Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-09-12

system of agriculture.
ssIf sprouted potatoes are cut and
placed in the ground without breaking
The sprouts, from ten days to two
weeks time may be saved in the mat
ter Of securing returns. The writer
tried this plan this year with a few
early potatoes, and at this time they
are easily ten days ahead of other dor
mant potatoes planted on the same day.
In view Of the shortage in the hay
crop the country over greater attention
will have to be paid to other sub
stitute crops and the more careful Sc
curing of the corn fodder in localities
where it has heretofore been handled
In careless manner or not secured at
all The necessity of greater care in
this matter may, after all, prove
blessing in disguise.
An excellent solution for use in fight
ing the spider, which is one of the
worst enemies of the rose family, IS
made by soaking bunch of tobacco
leaves or old cigar stubs In a tub full
Of water and allowing half bar of
soap to dissolve in the same. The rose
bushes, including the underside of the
leaves, should be sprayed or sprinkled
with this solution every day or two.
Timber or blue grass growing lux
uriantly may usually be accepted by
the home seeker as ample evidence that
the soil Of a locality is fertile and that
the annual rainfall is sufficient for the
production of the customary farm
crops. Where both these evidences are
lacking the settlers suspicious as to
the suitability of the country as a place
Of habitation may be justly aroused
Michigan agricultural experts have
this year secured the cooperation Of
several railway lines in the sending out
of and holding sort of railroad farm
ers institute. Corn and grain improve
ment, feed and care of the dairy herd
were subjects which were given es-
pecial attention The move is very
practical one and should result in ben
eft to the districts visited.
If newly married pair expect to
have rumpus and break up house
keeping within year after their hon
eymoon, cheap John furniture of most
any kind will answer the purpose-in
fact, the cheaper it is the less ex-
pensiye the housekeeping enterprise
will prove. But if couple are going
into the homemaking enterprise in
dead earnest it will be found vastly
pay good price for the house fur
nishings and get a correspondingly bet
ter quality. Not only does substantial
furniture outlast the shoddy, but It
affords a larger measure of satisfac
ton while it Isl in use.
While a good many cattle raisers
make practice Of putting calves on
a ration of skim milk REINFORCED by
some food to take the place of the
cream removed after the first few
days, others find in the long run that
they are money ahead if they keep the
calf on new milk ration for at least
six weeks. One such feeder, who
makes a speciality of raising baby beef,
tells us that his calves more than make
up for this expense and attention dur
ing the first few weeks If such treat
ment will produce the best and quick
est baby beef, it stands to reason that
it will also give the largest and most
thrifty beef at two and three years old.
Along with other and varied clubs
that are organized and managed sue
cessfully by women, one at Trenton
Mo-, is worthy of mention. The wo
men of the city have banded together
in what they term a .clean city" club.
This spring, at about housekeeping
time they had tin can day and made
an offer to the small boys Of the city
of 25 cents a hundred for all the tin
cans they could deliver to the commit
tee By nightfall $4,000 tin cans were
delivered, and it cost the committee
port does not give the interesting data
as to what the ladies did with the tin
cans
Many farmer would consider the
installation of a silo on his farm more
seriously than he does if, in addition
to the initial cost Of the silo itself,
there were not a heavy outlay for the
machinery required In the cutting Of
the corn and the shredding of it. In
many localities this difficulty is large
ly overcome by gronp of neighbors
cooperating in the purchasing Of ma
chinery and In the work of filing the
silos. Where such plan Is in vogue
the fodder corn. is planted so as to
have the season for cutting It extend
over a considerable time, thus enabling
the neighbers to assist one another
and yet have all the corn shredded In