Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 19, 1916, Page 9

THE BEMIDJI DAILY P10 SECTION TWO Farm and Garden % B e e B TO CONTROL STRIPE RUST. Issued by the Plant Industry. [Prepared by United States department of agriculture.] The department of agriculture is tak- ing steps to prevent the spread of the very serious stripe rust of cereals (Puc- cinia glumarum) recently found in this Regulation Bureau of known to have beén grown west of that meridian. County agents or other agricultural officers should inform growers of the danger likely to result from planting seed the source of which is not known to them. When it is ab- lutely necessary to ship seed out of the region in question such Seed should first pass through the hands of some person, preferably the plant patholo BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 19, 1916. Selecting Breeding Hens. A method which will improve the poultry stock very quickly and which is within the reach of every farmer is to have a small special mating from which ‘to select his. male birds for breeding each year. Select a few, if only four, of your ideal females. the ones which those that you want the whole flock ta in your estimation are B S W U2 U7 Y 02 e UF 12 2 2 7 2 002 8 2 2 ™ 4 o % POULTRY WISDOM. P43 ¢ % Before starting with poultry de- . cide fully the question with your- self as to whether you are after eggs or meat or a combination of both eggs and meat. Don’t force your growing chicks PAGES 9 TO 16 Scours In Calves. Castor oil should be given at the out- set of an attack of diarrhoea. The dose is from one to four tablespoonfuls shaken up in milk, according to the age and size of the calf. Follow with one or two teaspoonfuls of a mixture of equal parts of subnitrate of bismuth, prepared chalk and powdered rhubarb three times a day in a little water. In- country, but thus far known to occur gist or the state bota.ui§t, capable of | be like. Every flock has four or five into filthy quarters night after crease the dose if found necessary.— GROW GARDEN GREENS. only west of about the one hundred passing upon its freedom from rust |females in it that are best. Put these night and then wonder at their Hoard’s Dairyman. nn(j fourth meridian. The bureau of Owing, however, to the practical im- { birds in a separate pen. It is not al- not doing as they should. - Plenty of Well Rotted Manure Should Be Worked Into the Soil. [J. S. Gardner, Missouri station.] Americans should eat more greens than they do at all sons of the year, because they are le and help to keep one in goo I condition. In phy plant industry and the federal horti- cultural board have arranged that no samples of seed collected in this area shall be distributed by the department to points east of the one hundred and fourth meridian in the United States or to foreign countries until all such possibility of detecting infected seed in any samples subjected to infection it is urgently recommended that such seed be given the above recommended thermal treatment as a possible means of preventing the development of the rust from infected kernels. Samples sent for examination by specialists ways necessary to build a special house for them. Any place where they will be reasonably comfortable and sepa- ! rate from the rest of the flock is suit- able. To these few females mate your ideal cock bird. : Colors of Young Chicks. ‘When space is limited for keep- ing poultry it is Dbest to select those fowls which do well in con- finement. It is of little moment how large or how small a house may be if it is built with the idea of com- fortably housing the fowls, WIWRRRRERRRRERBERRRRRRRTRRR WERKREWRBRWRRRRRRRRBRRRBRRRREREER® e Cool the Cream. It is time to be getting the cream cooling tank ready for use. Cream cannot be delivered in good condition for buttermaking unless it is cooled quickly and kept cool. the spring many eople cat a few meals| seed has been inspected and, if neces- | gou19 pe mailed in containers which For eggs, and plenty of th Dairy Hed Profits. of the old standby leaf crops. such as| sary, given the following treatment: | o S0 0 b, KRG Ch?";;;‘““‘l’: Jfen by the ‘coldr 9 4% foo, i ool Legho§n§ S The best way to get a profit produc- spinach, lettuce and dandelion. and | The seed is sonked five hours in Water | ¢ yners should be opened under condi. | mavked Tater on.. Netther shodld you | % norcas, Campines, Anconas and s |i€ dairy herd is to use omly good, N ’ e — R2 degrees If., fi o % v i . i1 ’ " o and then forzet that these or similar|at 82 degrees I, ‘tollo“ ed monfptb‘ tions which make the distribution of | judge a chick by the downy covering any other of their kind. pure bred sires, take good care of the ~ erops should Dhe yrown and esten| with a ten minute immersion in water any rust spores or rusted seed impossi- | whion it f - iy hi Laying stock .should have all cows and keep the calves “coming” throughout the summer anit canned for | at 120 desrees % i ble. It is requested that officers of ;‘Defim;;s'i.tflfi“m;ig“gime:h‘,’g‘gi,:utf” the feed that they will consume, Y |Fight from birth. winter use. This regulation is considered neces-|gipyo govicultural experiment stations with. dark: ‘down .on ‘the 'bagik. Thy They need it for the heavy .pro- 0 SRR U = When warmer weather makes the|Sary because the spores and Hving | ,q° Gther state agricultural officials ticolored bird '3]1 - - 4 5 duction of eggs. o L E spring crops woody or bitter the tops|hyphae of the rust not infrequently | ;ivo this matter speeial attention. particolored birds will have a mottle: oo oo oo ofe oo oo oo e ol oo ofe e e efe se oo foud of cabbage and hecis iy be used. and | 0CCUr within the outer layers of the appeavance that makes the beSINNET|... we e ey ve e e e e e e ye e e vy e | X * still later chard or New Zealand spin- | Seed tissue. Seed thus infected, when R IYIYXYYSs si:?ain . ;’:: Ifletotltlec lfinli):u fov(; :;n(‘; Making the Pruning Cuts. :l‘: EFFECTS OF LIME. :l‘: ach may be used because they are able | Planted, may start centers of infection s & | you will find that the Willgcon;e out | The method of cutting when pruning | o ooy 0o that lim to stand the hot weather, and if they | i the field_ or nursery anfl thus lem]v to S DAIRY NOTES & | all right. The ch}cks wyhen Yoo mionthi apple trees is very important. The best & hi tay e"sm' ‘ue g at Hine. bave got a good start in a normally | the establishment of this destructive 3 ght. v ; advice is to cut every branch, whether as two principal effects _upon L & G e rust in localities where it-is now un- | ® @ |old are altogether different in color e « soil—it sweetens sour soil; it im- < Wet spring: they will thrive.on & Very| .- © Raise calves on clean, warm, ¢ from the time they were hatched.— large or small, as close as possible to < proves the physical effects. Ci L4 small amount of rainfall. They should | kKnown. il 5 g " |the.part from which it is taken. Never D physl €Ci8, Crop be started early in the spring usually No effort should be spared, the cereal | ® sweet skimmilk, fed regularly. Z Kansas Farmer. leave stubs, for stubs will not permit : will not do well in sour soil, This < palher < ists say. rever he ship-|® Only green feeds contain the _— Rl is readily shown in alfalfa and < about the time carly cabbage is set out. | Specialists say. to prevent t : ° . - the healing over of the wounds, but ? Chard is sown at the rate of one or | Xent of suspected sced ok of the ter-|® Cng)tl;)'that’mu]\es h]ltfir 33110“': Z ) Fattening Fowls. may induce decay. Make all cuts : :m;e:l'\ Tlhetlse:I\ els: tux;xl yeli;)w ® two seeds per inch in drills at least ritory where such sced is intended for | ® Barly calves are worth money; | Caging fowls separately for two smooth and close. = N e plants. look sici y when Lo O planting. Wheat from the region un-| ¢ don’t lose them by neglect. ©| weeks while fattening them will pro- o LA « the soil is sour. Such soil needs + 3 elghteen inches apurt, and when the S : illing| ® Watch the heifers that are -© i < lime to neutralize the id. %"+ plants begin to crowd they are gradual- der suspicion, when shipped for milling a {d e heifers : ]duee tender wmeat, while, on the other | , Rhubarb Treatment. . ac v\ Iy thinned out so that they fnally| PUrPOses. probably does not figure so | @ coming to the'close of their first &|pand, where fowls are yarded they are | If the rhubarb produced small stalks * Heavyi, cloddy. clammy soil will stand six inches .:I]ml't. The plants so| Prominently as a factor in the distri-| ¢ lactation period. Do not let & apt to nag and chase each other So |last year dig up and divide the roots, < not yield well.. Sl}ch soil does < removed nre cooked and used much as| Pution of the rust. thouch no carrier @ them dry off until a glonth or ©! that the muscles harden and the meat | planting in a deep trench, covering % not easily admit air ‘mfl water o : E can give absolute gnaranty against the | © less before calving again. @ | toughens. with a rich soi2, < and dogs not support soil bacte- & spread of this rust along the right of | © One good cow may produce & SR % ria, S0 1m[.>ortm|1 in a fertile 5.011. < way. ® more than four poor ones and @; i When flies are bad spray the cows. | Use lime if you have such soil— = It is urged that all farmers east of | © be worth more. @| Pays to Pet Sows. The cow that has to work continually | ¥ Farm Progress. o the one hundred and fourth meridian | ® @[ Sows that are petted and used to | to rid herself of these pests will not do k4 B . - avold nur ing_for sced any_whett | @90 QOO OO @O OO OO OO 9| handling make the gentlest mothers. | per best.—Farm Progress. oo oo oo e ofeTele e oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo ofe oo ot v > for these cens” see to it that too . the |~|x|<nl\mr)rrlp\l\‘:\l?dx(;::ll](t\(lml‘x;]l;fi?z- Of Clo?hlr}g- Everybody knOWS that j iy A g oy | B theprice is$17—everywhere. Every- ™\ the soil to holil water and withstand body knOWS that one Of the big drought, Trass With “Wet Feet” fashion artists designs the models. At no sensen of the year should wa- ter stand avound the nd vines. SWiss CHARD. spinach is. The lea of those that are left to veach a ki cooked in the saine way, and the stems 1w enmed” and served as as- i . The leaves and stems may be ¢ (1 either together or se ely, be ne as greens are needed even mor v > ed diit. In ordering seed no mwh more I will not get much more. will be made in specitying “Lucull New Zealand spinach is unli ordinary early spinach in the manner leaves. It is a L brane with leafy side shoots, which and used like those of the ordinary spinach, which is a squatty, rosette-like plant. New Zealand spinach should be thinned to stand twelve inch art in rows at least two feet apart. Three or even four feet will be better, especially in rich soil. If the narrower spacing is used the plants must be trained in windrows, as sweet potato vines some- times are. If the plants grow too rap- idly the tops may be canned about as ordinary spinach is. The foliage should not be allowed to accumulate too much or stay too long on the plants, for the more greens that are removed the more succulent tops there will be, and with proper management the plants will thrive and produce a great deal of food until rost. In selecting and preparing the soil will not stand it. There dra Their root must e pro E 1d be kept out of losure, 0f the cow ot ix 1 every worn S, ‘ger size may be| . SRR Thousands of men now think in terms - of Styleplus Séventeen. They say, “Unless I pay much If I payless am I not practicing unwise economy, for I know that Styleplus is always the bzg buy.” TRADE MARK REGISTERED “The same price the nation over.” attract men to them because they shed light on the comparative value Everybody has read how the maker has set up a new standard of value by directing buying power and man- ufacturing policy upon the greazest possible quality at the one price $17. We are proud to be the Styleplus store here. P Style plus all wool fabrics at $17. Models for every shape. All selections for young men. i ] SUshes $17 Third Street —— By — @EE‘L BR@S' Bemidji, Minn. the milkman yon need. Pay him a lit- The tle extra to | » him with you. scoldine, ng man should be “turned off”" tonight. He will whack a cow, yell at her and so intimidate her that she will refuse to give down her milk and become profitless.