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The car was badly dam- pged but no serious injuries were sus- fained by any of the members of the party. _ P R A ¥ + NITRATES AND POTASH. + ¥ Extensive deposits of nitrate of potash (saltpeter) are sadd to have been discovered in the northwestern corner of Nevada, with promising prospects over the line‘in Cealifornia and in southeastern Oregon. Should it prove to be of commercial value it will be of great importance. Heretofore this country had to import, its potash from Germany and its nitrates from Péeru or Chile. To be independent of both of those distant sources of sup- ply of these elements, so vital in peace or war, s of extreme mo- ment to the United States. With- out depending upon this possi- bility, however, congress wisely proposes federal aid to and super- vision of manufacturing plants operated by water power for ex- tracting nitrogen from the air. This will do much to insure cheap nitrates for agricultural purposes during peace and an ample sup- ply thereof for explosives during ‘war.—Orange Judd Farmer, R R R R TR TR SRR SRR R SRR SR R SR G R R SR Rk L R A R R R R R R R R R e FLEEILLYLIFFETLEEL S PLANTING STRAWBERRIES. Hill and Row Systems Most Commonly Used. The strawberry leads the list of small frults in popularity because of its wide range of adaptation to soil ‘and climatic conditions, The large number of varieties give a long season of the most deliclous fruit. Its ease of |-cualture and its early season of bearing make it a desirable home and market crop. “The strawberry is the most produc- tive in a sandy loam soil, but if this type of sofl is not available it may be grown with good results in many of the heavier soils,” says Mr. Merrill of solls, for these dry out more severely in the late summer months and pre- season. first been planted to some cultivated crop, such as potatoes. der plants.” There are many different ways of planting, but the two most commonly used are the hill system and the mat- ted row system. In the hill system the plants are set eighteen inches|$ apart and no runners are allowed to |2 develop. The strength of the plant is utilized in the formation of one stool. All the work dome in cultivation in this system must be done with hand implements, but the returns are higher |§ than in the matted row system. The modification of this system is some- times practiced by setting the rows een inches apart in the row. are from three to four feet apart, and the plants twelve to eighteen inches apart in the row. New plants are per- mitted to develop until the row is two feet wide. With this system the work = | 'céin be done mainly with horse drawn implements. Tubbing 8eed Oats. ‘Why not “launder”. the smut out of the seed oats by use of.the tubbing method? The oats are allowed to soak in the formalin solution in the upper tub for about twenty minutes. Then the solution is drained off into the lower tub and the oats spread out thinly to dry. Then lift the lower tub | with the solution back on the saw- floér. The process is repeated until all the seed has been treated.—Farm Prog- ress. TIMELY ACTIVITIES. Keep those lambs a-coming. Feed the ewes something to make milk. A clean, disinfected stall is about the surest preventive of joint ill in the colts. = Make the terms attractive enough so that a new man does not have to be hired every spring. Have you given careful attention to the selection of the stallion to which to breed the farm mares? Take your dates from the spray cal- There'll be scab to pay unless spraying is dong/at the right time. Careful, careful with the teams. Bave a sore shoulder now and a lot of work in the busy months to come. Pruned yet? Well, then, you know that there is no place where a wise man can do more good and a fool more harm than in the orchard with a knife and a saw. Why not raise & couple of good beef calves this year anyway just to try out the theory? Some folks declare it will pay. And we are always hungry for porterhouse. —Better Farming, the Kansas station. ~ “The poorest re- | 8 sults usually occur on the sandiest|¥ vent the formation of new plants and | 3 runners and reduce the development |§ of fruiting buds for the subsequent (5 “Freshly broken land is usually ideal | % for a strawberry bed, provided it has |4 Sod land is likely to be infested with white grubs, | which are a dangerous foe to the ten- |§ three feet apart and the plants eight- |} In the matted row system the rows ([ horses, placing the emptied tub on the |§ BUSINESS DIRECTORY CLASSIFIED ALPHABETICALLY ABSTRACTS OF TITLE ' DRY CLEANING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Bathre Abstract Co. has a farm te sell—$10 down and $10 per month. Clothes Cleaners For Men, Women and Children Wholesale and Retail .| Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines. 117 Third St. Bemidjl. Phone 573-W J. BISIAR, Manager. SUPPLIES FOR OFFICE BROSVIK, THE TAILOR Phone 938 Bemidji BAKERS AND CONFECTIONERS KOORS BROTHERS CO. 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