Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 6, 1919, Page 7

i 1 K i { The County Agent Will Take a Chance at Anything. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) A county agent in one of the eastern states believes in diversified activi- tes. He reports as follows for one month’s work: Burned up 90 gallons of gasoline, five quarts of oil, had six punctures and one blow-out. Trailer broke away and upset load; pig fell out of the car and was caught with difficulty, afterward jumped from sty and was run over by an auto. with all the profits and lost $28 besides. Buried three pigs Tore best trousers getting over pasture fence; broke watch crystal loading corn planter; but outside of a few m!nor troubles had a very satisfactory \(Prepared by the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture.) The beauty contest season for poul- try is again at hand and fanclers who ipreviously have fretted over egg rec- lord and feeding rations are now con- ‘cerned with grooming their birds in jtheir best bib and tucker and prepar- |ing them for inspection by judges at ifairs and poultry shows. i Something besides external beauty and fine feathers is required to win in the show ring. Every fowl, whether iyoung or mature, should be in first- iclass show condition when it enters the lexhibition hall. The plumage should éhe the standard length for the breed, lustrous and plentiful, the head bright ired in color, and the comb developed to the required size. The specimen should appear in handsome dress, good iphysical condition, and trained to ex- (hibit his good qualities to advantage. ‘Careful training imparts to a bird suffi- jclent confidence to assume and hold idesired poses under show-room condi- [tions. If possible, ohtain exhibition coops similar to those used at the show you will attend. Cover the floor with short, iclean straw, or a mixture of bran and 1!traw for feathered-leg breeds. Two months before the show place in the lcoops at night the birds you intend to iexhibit. Visit the coops as frequently a8 you can and handle the birds often. ‘Carry them around under the-arm, op- ien their wings and examine the under- icolor, and accustom them to every movement of the judge. It is not ad- Ivisable or necessary to keep the show ibirds confined in the training coops. A \day at a time is sufficient; then allow ithem the run of the house for two or e days, and outdoor exercise if e asonable. Diet Makes Hens Handsome. Show birds should receive a variety jof foods. If you wish to increase [weight rapidly, make a mash of equal iparts of corn meal, ground oats, wheat middlngs and thick sour milk or but- termilk. Sweeten it with brown sugar, and add 10 per cent linseed meal. The mash should be of the same consist- ency as thick oatmeal porridge. This is similar to milk-feeding rations, but iit should be fed only each morning. Feed whole or cracked corn, wheat, ka- ifir corn, barley, or buckwheat, or a commercial scratching food, in the mid- dle of the day and again In the late af- ternoon. Feed yellow corn to buff va- rieties, and white corn to white, black and parti-colored. Yellow corn may cream the plumage of white birds. A little cooked or raw meat or ground bone will be beneficial, except to spec- fmens inclined to grow large combs. It 1s necessary to examine your show birds carefully at least 10 weeks before the show. Remove all imperfect feath- ‘ers inthe hope that they will be replac- ed by feathers of standard color. Fre- quently a colored feather showing a lit- tle white along the edge of the web will molt out perfectly when the fowl is well fed on the sour-milk mash, meat, and grain. Never pluck & new feather— one in which the quill is filled with flu- td—as it will invariably return partial- month’s work.” Jy white. A few days before the exhi- {bition again examine your birds and ‘pluck the imperfect feathers. It is quite a problem to determine the best procedure when there is foreign color in some of the large feathers on the wings or tail. Peroxide Blondes in Hen House. Many exhibitors of white fowls bleach the plumage of their birds with peroxide of hydrogen and ammonia. iThey mix in a china bowl a solution of three parts of peroxide of hydrogen and one part of ammonia. A clean muslin cloth is dipped in the solution and the bird is wrapped in it. The mus- iin is next covered with oiled silk or some waterproof cloth to confine the fumes of the bleaching gas. The per- oxide-ammonia solution can be sponged on the plumage or sprayed with an at- omizer. The only advantage in wrap- ping the bird is to make the bleach more effective. The shanks and feet of exhibition fowls must be absolutely clean and well polished. To overcome rough scales rub the legs twice daily with a cloth | NORTHERN MINN. AGENCY Dwight D. Miller WE CAN Insure Anything Anywhere Offices. Security Bank Bldg., Tel. 167 EAT LESS MEAT IF BACK HURTS Take a Glass of Salts to Flush Kidneys If Bladder Bothers: You Eating meat regularly eventually produces kidney trouble in some form or other, says a well known authority, because the uric acid in meat excites the kidneys, they be- come overworked; get sluggish; clog up and cause all sorts of distress, par- ticularly backache and misery in the kidney region; rheumatic «twinges, severe headaches, acid stomach, con- stipation, torpid liver, sleeplessness, bladder and urinary irritation. The moment your back hurts or kidneys aren’t acting right, or if blad- {der bothers you, get about four ounces of Jad Salts from any good pharmacy; take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for generations to flush clogged kidneys and stimulate them to normal activity; also to neutralize the acids in the urine so it no longer irritates, thus ending wviadder dis- orders. Jad Salts can not injure anyone; makes a delightful effervescent lithia- water drink which millions of men and women take now and then to keep the kidneys and urinary organs clean, thus avoiding serious kidney disease. BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL LAWYERS GRAHAM M. TORRANCE dipped in kerosene and a short time before the show wash them thoroughly. Use a good scouring soap, woolen cloth, and warm rain water. Remove any old or rough scales, and also the dirt between the scales. The latter can be taken out with toothpicks. Dry the shanks and apply a solution of equal parts of sweet oil and alcohol. Then warm a woolen cloth and scrape a lit- tle beeswax on it. The warmth will melt the wax, and the shanks should then be polished with the waxed cloth. Cosmetics and Curealls of Ugliness. Before shipping the birds to the ex- hibition apply the sweet oil and alco- hol solution to the face and comb. If you are showing white birds, fill their plumage after washing and when thor- oughly dry with equal parts of bran and rice flour. Some exhibitors use cornstarch which is equally satisfac- tory. This prevents the plumage be- coming soiled, and when the starch is shaken out at the show and the fowls are groomed. they apparently take a higher polish. However, your coops must have wooden or muslin tops and sldes to prevent rain from coming in con*act with the starched plumage. The final grooming is accomplished with 4 silk handkerchief, rubbing and polish- ing the feathers until the plumage has a high luster. WAR ON YOUNG GRASSHOPPER Little Attention Paid to Pest by Farmer Until They Have Reached Considerable Size. (Prepared by the United States Departe ment of Agriculture.) Although grasshoppers are not usu- ally noticed by the farmer until they have reached a considerable size, they begin to injure his crops immediately upon hatching from the egg. They should be detected and combated, therefore, while young and small, so that time, labor and material, as well as crops, may be saved. CONDITIONING FOWLS FOR EXHIBITION ’ INVOLVES PROPER FEED AND TRAINING Bhow Birds Are Trained In Exhibition Coops and Should Be Handled Fre- quently. LAWYER Miles Block Phone 560 DOCTORS DR. E. H. SMITH Physician and 'Surgeon Office Security Bank Block DR. H. A. NORTHROP OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN i AND SURGEON Ibertson Block Office phone 153 | DR. E. A. SHANNON, M. D. Physician and Surgeon Office in Mayo Block Phone 896 Res. Phone 397 Dr. W. K. Denison—Dr. D. R. Burgess DENISON & BURGESS Veterinarians Phones: Office 8-R; Res. 99 Bemidji, Minn. DR. E. H. MARCUM Office hours, 11 a.m. to 12 m. 2 p m td5 p. m Schroeder Block i Oftice phone 18 Res. phone 211 DR. EINER JOHNSON Physician and Surgeon Bemidjl, Minn. C. R. SANBORN, M. D. Physician and Surgeon Office: Miles Bloek House Phone 449——Office phone 5% A. V. GARLOCK, M. D. SPROIALIST Eye—Ear—Nose—Throat Glasses Fitted LUNDE and DANNENBERG Chiropractors Hours 10 to 12 am.; 2 to 6, 7 to 8 p.m. Calls made Bemidji Phone 401-W 1st National Bank Bldg. ! DR. L. A. WARD Physician and Surgeon Bemidji, Minn. | DENTISTS /? DR. D. L. STANTON DENTIST Office in Winter Block l DR. J. W. DIEDRICH DENTIST Offiee—O’Leary-Bowser Bldg. Phones—Office 376-W. Res. 37¢-R DR. J. T. TUOMY DENTIST North of Markham Hotel, Gibbons Block Pho:u 280 f VETERINARIANS % D. H. FISK ttorney at Law Office, Northern National Bank Bldg. Phone 181 Collections a Specialty Phone 181 — J. WARNINGER VETERINARY SURGEON ..Office and Hospital 8 doors west.. of Troppman's. Phone No. 209 3rd Street and Irvine ave. BUSINESS TOM SMART Dray and, Tramster Res. Phone 58 Office Phone 13 818 America FIRE INSURANCE REAL ESTATE REYNOLDS & WINTER 212 Beltrami Avenue Phone 144 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Planos, Organs, Sewing Machines 614 Minnesota Ave., Bemidji J. Bisiar, Mgr. Phone 578-W GENERAL MERCHANDISE Groceries, Dry Goods, Bhoes, Flour Feed, Etc. ‘ W. G. SCHROEDER Bemidji, Minn. Phone 65 I TO RE ERS Many ads appear in the X classified column of the Pioneer B which are signed similar to % this: “J. B., care Pioneer.” These are what are known as blind ads and those wishing to answer them should do so by mail, addressed as directed in the ads. Many persons call up d this office and ask who the ad- % vertiser is. 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