Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 5, 1913, Page 7

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER §, 1918. HOW TO SELECT GOOD SEED EARS Pick From Strong, Vigorous Plants of Best Variety. AVOID LATE HIATURING EARS (By A. C. ARNY, Assistant Agricultur ist, University Farm, St. Paul.) Ears that are just mature, rugged apd of good size for the locality and for the variety of corn grown, borne on strong vigorous plants, are the ones to select during Seed Corn week. Avoild the large, late maturing ears. Also avoid selecting the small, very early maturing ears, for thé reason that they mature earlier than is neces- sary and give a low yield per acre. Details such as filling of tips and butts, and exact shape of kernel, may pe left until winter. The aim during Seed Corn week should be to get a large number of mature, fairly typical ears under cover so that they may dry out properly before freezing weather arrives. A decided advan- tage that comes with early selecticn from the standing stalks is that the plant that bears the ear may be given Photo Minn. Agricultural College. SAVE EARS OF THIS TYPE. some attention. An ear good in it- self, but either too low or too high on the stalk, is undesirable. An ear with a long, slender, weak shank or with a short, very thick shank is not de- sirable. A good ear in a hill of three plants is to be. preferred to one equally desirable, but in a hill of only one plant. WHY OBSERVE SEED CORN WEEK? Uncle Sam’s Figures Suggest One Answer. Your pocketbook, the principles of good farming, and the governor’s proclamation all suggest the careful observance of Seed Corn week. The average farmer feels pretty well sat- isfled if he has an 85 per cent stand of corn, but one of our experiment sta- tions tells us that improving the stand to 94 per cent perfect would increase the yield 2.2 bushels per acre. According to the census our corn arop occupied 108,771,000 acres in 1909, Two and a fifth more bushels per acre at a farm value of 60 cents per bushel would mean about $143,000,000 more in the growers’ pockdts. A pretty good return for- careful selec- tion and testing! Estimate Minne- sota’s share on the basis of over two milion acres in corn and see what this means to you and your neighbors. It you care for further information on possibilities along this ¥ne secure Farmers’ Bulletin 406 Irom your con-| gresshan or from the'Department of ‘: _Agriculture, Washington, D. C. | You' probably find that the differ. ence between 85 and 94 per cent of i perfect: stand would not make yol“ rich,-dut the bulletin just quoted saye::| “As a matter of fact, however, com- tively few over 85 per m qut ’partrct ‘l’“ In view of the .opinion of promlnent .authorities. is subject that the average corn has not over €6.per cent of a|" perfect stand, while in many cases the' percentage is less than 40, it is difficult to compute the lops resultin; to ¢orn growers of the United States from this cause.” Your share of the loss is more than you can afford. "It will help provide the comforts or luxuries that you want for yourself and your family. The observance of a day or more of Seed Corn week " FEROCIOUS DOLPHINS. ~~ Marine Monsters That Are Known as Whale Killers. There really is such a sea monster as the whale killer. It is one of the largest and most ferocious of all the dolphin family. It also I8 known as the grampus. It is characterized as a genus by its large size and the conical and.depressed head, devoid of a beak. The back tin is of great length, espe- cially in the males, and the flippers are large and broadly ovate. The teeth are comparatively few in number, varying from ten to thir- teen on each side of the jaw, and are much larger than in any dolphins yet noticed, being often an inch or more in diameter and bhaving an oval sec- tion. The coloration is striking, the upper parts and fins being black, while the lower jaw, chest and under parm are wwhitish, The white area of the under parts does not, however, extend to the flukes, but ends posteriorly In a trident, of which the lateral and shorter prongs extend obliquely upward on the flanks. There is a large white streak above and behind the eye, and frequently at least a purple crescentic area extends across the back behind the fin. The killer attains a length of at least twen- ty feet.—St. Louis Times. LOBSTER AND BUTTERFLY. Widely Apart In Appearance, They Are ’ Close Relatives. You would hardly think it to look at them, yet the lobster is a relative of the butterfly. The kinship is not mere- ly that of two members of the animal kingdom. The lobster and the butter- fly are actually in one and the same great group of the kingdom, like the clam and the snail or the whale and the giraffe, whose spheres of activity are so widely separated. It is simply, as Darwin pointed out in the case of all other creatures a great many years ago, that the lobster and its friends, the crab, the prawn and the shrimp, chose one method of life, while the butterfly and its set chose another. 8o the first group developed charac- teristics suited to the conditions in which it lived, including as one of.the most important, as its members do not move rapidly, a coat of armorn protect them from their inrumera¥e enemies. while the butterfiies and the great host of other winged insects shed every bit of superfluous weight, trusting to swiftness to carry them out of danger and to protective coloring to conceal them when flight is un- availing.—London Family Herald. When Dead Men Ate. In the medical press is a story of a man who believed that he was dead and who for that reason refused to | take nourishment. *“How can the dead eat and drink?” he asked when food was pressed upon him. It was obvious that unless something were done to bring him to his senses the delusion must soon become actuality— he would die of starvation. The stran- gest ruse was tried. Half a dozen at- tendants, draped in ghostly white, crept. silently in single file into the room adjoining his and with the door open sat down where he could see them at a hearty meal. *“Here. who are these people?” inquired the patient. *“Dead men,” answered the doctor. said the other. *“Do dead men eat?”’ “To be sure they do. as you see for yourself.” was the answer. *“Well," said the corpse, *if that is so I'll join them, for I'm starving.” "The spell was broken, and he sat down and ate like forty famished men. A Matter of Gender. The bell of a Scottish church wus giving out a very poor tone, and a committee was appolnted to inquire as to what was wrong ‘and to report on the best means of putting it right After an examination the members were divided In their opinion, and the kirk officer, who was in attendance with the keys, was asked his view. “Fine, A ken what's wrang wi' the oell”” he remarked. “It's a she-yin,” meaning that it was of the feminine gender. Pressed to explain. he added. “Its tongue’s owre lang—it's needin’ to be clippit!" And this turned out to be really the fault. The tongue had become loosened to the extent of am inch or so and was oveflnpplng the curve at the rim and théfefore rot striking truly. Dogs of Belgium Belglan dogs that are.harnessed to carts often”Work ‘themselvésito duth. They may enjoy their work Tora* when they hurl ‘themseives 1at6 (no collar to drag the ‘milk ‘cart (and often but: fbey do not on;oy themnhl " He Didn® Put It ofl. “Graclous!” excl “It's nearly midnight '’ # ing pretty soon, I llxppou. _Muuh ‘Worse. “Oh dear,” poutéd the pretty girl in PRESSlNG, Irritation, as the trolley car -came’ toa |mnd.sdll ‘“what 18 Worse than walpng on'a switch?” ‘“Trying to pass on_the sarae. rail, madam,” responded & gentleman be- will pay you higher wages than any- thing you have done for-a long @me.| —J. O. Rankirn, University Farm, St.| Paul. llda her.—Ju To be weak: is mhmble. dolna o suffering.—Milton. i3 E “What!” | the lazy milknign as well as his cans), | - | for what T'say.”"” | lets are for sale by Bnrker s E‘mm GREATAMERICAN 0.4, SAMUSL FINLEY FRERSE HOBSE INVENTORS| Copyright, 1913. by The Mentor Association, Inec. expectant crowd was gathered about in Baltimore. slowly. The crowd stirred restlessly. But at last came that for which they were waiting. The instrument mov- ed, and then began an irregular click- ing. “What—hath—God—wrought!” This was the message that the in- strument spelled out, and this was the message that proved to the waiting crowd that Morse’s dream of teleg- raphy had become a reality. Samuel Finley Breese Morse was born at Charlestown, Massachusetts, on April 27, 1791. He was the son of the Rev. Jedediah Morse, and the great-grandson of Samuel Finley, the second president of the College of New Jersey at Princeton. - Morse entered Yale at the age of fourteen, which was not considered extremely young in those days. It was there that he first began the study of electricity. But his tastes led him more strongly toward art than toward science, and in 1811 the young graduate became the pupil of Washington Allston and went with him to England. Here he remained four years, distinguishing himself with his ‘brush and making many ifriends. During the next few years the {young artist traveled about New Eng- fland painting portraits for the sum of $15 apiece. Later he increased his price to $60 a portrait, doing an aver- age of four a week. By the money thus earned he was enabled’to mar- ry Miss Lucretia P. Walker on Octo- iber 6, 1818. 3 In 1825 Morse was one of the founders of the National Academy of Design, and was its first president, from 1826 until 1845. He made a second visit to Europe in 1829, and traveled about the Continent for three years before returning to New York. During all this time, however, while he was working at his art, Morse’s mind had also been occupied with another interest. That' was electro-magnetism, and the possibil- ity of communication between far dis- tant places by means of it. It was on board the ship “Sully,” in which he was returning to Amer- ica, that he said, “If the presence of electricity can be made visible in any part of the circuit, I see no reason why intelligence may not be trans- mitted by electricity.” And in a few idays he had finished some Mother of Eighteen Children. “I am the mother of eighteen child- -{ren and have the praise of doing more work than any young woman in my town,’ writes Mrs. C. J. Mar- tin, Booqe Mill, Va. “I suffered for five years with stomach trouble and could not‘eJat as much as a biscuit without suffering. I have taken three bottles of Chamberlain’s Tablets and pounds. ‘Ivcan’eat anything.I:want | to, and a8 much ag'I ‘want and feel| better than T"have ‘at any time in tepl years. I refer to any ome 'in Boon!l Mill or vicin,lty and they will vouehJ hamherlafn 8 Tab- Motsrats Tailor Jals, 117 3rd St. at Bisiar; ‘Wm-k called for Phone ( rough am now a well woman and weigh 168 ; On May 24, 1844, an anxious,and |plans of an apparatus to do this: But it was a twelve years’ struggle a crude little instrument in a building |against poverty and discouragement The minutes passed (before he could get any apparatus that would work. Finally, however, he was successful in this, and after taking out a patent applied to Con- gress for money -to experiment with the the telegraph over a circuit of sufficient length to test its possibility and value. After long delay he was at last granted this in 1843. A line was built from Baltimore to Washing- ton, and on May 24, 1844, Miss Ells- worth, daughter of the Commissioner of Patents, sent the first message from ‘the Chamber of the Supreme Court in Wushlngton to Baltimore Three years later Morse was com- peled to defend his invention in the courts, and successfully proved his 5 claim to be called the original inven- tor of the electro-magnetic’ recording telegraph. He ma,rrxed for the'second time In 1848, In 1871 a bronze statue of Morse was erected in Central - Park, New York City, and the following year, on April 'z, the great inventor died, sim- ple, dignified and kindly to the end. FRECKLES Don’t Hide Them With a Veil; Re- move Them With The Othine Prescription, This prescription for the removal of freckles was written by a promin- ent physician and is usually 8o suc- cessful in removing freckles and giv- Ing a clear, beautiful complexion that It is sold by your druggist under an absolute guarantee to refund the money if it fails. Don’t hide your freckles under a vell; get an ounce of othine and re- move them. Even the first few ap- plications should show a wonderful {mprovement, som, of the lighter treckles vanishing entirely. Be sure to ask the dmgglst for the double strength othine; it is this that is Sold on the money-back guar- antee.—Adv, iii’iiiillllif*fiiiiI’Ilii‘kii*i*ii x COUPON ; * x GOOD FO% 5 VOTES *x = S Cast these votes for No teneeom s e e o m K % This eoupon when neatly cut out, brought or mailed to the W. G- x * Schroeder store on or before February 14th 1914 will eount as tlve * % votes for the person represented by the above number. £ 3 x The Bemidji Pioneer Pub. Co. & TR F KK HE K H KK KK KR KRR KK KKK KKK KKK Go TO BATCH ELDER’S fi00|) GROCERIES AND fiBNERAL MERCHANDISE FRESH EGGS AND BUTTER I. P. BATCHELDER 117 Minnesota Ave. Phone 180 Alllflmflh"e Accessor [ and upplies Big stock of tires, all sizes. 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