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Connecticut western news., 1908-02-20
WHY FLEET SAILED, Taft Tells New Hampshire Men 1t
 Is to Convince 0rientaIs.
SECRETARY LAUDS ROOSEVELT
Declares the Tariff Must Be Revised on Purely Protective Basis and That It Is Nobody's Business Where War ships Arc Going To.

Concord, N. H., Feb. 19-There was more than a mild sensation here when Secretary Taft in Phenix hall threw a good sized brick at the Japanese na- ton and caused the jingoes in the crowd to cheer him. Not everybody, however, applauded what was regard ed as an unnecessary criticism of a friendly nation. and it was regarded as all the more serious because uttered by a member of the presidents cabinet. After asserting that it was nobody S business where the fleet is going MT. Taft said: E.fs
 Tn the orient it is necessary to fill convincing. That is why our battle ship fleet is on the Pacific"
 Taft Wins Cheers.
 Later in his speech MT. Taft used al- most the same phrase in declaring that the Filipinos were very much disturb ed when they heard talk of war with Japan and greatly relieved when they learned that sixteen ,battleships were to go to the Pacific. MT. Taft's friends say that there was no threat in his speech and that "orientals" applied to the Fillpinos as well as to the Japa- nese. His early reception here was rather cool
 There was no demonstration as MT. Taft, accompanied by former Governor Frank w. Rollins, Winston Churchill, General George H. Adams of Plym- nP cff fu alighted from the train. The party walked through to the carriages in per feet silence. # t..
 In Phenix hall, where he spoke, MT. Taft was greeted with great applause. As the secretary of war arose some one in the gallery cried, 'Three cheers for our next president!' and the hall rang with the response. MT. Tafts ad- dress was what he termed ''short his rory of the Republican party" men, tioning Abraham Lincoln as the great est of Republicans. He sketched the history of various tariffs and said:
 The Tariff Must Be Revised.
 ''The time has come when the Ding Jey tariff should be re-examined with a view to its revision on a purely pro tective basis"
 The speaker next gave an account of present conditions in the Philippine Islands. At this point, for the first time in his speech, MT. Taft mentioned the name of President Roosevelt. At first it was passed without applause, but when Mir. Taft said, No man ever has made so much for righteousness and peace among the nations as has Theodore Roosevelt" a storm of ap plause, the greatest of the afternoon broke forth. Further applause greeted his statement of the belief that the na ton was behind the president in his foreign policy.
 "Finally," said MT. Taft, "the Repub 1ican party is the party of equal pro tection and enforcement of the laws It is not necessary now for the rail roads to busy themselves about legis lation. If they obey the law the peo pie will see that they get fair play"
Connecticut western news., 1908-02-20
King Leopold Honors Cardinal eibbon.

Baltimore, Feb. 19.-King Leopold of Belgium has conferred upon Cardinal Gibbons the grand cross of the Royal Order of the Grown as a mark of his personal esteem and also in recognition of his great services to the cause of Christianity and humanity throughout the world. Ehe cardinal is the first American to receive this decoration.
Connecticut western news., 1908-02-20
Entombed Miners Dug Out.

Shamekin, Pa, Feb. 19.-All but one of the twenty eight men and boys who were entombed in the Midvalley col fiery were rescued. Frank Orloskie, a miner of Midvalley, fell down a chute after the accident and was killed.
Connecticut western news., 1908-02-20
CLAYTON

A leap year social will be held at the home of Charles Rood, Wednesday evening February 26. A New England supper will be served from to 10. Pro- cesds for benefit of Chapel.
Connecticut western news., 1908-02-20
uIinoi. Republican. For Cannon.

Springfield, H., Feb. 19.-The Repub- lican central committee adopted resolu- tions indorsing Joseph c. OaAnon for the presidency and fixed MaFch 26 as the date for holding the state conyen- ton in this city.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-07-30
a Need of the Cranes.

A New York comfy deputy says
that he believes the chief need Of the
grange in this state is the organization
of a corps of grange speakers whose
efforts shall not be SO much for gain
ing new members as to present grange
principles and objects to the farmers,
SO that they will be in sympathy with
the work of the Order even if they do
not join it. Such speakers should be
sent only to localities where most need
ed and not on request of any grange.
1t often happens that the grange most
in need of a state speaker is the last
one to send for him. He says. fur
thermore. some kind of bureau should
be established to ascertain what kind
of grange work each grange is doing
best and what lines are being neglect
ed.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-07-30
LAND FERTILITY.

After all, it is not SO much the kind
of crops raised as it is the way they
are raised and the care given the land
that causes land to maintain or lose
its fertility In way of Illustration
may be cited English farms which to-
day actually produce larger Yields OF
roots and grain than they did 600 years
ago or farms ii Holland where large
yields of fax are produced year after
year under a careful system of artifi-
cial fertilization An opposite extreme.
but still further Illustrating the truth
of the statement above made, is the
system of cotton growing which has
been followed in the southern states,
which after from thirty to forty years
has left the soil in many sections well
nigh bankrupt. Another instance Of
soil depletion is noticeable in the sec
tons of the corn belt in the middle
western states. and this in spite of the
fact that corn does not pull heavily on
the soil and that relatively little at
tention is needed in the matter of fer
tilization and crop rotation to keep the
pAoNIu1tASity VI Liz sun WHtES IL ought
to be. While comparatively little stud
led and consequently but slightly I'M
derstood, the question of a mainte-
nance Of soil 6eFtility is really one Of
subtraction and addition in that if
the strength of the land is to be main
tanned as much must be added to the
soil in the shape of fertilizers of some
sort as is laken from the soil in the
form of crops. There is no getting
around the logic of this situation A
fellow might as well expect to lift him
self BY his boot straps as TO expect to
keep up the fertility If his land when
he is taking more from 1t every year
IN the shape of crops than he makes
return in the shape of fertilizers
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-07-30
Plowinq Old Orchards.

We practice blowing our old orchards,
being very careful to pillow only three
or four inches deep when breaking the
turf for the first time. The roots fire.
quently run very near the surface in
an orchard that has never been plow-
ed, and have seen an orchard nearly
ruined By deep blowing, says a writer
in New England Homestead. Where the
ground is rough and rocky we use the
hogs TO plow and fertilize, with very
good results, being careful to protect
small trees if there are any in the in
closure. We have practieed this meth
Cd for many years.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-07-30
GRANITE STATE ORANGES.
children's Day TO Be observed-state
Fair Association and the Grange.

Fair Association and the Grange.
State Master Hadley of New Hamp-
shire appointed Saturday, June Is, as
Children's day, and it was generally
observed throughout the state. Mr.
HadIeys idea IS that children should
assemble with adult members and par
ticipate in the exercises. particularly
along the line of nature study and agri-
cultural improvement Thus the chill
dren will become interested in the
work of the Order, and as soon as they
become of the prescribed age they will
be willing to become active Patrons.
The Grange State Fair association Of
New Hampshire viii again cooperate
with the Concord state fair, which Will
exhibit at Concord on Sept. Sill The
same liberal premiums will be offered
to members of the grange fer indi-
vidual and collective exhibits This
cooperation Of the grange with agri-
cultural societies of the state is most
commendabe and worthy of adoption
In other states.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-07-30
A cautionarx Sianal.

National Master D. w Adams in his
annual address in 1871 used these
words, which are as true today as they
We're when uttered: There is danger
that in graphing with the gigantic
questions Of the hour WE may lose
sight Of the rock upon which We build
ed. It Is Of prime Importance. in or
der to sustain the national organiza-
tion. that the subordinate oranges are
kept up TO q high standard of eifieien-
cy.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-07-30
AsTERs EASY TO RAISE.

OF the common garden flowers there
is hardly any variety that is as easily
raised or gives the measure of salts
faction as do the asters They bios
som at time when many other varie-
ties begin to wane and stand a good
deal of dry weather Like other flow
ers. they will do best If planted in
rich soil and given abundant water
Unlike the pansy and nasturtium. the
asters thrive better if they have lots
of sunshine and this fact should be
kept in mind when a bed is selected
for Them The little plants should be
transplanted two or three times. a
process that will result in thrifty root
systems and sturdy stalks We have
seen bouquets Of the tall kind that
for size and fullness of blossom. va
riety of color and all around hand
someness We're not inferior to first
class chrysanthemums. 4 feature that
sinpIifies the raising of asters is that
they have no insect enemies which
have to be combated
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-07-30
THE YOUNG ORCHARD.

If any of the readers of these notes
have set out all orchard this season
and int it TO do the best possible,
they should see that all grass and
weeds are kept hoed away clean from
the trunks of the trees covering a
radius of two feet. Another thing that
should be done is to examine the trees
carefully for the detection Of borers.
which work just beneath the bark and
at or just below the surface Of the
ground. The presence of the pests is
Indicated by the brown, sawdust-like
exereta which they cast out through
the bark and on to the ground in the
progress of their destructive gnawing.
4 sharp jackknife is as good a tool as
any with which to extract the borers
unless they have been III the tree more
than one season, in which case the pas
sage in which they are working may
be long one. In the latter case it is
well to determine the direction ia
which they have gone and then take
pliable twig small enough to penetrate
their retreat and prod them vigorously.
II IS saIe 70 say tnat more individual
apple trees and young orchards perish
from this one cause than all others
combined. Unless one is on the look
out for the little pests they will often
do tree to death before he realizes
what is the real cause of the difficulty.
Keeping the grass hoed away from
the base of the tree not only decreases
the likelihood Of the beetles depositing
her eggs, but usually enables the own
er Of the orchard to see the brown,
saWdust-like evidence of their work.
In making the examination of the trees
it is well to scrape the earth away
from the trunk to a depth of at least
an inch, as sometimes the opening
through which the excreta are cast is
covered up.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-07-30
SUGAR BETS.
Details Of Necessary Work During
the Growing Period.


Details Of Necessary Work During
the Growing Period.
AS soon as sugar beets are large
enough to mark the rows cultivation
with the horse or hand hoe may be
commenced Cultivation must not be
postponed except for unfit condition Of
the soil If the grass and weeds appear
above the ground at the same time
with the beets.
When large fields are cultivated the
horse hoe may be used. This plow
frees the spaces between the rows Of
beets from weeds, and the guard pre-
vents the growing beafs from being
covered by the loose soil.
The Process of Thinning.
When the beets show four leaves the
process of thinning should take place.
If the rows be eighteen inches apart
vigorous plant should be left every
eight or ten inches Careful selection
should be made and all the puny
plants destroyed. 1t is better to save
the vigorous plants even if regular in
tervals are not preserved. but no space
should be left greater than from twelve
to fifteen inches in extent Much of
the thinning work can be done with a
narrow hoe, but when the plants are
very close together at the place where
the preserved plant is to grow the work
must be done By hand 1t is well to
give a thorough hand hoeing at the
time of thinning. and the subsequent
cultivation in most seasons may be
carried on with horsepower
When More Advanced.
When the beets are more advanced
a few deeper cultivation may be de-
sirable, and for these any good narrow
cultivator may be used for single rows
or wider one for double rows. The
cultivation in all eases should be con
Quoted for the double purpose of keep
ing the beets entirely free from weeds
and for preserving the proper filth of
the surface of the soil
1t may be said that at least once a
week during the period of growing
lasting from six to eight weeks. the
beet field should be cultivated If the
season be very dry frequent cultivation
will be found useful The final culti-
ration should leave the soil practically
level. During cultivation care should
BE taken not TO injure either the
leaves or the root Of the beet, and
when the foliage of the growing crop
begins to cover well the surface of the
soil cultivation may be suspended.
c. S. Knight, Kansas State Agricul-
tural college, in writing to Kansas
Farmer, gives the foregoing informa-
ton on the cultivation Of the sugar
beet.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-07-30
HE CIR ANGE
Conducted by
J. ". DARROW. Chatham. N. X.
Press Correspondent Nsav York State
Grange
GRANGE FIELD DAYS.
Some Hints on Spsechmaking at
Grange Picnics.
Especial Correspondence. ]

Especial correspondence.
We have very emphatic notions
about the value of grange picnics and
field days, just now at hand Perhaps
we should say asome grange picnics,
because these occasions are just what
we make them, and they are not all
alike. Primarily they were intended
to be social gatherings, but a little of
the Intellectual may well go with the
social
1t is customary to have speeches on
these field day occasions, but cur no
ton is that it is decidedly better to
have two or three short, spicy, interest
ing talks than to have one long,
tedious speech however able and in
teresting it may be. There can be -.in-
struetion' III d talk or an informal adj
dress, and it doesn't need many words
to impress valuable thoughts on an
audience that is listening eagerly and
attentively.
No speech made before a mixed au-
dience of grangers and nongrangers
should ever close without presenting
some feature or features of grange
work or public policy such as will in
form those who are not members of
the order as to what grange principles
and policies are along the lines under
discussion, and it may well close with
an appeal to such farmers and farm
ers' wives to identify themselves with
the only farmers organization that is
unselfishly seeking the farmers good
and the advancement of his agricul-
tural and home interests. A clear.
succinet statement of what the grange
has accomplished for the farmer in
legislation may well occupy the speech
for a few moments, but what the
grange is doing today and proposes to
do tomorrow ana next day TO improve
conditions on the farm and to make
farming more remunerative should oc-
cupy the larger portion of the address.
Let us not live in the past. but in the
active present Let us not boast so
much of what the grange has done as
to tell of what it proposes to do-in
fact, is doing and so inspire others
with the thought that they. too, should
join forces with the vast army fighting
the farmers battles in the state and
nation ]. w. d.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-07-30
SHADE AND SUNSHINE.

A matter that should be looked into
by every householder during the early
summer months is that of the shade
about the house. SO rapidly do many
of the varieties of shade trees grow
that some pruning is necessary almost
every year if the house is not to be
buried in shade 1t is fairly good
rule to follow that the house. as a
whole. should be in the sunshine half
the time II this is not the case. one
should get busy with ak and saw and
let the sunshine in One need hard
" be told that when the shade is so
dense that grass grows with difficulty
about the house, when moss grows on
the roof and mildew appears on books
and furniture in the house, there is en-
tirely too much of it, not only for the
good and durability of the house, but
for the health of its inmates. We are
often prone to sympathize with dwell
ers in freeless prairie homes who often
sweIter in the July and August sun,
but they are not so much in need Of
pity as those whose dwellings are
swamped i'll shade and where mildew
SOW bugs and snaiIs hold high carni-
vol
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-07-30
The Parcels Post.

Parcels weighing eleven pounds are
carried anywhere in the German en-
pire for II cents by the postal depart
ment. and at the end of the year it is
$14o0o.o00 ahead financially. They are
unavailable in the United States, and
al millions. The president, the grange
and 75.Go0,000 citizens wish the same
established in this country. but the
express companies. few misguided
merchants and their agents in congress
so far have been able to prevent it.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-07-30
ORCHARD PRACTICE.

The benefits of heading trees back
will be lost in time unless the work
be followed up by annual discriminate
thinning of the new shoots and cutting
back Of those selected for future fruit
bearing.
Peaches For New England.
The white fleshed peach is coming to
be i'll great demand wherever quality
is sought. and as it is more hardy than
the yellow feshed it is better for the
New England grower, says j. II. Hale.
Greensboro is the earliest good peach;
Waddel requires rich feeding and Sc
we're thinning; Carman. a handsome
peach, of the finest quality. great
money maker; Hiley. high feeding and
thinning; Champion, the most delicious
favored peach we have, requires Sc
we're thinning; Belle of Georgia, good
quality, handsome; liberia. handsome
of inferior quality, but the best seller
and a sure money maker; Crosby, yell
low feshed, but hardy, can get good
sized fruit by high feeding and excess
i've thinning, has extra small pit, fine
favored flesh; Hill's Chile, late, but a
fine keeper, needs excessive feeding
and thinning
Tree Labels.
In the fruit plantations labelling is
very necessary. but even here there
are plenty Of small labels that can be-
attached to the branches and do not
look unsightly. Those made of very
thin sheet copper on which the nance
is indented with a hard pointed stick
or awl are excellent. as they are practi-
cally everlasting, indelible and not UNI
slightly, while if loosely attached to the
tree they do not injure the bark By
growing in.'
Potash For Fruits.
Potash for fruits has been the cry
for so long that many fruit growers
are misled as to its use. 1t is true thar
the '.out go" Of potash from the soil IL
relatively great, as shown By analyses
and if the soil lacks this Ingredient the
trees are not fruitful. But 1t is teconl
ing more and more apparent that in'
many orchard soils potash Is sn0r4
abundant or more available or Il iesS
needed by the trees than WIS formerly
thought
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-07-30
Garden Peas.

Sowing garden peas for general crop
may begin in May, if not done before
By the selection of suitable varieties
and frequent paintings a constant sup
ply Of the right age may easily he Sc
cured. II a sowing of early. interme-
diate and late sorts be made at the
one time they will come in succession
ally
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-12-31
AGRICULTURAL NEWS.
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Never permit mold TO accumulate

Never permit mold to accumulate in
the damp, dark corner of the COW
barn.
Not one COW in fifty that is confined
in the dairy barn gets as much water
as she needs.
A strange dog running through a
herd in field will lessen the milk flow
for the next milking from 3 to 10 per
cent.
Cow barns should be whitewashed
inside at least three times a year, and
this job should include every foot of
the stalls and managers.
A milking room should never be To-
Gated under the hay loft, because more
or less dust is always Sitting down and
will fall into the milk.
Even with perfect ventilation it is
hard to keep disagreeable odors out
of the COW barn. Without ventilation
it is entirely out of the question.
A hooking cow is always dangerous.
A cow will seldom attack man, but
they have been known to kill women.
Every calf intended for the dairy
should have its horns eliminated by the
use Of caustic when week old.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-12-31
Rect SMEAR.

One of the most important of the in
dustries developed in recent years is
the production of sugar from sugar
beets. More or less desultory work
was done on sugar beets as far back
as 1867. In 1892 only six factories
were in operation in this country, the
combined output of which was little
over 27,O0O,O00 pounds of sugar.
According to the National Magazine,
there are now no less than sixty-fOur
factories in operation, with combined
output of approximately 100000 short
tons of sugar manufactured from beets,
with a factory value of S45,0O0,00O.
One most important factor has been
the production of a high-grade sugar
beet seed. For many years American
growers have been dependent almost
exclusively on foreign countries for our
sugar beet seed, but for three or four
years past the Department of Agricul-
ture has been encouraging the success
full growth of sugar beet seed in this
country. 1t has shown that the seed
can be greatly improved by breeding,
tests Of beets from American-grown
seed running as high as II, 18 and
sometimes 20 per cent sugar.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-12-31

with the bottom Of the joist which will
allow it to project above the floor 3
inches. It will also extend out inches
at each end. This 2 in. 8 in. forms
plate to which the rafters and roof
boards are nailed. The finch extern
sion of the plate at the ends supports
the lower corners of the roof which
otherwise would be easily split off.
These Kiss, besides strengthening the
house, raise the rafters and roof boards
nailed to them at least 3 inches off the
floor and thereby materially increase
the floor space and the capacity Of the
house. If the house is to be used in
extremely cold weather a movable door
is necessary. The illustration shows
door 2 feet wide and #. in. high,
made to slide up and down and held
in place by cleats. 1t is suspended by
a rope which passes through pulley
at the top, and is fastened to cleat
at the side near the roof.
Another important feature of this
house is the ventilator, which is
small cap covering a hole at the top
and the center of the roof. The hole
is made by saving off opposite ends Of
two roof boards and covering it with
a cap.