Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 4, 1917, Page 2

INSURE YOUR CORN Don’t Gambile With Your Corn Crop. Test Every Ear Before Planting. Every Weak or Dead. Ear’ Means Dollars Leas at Harvest: [Natlenal Crop Improvement Service.] It is a known fact that the simple little act of testing all seed corn be- fore planting will add many bushels to the corn crop and will pay the farmer about five times as much per hour for -his labor as will any other farm labor. There is nothing hard about it, all methods of testing seed corn are easy and inexgensive. You can test the ker- nels in blotters or “rag-doll” testers at home, making them yourself, or Yyou can invest in a commercial test- er that will last for years. Your agri- cultural college, county agent, or the U. S. Department of. Agriculture at Washington will be glad to give you full particulars. Seed testing will stop one of these leaks in farm practice that change gain into loss. Figure out for yourself hew many hills the six or seven hun- dred kernels of corn from a dead or weak ear will plant, and figure out how your corn yield will drop if two or three, or a dozen, or maybe fifty such ears should get planted. YOUR DALLEY CO.OF NEW YORR SC AP 8. % MAPS & WORLD IN FOUR COLORS ALL BATTLE FRONTS - COUPON Presented by the BEMIDJI PIONEER A sixteen page set of large scale, authentic maps on extra heavy super-caleadar paper at merely nominal cost. Present or mail to this paper NEW WAR BY-PRODUCT STOCK FEEDS. [National Crep Improvement Service.] A lot of well-meaning folks think that just because certain materials are left-overs from the manufacture of food for humans, that it iz “waste” and of no value for stock feed. Nothing is further from the truth. In very many cases, the so-called “offal” left after the manufacture of flour, malt- ing, cern products, breakfast foeds, etc., awe the best of stock feeds, and can be bought economically and fed to bring a profit to the farmer. The man ‘who turns up his nose at the thought of combining by-products with silage and other low-priced meat producing COUPON tiu'ee coupons like this with foods, is behind the times and usually AND - i fails to show even interest on his mon- ONLY Twenty-five Celn::‘d(uzsc) ey at the end of the year. Feeding to cover cost of ng. whole grain, whether it be corn, wheat, rye or oats, is wasteful and is robbing man of his rightful preroga- tive—that of taking that part of all grain adapted to his needs. It is easy OUT OF TOWN READERS ADD 3c FOR POSTAGE MAIL ORDER THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER to find out the protein content of any article, or mixture, of stock feedstuffs now an the market, and it is merely a matter of the farmer figuring out the worth of the foods on their nourishing power, and then to purchase that which will give him the most econom- ical feed. In practically all states, all feedstuffs must be labeled with their food content—for those who wish to see, the facts are printed. Fanning and Grading Seed Barley. [National Crop Imprevement Servies.] Not nearly enough attention is given to getting the uniform size of seed grain, especially is this true in barley, where it is important that the germ- ination should all take place on the same day. Therefore, the kernels should be of the same size and weight. The very largest should perhaps be removed as well as the smaller ones, leaving the seed plump and uniform. It is true that small seeds and giant seeds will germinate, but the plant food contained therein will undoubted- ly make an unevenness in the matur- ity at harvest. ROTATION LEASES. [Natienal Crop Imprevement Service.] There is nothing which endangers America so much today as our very much abused farm tenant system. We ought to have something in every lease which will protect land and pro- tect the people as well as posterity. Year to year tenants who scratch a little and move away, should be com- pelled to settle down and landlords should be be compelled to make a time rotation lease. It is easy te talk about compelling this and compelling that, but we mostly are a very sloppy people whose motto is “the easiest way is the best.” It we let our soil run down, our whole structure will fall. In order to obtain a larger yield of grain, this soil must be fed. The colleges and experi- ment stations beyond the Mississippl river are entirely too timid about preaching soil conservation. In fact, all of us are rather prone to tell our audience what we think they would rather hear, want ad. Phone 922, Old customers continually greet us with a hand shake and say: ‘““Here I am again for another suit”’—of Styleplus CYofliPes,...fi.!Z “The same price the world over” The Price Remains The Same. One known medium price, $17, the nation over, satisfaction guaranteed. We sell them because they are adver- tised nationally, because they are made by one of the oldest and largest makers, because these two things are guarantees that the quality will be held up to standard .and because the price still remains the same. Popularity doubled the makers business and made at economies possible in manufacturing. That 1s why the price can remain the same. Style plus ali wool fabrics, plus expert tailoring, plus guaranteed wear—all at the price that again remains the same, $17. We believe in complete, clean stocks—there is no advantage in waiting because the choice is.best now. We are fortunate in being the only Styleplus Store because these clothes make permanent customers. ILL BROS i Bemidji, Minn. Trade Mark. - will eclipse anything that has eve'g been pulled offin the city. FRIDAY. MAY 4. 1917 Shoe Prices Take a Tumbe At this store for the next few lays. We are haugurating a shoe sale which for real values, \considering prewiling prices, This sale will start Saturday Morning, at 8 o’clock, and continue eight days or until following week. Here are some o-fthe prices: Ladies’ Boots Regular 8-inch kid lace boot, $6 value, also 8-inch kid button boot, dull S-inch lace boot all with the leather Louis heel; glazed kid high top button boot, all sizes, about 125 pairs in the offering ?d $3-95 P?lir Colored Boots - Have a few pairs of the colored boots, late styles and all right, but not full run of sizes. Pick out your size and save two or three dollars a pair. 2 pair Maroon calf hi top boots, sizes 5 and 6, $6.50 values. 1 1 pair brown ivory top lace boot size 5, regular $7.00 boot. 2 pairs brown and gray combination, sizes 3 and 5, $6.50 value. 8 pairs brown and white combination, $7.50 values, sizes, 1 pair 2, 1 pair 3, 1 pair 4, 2 pair 4%, 2 pair 5, 1 pair 5. 6 pair brown lace boots, regular $7.50 boots, sizes, 1 pair 3, 3 pair 3%, 1 pair 4%, 1~ pair 5%. Every pair perfect in style, fit and quality. of above at $5-00 P:ir One lot consists of medium heel 7% inch gunmetal button shoes, or same in kid, low heel Baby Doll shoe, button; medium heel patent mat or cloth top, patent vamp, hi cloth top lace. $4 and $5 values—some 200 pairs from which to select, all sizes Palr One lot tan high button boots, $3.50 values, cravanet button boot, excellent for wear and service, and other styles at $1 -95 P:ir Mens’ Dress Shoes Will give you some astonishing values in this line, would cost you regular $4.00 to $4.50, all sizes, and your choice $2.95 52, Men’s Work Shoes There has been a rapid advance in price on men’s work shoes during the past few months, but we find ourselves overstocked on these and will sell a couple of hundred pairs at a saving of $1.50 to $2.00 a pair to you. Your choice of this lot $2‘65 P:ir One lot men’s brown Duck moist-proof, heavy rubber sole and heel work shoe and a few pairs mule skin work shoes at $1.95 . Big Boys’ Shoes A line of good ones, built to withstand the hard usage of the sturdy school boy, all solid, sizes up to 6 $2.35 ;2. Children’s Shoes Light kid button and lace sizes 3 to 8, at a ssc Pair Better grade and little heavier shoe, sizes 5 to 8 $1.25 5. Many things not mentioned here will be offered at this sale. Be on hand Saturday morning. KNAPP'S SHOE STORE 313 BELTRAMI AVE, May 7 Saturday of the, Your choice of any