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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-01-11

So much has been written Oh the sub
feet Of improbable cows that 1t would
seem unnecessary to say anything fur
Their, but it is still true that unprofita-
Bile cows are being kept by many
farmers, says an Ohio farmer in Amer
lean Agriculturist. They not only do
not pay for their keeping, but they are
constantly running their owners in
debt. The best thing to do with such
cattle is to turn them into beef as soon
as possible and sell them to the first
buyer. These poor boarders can be
told from profitable COWS, not SO much
by the size of their udders as by the
use Of scales and the Babcock test.
Weighing the milk four or FIVE times in
the course of a year will not tell the
story. Each cows milk should be
weighed once or twice week ind
twice a week the most satisfactory.
Some dairymen consider once a week
sufficient. Milk should be tested once
or twice month, and each cows feed
should be weighed and charged to her
at the market price.
This record should be kept for a
year. have a smooth planned board
checked off for each COW hanging in
my barn. In this way know at the
end Of the year how much milk each
COW gives and how much butter her
milk viii make if the cream is all saw
ed by the use of a good centrifugal
separator. By deducting the cost OF
keeping from the receipts of cream or
butter you have the profit or loss on
each cow. Your herd may all return
profit, but more likely you will find
that you have some that you are keep
ing at a loss.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-01-11
PROFITABLE COOPERATION
what a Grange In Orange County,
N. X, Is Doing In This Line.

what a Grange In Orange County,
N.Y., Is Doing In This Line.
Grange cooperative stores are usual
" successful when properly managed
One such is located at Washingtonville,
Orange county, N. Y. which was in
corporated with $4,000 paid up capital.
They employed practical storekeeper
and did $4,000 worth of business the
first year, paying 5 per cent on the
money invested. This was about three
years ago. They have done $4,000 Of
business In the last six months. This
grange has q membership of about $50.
The first store was found insufficient,
and the second year another store was
opened at another place, and $1,000
was subscribed by the members with
out hesitation These stores are man
aged by board Of directors. A pur-
chasing agent is employed at salary
Of one-half of 1 per cent on all sales.
The par value of the shares is $25, and
they are held by grangers only. The
three essentials to success In operating
a grange store, says one of the gentle
men interested, are, first, honesty and
business ability; second, capital; third,
cooperation.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-01-11
FRUIT AND FLOWER NOTES


A New Jersey strawberry grower
claims to have a plant that will pro
duce fresh strawberries each month in
the year
Commission men want a large guam
THY of one kind of fruit a fact that in
fuences commercial orchard planting,
but in the family orchard variety
should not be neglected
The ounce crop is again short.
Prices promise to be high
In planting bulbs remember that they
should not come in direct contact with
the stable fertilizer It should be down
below them, where the feeding roots
that grow from the bulb may find it.
Give the outdoor roses a good cover
ing of manure. It should be of good
quality, SO that after its winter serv-
ice it becomes available for digging
In when spring comes
Farm journal advises readers who
buy fruit trees for planting to dip
them in the lime sulphur mixture be-
fore setting them or heeling them in,
as preventive Of san Jose scale
Sell no good apples that will keep
for less than 50 per barrel. The crop
is light. taking the country as d whole,
and probably averages below one-half
Of normal yield, says q New England
exchange
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-01-11
MoRTIMER WHITEHEAp.

of the New Jersey state grange. He
was for two years assistant steward
of the national grange, then lecturer
two years, then six more years lecturer
of the New Jersey state grange, then
for eight years more lecturer of the ma
tional grange. He prepared the serv-
ice for dedication Of grange halls and
designed the certificates of both the
sixth and seventh degrees. The ar
rangement of the double degrees in
the ritual was his work. While ma
tional lecturer in 1891 he presented a
carefully prepared paper to the ma
tional grange on rural free delivery,
which was adopted He made the first
argument by a farmer and a Patron
before a committee of congress in the
winter of 1892 for a $4,000 appro-
priation in the name of the grange for
rural delivery. He represented the
grange for several years on legislative
committees before congress. He has
Travelled in every state on grange work
and is still at it and says he never be-
Heved in the grange more than at the
present time. No member of the Order
has Travelled more miles, delivered
more addresses or written more papers
for the grange than has Mortimer
Whitehead.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-01-11
Dairy Notes.

The flavor of butter largely depends
on the food the cows eat.
Regularity in feeding and milking
makes cows give more milk.
A COW that does not eat heartily will
not yield an abundance Of milk.
Rapid churning win not get as much
butter out Of cream as slow churning
will.
The butter will not come as quickly
when the churn is almost full of cream.
The separator is a godsend to the
dairyman who has enough cows to use
it probably.
Heifers do not need fattening foods
while growing, but food that will de
velop bone and muscle.
One will finally get better price for
his butter If he always makes it Of uni
formly good quality.
All of the milk should be drawn from
a cows udder at every milking, as the
reverse tends to make her go dry.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-01-11
ANTIKICKING DEVICE.

veterate kicker. Numerous plans had
been used to break the habit, but to no
avail. After some thought we pro
cured a fifteen inch strip Of wood, put
hole in both ends, large enough for a
hame strap, and then buckled it on the
cows leg, as shown in the illustration.
She kicked for some time, but could
only lift her foot and kick backward,
while | MIXED her with ease. After
using this method for awhile she would
permit even child to milk her.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-01-11

There is loss every year on fruit
owing to neglect to pick in proper state
of ripeness to suit the distance Of
transportation, farmers sometimes al
lowing fruit to remain too long on
vines and trees. Failure to cool the
fruit on the farm and to ship in cold
storage and to assert fruit in uniform
sizes and put it in proper packages
also are sources of loss.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-01-11
Lecturers, Conference.

The fact that the lecturers confer
ence has won its place in the special
order Of business in many state
oranges is one we are justly proud of.
These conferences are part Of the
system Of lecture work, and their
stimulating influence reaches out, both
directly and Indirectly, to the remotest
oranges In the state. Here practical
experiences may be related and plans
discussed to the edifcation of all in
terested in advancing the lecturers
work, than which there is no more i'm
portant in the grange.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-01-11

Never buy a COW that the owner Is SO
anxious to sell that he win sell her
cheap. The COW you need most Is the
one the owner wants to keep most Of
all the rest. Make the acre the unit Of
measure in considering your dairy re-
ceipts. Then try to make each acre
devoted to the dairy business give the
largest possible returns. This attempt
ed, you will find yourself enriching
your soil instead Of robbing it. Chica-
20 Inter Ocean
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-01-11
!, Revising the Digest.

Several changes in the digest Of our
Order were reported to the national
grange by the committee appointed a
year ago for this purpose. The sug-
gested changes are TO be printed in
connection with the section or para
graphs Of which they form part and
then sent to each state master for his
consideration. At the next meeting Of
the national grange the committee will
present its final report.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-01-11
Nice Bulb For Fan Planting.

The ixias are among the most neg
Iected of bulbs. They are really very
easy to grow and are exceedingly at
tractive when in flower. They can be
grown outdoors or in the greenhouse
with equal success. They are also
sometimes grown in frames. They are
attractive border plants. and very nice
as cut flowers. The demand for them
is SO small and SO discriminating that
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-01-11

The wise farmer does not sell good
milk cow. The more intelligent he Is
and the more observing the more poor
cows he will have TO sell, and It Is not
likely 10 be an easy matter to purchase
profitable cows
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-01-11
THE GRANGE
Conducted BY
j. w. DARROW. Chatham. N. X.
Press Correspondent Nesc Fork State
Grange
MORTIMER WHITEHEAD.
Who Made the First Argument For
Rural Free Mail Delivery.

Mortimer Whitehead comes from one
IF the oldest families in New Jersey.
Before he was of age he was soldier
In General Sedgwicks famous Sixth
army corps Of the Army of the Poto-
mac. He was a charter member Of
the first grange in New Jersey, organ
lied by @. Fl. Kelley in 1871 Mr..
Kelley calls him one of the builders
of the Order" In 1874 he was master
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-01-11
Cnre For kicking Cows.

In answer to request in the Ohio
Farmer for a method to keep a COW
from kicking G. w. Lee submits the
following plan: Some years ago we OBJ
tanned good butter COW, but an in
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-01-11

the species are very seldom listed by
name in catalogues. Occasionally one
finds catalogue with one or more
species named, but for the most part
ixias are simply sold as ixias, different
species and varieties being mixed to-
gether The flowers shown in the &C.
companying illustration are from one
Of these lots and therefore cannot be
identified, but it is probably Ixia CO.
lumellaris. Gardening,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-01-11

Fifty bushels Of good corn from the
acre Of 500 land is very good propo-
sition when 1t sells for so cents bush
Ell, for it leaves net profit of over $15
per acre, and this is good rate OF IN
terest on 500 land.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-01-11
Outdoor Planting.

Now is the time to plant stocks Of
these and any other late arriving lili-
ums outdoors.
Partially shaded locations are the
best, in soil containing no rank ma
nure, but plenty of humus. Varieties
like speciosum, auratum, brown, hem
ryi and tigrinum are best set eight or
ten inches deer. Plantsman.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-01-11

TIE LILIES.
Lilium Hnrrisii Forced For Christi
mas--Outdoor Planting.


mas--Outdoor Planting.
Where Christmas flowers Of 4. har-
risii are desired the plants should show
buds clearly by Nov. IL Usually the
small sized bulbs are potted for early
forcing, one bulb to FIVE inch or three
to six inch pot. Give the plants a
good sunny location in house where
a minimum temperature of 60 degrees
to 90 degrees is maintained, syringe
twice or thrice daily and encourage
with liquid food twice week Keep
later patches well up to the light in a
house which does not fall below 80 de
grees. Keep a sharp lookout for aphis
and fumigate regularly to keep It IN
check.
Lilies as Pot Plants.
A number of diseased looking plants
win now be asserting themselves in
every collection. Throw these out and
put the pots TO some better use. L.
auratum and L. speciosum are useful
sorts for pot culture for summer and
early fall decoration. Bulbs should be
ported forthwith in nine or ten inch
pots. Bury them not less than four
inches below the soil and place under
the bench in cold house or in cool
cellar, bringing them to light before
they become spindled.
All the varieties of L. speciosum
make acceptable pot plants, the varie-
ties Album, Kroetzeri and Melpomena
being the best. For cut flower pur-
poses it is very useful, its odor being
less heavy than that of the more SNOWY
T. auratum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-11
Five Border States.

Only a few years ago the states of Mary
land. Delaware, West Virginia. Kentucky
and Missouri were democratic at all times
and several Of them by large majorities.
The republicans were organized, and now
and then elected a mayor. or a majority of
a common council board. a few members
of a state legislature. But republican state
tickets and republican candidates for Con-
gress were invariably defeated. All five
states We're included In what was then de-
scribed as the impregnable Solid South
But nothing daunted. the republicans
continued active. and at last a change took
place. West Virginia, through the force of
protection, was transferred to the repub-
ncan column. Delaware became republican
in spite, instead of with the aid. of Addicks
and Addicksism. Maryland, at last nause-
ated with ring rule, called the republicans
TO power. and under Lloyd I.owndes they
gave her an admirable adminIstrati ton NJ
aHalrs Since then she has twice voted for
republican candidate for President. Ken
lucky IN 1898 elected her first republican
governor. a year later cast her vote for
.hehihIey, and the next year sent a repub-
mean TO the United States Senate Missouri
TWO years ago voted for Roosevelt, and re-
puDIicahs composed majority of her
members of the national House of Repre
seAtatives chosen at that election.
tuesdays results in these states xers
highIy encouraging to the republicans As
lot west Virginia, she seems to have parted
with the democracy for good The repub-
means. steadily now, are having things their
own way. In Maryland the republicans ca.
cured three out of the six representatives
ana polled seven thousand more votes in the
state than their opponents. In Delaware
they were completely successful and in
kentucky they elected four representatives
one from section of the state where the
business development has recently been of
pronounced character. Bowling Green Is
the metropolis of a territory rich In promise
and possibilities, and a republican won In
that district
Missouri disappoints the republicans. They
mad expected TO repeat on an off-year scale
their success OF 1904. But while they have
not done that. they have done very we'll.
They hold four seats In the House. and their
opponents bested them by only eight thou
sand votes In the whole state, as against
the forty or fifty thousand of a short time
since The field is still encouraging for the
republicans, and 1908 may witness another
strenuous battle for its control
Along the border. then. the old conditions
are not likely to be restored. The repub-
licans. well led. are In fine shape there, and
the democrats will be obliged to fight with
might and main for whatever they NAV
aim at.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-11
The Prince Of Bores.

There are many kinds Of boreS. There
are. perhaps. as many kinds of bores as
there are individuals. for no two bores have
precisely the same method Of wasting your
time or Irritating your nerves or demand
ing your attention. But Of all the bores
who ever bored there Is none 50 bad as ne
who constantly encores himself. By which
is meant the bore who keeps coming back
for another word. He will talk and talk.
and still continue to talk. Then You Will
get him side-tracked, perhaps. and after
a few lingering repetitions of his theme he
will start off. You will sigh in relief and
turn back to the interrupted task. Y on will
quickly lose yourself in your work or your
thoughts, when suddenly you hear his soft
step returning-he almost always steps soft
ly-and you hear that baleful voice: II beg
your pardon, but
He comes back not once. but twice. often
three times and more. He gets as far
away as the elevator, and thinks OF some
new way to state his proposition. some an
ecdote, some brilliant Quip. It were pity,
he thinks, to leave your mind unillumined.
You have probably not fully understood
him. He will give you the full benent Of
his wisdom or knowledge or cleverness.
And 80 he begs your pardon. but
Success In these days of practical activity
comes to the man who most accurately
measures the value Of time. II his own
time is not especially precious some other
mans time is. The bore fails to appreciate
this difference. He Is free as the air. has
all day before him. He has probably no
other object in life at the present but to
hold your attention, even while your fingers
are straying for the neglected letter or the
urgent sheet of figures. and your eyes are
wandering out of the window.
Such men cannot easily. at least they do
not often, succeed. The man who keeps
coming back to bore you Is apt to hover
around the vital propositions Of life. He
fails to drive straight home. But you are
not concerned about his failure. You exc
crate his bad habit. You grow to hate the
sound of his returning footstep and the
baleful note of his, II beg your pardon,
butt"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-11
American Occupation of Cuba.

A correspondent, signing the name Rich
Evening Post from Los Palacios, Pinar del
Rio, on the subject of conditions in Cuba
what produced them and what will cure
them. He holds a confident and magisterial
strain. and Is quite severe on both the peo-
pie of the island and the authorities in
the United States The former he describes
as unfit for self-government by reason of
their ignorance and poverty. and the latter
he serves up in this form:
Some brilliant coterie of theorists In
Washington undertook to form q free and
independent nation out OF people who want
ed to be fed and taught before being forced
to vote. Politically, a blunder is worse
than a crime. and the people of the great
est nation on earth have no desire to per-
petuate a crime toward an inoffensve and
friendly population occupying the most
beautiful island in the oceans of the world,
and only ninety miles from the mainland Of
America.
Every day some new scandal connected
with the Palma government comes to light
and il must be remembered that the adj
ministratiOn at Washington Is directly re-
sponsible for the whole corruption. It Is
almost ludicrOus to read letters addressed
by President Roosevelt to the Cubans, when
one realizes that not one in hundred of
the voters of the island can possibly be-
come acquainted with the contents of these
epistles. Is it possible that this great man
either cannot will not seek for the
TRUTH"
Sad as the situation is. however. 1t Is not
hopeless for Mr.. Rowland generously ad-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-11

peal In the name Of Jefferson and Lincoln
could not carry an American electionF
well. It would depend a good deaf on
the candidate. II he knew your record ana
mine, and could pick and choose wisely
and dovetail things skillfully. he might con-
struct a very good platform But no mere
bawler, using only names ana CATCH
phrases, could or should win"
Aren't you a little tired. Mr.. JEFFERSON
of ruling your party from your urn!
Let me put it this way: I'm tired, very
tired. Of having the contents OF my urn
misrepresented to the voters OF the ohiteo
States. Even in this atmosphere. where
philosophy and repose are so happily MIN
gled. 1t Is very annoying at times to read
campaign speeches that have been deliv-
cred at home in my name by some sap
head who evidently knows nothing about
me but my name"
you know of course that Prof. Smith.
the inventor. has hopes Of completing soon
his scheme for sending q return message
by wireless. II he succeeds-and why
shouldn't he succeed?-we shall be able
down here to reach the earth for all prac-
teal purposes That will give our urns a
rest. In any case Of dispute about where
We stood when there, or where we should
stand II back again, 1t would only be neces-
sary for some alert newspaper editor to get
in touch with US to enable us to settle the
point correctly"
And let me say to you, Mr.. Lincoln,
that it will give me the greatest pleasure
to avail myself of such an opportunity. l
shall particularly enjoy engaging in sort
of joint debate with those individuals who
quote me as socialist. and as opposed to
a full assertion OF the national authority.
Good! AS we used to say in Sangamon
county, Illinois, that's the talk! What will
you take, Mr.. Jefferson?"
Nodding to a shade wearing white
apron who had come for the order Mr..
Jefferson said. "A nip Of your best Star
light Dlease'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-11
RoHI THE BOULDER.

From-the Providence Evening Bulletin.
Events prove that even the shortest Cas-
tellane may have Q turning.
From the Birmingham New
There is an impression that after his mat
rimonial record IL fully published Count
Boni de Castellane will have to go further
from home than America to fool another
heiress.
From the Richmond Times Dispatch
Those newspapers which advertise ''all
the news that's At to print find themselves
in q quandary az the story of'Castellane's
career begins to come over the wire.
From the Cleveland Leader.
Count Boni has qualified for the head Of
the wife-beater class. He not only beat
his wife with his fists. but he beat her out
Of her money as well.
From the Boston Globe.
The rub of the Castellane matter seems
to be that the countess is willing to settle
$40, 900 a year on the count for life. but re-
fuses to pay his debts. while ne wants
$4,000 q year and settlement of all his
debts. Matrimony Is very often only a
matter of money with the mobility" in
France.