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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-09-10
CHINA AsTERs.
The Modern Flower Shows Great va
rfefy In Form and Color

The Modern Flower Shows Great Va
rfety In Form and Color.
The China aster, which has come into
prominence in comparatively recent
years, is closely related to the chrysan-
themum and, as its name implies, is a
native of China. 1t was originally sin
gle Powered and of limited range of
color-blue, violet and white-but I'M
der cultivation it has been made to as
sumo a great variety of forms and col
ors, rivaling the chrysanthemum in
these respects, although the aster has
not been developed to the size of the
larger varieties of chrysanthemums
brilliant shades of yellow which are so
prominent in certain of the varieties of
the latter flower
L. H. Bailey, a gardening authority.
says of it:
'"The China asters are among the best
Of all the annual garden flowers They
are of the easiest culture. most free of
bloom and comprise multitude of
forms and colors. They are therefore
admirably adapted to profuse and gen
erous effects in schemes of planting.
They are also worthy of wide attention
because they are adapted to many of
the purposes for which chrysanthe-
NUNS are grown. and they can be
raised to perfection wholly without the
use of glass. They attain their best in
the decline of the season. from late Au-
gust till frost, at time when many of
the ANNALS and the greater part of the
perennials are spent and gone. No gar
den flowers carry such profusion of
bloom and color down to the very clos
ing in of winter The aster border still
has blooms when the SHOWS fall in No
vember and when even the wild golden
rods have waned and died"
The China aster is an annual and
especially effective in borders. 1t grows
well in almost any soil. but prefers a
rich, moderately moist but well drained
loan. 1t responds generously to lib
eral fertilizing.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-09-10

Ground wheat of itself does not make
a very satisfactory feed for cows, as
they have great difficulty in eating it,
because when mixed with the saliva
it makes a thick. sticky paste, says
Hoard's Dairyman. 1t is therefore nee
essary when using whole wheat to mix
it with bran or some other product to
overcome this pastiness to a greater or
less degree. 1t might be fed with cut
straw or hay and in this combination
would make an excellent complement
to alfalfa hay. Wheat contains about
SO per cent of digestible nutrients,
whereas bran contains only 81 per
cent
Feeding Quality of Vetch Hay.
In a feeding test conducted at the
Alabama experimental station vetch
hay proved fully equal in feeding value
for dairy cows to bran, pound for
pound, and the substitution of vetch
hay for bran reduced the cost of butter
fat % per cent The yetch hay used
was the hairy vetch. l is probable that
the feeding value of the common vetch
is fully as much as if not more than
that of the hairy vetch. In western
Oregon the growth of the hairy yetch
is apt to be so rank that there is much
waste.
Feeding the Fresh Cow.
Let the food supplied right after
calving be light for few days; never
quite as much as she wants. Only
tepid water should be given, as cold
water may bring on chill and fever.
The careful dairyman should use
clinical thermometer to determine the
temperature of a COW from time to
time for few days until danger is
past Any rise III temperature can be
met in time to ward off serious trouble.
Avoid Extremes In Feeding.
Dairy COWS require some bulky food
with their grain, but care must be
taken not to go to either extreme. If
too bulky the animal must eat too
much in order to secure sufficient nour-
ishment If not bulky enough the ami
NAL will consume more nutritive ma
terial than it can digest in order to pro-
duce the proper sense of fullness. This
deranges the stomach and causes waste.
Summer Feed In Winter.
With silage to feed in connection
with the ground grains, with hay
enough to give change or variety, we
have almost a summer feed for winter.
1t is succulent, palatable, nutritious IN
its way and easily fed to the stock.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-09-10
The Wax worm.

When you hear a person complaining
that the wax worm has killed his bees
you may set him down as understand
ing very little about bee culture. The
fact Of the matter is that all summer
long there are plenty of moth millers
fitting about the apiary. seeking a
place to deposit their eggs. Should they
perchance find colony that has only
half enough bees to cover its combs
they are ever ready to avail themselves
Of their opportunity and begin imme-
diately to lay eggs in the empty combs.
In few days the wax worm matches
and begins to feed upon the combs and
fills the space full of webs The means
for prevention are very simple Try to
keep all colonies strong. Should you,
however, have some weak ones take
away the combs which they are unable
to use and give them frame or two Of
Matching brood taken from some strong
colony which is able to spare them and
give the strong colony the empty combs.
They will quickly make use of them
r. G. Herman in Farm journal.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-09-10

HARDY FLOWERS.
These Are Growing In Favor-De-
cline of the Bedding Fad.


These Are Growing In Favorable
cline of the Bedding Fad.
The great advantage of gardening
with hardy plants and shrubs as COM
pared with tender bedding plants has
been frequently pointed out. An objec-
ton that they have short blooming
period is all faIlacious. l think it is a
really meritorious thing, and for a very
small outlay one may have hundred
surprises year, hardy plants being
offered so cheaply.
1t has taken a great many years to
educate the people up to the beauty
and utility of these plants, which can
be used, owing to their endless variety,
for almost any conceivable purpose.
They are or can be adapted to all
soils and situations, high or low, wet or
dry, sun or shade; you can find hardy
plants suitable to all these situations.
One of the most hopeful signs of the
present day is the ever increasing de-
mand for them. The demand for such
plants is only of recent date, and many
beautiful varieties are unknown save
to few.
For many years geraniums, coleus,
alternantheras aehryanthus, echeve-
rias and a few similar plants seemed
to hold the general sway Then came
the stately Gamma, and in its wake now
comes the ever increasing demand for
something more substantial, and that
demand can only be met by hardy per-
ennials. In hardy plants we have been
told time and again we can have flow
crs the entire year round.
A year ago last December l went out
in the woods near my home and was
surprised to find the yellow aster
(Chrysopis mariana), and last Deem
Der in our nurseries, and only few
days before Christmas | found in
bloom Dianthus semperfiorens, various
megaseas and one very beautiful varie-
ty of erigeron, the highly praised torch
flower, in sheltered spot, sending up
its dense spikes of flaming coral and
Drawing not the autumn, but the win
ter storms. What tender plants would
have been showing up so wonderful
and brave ON the autumn landscape!
Helleborus niger and its varieties. if
grown in a cold frame. will give us
flowers during the latter part of De
cember and January, and those who
are fortunate enough to possess few
plants of petasites or Tussilago fra
grams, or winter heliotrope," as it is
sometimes called on account of its he
liotropelike fragrance, can have flow
ers of this peculiarly interesting plant
in a warm sheltered spot during the
month of February.
Then along in March comes won
derful procession of both dubious and
hardy plants.-H. Greensmith Before
Philadelphia Florists Club.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-09-10
THE DAIRY COW.
Form of the Animal and Milk and
Butter Production.

Form of the Animal and MILK and
Butter Production.
There is a certain type of cow ex-
hibiting marks that indicate dairy ex-
cellence This is so well established
as to make the decisions in the show
ring and to enter in as an important
factor in the buying and selling of
dairy animals. This matter of type is
illustrated in our station herd, the tend
ency being for the animals scoring
highest in the judging ring to be the
largest and most economical producers
OF milk and butter The animal scOr-
ing highest in the station herd has
made yield of ten times her weight
in milk and 6S per cent of her weight
in butter in one year. Taking the whole
herd into consideration the type will
not always follow the yield, the excep-
lions to the rule being sometimes quite
marked. Bogdanow a German au-
thority, made measurements on eighty
cows whereby they were formed into
groups of types. From the results.
knowing the records of the animals, he
concludes that there is an unmistaka-
BILE relation between external form and
production of milk and butter. Beach,
from the results of experiment and OBJ
servation, states that the type of the
COW is more essential than the breed
as indicating the ability to produce
milk and butter economically.
The final test of any dairy cow is the
-, eaA oh
yield for the food consumed. The diff
ference in COWS in this respect is quite
marked. With the scales and the Bah
cock test it is easy to learn what each
individual COW is doing. While some
animals in the dairy may be making
profits others may be losing to such an
extent as to even wipe out the profits
of the better cows. During the year
under experiment our best cow gave an
amount of milk and butter more than
twice that of one of the poorer cows.
The difference in the gross receipts for
the milk during the first eight months
following caIving was $184.S0 in favor
of the better cow Waters and Hess
found a difference of 500. 10 in the
profits of two cows for $50 days. Be
tween two others of accepted dairy
form the difference was $14.99, and be-
tween two of similar type $12.4S.
The cow is a creature of habit, and
therefore the time and manner of milk
ing should vary as little as possible
from day to day. The yield of milk
will sometimes vary by reason of mat
tiers of such small moment that we fail
to reckon them. From our results
change in mixers showed a small aver
age loss in yield. Some cows were not
affected at all, while others gave
slightly reduced yield. This will de-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-09-10
How to Prevent Hangnai1s.

Always keep lemon on your wash
ing stand, and after thoroughly wash
ing and drying your hands dig the tips
of the fingers into the lemon till the
nails are quite covered, says the New
York News Lemon juice is Invaluable
for the nails, removing stains and keep
ing them altogether in good condition.
Always after washing your hands push
the skin around the base Of the nails
gently back. using the towel for this
purpose. You will be surprised to see
how this improves them. Rub lemon
juice over your hands too. Then dry
and rub each nail with a tiny pad
moistened with almond or olive oil.
Wipe off every suspicion Of oil. dust
with oatmeal and then rub hands and
nails with channels leather, giving the
nails special attention.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-09-10
News nnd Notes.

Circular No. 2, department of horti
culture of the universal exposition al
St Louis, is an interesting and practi
cal pamphlet for prospective exhibitors
Of fruit or flowers.
The American Pathological society
will be invited to offer the well known
Marshall p Wilder medals for new va
rieties of fruit at the St Louis exposi
ton.
The continual call for help from the
wheat country is easy to understand
when one knows that when 1t comes to
harvesting wheat it is now or never, re
marks an exchange.
From American Gardening's trial
grounds SNOWFALL is reported one OF
the best If not the finest of the white
fieshed extra early turnips.
The utilization of special soils fol
special crops is one Of the progressive
ideas in farming.
Orange Judd Farmer finds it safe tc
assume that maximum of 750NOOO0(
bushels represents the cat crop.
The farmers congress opens at: Mag
ara Falls, Sept q.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-09-10

a cEMENTED sILo.
Resembles a Mammoth Fruit JAR.
Cheap and satisfactory.

ResembIes a Mammoth Fruit JAR.
Cheap and Satisfactory.
My silo was modelled after that on
the farm OF H. B. Gurler of northern
Illinois. So far as know, it is called
the GurIer siIo. and it differs from the
old style in many respects, says an
American Agriculturist writer. Mr..
Gurler has six siIos on his farm, rang
ing from 20 to SO feet in diameter and
80 feet deep. The largest piece of tim
Der in any of them is 2 by 4, and
the thiclxest board is one-half inch.
The inside is plastered with portland
cement, and no silage can come in con-
tact with any wood. The dampness
of the silage cannot pass through the
cement to cause decay. When finished
the silo resembles mammoth fruit Jar,
perfectly air tight
This style of silo will be adopted
just as soon as the farmer can be con-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-09-10
Agricultural Votes.

sure cure for verminsin henss9nests
b burn the nests.
oil used for banking. celery Should
mellow and, If possible. entirely free
pa partially decayed Wegetablesmat-
Small. farms at low prices for homes
are reported in good demand by YER
mont correspondence American Guilt
vator.
The very day the ears are marketed
or taken totthe cannary, or asasoon aft
Ler as possible, let the swine orathe cows
have the stalks of the sweet corn
Possibly thesworst mistake that many
ldairymenlmalue In the handling Of their
milk is In allowing It to stand for a
considerable length Of time before any
move Is made to see that the: milk is
cooled. / 4
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-09-10
CARE or CLOTHES.
How to Keep Your wearing Apparel
In Good Condition.

How to Keep Your Wearing Apparel
In Good Condition.
{ For taking spots out Of cloth it is
hest to have ut hand the necessary
materials, lis it is much easier to re-
move spots when they are new than
when they become old and dry. Ben
zine. gasoline and naphtha are all
good. A little piece of plain white
flannel or some very fast dye cloth is
best to apply this with, or in the alb
senee Of this you might use an old
sponge.
The care Of gloves may be best sub
served by the observance of few sim
pie rules, says Haberdasher Keep
them in tissue paper. Don't pull them
out Of shape. 1t is no test of quality
and spoils their beauty.
Glove powder freely used is the price
of a pair Of gloves in many cases A
perspiring hand forced into dry glove
often one or two sizes too small-will
usually come out the least injured,
and the blame will be as unfair as
the treatment.
II you send your clothes out to be
done up be sure that you select hand
laundry. Machine work and acids make
short work of fine clothes. Shirts, col
lars and cuffs should be done up with
out gloss. Insist on the domestic fin
ish Have your poke and wing collars
ironed fiat, not curled.
All clothing should be carefully hung
up, and if you will study your closet
and use the modern appliances, which
are easily procured, you can keep a
great deal of clothing in good condi-
ton in very small space. The cheap
twisted wire coat racks are good
enough. On these put the waistcoat,
and then over the waistcoat put the
coat. There are also patent trousers
hangers which keep the trousers press
| ed in shape, but it is much easier to
| fold your trousers properly and lay
them in the bottom of your closet or in
long drawer.
| A piece of paper should be put be-
tween each pair of trousers, and II
will not hurt them if they have to be
folded once In light weight suitings,
such as homespuns and hannels, it is
much better to lay the trousers out
fat i'll a drawer than to hang them
up. All clothing should be carefully
brushed and kept as free from dust as
! nogsibIe
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-09-10
HOW to Cure Colds.

Here are five cures for cold, says
Household: First battle the feet i.i bot
water and drink a pint of hot lemon
ade, then sponge with salt water and
remain in q warm room. Second. Dathe
the face in very hot water every five
minutes for an hour. Third, snuff up
the nostrils hot salt water every three
hours Fourth. inhale ammonia or
menthol. Fifth, take four hours en-
excise in the open air. A ten grain
dose Of quinine will usually break up
cold in the beginning. Anything
that will set the blood actively in cir
culation will do it; but, better than all,
IL your cold is inveterate or serious
consult your family doctor. and al
once.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-09-10

From smooth. firm cloth cut lining
coming up beyond the neck line, well
down on the arms and below the waist
line. Fit perfectly, stitch. Stitch fiexi-
bic bones on all the seams to give the
proper curvatures. Put on, mark waist
line and front closing, stitch and bone
the closing seam, seam on pieces fitted
to neck and arms eye, stuff firmly with
cotton or other material. Cut board or
pasteboard the shape of your form,
cover with cloth, tack cloth over board
or sew to pasteboard, and you will
have a very good dummy.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-09-10
BRANCHING CELERY.
Advantages OF Gradual BIanching.
The Use OF a Bonrd.

Advantages OF Gradual B1anchfng.
The Use OF a hoard.
Many successful growers practice the
system of gradual blanchlng that is,
the soil is banked about the plants at
different times through the growing
season, and by the time the celery
plants have reached their maximum
growth they are already bianched and
ready for the market. 1t is claimed,
end not without reason. that celery so
grown is better In quality. The stalks
do not remain out of ground for any
considerable length of time and have
little chance to become tough by long
exposure to the atmosphere. Gradual
banking also tends to keep the soil
around the roots of the plants cooler,
but this is not always the case. Ii the
blanching is done gradually care must
be taken to have the soil fine and not
to leave any air space around the stalks.
Gradual blanching will, as a rule, also
produce a whittier and more solid stalk.
If the plants are allowed to grow the
whole season without banking they will
have a tendency to spread somewhat,
and the leaves must be tied together
before the blanching process is under
taken. If the single row system has
been employed in growing the plants
the blanching Is a very easy matter
Burrows are plowed against the row OF
stalks, and then the soil is worked and
packed in between the plants After
this has been done burrows are again
,, thrown against the rows and the soil
worked against the plants. This proc
ess is repeated until enough earth has
been packed about the plants. The
sides of the banks are then raked
smooth and rows left until time fol
digging.
If the plants have been grown in beds
the cost and difficulty of blanching ARK
much greater. The land between the
beds is first plowed as deep as possible
and then made fine with pulverizer
drag board or harrow. The earth Is
then shoveled by hand in between tht
rows until the plants are covered to the
| desired depth. 1t is generally neces
Safy TO Tie the teaVeS OF IllS SLd1kS u
| gether before the process of blanchine
| begins.
Many growers employ a board II
blanching This is to protect the cen
ter of the stalks and in a measure tt
keep the leaves together during the
| process. After the soil has been filled
in the board is taken out and put II
place for the next row. This practict
Is being superseded by simply holding
the leaf stalks together with cord ant
| then pressing the soil well around tht
stalk. The center is then well protect
ed, and besides there is no danger Of
leaving any air space. The stalks vii
| also be more uniformly blanched ant
more compact in form. The cord should
not be tied around each stalk. but sim
| ply wound around them and then car
| ried over to the next stalk withOu
| breaking The cord should be woun(
close to the top of the plants just below
| the fork of the leaf blade SO as not tt
| injure the stalk.-E. p. Sandsten.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-09-10
The Pig a soil TmproveY.

The pig is soil improver<if handled
right. Feed the hogs on the pasture or
clover field instead of feeding where
the wastes of the feed yard and the
manure Will wash away. II the pigs
are well fed on products Of the mill
and grain their range over the soil will
surely improve thin land. The pig
should be SO handled that the farm will
be better for his having spent bis short
career upon it-Farm Journal
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-09-10
How TO Care For Jewels.

People who have jewels should re
member that if turquoises are wetted
they are apt to lose color. Pearls
should be exposed to light and air as
much as possible. but not to damp,
says Home Notes. Opals must never
be exposed to great heat or they may
crack and fall from their setting
Don't forget this when near the fire
If you happen to wear an opal ring.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-09-10
News and Notes.

The apple growing business begins tt
enjoy an enyiable reputation In the
Champlain valley of Vermont.
The American Rose society is an
nounced to meet next year with the
Pennsylvania horticultural society
March % to "a.
Thorough spraying is the remedy for
plum rot. No halfway measures do any
good.
July 25 to Aug. is early enough to
begin spraying for downy mildew Of
cucumber and mushmelon vines.
The grapevine root worm Is again re-
ported present IN the Chantauqua re.
gion.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-09-10

By virtue of a writ of fieri facias TO me ci-
rected, issued out of the Chancery Court OF the
State OF New Jersey, will be exposed at public
SALE on
Monday, the 2lst Day OF September, Next
between the hours OF II and 5 o'clock, to-wit, at
O'Clock in the afternoon of said day, at the
Court House in the City of Woodbury., County
OF Gloucester, and State of New Jersey, all the
following described Real Estate, that IS to say:
All that tract or parcel of land and premises
situate lying and being in the Township OF
Logan in the County of Gloucester and State Of
New Jersey, bounded and described as follows.
Beginning at stone in the middle of the road
In South Bridgeport at the northeasterly corner
OF Daniel Stanton's lot, thence ~ along the
middle OF said road north thirty-fve minutes
west one hundred and twenty-five feet TO
stone for corner; thence (21 by land recently
conveyed to John d. Norton north, sixty-six
degrees and fifty minutes west four hundred
and ten and eight-tenths (410-Sl0) to stake in
the top OF the bank on Raccoon Greek; thence
continuing the same course twenty-five feet
more or less to low water mark in said creek.
the various courses thereof, one hundred and
fve feet more or less to corner OF land OF
Plasldo Erato; thence by said Erato's line and
by said Stanton's line (4) south sxty-six degrees
and fifty minutes east five hundred and forty
five feet to the place OF beginning, containing
hundredths of an acre of land be the same more
or less. Being the same premises which VIM.
j. Helms and wife by deed dated the ninth day
OF February, A. D., 1901, granted and conveyed
unto Harry Davis and George w. Davis in Zee.
Seized as the property of Harry Davis, ct al.
William ]. Helms, complainant, and to be sold
by WILSON Il. JONES,
Samuel H. Richards, Sol'r Sheriff.
Dated August 18th, 1908. Prs. fee, 81.