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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-06-02

The Wet weather Potato Disease.
A potato disease which appears to
follow wet weather prevailed extern
sively in the fall Of 1908 in several
counties in Minnesota and was report
ed more recently from Michigan and
from Maryland. It is characterized by
a hard, black stain running in from
various parts Of the surface of the
tuber. often involving nearly the whole
tuber and seldom more than one cen
timeter deep. The losses in Minnesota
amounted to thousands of dollars It
is thought that early digging would
have prevented much of this.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-06-02
SOIL FERTILITY.


A Lively interchange OF Opinions
Between Agricultural scientists.
Bulletin no. - of the bureau of soils
has been made famous by the attacks
Of agricultural scientists and the en-
terprise of the press Of the country.
Perhaps the most vigorous critic is DR..
G. G. Hopkins of Illinois, who in a re-
cent address before the Association of
Agricultural Colleges and Experiment
Stations expressed the opinion that
bulletin No % lis commonly under
stood and certainly intended to mean
that the use of farm manure, the grow
ing of clover and other leguminous
crops as a source of nitrogen or the
application of bone meal or other fer
tilizers has little or no tendency to-
ward permanent soil Improvement and
that even the effect which they do pro-
duce is due very largely if not entirely
to improved physical condition of the
soil, which effect, the bureau of soils
believes, can be better obtained by "a
simple rotation and change in cultural
methods, and the statement is added
that the effect due to cultivation is
also more permanent than the effect
due to fertilizers.
Professor Cameron, writer of the
bulletin, now replies to the critics
through Science. AS to DIR. Hopkins
statements. he finds them utterly at
variance with the complete context
and plain meaning Of the bulletin"
Professor Cameron says: THAT the au-
thors of the bulletin fully recognize
the Importance Of the proper use of
fertilizers is made perfectly plain by
the following quotations:
I" There is no question that in GER
tain cases, and in many cases, the APP
plication of commercial fertilizers is
beneficial to the crop. The experience
of farmers, the enormous sums ex-
pended for commercial fertilizers and
the many experiments carried on at
the experiment stations prove that IN
der certain conditions fertilizers are
very beneficial in increasing the yield
of crops The fundamental idea under
all this work, however, has been that
of supplying plant food in an available
form; that is, adding to the supply ex-
listing in the soil.
1T is significant that other condi-
tons of growth have SO much infu-
ence on the yield that in but very few
instances even after long continued
experiments, has it been demonstrated
that any particular fertilizer ingredi
ent or ingredients are required for any
particular soil and that even then the
effect Of the fertilizer varies so greatly
from year to year that no specific law
has been worked out, even for a par
ticular soil, from which the fertilizing
requirements could be deduced in any
exact manner"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-06-02
size Of the Can.

Eight gallons of milk should weigh
68.S pounds. There is much complaint
among dairymen regarding the capac-
ity Of cans and bottles where milk is
sold by volume. There is always a
tendency among manufacturers to save
in material where possible, and the re-
suit is frequently a cutting down in
size of the can, etc. Dairymen should
measure for themselves the capacity
of their milk cans and refuse those
that are not accurate
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-06-02
THE BALANCED RATION.
A nra~ Who Thought He Knew IT AL
Discovered HIS Mistake

= $3.50
Taken as they run, probably not one
in hundred Of the men in the coun-
try who keep cows and call themselves
dairy farmers believes a word in this
talk Of the balanced ration. They
have heard it at conventions and farm
Institutes and read it, and in both
cases they have turned away from
the thought with steadfast skepticism,
says Hoard's Dairyman.
Winter before last, during the very
high prices of all cattle foods, when
even timothy hay was selling in the
Fort Atkinson market for SIT and $1S
a ton, we had a talk down at the hay
market with a dairy farmer who keeps
fifty cows He was buying timothy
hay at about the same price he could
buy bran. We suggested that tim
othy was not a very good milk food
and that bran would balance up the
ration a good deal better.
He turned on us suddenly and said,
Hoard, do you know that there are
not twenty-five farmers in this coun-
ty who believe a blamed word you
say on this balanced ration businessg
We inquired why they did not believe
it. and said it was believed and taught
by men, for instance, like Professor
Henry, who had spent more time and
real study in getting at the truth Of
this thing than all the farmers in
Jefferson county. Why should they not
c+ov nd S4I0 r.
away from it and declare it doesn't
exist2 He said he had investigated it.
sHow have you investigated it," we
asked. ''Why, | have kept and fed
cows for twenty years. Don't you
think / know something about cows
and how to feed them?" was his an
swer We replied that he had certain
~ had a good chance to know what
he was about, but our faith had been
a good deal shaken since we saw him
buying timothy hay for nearly the
same price he could buy bran. That
did not look as if he had read much
or studied much into the relative value
of timothy and bran.
Then he cooled down little, and we
asked him to take home few hundred
pounds of bran on his load of hay and
try the cows, say for two weeks, one
week on timothy what they would
fairly eat, and the next week two
thirds as many pounds of bran a day
in place of the timothy. He could then
say he had looked into the question,
made an experiment, had investigated
it as scientific men have to before they
can say they know all about it.
He agreed to do it. His report was
something like this: well, I've tried
the bran and timothy experiment as
you wanted me to, and wouldn't have
believed there was the difference be-
tween them that you said."
We then asked him if he didn't think
it was worth while for man keeping
dairy of cows to know something of
the principles of feeding and the COM
parative value of feeds, so that he
might save himself from buying timo-
thy hay in place of bran. He smiled a
faint smile and said he guessed there
was something in it. How many farm
ers there are who are like him, de-
spising knowledge and the truth and
paying twice as much for error.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-06-02
Leaf blight In sugar Beets.

Where leaf blight has been prevalent
in sugar beets in Michigan it has been
noticed that the disease was much less
severe where beets did not follow beets
and also where the ground had been
well fortified with ashes, the strong,
vigorous plants possibly being better
able to resist
Let the dreaded gypsy moth Of Mas
sachusetts once enter the cotton belt
and the cotton weevil as we'll as the
planter will starve, said J. f. NJ. Far
quhar before the Massachusetts Horti-
cultural society, for the gypsy moth
loves cotton"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-06-02
PICKING TRAY.

ward cleaned with tanning mill The
cloth tray, as shown in the illustration,
is only about three feet square and has
a rest on the bottom to hold it from
the ground.
Using the glove and crate man may
pick from six to eight bushels day.
Ripe fruit would of course not stand
this treatment, but must be picked
carefully. After being picked and put
in the baskets the berries are then
ready for shipment without further
treatment
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-06-02
RosErrE INJURY TO POTATO FOLIAGE

RosETTE INJURY TO POTATO FOLIAGE
late years. Now the Ohio farmers and
truckers are becoming acquainted with
rosette of the potato. There is also a
tomato rosette and a rosette of forcing
house lettuce.
An efficient means of potato rosette
prevention and one easily applied is
the treatment Of the seed potatoes be-
fore planting by immersion for two
hours in a solution of formalin con-
tanning a pound of formalin in thirty
gallons of water. The Ohio experiment
station in recommending this treat
ment says it has increased the aver
age size of tubers and has also reduced
the proportion of the crop having fun
gus upon the tubers.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-06-02

is a rapid proc
ess and is also
very satisfac-
tory. A cheese
cloth crate is
carried by the
picker and the
berries allowed
to fall into it.
They are after
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-06-02

HANDLING GoosEBERRlEs.
Convenient and Profitable Packages.
Quick Picking With Gloves.


Quick Picking With Gloves.
After a man has grown good crop
OF any small fruit whether he will
make money on it or not will depend
to great extent on his skill and good
judgment in harvesting and marketing
it. The best plan to pursue will de-
pend good deal upon the locality and
peculiarities Of the market. but there
are some points that apply anywhere,
and among these are the following
hints in regard to gooseberries. given
by an American Agriculturist writer:
Packages are a costly necessity at
best, and the style and size must suit
the demands of the market TO insure a
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-06-02
The Cheese Industry

Entering a first class fancy grocery
store in any of our large cities, one
would imagine that Americans enjoyed
pretty near everything on earth in the
way Of things good to eat-cheese from
Switzerland, fruit from Cape Colony
wine from California. In fact, there
appears to be hardly spot on earth
that does not contribute some good
thing with which to tickle ones appe-
tite Yet in a letter received at the
state department Consul George H.
Jackson of La Rochelle, France, tells
Of at least one thing which has never
been seen in this country, much less
eaten This new delicacy is lamothe
cheese. speaking of which he says:
sLamothe cheese is unknown in the
United States. 1t is manufactured
from goats milk in such manner as
to eliminate the disagreeable taste usu-
ally found in goats milk cheese. The
body is rich, firm, white and of very
fine grain. This cheese is esteemed
very highly by the gourmets. Being
dry, it should improve by the voyage
of ten or twelve days to the United
States.
Pepsin For C1aeesemaking.
Professor Decker Of the Ohio State
university and DR.. Vivian have been
conducting some experiments in the
use of pepsin rennet in cheesemaking.
The manufacturers of this prepara-
fion give fhp following noinfS in IFS IA
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-06-02
Potato Rosette.

Rosette of the peach has become IA
miliar to fruit growers in Michigan of
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-06-02
Eczema

How it reddens the skin, itches. oozes,
dries and scales
Some people call it letter. milk crust or
salt rheum.
The suffering from it is sometimes in
tense local applications are resorted to-
they mitigate, but cannot cure.
1t proceeds from humors inherited or ac-
CURED and persists until these have been
removed.
Hoods J0rsdpGriLLd
positively removes them, has radically
and permanently cured the worst cases. and
is without an equal for all cutaneous
eruptions.
HOOPS PILLS are the best cathartic. Prices5cents
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-22

Block & Grlff va Samuel j.. Schwartz,
defendant, and John Mann, intervenor
and appellant The action was brought
IN a Justices court IN this city to re-
cover s217.i7 for merchandise sold and
delivered to defendant Schwartz. An
attachment was issued aud the goods
were attached while In the possession
Of the intervenor, Joan Mann, TO whom
Schwartz had previously sold the same
for the sum Of $3.50. In the Justices
court judgment was entered IN favor
Of the intervenor, but upon appeal 10
the district court this Judgment was
reversed and the sale OF the goods py
Schwartz to Mann was held to be
fraudulent and void under the statute
above referred TO, and Judgment was
rendered IN favor OF plaintiff From
this Judgment this appeal 10 the su-
preme court was taken.
The statute in question regulates inc
sale OF merchandise In bulk and pro-
vldessamong other things that an m
ventory Of the goods to be sold must DC
published at least FIVE days before such
sale, Violation Of this statute Is made
punishable by fine OF from $50 TO sSOO
Neither the intervenor nor the defend
ant In this case, published such ihveh.
tory of the goods sold as required BY
the statute,
In declaring the statute uncons'ltu.
tlonal the supreme court holds that II
deprives properly Of one Of It's chief at
tributes and some persons Of the liberty
TO dispose OF property as others may
and II depriyes the persons 10 whom u
annlles of A right OF property without
due process Of law, hence IL u uncon.
stitutional and void ana the judgment
OF the lower court Is reversed
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-22
TICKET SCALPERS.
Brokers Issue n Call TO Arms 10 Defend
Their Business,

The following n q copy Of circular
letter sent to all ticket brokers Of the
country by members OF that fraternity
In 81. Louis: THE railroad lines In
the w, r. a. and $, w. +, A., centerlns
In ST. Louis, have succeeded IN secur-
ing temporary injunction restraining
us from buying. selling, dealing In or
soliciting the purchase or sale Of mile
age books excursion tickets and all
forms Of non-transfcrable tickets sold
AT reduced rates including communication
tickets, drovers' tickets; IN fact, very
sweeping Injunction covering tickets
already issued and those that will be
issued In fact, this IL the most sweep
ing injunction ever issued against brok-
ers because Il includes our every day
stock and trade, and what has hap
pened here will likely happen In your
city. The life OF the business is at
stake, and we would suggest that a
fight 10 the finish be made on the tenn.
porary injunction already issued against
us, and that this fight be made right
her In 81. Louis, and II we win here,
TO doubt they will not carry II into
your territory, IL we lose here they
viii go to your territory and get the
same injunction which they have got
ten here Now We deem II absolutely
necessary to either call convention
OF all the ticket brokers now doing
business IN the United States, or II YOU
cannot spare the time TO come TO this
convention, TO send contribution OF at
least 50 cents at once to some bank or
individual hereafter to be agreed upon
by the brokers at large. This conyen-
ton should be held Immediately, and
all brokers that have the interest OF the
business at heart and at stake should
either be represented by person or by
sending the above amount, so az to en-
able us to take united action with the
best legal talent obtalnable We should
not spare any expense In obtaining such
attorneys that have led us to victory In
previous fights Please advise Simon
Steiner, treasurer Of the 81. Louis ticket
brokers. either by wire or by letter,
what, In your opinion, wIuld be the best
course to pursue, and II you are willing
10 help us IN this fight as per the above
suggestion, our time Is short and I'M
mediate action Is necessary or other
wise you, as we'll as ourselves, VIII lose
the beneht " the entire summer excur-
sion business
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-22
SPIKE AND RAIL.

General Agent Harding Of the Colora.
DO Midland has left for Cedar Rapids on
the receipt last night Of a wire bearing
the sad news of the death Of his father.
The wife Of c. A. walker. general
agent Of the Chicago q Northwestern.
lsft last night for Chicago In response
to wire telling Of the serious illness OF
her father
Roadmaster Groves Of the San Pedro
Is IN the city making preliminary ar
rangoments to enter the service OF the
Uint0h road as general superintendent
or the first 81 the month.
Another special train carrying about
1O0 Raymond. WhltComb tourists on
their way home to the cast is due 70
arrive In Salt Lake over the Rio Grande
tomorrow morning,
Enought rails 10 span the gap be-
tween the end OF the grades below Call
outes and above Daggett on the salt
Lake Route have been purchased and
VIII be delivered probably during July,
The formal opening ot the Southern
Pacific shops at ogden occurred yes.
terday. Chief Engineer Haywood OF
the Utah Light & Railway company
wos on hand 10 superlnteud the ,un-
Ing on Of the power with which the
plant IL operated
II Is reported that tho o. n. & ".
Sill make even more extensive improve
ments ON their road this year than were
undertaken during 1909. The work Of
tobuiiaing the old line, eliminating the
curves as much AZ possible substituting
I,eel for wooden brdsee and ,othtr
changes VIII be pushed 10 the limit
Spanish Fork Press. Surveyors for
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-22
MRS. BOTKIN'S TRIAL.
Miss Deane Recalled to Explain
Discrepancies In Her Evidence

San Francisco March 22--When the
trial OF Mrs, Cordella Botkln, accused OF
the murder OF Mrs, J, 7, Dunnlng, was
resumed today Miss Leila Deane was re.
called by Dist ATTY. Byington on account
OF a slight discrepancy between her YES
timony yesterday and that OF hve wears
AGO AZ the first trial relative TO whether
the handkerchief and note that came WIN
the fatal package OF candy were lnslue
OF the box or on ton ofjt undefheu,h
the outer wrapper Yesterday she teesstl.
fied that she was not certain on mat
nolnt but thought that the handkcrchlei
VAS on the outside OF the box underneath
the wrapper. The distflct-attorney ieau
her testimony at the frat trial 10 MISS
Dean, who then refreshed her. memory op
that point, aud corrected her testimony OF
Yesterday by declaring that the handker-
chief and note were inside OF the box
The witness admitted under cross.eNahil,,
nation that she had read transcript OF
her previous testimony since leaving tne
Witness stand yesterday and had also
spoken 10 her father about her lnaolly
10 recall the position Of tho handkerchief
she was followed on the witness s'aha
by her father Joshua Is. Deane,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-22
Ward
Entertainments.

The Twentieth Ward Dramatic as.
ISOLATION scored an artistic triumph
last night IN IFS rendition OF the drama
Fruits Of His Folly" Since the or.
ganization OF the company last fall the
players have worked faithfully and well
and last nights performance exhibited
marked Improvement In the work Of
this splendid amateur organization,
The play Itself does not permit the pos
sibilitles OF other plays which have
been presented by this company, but
what there wap I'm It was most pleas
nntly rendered. The leading lady, Mar
garet Caldwell, Notwithstanding the
severe cold she suffered with, ala ex-
ceptionally we'll. The Old time farce
BOX and Cox brought forth the usual
laughs, and the entertainment was
such that some thought they got too
much for their money. Caste" the
English comedy, Is soon to be produced.
On Thursday, March IL. the Twentieth
ward Relief society celebrated the
sixty-second anniversary OF the general
organization, when the president, Mrs.
Margaret Romney, with her counselors
and 40 OF the visiting teachers assem-
bled together The Westinghouse was
well filed and the visiting ladies' were
Bathsheba w, Smith Annie T. HYDE,
Lydia y. Alder and Elizabeth steven
son, After the opening exercises aunt
Balhsheba' was introduced and spoke
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-22
ANOTHER NEW STAKE.
Saints Of the Northeast District to Meet
Together Next Week

The following notice issued from the
office OF the First Presidency today,
explains itself:
All members OF the Priesthood Of the
Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day
Saints, residing in wards Eleven,
Twelve, Thirteen, Eighteen Twenty,
Twenty-hrst and Twenty-seventh art
requested to meet IN the Assembly
Hall In Salt Lake City, Monday, March
28, at 1880 p. M; for the purpose OF
considering the organization OF a stake
comprising these wards.
Also on the following Thursday,
March 81, at the same place. at 1880 p,
M, all members Of said Church residing
In the above mentioned wards viii meet
TO complete the organization.
JOSEPH II. SMITH,
JOHN Il. W1NDER.
ANTHON n. LUND.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-22

the Moffat road are now surveying In
the mouth OF Spanish Fork canyon, and
they claim they are able TO get one per
cent better grade than IN either Provo
or springville canyon. The line enters
Spanish Fork canyon through Diamond
Fork.
II Is reported IN Cheyenne that the
Union Pacific will run freight crews
right through from sydney, Neb.. TO
Laramie. cutting out Cheyenne as q
division point II Is not believed, how
ever that this will be Instituted, as it
is pointed out that the run would be
too long and that the men could not
stand 1t to be on duty fifteen or twenty
hours.
In addition TO new folder for this
end OF the line the passenger depart
ment OF the San Pedro has Issued a
standard sized time table for the Los
Angeles end OF the Salt Lake Route. IL
Is a very artistic production and con-
talns number OF illustrations caleulat.
ed to make the average man want TO
pack his grip and HE 10 the land OF
sunshine and oranges,
The county commissioners yesterday
passed resolution instructing the clerk
to notify the state board OF equallza-
| tlon that the portion OF the Park CITY
branch Of the Rio Grande Western rail-
road which has been assessed as side
track must be assessed as main line
This resolution means that the public
funds will be swelled to the extent OF
an additional .i65.0O.
The Rock Island system has thrown. a
verltablc bomb into the ranks OF the
Chicago railroads in the shape OF q
carriage tariff. in which 1t is proposed
by that road 80 equallze distances be-
tween It's freight house and those oil
competing lines" II asserts that us
main freight house Is located further
from the Wholesale business center than
the freight houses OF other railroads
and to prevent shippers from hauling
| freight to other lines In order to be
relieved OF this disability, II proposes
| 10 allow them from one to three cents
| per 100 pounds for drayage.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-22
GOOD SPIRITS.

Good spirits don't all come from Ken
lucky, Their main source IN the liver
and all the fine spirits ever made in the
Blue Grass State could not remedy q
bad liver or the hundred -and-one III
effects II produces. You can't have
good spirits and bad liver at the same
time. Your liver mustsbe In fine con-
dItion II you would feel buoyant happy
and hopeful, bright of eye, light OF
step, vigorous and successful In your
pursuits. You can put your liver In
fine condition by using Green's August
Flower-the greatest of all medicines
for the liver and stomach and certain
cure for dyspepsia or indigestion II
has been a favorite household remedy
for over thirty-hve years August
Flower viii make your liver healthy
and active and thus insure you liberal
supply OF good spirits" Trial size, 9Sc,
regular bottles, 75c. AT all druggists.
&C GREEN, Woodbury.. N, J.