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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-11-01
THE PIG.

In his address on the hog In western
Washington, Mr.. G. L. Smith said the
pig will be found an important factor
in successful dairy farming.
Among the numerous advantages of
dairying for the small farmer, who
does all, or at least the larger share,
oil the work himself, some are direct
and others indirect. One of the direct
advantages is continuity of income,
something to sell every week, thereby
providing the family with the necessi-
ties and comforts of life with greater
certainty than under any other system.
Che of the indirect advantages is found
in the fact that certain by-products
must be utilized and this leads logi-
cally to a healthy diversity of prod
ucts, a division of labor, and when in
diligently carried out, an acceptable
addition to the yearly income.
Where the hand separator is used,
and the milk skinned while yet warm
from the COW, the skim milk has a
sort of sentimental value to the farmer,
that it loses when cooled, carried to the
creamery, mixed with hundred other
lots and returned cold or sour, or both.
The feeling which the farmer enter
tains for the different products is such
that he takes, as rule, very little
interest in the last, but is careful how
he feeds the first and studies to make
the most of it. When he begins to do
that he soon becomes more success
full feeder and breeder. One of the
most available and profitable uses for
SKINNED milk is found in feeding pigs.
Here, however, as in many other lines
Of farming, we find large measure
of possible profit sacrificed to careless
ness or ignorance. Skinned milk
alone is not an economical food for
swine. Fed in combination with grain
and pasture it is one of the most profit
able pork producers known. In the
combination the milk solids seem to
have an influence on the growth and
development of the pig far beyond
that of the same amount of digestible
nutriment in any other form.
Numerous experiments have been
conducted to determine the amount
o. milk which pig can profitable
consume. The results obtained justify
the conclusion that about two pounds
of milk which pig can probably
most profitable proportions. The ex-
perience of many careful feeders leads
to another conclusion that is contrary
tn the general practice. That is: when
the milk and grain are fed separately
the grain is better digested and it
takes relatively less grain per pound
Of gain than when the milk and grain
are mixed and fed as slOp.
One of the most successful feeders
| have known, feeds mixed ground
grains in shallow boxes, dry. The
milk being fed in V-shaped troughs
which are washed clean every day
Under the combination system, with
of grain and lbs. of milk made 1 10
Of gain in live weight Pigs OF the
same age and weight on clover pasture
made a gain Of Id. for each 11A lbs
o. grain and 81 lbs. of skim milk. In
another experiment with pigs averag
to on Ihc of tho Machining one LOT
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Improving Breeds and Plants.

It is a well-known fact that man can
gradually change the habits, and even
the forms, Of animals by careful selec-
ton and breeding. There are various
breeds Of cattle, sheep, horses and
swine, all coming from ancestors diff
fering entirely from the farm stock Of
the present time. There are over a
hundred breeds Of poultry, and the
difference between the game bantam
and the heavy. feather-legged Cochin
is so well marked as to make it a mat
ter Of dispute regarding their relation
ship, vet both braods came from the
same ancestors~thr Jungle fowls. Sue
cess has also attended the efforts to
produce new fruits and vegetables.
These facts should encourage every
farmer to improve. A number Of years
ago a Virginia farmer produced a vari-
ETY. of corn which yielded from five to
seven ears on each stalk, and he Sc
cured a yield Of $50 bushels per acre,
but the corn was only adapted to his
section. There is an opening, how
ever, for farmers to improve the vari-
ETY. Of corr and wheat grown by them
If they will carefully select the seed
from the best stalks every year, which
will sooner or later result in greatly
increased yields.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-15
Tomato Culture.

In growing tomatoes for the canning
factory it is best to plant as 500 as
danger Of frost is over. Break the
ground good and deep, and as early
as possible. A good clover sod that
has been pastured summer and
broken in the fall and well worked
in the spring is o. X. for tomatoes.
Pulverize the soil as fine as you can
make it with drag, harrow and roller.
Mark it off four and a half feet, and
cross mark it the same, and set the
plants with a small hoe with a short
handle. Set as deep as you can and
lamp the ground well around the
plants. One week after plants are set,
start the c%ultivator and cultivate as
close to the plants as possible. Be
careful not to bark the plants, as it
will kill them to do so. If any plants
are missing, get o plants and re-
plant. AS soon as the plants begin
to branch out, do not cultivate closer
than to the end Of the branches. A
fve-tooth cultivator, or a similar tool,
to 90 between the rows to clean the
vacant space is a good thing for the
last two cultivatings. Be sure to cut,
pull and dig out every weed, and sue.
cess will crown your efforts.-Indiana
Farmer.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-15
II All PARTS Of the state.

The Mickleton Fire Company has
hung it's new alarm.
The Millyille City Council has passed
a sewerage ordinance.
Paulsboro dealers have reduced the
price of milk from eight to six cents.
Land has been donated for a public
park at Mel1ord by a philanthropic
citizen.
Pike fishermen have been very sue
cessful at Alcyon and Tyler lakes, near
Pitman.
Fishermen along the North CrameI
Hill shore have been working at a loss
so far this season.
Cumberland County farmers were
fearful that continued dry weather
would ruin the hay crop.
P%aulsboro continues to improve at a
rapid rate. The water works are near
ing completion, the standpipc being
seventy-fve feet high.
There has been a decided falling off
in the shipment of milk from the Dare
town station lately, Gairymen prefer.
ring to send It to a local creamery.
James Friant. of Lower Alloway, has
just rounded out his ninety-second
year. and has the distinction OF being
the oldest resident of that township.
The usually large crop of asparagus
in Gloucester County is far below the
average this year, but farmers will
make AS much money from it at the
high price.
The Monroe Township Committee
has asked the taxpayers to sign a peti.
ton giving it power to bond the town.
slip for the expense of building tive
miles of road through Williamstown.
Complaining machines are taking
the place of the barefoot boy on many
Cumberland County farms.
The full effects of the recent colo
weather are now seen upon the fruit
in Gloucester County, and it's founG
that apples, pears. plums, cherries
strawberries and peaches have beer
seriously hurt.
Under the State law providing I
bounty of $3.50 for every fox killed
the Burlington County Board OF Free
holders paid forty-six bills. About S60t
was spent in this manner at the las
regular meeting.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-15
; AGRICULTURAL :
Using Old Hens.

Using Old Hens.
Expert poultrymen claim that after q
men has passed her second year she Is
no longer fit for laying purposes, ana
should be sent to the carcass Market.
Ihis may be SO in many cases, q
no one will question the fact that tue
best egg results come from fowls Two
years old and under. One the other
hand. one frequently finds individual
hens that lay better at three and four
years old than when younger, q
when such is the case 1t would be folly
to Kill such a bird. Before deciding to
send all of the hens over two years
Old to the carcass market, ascertain
what each of them is doing in the way
OF egg production. Then, too, these old
hens. many Of them, are extremely
useful at Matching season, even though
the main dependence is placed on an
incubator. Be sure the old hen has
lost her usefulness before you sentence
her to the block.-Indianapolis News.
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McCarter Declines an Office.

The new Attorney General, Robert
II. McCarter has declined to accept the
position OF general counsel of the FL
deity Trust Company. of Newark. His
brother, Thomas N. McCartei. held the
position while he was Attorney-Gen-
eral, resigning it when he gave up the
-Generalship o become presi-
dent OF the new $25, 900, 900 company,
known as the Public Service Corpora
ton OF New Jersey. The salary of the
general counsel of the Fidelity is $15,-
600 a year. The Attorney General was
urged to accept the position. but did
not see his way clear to do it because
of his large Office practice.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-15
understanding Apple Trees.

Forty or fifty years ago it was a very
common custom of farmers, in New
England, at least, to whitewash the
trunks Of trees in their apple orchards.
The bark of the trees was well scraped,
and a harsh coat of a strong whitewash
applied every spring. Farmers then
believed such application to be bene-
fetal. About forty years ago-as it
seems to the writer, although it may
have been farther back-horticultural
writer's began to make fun of white
washed orchards. Soon after, as if to
Justify themselves for making fun.
they began to seriously contend that
withdrawing trees did no good what
ever. In consequence of the argument.
Of the ridicule, or both, the custom
was given up. But within
lively a few years, horticultural inves-
tigation have conceded that the old
time ~orchardists were right. and the
fashion of embarrassing trees has been
to some extent revived. Modern writ
ers claim that by this means scale IN
sects. the even dread San Jose scale.
may be destroyed. or their attacks pre-
vented. The advice to whitewash has
often been accompanied by a sugges-
ton to use ashes or something else
with the wash, SO that it will not be
whitewash after all. But many ex.
periments have seemingly proved that
the white color is in itself an advan-
tage. in retarding the swelling of the
buds in the carly spring and thus pro.
tecting them against frost. Therefore
the latest advicests to whitewash the
tree, trunks, brandpes and all. Dy
spraying. and TO useIl the whatest white,
wash that 9 bed AIDE zConnectlcut
Farmer.
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PENIS GROVE, N. j., FRIDAY, NAY IS. 1908.
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
Lover of Birds Broke Hi. Neck,

M
Carl Gruno, the "bird man and war
bier known to many people of wealth
as an o~rnithoiogist of great ability, is
dead OF a broken neck. He had recent.
y Deen employed at the aviary of
Homer Davenport, the cartoonist, at
motifs Plalns, and was OH his way
there when he stumbled and fell
against a bank, dislocating his spine.
u was forty-ive years old. a Ger.
mai who had lived i'll this country
many years and worked on estates as
game keeper OF bird warden. He
claimed to know more about birds,
their life, habits and anatomy than
any man in the country. He spoke a
half-dozen languages fluently and
U initiate the MARBLE or whistle
of any bird.
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Nothing For It's Own Sake.

The Gospel Interpretation Of life is
"nothing for its own sake" 1t is only
right also to say that that is the interpre.
tation of nature. Everything has upon 1t
the stamp of ministry, scarcely an instance
where selfshness has any play. The sun
shines, but not for itself; rain falls, but not
for itself; plants grow. but not for them
selves; birds sing-surely not for themselves
only; trees cast shade, bear fruit, never TOR
themselves. 1t remained for a blind man
to talk about things for their own sake;
like truth for truths sake" art for arts
sake" etc. There can be no greater fall
lacy than such teaching. The sentences
are ~forceful and euphonious, but they are
misleading IN the measure that they seem
to be strong. 1t is the principle Of self
centering, instead of true otherism.
When men were religious for religions
sake: when religion was the end of rehg-
ion. what a caricature it developed OF that
which should have been the blessing OF the
world. When religion is for anything
other than for hfe's sake 1t is a libel on the
Lord and Master; men are not serving
Him so much as they serve themselves.
The so-called dark ages illustrated religion
for its own sake to most elaborate perfcc-
ton.
When men believe in art for arts sake,
they follow in the same path. Whenever
a production of art, no matter OF what ma
ture, fails to minister to life it IS a failure,
no matter how beautiful its conception, or
how true to nature it may be. This def
milton would take many. many pictures
from cur walls, and doubtless many musi-
cal selections from our pianos.
As one looks at the larger movements Of
life, as represented by men and women
working and struggling up the stairways
to a higher existence, the truth of this con-
tention is yet more apparent. How much
simpler the struggle would be if we lef go
of those things that exist only for them
selves, and hold on to the things that min
lister to real life. What an Inspiration to
service, what a joyous ministering there
would be all over the world. When Peter
asked the Lord what he should receive for
following after Him Peter asked the ques-
ton Of the world: What shall W. have
therefor-for this sacrifice, for tins gift,
for this service to men? Nothing-beyond
the sweet and priceless joy that we have
been ministers to the world, catching the
inspiration of Him who lived not for Him.
self, but freely gave Himself. Baptist
Union.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-15
FLOAT IN

been buying galvanized iron floats un-
til | am tired. They rust out in a short
time, seldom lasting more than two
years and costing five times as much
as the one illustrated. I simply buy a
stone jug. preferably a one-gallon jug,
and plug it .carefully, so that it is
air-tight. I fasten this by means Of a
wire chain to the valve at the bottom
of the tank. This will last Indefinitely,
and will neither rust nor waterlog, as
is the case with iron or wood.-D. B.
Solomon, in The Epitomist.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-15
Gratuitous Advice.


An old man called at the Meteorologi-
cal Office. "This," he said, lis where
you give out weather predictions. isn't
it,"
The clerk nodded.
"Well,n continued the old man, II
thought I'd come up and give you a
word Of advice"
Eyes, said the clerk politely.
eyes; I've thought it out a little, an
find that We aren't always right. Now.
I was thinking that a line that was
used on the steamboat handbills might
do on your weather predictions"
what is that line?'
wind and weather permittin'"
And he went off without waiting for
the reward lie deserved for this useful
piece Of adylce.-London Express.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-15
struck II Rich.

II know old man Dunnley is rich."
said the inquisitive friend, "but I don't
see how he can afford to keep his fam
lily at the most expensive hotels"
Its not SO expensive for him, after
ALL" said the knowing friend. Zone Of
his daughters married a foreign noble
man who used to work in several Of the
hotels, and he gets Dunnley profess
sional rates. "-Judge.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-15
Teacher Saves Boy From Drowning.

Mary Warner, a school teacher at
Centreyille. saved from drowning
Willie Forbes, twelve years old. Miss
Warner hearl cries for help coming
from the Morris Canal and saw the
boy struggling in the water, while his
companions were running away. Miss
Warner-an expert swimmer-1umped
into the water, seized the drowning
boy and brought him ashore uncon-
scious. He was resuscitated by DR..
Mccall.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-15
Fishhook Caught His Eve.

Elwood Eick, of Washington, lost an
eye In a peculiar manner He was fish,
ing on the StanhOpe reservoir and had
an amateur fisherman, John Beasley,
as his companion. Beasley was not
very expert with the rod and reel and
made a poor cast, the hook catching
in Eick's right eye and tearing it from
the socket. Eick tainted from the
pain and was very i'll at his home from
the shock
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-15
MlsusED GENERAL NILES. NAME.
Army's Head Denies Gathering Evidence
For Anti Imperialists.

-~
For Anti-Imperialists.
Washington, D. Gin a recent trial
at Manila there was introduced in evil
dence a letter taken from a Filipino
and signed by a native, saying that the
recent visit Of General Miles to the
Philippines was for the purpose Of col
lecting evidence to aid the cause Of the
anti-imperialists. The letter, with
other evidence, was published in a Ma
Mia paper.
General Davis, commanding in the
Philippines, sent a copy Of the letter to
the Wal Department, with an indorse-
ment, saying he had no doubt that the
use of General Miles name In this con-
necti0n was unauthorized. The letter,
with Endorsement, was referred to Cen
eral Miles, who returned 1t, with the
further Endorsement that the view of
General Davis was entirely correct and
the use of his name was wholly unau-
thOriZod.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-15
woman WIN Be Town DOCTOR.

Phillipsburg has employed a roman
doctor, Mrs. Alma NJ. Williston. BY a
vote OF IL to 3 in the Town Council she
won the position from the former two
physicians, whose annual salary was
$500. Her salary was fixed at $500.
Mrs. Williston claims to be an i'm
mune, and says she has no dread Of
typhoid fever, diphtherja or smallpox.
The Council will provide her with an
automobile, and will allow her 500 for
medicines.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-15
willing to Compromise.

Mamma-"Oh, you bad boy! Where
have you been all this time? Don't
you think you should be ashamed to
WORK. your mother sol"
The Boy-"Well, ma, I'm willin' to
be ashamed that I worried you if you'll
promise not to tell pa anything that'll
worry me."-Philadelphia Press.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-15
A. W. MAcHEN RELIEVED.


Tho Superintendent OF Free Delivery Gets
"Leave of Absence"
Washington, D. C.-The investigation
OF the affairs Of the Postof1ce De-
partment. which has been dragging
along for two months, took a sensa-
tional turn when by order of Post
master-G General Payne August w.
Machen, General Superintendent of the
free delivery system, and one of the
most widely known Government Of
ficials in the United States, was re-
lieved from his duties, and Postof1ce
Inspector M. G. Fosnes was designated
to take charge Of that service.
There is reaso to believe that the
above action was made in compliance
with the Presidents judgment in the
situation.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-15
.rne Pepper vine.

The United States Consul at Bombay
sends to the Bureau of Foreign Commerce
some interesting information about the
climbing vine to which the world owes It's
supply Of black pepper. It is found wild
Malabar coast. but is cultivated in South
west India, whence it was introduced into
Java, Sumatra, Borneo. the Malay PENN
sula, Siam, the Philippines and the West
Indies. The vine has spikes q white How
ers-twenty to thirty nowera IN each spike
which ripen into feshy her les the size q
y pea~ Each berry contair a single seed,
ira the seeds. when er5 ed make sn9
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-15
Ready For Sanrihce.

Little Vegetarian-"Papa, why do
you go away again. Why don't you
stay home with mother and met"
Papa-"But I must go, little daugh-.
ter, to get bread and butter for you"
L. v.-"Oh, papa! If you'll only stay
nome I'll eat meat"-Brooklyn Life.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-15
Found Death Undar umbre,,..

M. J. Pearsall, Solicitor Of the CITY
Court and DR.. Frank Daniel, physician
for the Georgia Northern Railway.
We're killed at Moultrie. Ga, by DR..
Danieps motor a striking q log train
on the Georgia Northern. 1t was rain
ing. and the mems umbrellas prevent
ed them from seeing the train.
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The Opinion Of Experts.

Mrs. Crawford-"Mrs. Shabby-Gen-
eel doesn't boast about her possessions
as much as she used to-"
Mrs. Crcbshaw-'No wonder. Bur-
glars Lroke into her house the other
night and they went away without
taking anything.'-New York Herald.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-15
wal Ranrasan4aa

"Does your wife favor woman's suf-
trage:"
swered Mr.. Meekton. eThere's no use
IF her dressing up and going to the
polls to vote when she can send me-
Washington Star.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-15
New Game Commissioner.

Governor Murphy aas appynstvu
Percy Hayes Johnson, of Bloomfield,
as Fish and Game Commissioner, to
succeed William H--sey. Mr.. Johnson
has been Deputy Game Warden since
1886. He is President of the Troy
Meadow Fish and Game Association
and was n of the organizers Of the
Brookfeld Game Association in Bloom
field.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-15
Poor Season For oyster Seed.

Nearly all of the boats that have
been engaged in oyster planting have
been laid UP. the season having been
far from a successful one. The Della
ware Bay natural beds are almost de-
pleted. and the large planters have
been obliged to import seed from the
Chesapeake Bay and Connecticut.
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The Main Issue.

Mrs. Goodwife-"I am going to get
you something very fine for your birth
cay, George"
George-"Indeed, what is it,"
Mrs. GA two-hundred-dolla bur
eeau."
George-"Why don't you give me
something worth about four dollars
that I can really use?'-New York
Journal.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-15

He who lifts another's load, who soothes
another's smart, who ~brlghtens a life that
else would be dark. who puts q music with
in a brothers soul, though it be only for a
passing moment. wakes even a sweeter mu-
sic Within his own, for he enters on earth
into his Masters joy, the Joy of a redeem
IN self-sacri6cing loyc.-H. Burton u. A.
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Bus,ness Reouirements.

Frowsy Frank-"Say, Helpless, old
man, why do you wear such good
togsw
Helpless Hank-"Well, yer see, a beg
gar has to dress well desc day, or folks
won't let him in de front door."-Chi-
,ago News.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-15
Game wardens correcting Dogs.

The Cumberland County Game War.
dens have a large number of hunting
dogs which they have caught, in viola
ton of the game laws of the State,
running at large. The dogs will be
held until their owners come forward
and pay the fines.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-15
OuR BuDcrr
OF HuMoR.


Some fol-. there be who cannot drop
Prolixity with pen and ink;
IT'S plain they never think to stop
Because they do not stop to think.
Washington Star.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-15
jug Float For water Tank.

The illustration shows a simple de-
vice for regulating the flow of water in
tanks which are fed from cisterns,
reservoirs O. any other source. | have
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A Ghoul Sent "a .T.ff-

one to three years win he
passed N the penitentiary by Isoni
Donneli, 2 Of the band Of ghouls, he
naylng pleaded guilty at indianapolis.
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No Elapsinr Years,

Claude-"Miss Thirtyodd seems to
hold her age WELL"
Maude-"Hold her age! Why, she
hasn't let go Of a single year siuce
she's been Observation-Disclosures
Herald.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-15
A Strong Hint.

Haruppe-"Say, old man, l believe \
owe you an apology"
Freeman-"Well, I've heard it called
a v, a flyer, a fimuf plunks and five
bones, but IN apology beforer'-
| New York Times.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-15
Mexican Cattle For Canada.

OatCI0 FOr C6nad8.
More than $4,000 head of cattle have
been purchased in Mexico by Canadian
stockmen during the past few days.
They were shipped in bond through the
United States to British Columbia.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-15

Mr.. Howes Fly-"Mr. Caterpillar Is
not very sporty these days"
Mr.. Butter Fly-"No, but he says ne
is going to be very fly later in the sea-
son."-New York Journal.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-05-15
AHirher Test.

Stilphree = "Well, now that you're
married l suppose your wife expects
you to live up to your ideals!"
Tfdeman (sadly)-"No; her ideals."-
Brooklyn Life.