Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 19, 1916, Page 12

VISIT Yellowstone National Park Rainier National Park North Pacific Coast AND ALASKA This Summer Go via the Excellent train service, and the best dining car service in the world. Low Round Trip Summer Tourist Fares In effect on certain dates. For details apply to R. E. FISHER. Joint Ticket Agent Minnesota & International Ry. Union Depot Send for free travel literature A. M. CLELAND General Passenger Agent ST. PAUL, MINN. - DODGE BROS. CAR The hest car for the money sold by J. D. Steiner Gass Lake, Minn, FARMERS I am making 3 and 5 year loans on improved farms, occupied by owners at 7 per cent Annual Interest. Glayton C. Cross Markham Hotel Building FUNERAL DIRECTOR ¥. E. IBERTSON UNDERTAKER 405 Beltrami Ave. Bemidji, Minn. EXTRA EXTRA For Two Weeks Only We pay $1.00 per 100 lbs for Rags. any description, does not have to be washed, bring in large or small quantities. Out of town people can ship and we pay the freight, we also pay the highest price fcr old rubbers, copper. brassand s2rap iron, also calf hides ar.d beef hides. At— Goldherg’s Wide - awake Shoe Shop Phone 638-W 112 3d St. Youll want m Making the Little Farm Pay By C. C. BOWSFIELD B 2 o e e Celery is a crop that lends itself to modern methods of intensiwe farming. It is naturally a late summer product and helps to extend the growing sea- son right up to winter without great risk of loss from frost. There are many early crops that can be grosvn up to midsummer and made to yield a fine profit without extending over the whole Season. Celery can be used as a secondary or follow up .crop and thus increase the earning capacity of land to a high figure. As an illus- tration it may be stated that lettuce, peas, radishes, beets and a number of other 'products for which there is a keen demand in the spring run their course and are out of the way in am- ple time to allow for the setting out and cultivation of celery. This thing of making land do double duty with crops that return large profits 18 not a theory or visionary CELERY TRENCHES. idea, but is in common and successful practice in the Vicinity of all large cities. It is a plan that may be put in force on almost any farm, no matter how far it is from a market. Many of these paying vegetables do not re- quire quick marketing, but the farmer can take them to the shipping station or his customers at regular intervals. A daily trip is not necessary unless production is on a large scale. Once or twice a week will do for these jour- neys to town. If located near enough to a city so that a private trade in garden supplies can be worked up it will pay the farmer to give regular daily attention to this branch of his business. \ Every progressive man and woman in the country understands that the marketing end of farming is just as important as production, and with present facilities for sending goods by mail and express it is quite feasible to have a number of city customers who will take fresh garden supplies regu- larly and thus assist in making the farm pay. Celery cannot be success- fully grown without moisture, especial- 1y at the time of setting out. Producers should be prepared to irrigate the crop in dry periods. The extra profits will pay for this additional work. Inci- dentally I may say that some cheap plan of irrigation would pay on almost .lany farm, certainly in any large gar- den. Celery plants for commercial crops are pulled and most of the dirt shaken from the roots. The roots are then well puddled in rather thick mud, plac- ed in boxes and carried to the garden. Dibbles are used in setting, care being taken to see that the soil is well firm- ed around. the roots and the plants set no deeper than they grew in flats. Aft- er the plants have started to grow the rows are gone over with a two wheel- ed hand cultivator having the disks or small plows set to throw the soil away from the rows. The crust is broken up between the plants with weeders or narrow hoes, at the same time uncovering those plants which were set too deep. The field is then cultivate to maintain a fine soil mulch two or three inches deep. No dirt is thrown against the celery during warm weather, as it is likely to cause the stems to rust. The plant should be sprayed with bordeaux two or three times before setting in the field and about every two weeks thereafter. Care must be taken that the hand cultivator in throwing soil away from the row does not disturb the plants or leave them too bare. Common methods for blanching must be observed. Many expert growers of celery apply from 600 to 800 pounds of salt annually to each acre of land. A part of this is broadcast over the land in the spring nnd is harrowed lightly into the soil a week or so before setting the first crop of plants. While the crop is growing a second application of salt may be made. This method is advised whether the land is used to grow more than one crop of celery in a season or not. Growers say that salting makes the plants more brittle and tender, besides adding something to their flavor. In iocalities where there is plenty of alka- line salts in the soil it Is unnecessary to adopt this practice. ‘While urging farmers to take up these money making plans, I wish tc impress on their minds that each land owner has his own peculiar problems to study out. 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