sure to
water we'll
Celery plants should be handled as
soon as they obtain sufficient size.
Common draintiles are excellent for
blanching.
On sandy land and in a hot climate
1t is not advisable to plow under a
heavy growth of clover and pea plants
while in green condition.
Rye does well on light soils with
little nitrogen and comes in well after
a crop OF corn.
One poor COW in the stable may turn
profit into loss.
Nitrate of soda hurries along the
sweet corn.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-08-21

Here is formula that, it is said, will
restore scorched linen: Peel and slice
two onions and extract the juice by
squeezing or pounding. Then cut up
half an ounce OF white soap and add
two ounces Of fuller's earth; mix with
them the onion juice and half pint
of vinegar. Boil this composition well
and spread it when cool over tho
scorched part of the linen, leaving it to
dry thereon. Afterward wash out the
1inop
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-08-21
MORTGAGES SALE.

By virtue of chattel mortgage executed by
William II. Blake to Thomas Black dated the
corded in the office of the Clerk of the County
of Gloucester, in Book No. ~ of Chattel Mort
Cages. page 440 &c, and upon which default has
auction, on Friday, the 22d Day Of August, 1902,
at two o'clock in the afternoon at the stables of
Samuel r. Budd, Cooper street, Woodbury., N.
j., the property mortgaged, consisting of one
bay horse, named Tom, years old, and one
sorrel horse named Billie, years old. Same
may be seen at above stables.
Terms made known on day of sale.
WIN. Il. DOPSON,
Robert s. Clymer, Attorney, Bailiif
Dated August Is, 1902. S-I4-O2-2t