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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-08-25
AIfalfa-Fed Sheep.

sured. 1t will also be possible to Sc
cure visits and bids from buyers when
such a number is promised. The
lamb clubs of Tennessee, notably the
one at Goodlettsv1lle, have proved
very successful in this work.
The same organization can also be
used In disposing Of the wool
In countries where economy in farm
management has been studied a long
time, the sheep Is considered to be
necessary in utilizing vegetation on
such waste lands as are not wet or
marshy. But the sheep can hold its
place on high-priced land as q meat
producer alone. Compared with
larger animals it has some important
advantages. First, the lambs mature
very rapidly. being marketable at
four months Of age or later. accord
ing to breeding and feeding. This is
an economy because a larger proper
ton of the total feed goes into in
crease of weight than in slower grow
ing animals. Second, the sheep con-
sumes greater variety of plants
than do other animals. Many of such
hants are detrimental to pastures and
would otherwise require hand labor
to hold them In check. Third, grain
waste in harvesting can be entirely
recovered by sheep. These facts
prompt some farmers to claim that
the summer food Of sheep costs moth
ing, because what they consume would
otherwise bring no returns.
Compared with hogs the sheep has
an advantage in the wider variety OF
materials it consumes. Being a
ruminant it make its gain with q
minimum Of grain and expensive con-
centrates. This is especially impor-
tant on those kinds of lands that are
better adapted to the production of
forage crops than to grain growing.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-08-25
CASTORIA
For Infanta and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
signature sssss ,es Of &Hz2zZ9
Farm credits.

Canada has forged ahead of US in
at least one respect, asserts the Bur-
lington Daily News 1t has a system
or at least the foundation of sys-
tem-of rural credit banks or associa
lions. At the social service congress
at Ottawa the other day 100 organiza-
lions in Quebec and 10 in Ontario re.
ported. They are cooperative and,
like credit unions of Europe, provide
short time loans on personal credit
Each branch is an association of in.
dividuals who put their savings in a
common fund, and who can borrow
FROM that fund with the approval of
the officers, upon reliable securities,
material and moral. The vote is by
member, not by sharei the area of
operation must be small, a township
or parish, SO that the members are
mutually known; and the capital must
be withdrawable, for the individual
cannot afford to immobilize his small
savings" The parent society, typical
of all. has assets of $270,000, of which
$240,000 are on loan, and completely
cares for the financial needs of its
own community. Though it has made
$3.50 loans in it's IA years history, 1t
has not lost a cent
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-08-25
KEEP SOME SHEEP ON FARM
Get as Good Ewes as Is Possible to
Procure and Never Use Any But
Pure-Bred Buck.

Ten to 20 ewes will be enough on a
120 to 2O0-acre farm, unless it is de-
cided to make sheep the leading farm
stock; as the natural increase from
these will soon build up flock
Get as good ewes as you can pro-
cure, and they will probably be grades,
which is all right, but remembering
that the male is more than half the
flock, never, never use any but pure
bred buck
The novice can easily get some repu-
table dealer who knows the kind Of
ewes wanted to procure him the
needed number, and advise against
starting in to learn the sheep business
with too large a flock, but to begin
with a few animals.
Ten good ewes can be had for about
$50, the buck will cost 500 up to as
much as you are willing to pay, and
10 lambs next July, will bring you
the cost Of the whole, but this is not
good business.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-08-25
Troublesome Gender.

The trouble that Latin gender gives
Ito American boys and girls who are
struggling with the rudiments of that
tongue should inspire in them a SYM
pathetic feeling for small descend
ant of the race of Attlia who found the
gender Of our English nouns and pro-
nouns stumbling block.
A solid little figure trudged up to
the librarian in the children's room.
THAT little boy" he declared, indi-
eating the rest of the room vaguely
with his thumb, ''he hit me-"
The liberty teacher" followed him
back across the room until the ac-
icusing thumb halted near table
where sat a guilty-looking child about
half the size of the plaintiff
The accuser explained; THAT little
boy, she hit me. That little boy Is
"a little girl; but he has short hair.
and when point at him, she hits me-"
Youths Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-08-25
SHEEP RAISING PAYS
LACK OF ATTENTION IS CAUSE
OF MANY FAILURES.
Good Reasons for Expecting Continue
tIon Of High Prices for Mutton
and Lamb-Demand for Wool
Is on the Increase.

The consumption of mutton per
capita in the United States is increas-
ing every year, though the amount
used is much less in proportion to
other meat than in Europe. There
are good reasons for expecting q
continuation Of good prices for
mutton and lamb, and the demand for
wool also may be expected to Increase
more rapidly than the production.
These facts are brought out In a re-
cent letter from a specialist of the
department of agriculture to a south
ern farmer who inquired regarding
the possibilities of the sheep business.
The departments specialist called
attention to the fact that while farm
raised sheep have often not been
profitable, this has usually been be-
cause Of lack of proper attention and
management. Variations in price OF
wool and mutton have stood In the
way of such general interest in sheep
as would cause them to be regarded
as highly as they should be In the
future. Ranges all over the world are
now carrying about as many sheep as
they can support under strict range
system, and an increase in the pro-
duction of sheep products must come
mainly from farms. Here, then, is
the farmers opportunity to take ad-
vantage Of the increased coasump-
ton of these products.
While mutton can be produced at
low cost and there is a growing de-
mand for it, difficulty in selling may
be experienced In sections where the
amount of live stock produced has
not been sufficient to make 1t worth
while for regular buyers to operate.
Strengthening plants that can handle
carloads are within reach Of all BIC
lions, and If sufficient number Of
neighbors combine to have 100 lambs
of similar breeding, size and condi-
ton to ship jointly the returns are as
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-08-25
Tobacco Monopoly.

The president of Uruguay has sub
mitted to the general assembly for
approval a contract signed by the
minister of finance, for the purpose
of establishing a tobacco monopoly.
This contract provides for the conces-
sion to a private company, for term Of
25 years, of the sole right to import,
purchase, manufacture and sell tobac-
CO in all its forms. The present man
ufacturers and dealers may become
stockholders in the new company for
the value of their plants and stocks on
hand plus a bonus, or they may dis
pose of their establishments, machin-
cry and stocks to the company at
actual value plus bonus. The COM
pany is to pay the state s1,240, 300 an
nually during the first five years. ST.
1857, 800 from the sixth to the thir-
teenth year, and from the thirteenth
to the end of the twenty fifth year &c.
068,000. After rs years the monopoly
shall revert to the state.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-08-25

culent roots, has largely solved the
question Of food supply for this ami
NAL by providing 1t with an abundance
easily accessible both in winter and In
summer. Truly the conditions Of the
alfalfa field are such as to render life
easy for the gopher tribe. Not only
does the animal injure alfalfa by
actual consumption Of the roots, but
by covering up a considerable portion
sometimes 20 per cent? of the area
badly infested, and by rendering the
crop In fields SO infested difficult to
harvest. OF the many methods of
combating these animals, poisoning
has been found at once the quickest
and most efficient~ This is done by
putting carbon bisulphid into the bur-
row and closing the burrow at once.
The fluid may be poured into the bur
row directly from the bottle ian ounce
of the liquid) or preferably a wad of
cotton saturated and rolled into the
hole. and the opening closed i'm
mediately.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-08-25
ENTITLED TO A GOOD ROAD
Unless improved Highways Are
Provided by Owner.

Despise not the road drag, but crit
icize yourself either for not knowing
how to use it, or for not using it when
you do know how, simply because you
will not be paid for it. The farm is
entitled to a good road alongside of 1t,
and is not a first-class farm unless
1t has such road. The farmer him
self Is the best man to make that road
good, provided permanent bridges and
culverts have been put in, and the
necessary drainage has been done at
public expense. Then If the farmer,
for the compensation in some way
provided, will not keep his road de-
cent, let him bear the reproach of the
community. A little healthy public
sentiment along this line will do more
to bring the road drag into use than
any legislation that can be placed on
the statute books.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-08-25
Puritan Jury.

That the Puritan fashion of nomen-
clature produced some very odd re-
suits is very generally known. The
London Chronicle recalls that James
Bronze, in his Travels Over England.
Scotland and Wales" published In
100. gives a copy of a Jury Return,
made at Rye, Sussex, in the Late Re
bellious Troublesome Times"
The names of the IL good men and
true were: Meek Brewer, Graceful
Harding. Killsin Pimple, Earth Adams.
Weepnot Billing, More Fruit Fowler.
Hope-for Bending, Return Spelman.
Fly Debate Roberts, Stand Fast on
High Stringer, Be Faithful Joiner, and
Fight the Good Fight of Faith White.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-08-25
BEST USE OF GREAT WEALTH
Men Of Millions Have Shown They
Recognize the Duty Of
8enevolence.

A few years ago a gift OF $1,000. 900
for any benevolent object was sur
prising and experimenting event A
great advance in ideas Of benevolence
and the sense of responsibility for the
use of wealth is marked when It rs
found that during the year 1913 there
were 28 persons in the United States
who gave 81 1000. 900 or more to benevo-
lent purposes.
If full list of these were printed
few would be able to tell on what OBJ
jects the majority of these gifts were
bestowed, SO common have great gifts
to benevolent purposes become.
The amount in the aggregate OF
gifts during the year. as far as record
ed, was $500, 100000. OF this, $780,
0O0, 900 was for education. and 500, OoO,-
900 for religious and charitable pur-
poses, including missions.
The largest beneficiary was the Met
ropolitan Museum of Arts in New
York city, which received $4,000, 900,
including an art collection valued at
$15, 000, 900 from the Benjamin Altman
estate, a collection of arms valued at
$4,000, 900 from W. M. Riggs, and the
whole estate of J. NJ Hammond, the
typewriter manufacturer, estimated at
5000. 900. This does not include what
the museum may receive from the
$50, 100000 collection of j. Pierpont
Morgan, part of which is now on loan
exhibition in the museum.
Probably the next largest beneficiary
of the year is the foundation for char
table purposes established by John D.
Rockefeller, chartered in the state of
New York. The amount is not named,
and ultimately may exceed the gifts to
the museum.
The $10,000000 given by Andrew
Carnegie for a charitable foundation
in his native town, Dunfermline, Scot
land, comes next. The gifts of Oliver
H. Payne. of s4,250,000 to Cornell uni
versity, and Robert p Doremus, esti-
mated at under 100000. to Washing
ton and Lee university of Virginia, are
In the same class.
But the most unique and heart-stir-
ring gift of the whole year was that Of
Reed B. Freeman of Binghamton. N.
Y, who gave his whole fortune, esti-
mated at 100000, to the families of
the 80 girls who persisted in the burn
ing of his factory, and at sixty-five
years Of age began business again as
clerk in New York city. poor man.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-08-25
GOPHER is INJURIOUS
RECOGNIZED AS MOST MPoR-
TANT ENEMY or AGRICULTURE.
Natural Food Of Rodent Consists OF
Succulent Roots and Such Green
Vegetation as Can Be Dragged
Into tho Burrow.

No other animal attacking the I'M
foreground parts of alfalfa can equal
or even closely approach the gopher
in destructiveness. The pocket gopher
occurs in almost all sections and is
everywhere recognized as an impor-
tant enemy of agriculture on account
Of its habits of feeding on cultivated
pasture grasses and grains, They are
injurious in fields of grain which they
destroy In great quantities. In Guilt
waited fields they are harmful on &C.
count of the. large mounds which they
throw up in digging their burrows.
The plains pocket gopher, which
holds sway on the Western plains, and
the prairie pocket gopher which is to
be found in almost all parts of the
country, are very similar In habits,
and the methods of combating one
form will also serve for the other.
The prairie gopher is short and
stocky, showing an average length of
about ten inches from the tip of its
nose to the end of its stubby, hairless
tail. Its body is covered with silky
dark-brown hair. Its eyes are small
and well protected by fur. and its ears
are so short as hardly to cause a rip
pie in the smooth-lying fur of the
head It's front feet are furnished
with long. strong claws and otherwise
modified for digging. In fact, the
whole structure of the animal fits it
for its subterranean existence.
Except for possible brief excursions
at periods of migrating, the gopher
passes practically it's entire life in it's
burrows. Indeed, it. is rare occur
renee to find one abroad on any err
rand. They appear to live solitary.
each individual gopher apparently
bent on having the world to himself,
and each digging and taking care of
his own dwelling. Doubtless where
fields are so badly infested that tun-
nels cross and recross, more than one
gopher may be trapped in the same
runway. The female produces but one
litter of young per year, yet because
of her sheltered life raises enough of
them that the species is constantly in
creasing.
The natural food of the gopher con-
sists Of succulent roots and such green
vegetation as can be dragged from the
surface into the burrow. The coming
of alfalfa, with it's deep-growing sue
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-08-25
Wanted Little Praise Himself.

w dnICu EitIfo FTdiSo rtin98o1s
Following disastrous fire In a west
ern city. many men and women gath
cred to look at the ruins. Some of the
men, seeing that q wall near which
they were standing was topping, made
haste to get out of the way, and mar
rowly escaped being crushed.
Johnny Brabison, a good Irish citi-
zen, was so near the wall that he could
not escape with the others. So, whirt
ing about, he made for door in the
wall, burst through it, and came out
on the other side safe, and evidently
very proud of his exploit. Women
who had shut their eyes and shrieked
when they saw his danger now gath
cred round him in great Joy, and cried
out:
Praise heaven, Johnny Brabison,
down on your knees, and thank
heaven!"
''Yis yis,' said he, "and will, but
wasn't it injaneyous inn me, now?"-
Youths Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-08-25
He Knew That Money Talks.

He couldn't talk English, though per-
haps he understood a little, but he
knew thing or two. He was riding
on a huckster's Wagon past a public
school. His partner had gone into
house to sell some truck. and he was
learning the business. His clothes
were ragged and shabby, much like
those of the stage tramp. The chill
dren started to jeer at him, making
remarks about his clothes. He seemed
to understand that they were making
fun of his clothes, SO he reached in
his pocket and pulled out the bromide
roll Of bills that would choke a cow"
These bills he waved at the children,
for apparently he believed that money
would insure respect, even If he did
have old clothes.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-08-25
RE-ENDOR SEMENT.
TOOK POSSESSION OF HOUSE
Drowning Eceentricity of EneIlshwom-
an's Life, That Was Filled With
Eccentr4cities.

In an old book published N Paris un-
der the title of lie Journal dun Voy-
age au Levant," there Ia an amusing
account Of the way Ia which Lady
Hester Lucy Stanhope, the eccentric
English traveller, took possession Of
the house at Djoun, where eventually
she made her permanent home.
She was pleased with the house and
its surrounding gardens, and accepted
an invitation to dinner. AS she sat az
ter dinner, with the owner, Christian
merchant, he said to her that If she
liked the place, he should be glad If
she would stay the night. When she
said that she liked it SO much that
she would stay there the rest Of her
days, he took it as polite figure Of
speech; but fortnight later. as she
still prolonged her visit, he suggested
that Europe might be expecting her
return
: 81 do not intend to return" she re-
piled, carelessly.
"Ah. then you intend to build pal
ace in the neighborhood?" said he,
mo, this house suits me very we'll"
But l cannot let it or sell it, mi
lady"
81 do not wish to hire 1t or buy it,
but intend to keep it" was the start
ling reply.
In this dilemma the merchant dis
patched a messenger posthaste to
Emir Beshyr, who sent word to Lady
Hester that she must give up the
house. Lady Hester, however, wrote
ito Constantinople, whence a courier
came to the emir, bearing the order,
,"Obey the princess of Europe In ev-
erything."
So the Disguised merchant fed, leav-
ing her ladyship in possession. There
for 20 years she lived the life of q
recluse, growing more and more with
drawn from the world, and more ac-
customed to dwell in mental and
spiritual realm of her own creation,
until she died, and was buried IN the
garden of the house that she had
usurped.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-08-25
Memorv Failure.

A Russian doctor gives interesting
accounts Of memory failure Of some
Of his patients. A literary man had
been troubled with absolute failure of
memory. He could remember exactly
anything he had done more than a
year ago, but occurrences of later date
he had entirely forgotten. When at
tackled by the disease he was engaged
In writing a novel. which he had half
finished. He remembered the first
half, but could not tell how he had
intended TO finish it He WINS at last
unable to remember whether he had
dined
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-08-25
Litter Plan of Feeding.

The deep litter plan of feeding
grain, especially for morning, gives
splendid results. II the ration Is
scattered through the litter in the
scratching pen, after fowls have gone
to roost, 1t will be ready for them in
the morning, giving them both feed
and exercise, and save some early
morning work for you
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-08-25
DIscoverer of the PACING.

The discoverer of the Pacific ocean
was Vasco Nunez de Balboa. On the
early morning Of the 25th of Septem-
Der. 1913, Balboa, and small party OF
men. made their laborious way up the
densely covered face Of steep ridge
from the summit of which they were
rewarded with the vision Of the great
South sea" which, mp to that time,
had never been seen by the eye of q
white man.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-08-25
Power Vacuum Cleaning
Public and Private Buildings, Residences
William F. Lincoln
IoI Shreve Street Mount Holly, N ].
Interstate Phone I8o-X
TN oaANcEnY OF NEW JERSEY

TO Mary Meyers Smith.
BY virtue of An order of the Court of Chan
Gerry of New Jersey, made on the ny of the
date hereof, In certain cause wherein
Thomas Lawrence Smith is petitioner, and
you, Mary Meyers Smith, are defen Ia mt, you
are required to appear, plead, answer or
demurs to petitioners petition on or before
the thirteenth day of October next. or in de-
fault thereof such decree will be taken
against you as the Chancellor shall think
equitable and just.
The object of said suit is to obtain a decree
of divorce. dissolving the marriage between
you and the said petitioner
Dated August IL. 1914.
ROBERT PEACOCK.
Solicitor of Petitioner.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-08-25
Familiar With Melodrams.

The principal of an academy in
Providence had been In the habit OF re-
quiring the boys in his Shakespearlan
class to give appropriate titles for the
scenes in the different tlays. After
reading THE Merchant Of Venice" he
asked one Of the boys to suggest q
good title for the scene in which
Jessica steals away from her fathers
house with Lorenzo.
The boy, after a few minutes
thoughtful silence, showed his famili-
arity with melodrama as well a
Shakespeare, by answering:
mo Mother to Guide Her"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-08-25
WORKING Colt on Harrow.

If it can be avoided, it is not best
to put a colt to work on a harrow
Turning around is the trying part of
1t. They sometimes get little scared
and turn around too short, getting
tangled up and hurting themselves
badly on the harrow. Old steady
horses are best for this work.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-08-25
Sowlnn SORGHUM.

Sorghum may be sown broadcast
for hay or. if intended for the silo,
1t would be better to drill with corn
drill, using special plates for sorghum.
about the same time as corn is plant
ed; cultivate same as corn. This
method VIII also make good fodder,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-08-25

CHEKIFF's SALE.
By virtue of a writ of fleri facias to me d.
rected, issued out of the Court of Chancery
OF the State of New Jersey, L Will sell at pub
lie sale, on
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 3, 1914,
between the hours of IL and 3 O'Clock in the
afternoon of said day UO-wit at oclockJ at
the Court House. Mount Holly, N j.,
All those seven tracts or pieces OF land, adj
joining each other, called the Glover Farm,
situate at Hosea's Run, in the Township OF
Medtord County of Burlington and State of
New Jersey. and containing about forty three
acres OF land, more or less and particularly
described IN a deed made by John III. Dudley
1868, and recorded in the Clerks Offce of Bur
lington County, in Book LIS of Deeds page
S96; reference to the same being had will more
luiiy ana at large appear.
Also lot of land situate in the Townsh D
OF Medford aforesaid, containing about
thirteen acres and thirty-two hundredths of
an acre OF land, mere or less, and particularly
described in a deed made by Arthur TAYLOR to
Belln Green, dated April twenty fourth 1866
ana recorded in the Clerks Office aforesaid
IN Book k-7 of Deeds, page BOG; reference TO
the same being had Will more fully and ut
large appear.
Seized as the property of Grant Green ct
ais, defendants, taken in execution at the
sun OF Aaron Darnell, complainant, and to
he sold by
A. J. JORDAN
SAMUEL A ATKINSON, Sheriff
Solicitor.
Dated August IL, 1914. PRS adv fee, sl4. PSI