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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-02-01
When to Feed Corn.

In the matter of feeds the fowls need
grains, green's, grit and ground bone
the four "gs." OF grains wheat and
oats have given us tie best success.
Corn on an evening when the mercury
is low and the nights are long is good,
but when fed should be given as last
feed and after the birds have eaten all
they will Of the smaller grains. When
fed only occasionally with corn all hens
will relish it and eat it when their ap-
petites seem satisfied. There Is no
danger of overlooking on cold winter
nights if the corn is given in this way.
The corn will produce heat in the body
of the bird rather than induce egg pro-
duction. Canada Cor. Reliable Poultry
Journal
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-02-01
Nonnartiaanship of the Grange.

The nonpartisanship of the grange
organization has long been recognized,
but it has nowhere been more strik-
ingly illustrated than in New Hamp-
shire, says the Manchester Union,
where, without deliberate purpose and
only in seeking for the best men, the
last four state masters have been cho-
sen alternately from the two political
parties. The grange does not ignore
politics In the broad and right sense
Of the term. but partisan politics has
no place in Its councils.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-02-01
Concerning Geese.

A New Hampshire poultry woman
says of geese in American Agricul-
turist: l have bred geese for several
years and find by experience that the
Buff and Brown China varieties hatch
better than the Toulouse or Emblem. !
have bred the first two kinds with good
success. / now have the Buff, Brown
China, Toulouse and Wild Canada va
rietiess
I find shorts and oats scalded with
milk or water make an excellent mash
for them and that the eggs hatch better
than when fed whole hard grain.
They should have cut hay or green
grass, free range and all the fresh wa
ter they care to drink. During the
breeding season I keep them separate.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-02-01


[The packing table Illustrated herewith is
Is feet long, 4 feet wide and feet
inches high. A rack is arranged in the
center, as shown. It is IL feet wide and
l foot high 1t is divided into sections
feet 2 inches the long way. These sec
tions are lined with heavy sheeting,
canvas or sacking. Each section holds
~ bushels of apples. Only single
grade is placed in a pocket. The grad
ing is done by the girls on the right, as
you look at the picture, and the packing
by those on the left
and pack into forty or fifty pound
standard boxes. In packing corrugated
pasteboard caps are used in the boxes
and on both ends Of the barrels. The
illustration of fifty pound box of
Baldwins handsomely displays the
fruit.
We pack three grades. The A grade
is the finest, and every specimen is
perfect. The B grade is of the same
quality, but smaller. The G grade,
which is good, but not so perfect, is
packed in barrels. The balance is eyap-
grated. Even the skins and cores are
saved and exported.
Five women and three men will work
up 100 bushels of apples day. A
bushel Of apples win make from five
and three-quarters to seven pounds of
evaporated fruit, according to the va
riety. There should be fewer apples
put into barrels and boxes and more
sent to the eyaporator. The apple mar
ket for eastern fruit is unsatisfactory
much of the time for reason of bad
packing. So much inferior fruit is put
into the barrels. and especially in the
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-02-01
Poultry For Market.

The best kind Of chicken for the
market is a plump fowl with yellow
skin, such as the Plymouth Rock,
Wyandotte, Light Brahma, Leghorn,
or. in fact, almost any chicken with
light feathers. Stock Of this kind
dresses out yellow and always will
bring the top of the market. Dark
feathered poultry when dressed out has
a dark blue skin, and it always sells at
a lower price than light colored stock.
The best breeds of chickens for broilers
are Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes and
Light Brahmas. The chicks should be
Matched in January and February.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-02-01
GRANGE TOPICS FOR 1906.
suggested by National Lectures
George w. r. Gaunt.
4hNxrYApv

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George w. r. Gaunt.
JANUARY.
Why does The grange favor the removal
Sf the revenue tax on denaturized aloo-
hol?
What can the grange do In view of the
present status of railroad rate legislation
to promote it?
How can the farm fuel supply be OBJ
tained at least cost?
FEBRUARY
Why should a parcels post be establish
ed BIZ the government?
How can inspection Of oranges be made
most helpful to the Order?
What rules should be observed in pro-
viding supply Of seed for the season
crop?
| why do we favor national aid for the
Improvement of highways?
Why should Arbor daysse observed?
Are the farm implements in order for
the seasons business?
APRIL.
Why do we favor the election of United
States senators by popular vote?
What of the Importance and significance
of Children,s day?
What can be done toward the solution
Of the farm help problem?
MAY.
Why should the principles of agriculture
be taught in public schools?
Why should the grange observe Me-
| mortal Sunday?
What are the chief reasons for thorough
cultivation of the soil?
JUNE.
Why are people in favor of more strin-
gent pure food laws?
Why, should grange field meetings be
held and attended?
When should grass be cut and how
cured to yield the most valuable hay crop?
JULY
What are postal savings banks and
what benefits would be derived from their
establishment?
What of tie advantages of holding local
field meetings or picnics at the farms of
members?
What can be done to prevent the raw
| ages of injurious insects?
AUGUST.
What progress has been made by the
lands?
should this grange hold grange fair
this year?
What are the advantages of silos and
silage?
SEPTEMBER.
What bulletins have been issued by our
experiment station the present year, and
have farmers generally awaited themselves
of their instruction?
Is it advisable to offer p;&es to stinu
late interest in various lines of grange
work?
Should a plant for the cold storage of
fruit be established in this locality?
OCTOBER.
What are the objects and purposes of
farmers Institutes and is their value APP
preciated by the farmers in general2
Why should Dec. be observed as the
birthday of the Order?
How can the farm ice supply be best
provided?
NOVEMBER.
Do farmers send their boys to the agri-
cultural college as generally as they
ought, and, if not, why?
What are the advantages derived by a
grange from the ownership of a grange
hail.
what have farmers to be thankful for
this year?
DECEMBER.
Should agricultural fairs be given state
aid for their support?
Have we made the grange hall a true
type of a grange home?
Have we made our farm home a true
type of a farm home?
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-02-01
WINTER EGG PRODUCTION.
Points ON the Housing, Care and
Feed of the Flock.

Points ON the Housing, Care and
Feed of the Flock.
Whatever grains are fed should be
scattered in deep litter. Straw we find
best, writes S. T. Bartlett in Reliable
Poultry Journal mot simply. an inch
or two, but foot In depth, SO that it
will mean abundant work for the hens.
Hens cannot gorge themselves IL they
have to work hard for their food, and
every hen should be taught that If she
will not work neither shall she eat. In
the matter Of mash we have but to say
that it appears most natural to feed 1t
at noon, then only In limited meas
ure Fed in the morning. birds are
satisfied too quickly; fed at night, 1t is
too quickly digested. Do not give the
hens all they will eat Let them al
ways be hungry enough to scratch for
an additional grain. If their hunger is
appeased and they nope around, there
will be few eggs.
OF greens we prefer whole cabbage
as our chief reliance, but here, too,
variety is desirable. Chopped apples,
cut clover, beets mangel wurzeis, or
turnips- in short any green food that
is palatable and inviting is good, but,
again, do not surfeit the fowls.
Grit should be before them all the
time Even then we believe it bene-
fetal to mix limited amount in the
mash a couple Of times week. Good
grit contains essential materials for
shells as well as for keeping up the
healthy condition Of the fowls system.
Ground oyster shells are useful
Ground bone is a wonderful help to
egg production. The birds relish it
amazingly, and if fed little every day
they will thrive well on it, but do not
feed stale or decayed meat Let it be
fresh, both for the quantity and quality
Of the eggs as well as the health Of the
fowls.
OF course an unlimited supply of
fresh water is Indispensable. This
plays more important part than many
think. At least once day the water
should be renewed, and if the weather
is very cold it will pay to give warm or
tepid water to the flock to drink.
Expensive houses are not essential,
but comfortable houses are. What does
this involve? Room. Do not over
crowd. You will obtain more eggs
from a small number of hens properly
housed than from a large number
crowded. How much room does hen
nand2 An allowance of ten square
feet per hen is right.
Let in the pure outdoor air. Hens
shut up in an almost Theoretically seal
ed house cannot thrive. Oxygen is as
needful to the fowl as to the owner.
Abundant fresh air and drafts need not
go together. Drafts arise from imper-
feet construction or lack Of repair.
Cleanliness is essential to sanitation.
Remove the droppings frequently and
see that no vermin are allowed to live
where your fowls do.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-02-01
GRANGE INFLUENCE.
What a New Hampshire Editor
Thinks of 1t.

Thinks of 1t.
No one at all familiar with the grange
and its work can fail to be impressed
with the influence which goes out
from the annual sessions of its state
organization, remarks the Manchester
| IN. H.) Union. The effect upon the
members themselves is not easily esti-
mated, but can be readily perceived
1t is no small matter that intelligent
men and women from even the most
remote towns should meet and become
acquainted with other men and wom-
en- of equal character and intelligence
from every section of the state. Their
minds are broadened by such acquaint-
ance and association, and they are the
better able to appreciate the value of
any movement for the promotion Of
the welfare of the state as whole.
Life on the average farm is not so
hard and dreary as it was fifty years
ago, but it is nevertheless still worth
while to escape for a few days from
the monotonous round of everyday af-
fairs, and the state grange in its an
nual sessions presents the opportunity
for a pleasing change, with experiences
and memories which render the home
life the more cheerful afterward. Nor
is this influence restricted to the state
organization. The Pomona and sub
ordinate oranges supply throughout the
year the same need for social inter
courses and exchange of ideas, and the
|
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-02-01
Chicken Wisdom.

Never allow your poultry to go to
roost hungry.
Scatter the evening meal near the
roosting places.
Do not be too sure that your poultry
have no lice Examine them and find
out.
Scalded milk substituted for water
will often prevent bowel trouble in
young chicks.
Feed your chickens on boards and SO
avoid the cape worms that are liable
to be picked up from the ground.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-02-01
The Roost Boards.

The roost boards should be cleaned
at least once week and the boards
covered with land plaster. Land plas-
ter is cheap, absorbs the moisture and
sets the ammonia. which not only
keeps the house sweet. but adds great
II to the value Of the droppings as a
fertilizer Michigan Farmer.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-02-01

Japan Chestnuts In michigan.

Japan chestnuts are proving of but
little value at the South Haven expert
ment station in Michigan. Two of the
European varieties, Paragon and Com
fort are very promising and have Civ
en- several noteworthy crops. In the
test of cover crops in the orchard mans
moth Clover has proved especially val
liable. It IS most satisfactory when
oats or barley is grown with it.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-02-01

FINE APPL-E s.

How an Expert New York Orchardist
Grades and Packs.
Care In picking and handling fruit
is of vital Importance. Baskets should
be used, but never bags. The apples
after picking should be turned careful
ly from the baskets into crates holding
a bushel. These should be drawn to
the packing building and carefully as
sorted. graded and packed From the
eratcs on one side, as seen in the illus
tration, the apples are assorted and
graded into the pockets. The packers
on the other side of the table wrap
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-02-01
FIovvers Under GLASS.

The six states having the greatest
areas of glass for Horticulture are H
Iinois, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
New Jersey and Massachusetts. These
six states have within their borders CT
per cent of all the glass in the United
States. The figures. as given by DR..
Galloway Of the bureau of plant indus
try, are as follows.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-02-01
BA1DwINs IN AN IDEAL PACKAGE.

BALDwINs IN AN IDEAL PACKAGE.
middle with the ends topped off with
good looking apples, that buyers have
no confidence in the packing. They
cannot guarantee the fruits and fix the
price upon the poorest grade in the
barrel. This does not pay the grower.
George I. Powell, American Agricul-
turist.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-13
A Wonderful Canary.

A wonderful canary bird belongs to
family in Everett. The little fellow
has the freedom of the house, flying
whithersoever he listeth at all times.
While good friends with every member
Of the family he is particularly attach
ed to the child of the house, little girl
four or five years old. When the child
comes where the canary is he rushes
excitedly to meet her and begins the
mos, frantic caresses. perching on her
head and shoulders and finally nesting
under her ear, where he reaches round
to the rosy chin and lips and kisses
them in true bird fashion. But not
content with this ardent demonstration
10 insists on making the little girl open
Ger mouth, and then he daintily taps
each tooth with his tiny beak. If she
refuses to part her lips Ito see what
the bird will do" as she says, he scolds
and f1utters and even pecks at her
cheek until he finally obtains his own
way again. What the idea can be, un.
less Mr.. Canary thinks the white teeth
are bits of sugar or cuttlefsh, it is diff
cult to conjecture. That he has some
method in his caprice is quite evident
To no one else does he show any such
marked attention.-Boston Herald.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-13
TAKE 1T IN TIME.
Just as Scores of Richmond People
Have.
Waiting doesn't pay.

waiting doesn't pay.
If you neglect the aching back, Uri-
nary troubles, diabetes, surely follow.
Doan's Kidney Pills relieve backache,
Cure every kidney i'll.
Richmond citizens endorse them.
S. F. Thomas, of 203 North 18th
street, a member of Co. B. 9th Indi-
ana Infantry, during the civil war,
says: Il had constant aching pains
through my loins, il l made the least
move it caused sharp and piercing
twinges to pass through my back so
that l could hardly endure it, and
there was difficulty with the kidney
secretions.
Seeing Doan's Kidney Pills recon.
mended although all other medicines
| tried failed to do any good l thought
they might held me and l got a box
at A. G. Luken's drug store and be.
gan their use. They quickly relieved
me. l never had a remedy to act so
promptly and got right to the source
of trouble. My wife also used them
with the best of satisfaction"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo
n. Y, sole agents for the United
States. Remember the name Doan's
and take no other.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-13
CINCINNATI MARKETS
CATTLE MARKET SLOW-HOGS
WERE ACTIVE AND PRICES HAD
UPWARD TENDENCY.
Publishers Press1

Cincinnath O., June 12.-Receipts:
Cattle, 1893; hogs, 1858; sheep, 2,492.
Cattle-Under a light demand con-
fined mainly to local sources, and cor
responding light receipts, the condi-
ton of affairs in the cattle market to-
day was of the usual Tuesday inactive
character, and prices, as a rule, were
practically the same as were general
ly in evidence yesterday.
Hogs-A good local demand and
rather small receipts helped to force
prices upward another notch or two
and the market opened promptly with
packing and butcher hogs selling at a
dime advance over yesterdays ruling
rates.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-13
No More Fatal Letters.

The newest thing in paper is the dis
appearing kind. Soused in diluted sui
phuric acid and then carefully glazed 1t
looks like the paper that abideth, but
slowly 'he acid nibbles at the fibers
under the glazing till in a week or 50
the substance has clean gone out of
t and the place thereof knows it no
more. A most convenient sort of pa
per-when you're the one to use 1t.
You can now write promissory notes
without a shudder. va can fiirt by
mail with perfect composure. You can
even sign the pledge. If you like. ar1
after several days abstinence rejoin
your former associates" Moreover,
we're enabled heucefor-h to scorn the
Gear that some day oLf adversary will
sonfront US with Il deadly parallel"
From all this It's apparent that the
worlds peace is at last within measur-
able distance of realization. The prime
basis of rows is paper. It's over paper
that lawsuits and battles are chiefly
waged- Abolish treaties. contracts and
promissory notes and you usher In an
era of all around amiabilfy.-Boston
Transcript.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-13
RICHMOND MARKETS
FIRST PLUMs OF THE SEASON
BEING SHOWN IN THE LOCAL
MARKET.

Tennessee has started the season
of another fruit, the first plums arriv-
ing. They are of the small red vari-
ETY. common in this part OF Indiana
later in the summer. They are not as
large as others that will come later
but their quality is up to the stand
ard. They are selling at 81 crate.
AIuckleberries are to be had for the
FIRST time this season. They are from
Pennsylvania. Even for the beginning
of the season, prices are high, "a a
crate.
Cherries are gaining on strawber-
ries, as far as sales are concerned
Prices are holding steady under
heavy demand and dealers say they
do not expect anw marked decline IN
prices during the remainder OF the
season.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-13
TRAIN AND TRACK,

A railroad is to be built to the re-
gion where the Mocha coffee grows It
will extend from Hodeidah, on the Red
sea, to Sannaa, the largest city in
southern Arabia, with a population of
$4,000.
Railway traffic through the great
Simplon tunnel is to be carried on by
the use OF electric locomotives, but the
grades are 50 steep that two will be
required 10 pull an average train at the
rate of twenty-five miles al hour.
More than 1,0Oo.oooOo0 passengers
were carried on the surface, elevated
and subway roads of Greater New
York last year. The exact number of
paid fares was LII, ISL ,69S, an In
crease of 93,493.451. OF these fewer
than quarter were transferred.
A Nation OF sIeepers.
"Rare slumbercrs are the Turks" de
clares a writer. In the villages, al
any rate, they will drop into the land
of dreams on the slightest pretext an6
at the shortest notice. This habit has
advantages. one being that the Turh
does not at all mind being awakened
In the dead of night, for the simple rea
son that he can go TO sleep again ths
instant he wishes. When staying IL
very limited quarters 1 have otter
heard n member Of the family get NJ
and after searching about among hi!
sleeping companions thoroughly rous,
them all to ask where his tobacco wal
q upon some equally slight excuse"
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-13
Outwits the Surgeon.

A complication of female troubles,
with catarrh of the stomach and bow.
els. had reduced Mrs. Thos. S. Austin.
of Leavenworth, Ind, to such deplor.
able condition, that her doctor advis.
ed an operation; but her husband
fearing fatal results, postponed this
to try Electric Bitters; and to the
amazement of all who knew her, this
medicine completely cured her. Guar.
anteed cure for torpid liver. kidns,
disease. biliousness, jaundice. chills
and fever, general debility. nervous.
ness and blood poisoning. Best ton.
&c made. Price soc at A. G. Luken &
Co.'s drug store. Try it.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-13
NEW PARIS BRANCH
THROUGH SERVICE)
l. g~n Ala,a, o. -

SERNlSE)
Leave Richmond for New Paris.
$50, GAS, $50. 9:20, $1,000. 1920.
a. M, 1920, 1920, 2:20, 1900, 4:2O,
$40, $40, 1920. $3.50. 9:55 and 11:OO
P. NJ.
*Transfere at New Westville.
Direct connections at Dayton with
Lima Limited strains for Troy, Piqua
and Lima, leaving Richmond at $50.
900, 1900 a. m, and 800 p. m.
CONNECTIONS-At Eaton with p.
c. c. & ST. La for points north and
south. At West Alexandria with Gin
cinnati Northern r. r. for points
north and south At Dayton with cleo
trio lines diverging for Troy, PiGua,
Sidney, Lima, xenia, Springfield, Co
lr.lbus, Hamilton and Cincinnati.
Through rates, through tickets to
ali points. Fors further information
call Home Phone 269.
Arrangements for parties, special
cars. etc, call phone or write c. O.
BAKER, G. F. and A. West Alex.
andria. 0.
MARTIN SWISHER. Agent.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-13
NEW YORK MARKETS
IRREGULAR STRENGTH SHOWN
BY THE STOCK LiST-BONDS
REMAIN STEADY.
IPubliSherS' PreSs1

New York, June 12.-Some reflec-
ton of yesterdays strength was
shown in the opening dealings in the
stock market, particularly in the in
dustrial specialties and granger rail-
road stocks. Gains reached is in Col
orado Fuel, l in Northeastern and
American Ice, q in Locomotive and
y in st. Paul, Missouri Pacific, Great
Northern preferred, Smelling and SUI
gar. The Pacifics were quiet and
Southern Pacific was slightly lower.
Realizing in ST. Paul.
Business expanded considerably in
the second hour, and there was a
good manifestation of strength des-
pite the continuous realizing in Read
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-13
RICHMOND LIVESTOCK.
A. Texas Wonder.

There's a hill at Bowie, Texas
that's twice as big as last year. This
wonder is w. l.. Hill. who from a
weight of 90 pounds, has grown to
over $50. He says: Il suffered with
n terrible cough, and doctors gave me
up to die of consumption. was re.
duced to 90 pounds when began TAX
ing DIR. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption. Coughs and Colds. Now
after taking IL bottles, have more
than doubled in weight and am com
pletely cured Only sure Cough
and Cold cure. Guaranteed by A. G
Luken & Co., druggists. soc and 81
Trial bottle free.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-13
Many requests from Catarrh suffer

Many requests from Catarrh suffer
ers who use atomizers have resulted
in Liquid Cream Balm, new and
convenient form of Elys Cream Balm,
the only remedy for Catarrh which
can be depended on. In power to
allay Inflammation, to cleanse the
clogged air passages, to promote free,
natural breathing, the two forms of
Cream Balm are alike. Liquid Cream
Balm is sold by all druggists for Is
cents, including spraying tube. Mailed
by Ely Bros, Sc Warren Street, New
York
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-13
INDIANAPOLIS MARKETS
CATTLE PRICES PRACTICALLY
UNCHANGED - BIDDING BRISK
IN HOG MARKET.
IPublishers' Pressl

lPubllSherS PreSSJ
Indianapolis, June 12.-Receipts
5000 hogs, 1900 cattle and 300 sheep
against 1884 hogs, 1888 cattle and
103 sheep one week ago, and 9,527
hogs, S54 cattle and 147 sheep one
year ago.
Cattle Prices Steady.
The cattle market was steady after
trading started In the early hours it
was dull, with bidding on steers and
cows lower.
Sheep Trade Was Strong.
Sheep and lamb receipts were !iber-
al and trading was strong, especially
on good kinds.