Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 4, 1915, Page 4

Bt ~~an antl-clog nozzle; then the starting [NOVEL PRIZE CONTEST : FOR TOWN FORESTS. Massachusetts Municipalities Entered In-a Tree Raising Competition. The citles and towns of Massachu- setts bave an opportunity to enter a 200 ™ -uclvh/um ion. . - 7 @ |- The tenth annual convention of the il L i Amerlun Clvic association will be held SClentl lc ¢ | at Washingtbn on Dec. 2. 8 and 4. It -~ - ¢ | will be & most important mieeting from which .will_go out inspiration to all Farmln .|:parts of Amgrica for advance effort for the achieveniént of beautiful and help- ful eummnnn! e and for the preser- POIOPS vation of natlgnal scenic wonders, such Farm and Garden “ORCHARD WINTER CAMPAIGN. |aon airentsy cutored - shads.tres | WIRE FENCES AND TREES, | P S e oo planting contest, profioted by the Mas- fcan Civic association will be an an Nuw Is the Time to Destroy Orchard sachusetts Forestry. asgocintion. -T'he | Best Method of M;.,]..,‘, the'Wire Ex- | nivorgary occasion and distinguished ; i : and Garden Pests. prize in that case i3 g mile of street plained. | by the presence of many of its charter z 5 (G Barly ‘winter s the Ideal time to | planted to shade trees by the ussocla- | [Prépared by United States department of members, who at St. Louis in June, ¢ . - g ‘catch many of the orchard and garden | tion. agriculture.] 1004, effected a consolidation of the . . 3 ‘Dests off their guard, says the Country | The town forest contest is more | ~lh running wire fences it may be nec- American Park and Outdoor Art asso- 1 “Gentleman. They are in a torpid state | unique and farreaching in thé object | essary or desirable.to attach the wires | ciation-and the American League For What did the Ad. Man tcu nd can be located ‘more readily. We |to be accomplished. Under the new | to trees along the fence lines. In many | Civic Improvement under the name of “cun also use much stronger sprays ou | town forest law recently passed in M reglons old fence rows have grown up | the American Civic association. ) US? i) WatCh fOl‘ Fl’ld ay S dormant trees than we can use in sum- | sachusetts cities. and towns may own naturally -to-trees.. In others wind- | ‘The program for the December con- er, and the absence of leaves makes [and operate forests of thelr own. It [y oo y,me been planted between |vention will relate importantly to city # P ioneer. ‘possible a much more thorough and |is to encourage the movement in-this and town- planning, to city and county. ‘convenient job of spraying. direction that the Massachusetts For- :igld:. making tl'eet:lm‘a: tow'whlch wl;o | parks, to, l::elghborhood improvement, The work may be done at any time | estry assoclation is ofle{le_ng to plant I:::rnagndm:ip::s: B:‘-‘n‘:emg-:":‘:;‘ ®I'to the apatenient of - billboard and tr tl th starts in spring, | 60,000 three-year-old whii ine trans- ny o fall ool growth o erine 4 . In attaching wires to trees. however, smoke puigances and, in & large nation but the best time is now. plants on fifty acres of the land ac- al way, to’ Niagara ‘falls preservation ""fThe outfit required for the home | quired for the town forest of the city [ it.1s bad practice to fasten them di- [ 57q : the-pio don"e“by o “grounds, the fruit trees and garden is [or town that wins the prize. - The onal A ice. Ao young trees will be upneed six feet TeSe. of & nintiona . i apart over thé entire fifty acres. In order to enter the contest a mu nicipality must own and-set aside at least 100 acres under the new town forest law, and fifty acres of that area must be planted to forest trees. In Massachusetts the white pine is the best commercial specles, and most of the places entering the contest will plant white pine. A committee appointed by the asso- clation to judge the contest will visit all the forests. It will determine the standing of the contestants on the aren acquired, the amount of planting done, the quality-of the trees planted. extension provisions, advantages for 5 BERN Q lumbering and water and soil protec- : g - : oL tion, fire protection., recreation and M : : i S0 o B aesthetic possibilities and general im- v E.& FOR SERVICE—Full SU BSCRI BE FOR TH E PIONEER provements. Appropriate scores are 2 .-Berkshire - boar. Phone 3 allowed on each point. A8 a result of | WEONG WAY TO ATTACH FENCE WIRE TO 700, 18th St. YOULL NEED BLANK BOOKS | Ing the best possibilities for a perma- | reotly fo the. trees, for when this is © with which to commence the new year, and Compressed air used by a Washing- ton inventor to force burning fluids into holes?in stumps until they are destroyed:more effectively than when dynamite is used. In the -year ending’ with:Ootober, nent and efficlent town forest wins the | done the wire will be grown over and prize. At least ten entries must be | jmbedded within the tree itself. This POWER SPRAY OUTFIT USED BY THE MIS- | mage before the prize will be awarded. has a number of disadvantages. Not {7 MOUNIBTATR EIFERIMENT STATION, When we consider the splendid- ad- |only do the wounds mar the appear- simple. In addition to your regula¥ | vantages which a town forest will |ance of the tree, but they also afford kmapsack or compressed air garden | bring to a city or town and the small | entrance for diseases which cause de- prayer you need a spray pole or a |outlay required to start such a forest | cay. In the second place, if the tree and to maintain it we should.expect to | is ever cut for lumber either the besi hear of many places entering this pub- | part of the trunk has to be thrown ouw. length of quarter inch hose which you ‘esin fasten to a sawed off bamboo fish ‘pole and oneé or two suitable spray | lic spirited contest. They have moth- | and wasted. or else, if the wires and Ing to lose and much to-galn.—Awmer- | staples are deeply imbedded, the trea fcan City. may be sawed into without any kuow}. les. If you don’t already own a knapsack or a compressed air sprayer ‘make yourself a useful present of one at once—not for winter spraying alone, but because you will need n SCHOOL ARCHITECfURE. S A e s, e 170 Will, Gind, ou) seunoly, will givelyou o i Bl Pt | S i spencid. ‘sasortment [from ‘which. fo:.choose. equipped with an automatic valve and the American City. The practical re- quirements are many and diverse, and the solution of the planning problem ‘and stopping of the spray can be con- tiolled with your left hand while your | alone requires an experiencéd and well fl(ht is free to manage the pole and | trained architect. -Although from the to direct the spraying. practical standpoint planning has the - There are a number of good nozzles | preponderance of importance, the prob ,on the market, but for operations on | lem of obtaining an attractive and dig- {0t under the trees select one of the | nified looking buflding is of great con - 8008e necked or angle type. With this | sequence to every school board. - a simple turn of the wrist will direct It reqpires more than a good curpen- - the SDrAy. In any desired direction and | ter or contractor to obtain. either of reat deal of shifting from one | these results. Yet it is unfortunately e branch or tree to the other. 7 A cup shaped washer of stiff leather, three or four inches in diameter, that will slip tightly over the pole will keep . ¢ 5 the spray material from running down - i e Gk m R the pole and up the sleeve, and a wood- 8 . | : E -en handle made of soft pine, bored out 3 edge on_the:part of the sawmill men Just large enough to fit snugly over the that the wires are there. The results spray pipe and held in any desired po- are likely to' be disastrous to the saw, sitlon by a set screw made of any or- and may even endanger human. life. dinary screw with the end squared off. ] Further, it 13 impossible after the wire will make the handling of the pole b Is grown over to move the fence with- more convenient. These can be made out cutting the wire or chopping deep with jackknife and bitstock. into the tree: The orchard pests that we can fight A better way, and one that protects successfully In winter are the various Voth the tree and the fence, 18 to.nall scales and scabs, though spraying now to the tree a strip of wood from four belp to control a number of the 4 to. six inches wide and an inch or other insect pests and will check still more thick. aud of a length to sult the others by destroying cocoons, egg " . height ‘uf the fence. The wires can masses or dormant lavae. Some of the : then bé stapled to this strip. As the scales are rather hard to find, and all 2 : S tree grows the strip. Is forced out.and are very small and innocent looking in | |5 ¢ % the tree Is not injured. The strip can comparison with the serlous damage be nailed tighter from time to time, they can accomplish. the w're fence always remaining sta- ¢ pled to it. If there is occasion to move the fence or cut the tree the strip can be pried off without any difficulty, llglall'(les,lslest];’ocll‘(ethot; Bookds. (lfoal: ocket Note Books, leather and clot i dgetis bound, from 10c to $1.50. Journals entry and loose leat. I, P, Loose Leaf Pocket Note Books, 2% *2nd 6column All sizes and all Journals, all sizes and oy cash, ledger, Joumal and record ruled Sl There’s a great demand for new blank books at the beginning of h‘ evcry year and 1915 promises to be the biggest ever. " Bemidji merchants are anxious to keep up-to-the-minute accounts and many are makmg plans to revise their bookkeeping systems during 1915. Let Us Help You & e EXAMPLE OF A MODERN- PUBLIO SCHOOL Wheat Following Millet. 'BUILDING. Millet leaves the soil in shape to pro- dnce a_better crop of wheat. At the | i€ that in the interor and country North Dakota station it bas been found | COmunitles it is very difficult to ob- Government Aid For Farmers. thaf the three crops of wheat following tain a well trained architect to under- When certain kinds of living organ- millet produced sixteen and one-quar- take the work. While it miy also be|isms which take nitrogen from the air ter bushels more wheat than the three | tr3€ that local pride might favor a lo- | are proyerly ‘worked into the sofl crop crops of wheat following wheat. cal design, such preference is very like ‘| ylelds. are often greatly increased, and Db Y ly to be the undoing of school boards |land that is worn out is put in condi- = The best trained and equipped archi | tion for bearing more crops. The of- Q | tects can only be found in the larger | fice of sofl bacterfology. investigations centers of population. is an fmportant branch of the depart- ORCHARD AND GARDE Is it right for local boards to work | ment's bureau of plant- industry. and for ;nythtng but the highest results in | not only investigates the bacteria.bene- i : buildings which are to determine the| ficial to the soil, but prepares cultures Arevoot of oy e to ent and make | future efficiency and beithof the gen- | of certain kinds for. distribution o 1awn or in the windbreak. eration? Should they not hate at thelr farmers, ‘who may use them to make Cabl and root crops trenched out: command the best sources of informa | their farming more profitable. During fl.nmm‘wmm watching to see that | 100 Possible and be cognizant of the | the pagt year this office distributed mm does not get through the cover. latest development in school architec. | enough culture of bacterla to treat 8 tecture? Should public money be spent | about 200,000 acres of crops, such as for anything but the finest.buildings | alfalfa, vetch, crimson clover, red clo- possible? ver, cowpeas and soy beans. Good results . In._ architecture -are | Upon the recommendation of repre- largely a wmatter of evolution, of study .| Sentatives of the department, especial- with a knowledge of the previous for |1y county agents, the “cultures” are ward steps_in design. It is evident | distributed to’ farmers who need and that if reproductions of the foremost | desire them. - The department's agents examples -of schoul bullding In. these | 10 thelrdistribution are endeavoring to United States could be distributed to Columnar Blank Books We have them from 4 to 24 columns B r When you use-one of these it will enable you to keep your various departments separate and strike a trial balance in a few minutes. ! ASK TO SEE ONE A newnpaper wrapped about a gera- nium -or other house plant these cold nights will often save it from being frosted. Look at the celery stored In the cel- lar. It may need more water. Do not wet the. rollnke but apply water to the roots. A good methiod of cleaning the foli- age of house plants is frequently to tip the plant bottom side up in soapy wa- ter. Immerse the plant clear to the pot for fifteen minutes or more, then cleanse in clean water. When watering house plants it is a One Cent Each Grocers, Meat Markets and - General Merchandise Account _ books for family accounts for sale at one cent each. encourae the use of legume crops, every school hoard frustee In the conn. | S¢h as’ alfalfa and cowpeas, in crop try these huards conld zo on Improv. | Totation systems so as to maintain the Ing and making over until. we had buil | fertility of the land. ° up a school architecture fownded upon | Distributions of “inoculating miate the best that ir In existence— n other | Fial” .have been made by the depurt- - B ment gipce 1902, when the first prac- tical méthod was evolved. for words: create n standard 800d plan to set the pot in water un- z ing pure cultures of bacterlafor fnoc- . Ty . Tt sl thorughy vt e tatag logunes. These baitse ure The Pioneer has always lead in the blank book busi- ter'is needed. Small amounts of wa- tef, applied frequently. often do more barih than good. Water thoroughly wl}ep water Is needed. are able to absorb nitrogen gas from the air and “fix” it into solid com- pounds in the soil, where it is'a valy ble plant food. ness in North Central Minnesota. “If we haven’t what you want we can get it for you on- short notice. r Ever as a boy, tie a can toa.dog’s tail Fifteen to twenty drops is the and see h“n BOOOt? '] - ‘Before electric meters are permit- usial amount of boiled dynamite, or ted to be used in German coal mines “soup,” as it is known among yege- they. are exhaustively tested in the men, used in blowing the average various gases to show that they will safe. They carry.it.in a small bot- not cause exnloalons. Tie a. Dally Pionger Want 'he Ohlnm government s plan- Ad to it fmnd—do it|ning to spend $10,000,000 for & num- now! ber of high power wireless ‘stations. Egyptian cotton 'is being - profit- ably grown on h'rlmarl farms in Ar- izofla. New York ‘has a hotel owned nnfl w by two sisters. " ! 1