Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 17, 1919, Page 6

RAGE SIX IEVERY FARMER OWES i i (Prepared by the United States Depart. ment of Agriculture.) The poets, when they got golng on the calendar, usually ran to spring and summer months, ending at about “knee deep in June.” Thomas Hood idid succeed in getting as far as No- 'vember, but it wasn’t a good poem. Oh, it was a clever piece of crafts- manship, and all that, but- unjust. It 'was all negatives—*“No morn, no noon, no other time of day; no sum, no moon, no t'other side the way”’—some such libelous stuff as that about a perfectly gorgeous month. But they lof December. Poe mentloned it, along 'with'*‘dying ember,” “midnight dreary,” and such like gobs of gloom. Just the same, December might be made the subject of a very excellent poem. Indeed, with a verse here and a verse there, it may almost be said that the |United States department of agricul- ture has written a great poem on it— one of the didactic kind that, in addi- ition to adorning the tale, points a |moral, entitled to be considered poe'!:ry| because truth is beauty, and beauty is. poetry. The theme of the thing must be sald to be that December is such ja tremendously important month to the farmer. December Important Farm Month. Now, having pulled up long enough ito climb over a period and walk around the nook of a paragraph—consider. Of course, December has not been gen- erally considered an important month in agriculture. On the contrary, it has been a very much neglected month, \almost a month ignored. None the |less, it does come very close to being: ithe most important month in the year for the farmer. It is a month of isuch tremendous potentiality, a month whose usefulness may be so spread lout over the other 11. There is no end of things that should be done in December besides getting ready for Christmas. That, to borrow a phrase from a very old eharge on duty, “is not on any ac count to be neglected,” but it is due to be coordinated. You have read in the old pioneer Il the clearing all summer, started to school in the winter. That ought to be true still for every farmer, no matter how old or young he is. De- cember should mark the beginning of ithe session in his school. His school- house may very well be in his own chimney corner. He has not much time to read all spring. summer, and fall. Now, he does begin to have a little leisure—not that he has any thne to loaf. but he has his heels on the’ ground. During the year there have 'been printed a considerable number of Special- | 1 :good textbooks on farming. ists of the United States department of agriculture and other specialists fltl the state agricultural college have em- | hodied in bulletins the result of long; and patient labor on various thlngs’ pertaining to farming, have put in type facts that will mean dollars to the ‘farmer who learns them and puts them ‘Into practice. Pupils Study What They Like. Of course, this chimney-corner school of agriculture allows its stu- idents a lot of leeway. The curriculum s largely elective. The farmer may 'smdy this and leave the other alone, .as his interests may . dictate. Buty, ithere will be enough bulletins that are of interest to him to make a pretty ifull course of study. If he has neglected his education at all and isn’t «up® to his grade”” there may. be a great deal more than he can handle in one winter. The United States depart- lment of agriculture has been publish- ing bulletins for a great many years. There are more than a thou- sand farmers' bulletins now on the Nist, and every one of them discusses something that means money to & !lnrge class of farmers. Many of the subjects have been supplemented and localized by state agencies—the agri- cultural college or the state depart- lment of agriculture. There is abso- \lutely no reason why any farmer may /not have all the sclentific information ithat exists on all phases of agricul- ture that mean anything in his par- {ticular operation. All he has to do is 0 go to school to himself by his own i If he needs tutoring, there ‘fireside. is the county agent whom he can con- sult when he goes to town on Satur-|/ day—or he might possibly have the| | iagent (\mt to supper and a sesslon by ithe fireside some night. The United States department of ag- iptculture malntains printed lists of its warious publications, arranged by sub- s. Any farmer—or any city dwell- er or suburbanite who is interested in ckens or a garden or any of the ‘things that pertain to farming—can have a copy merely by writing for it. ‘For the average farmer it is worth epending an evening over, reading the STUDYING NEW BULLETINS ON FARMING A Typical Chimney-Corner College of Agriculture. didn't write even negative eulogies|, stories how the boys had to work in| WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1919 USPENC] AND ERASERS HE demands on us for quality gouds are continually increasing. Quality, in.almost everything, means economy in the long run. Quality, as found in the famous VENUS Pencils and Erasers, means luxurious economy. THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER HIMSELF DUTY OF Classified Advertising Department Advertisements.in this column cost ONE CENT per word for FIRST INSERTION and HALF CENT per word for subsequent consecutive insertions of same copy. Cash must accompany copy. Ads not paid for at time of insertion will be charged for at ONE CENT a word, and then only to those having open accounts on our, books. No ad taken for less than 15 cents for first run, and no"chinz less than 10 cents per issue for additional runs. WHEN OTHER METHODS FAIL TRY A PIONEER WANT ADVERTISEMENT ROOMS FOR RENT FOR RENT—Furnished room, Minn. Ave. 1d1217 FOR RENT—Furnished room, 915 Bemidji Ave. Phone 31-J. 6d122 FOR SALE ' LOANS—Money to loan on e¢ity prop- erty. Reynolds & Winter. 641217 FOR SALE—Birch, tamarack and jack pine cord wood. Also sixteen inch jack pine. Phonet 589. Otto Shook. 4d1219 WANTED A A A A A A A A A WANTED TO RENT—Good type- writer. Inquire at Pioneer office. 1210tt % never have tried a S Pencil come in and let us fit you with a degree exactly suited to your taste. FOR SaLE—..o00d heater, in good condition, 308 Fifth St. Phone 604. 3d1217 HELP WANTED—One experienced dry goods and shoe man. Two ex- perienced sales ladies. Do not ap- ply unless you are thoroughly ex- perienced, as we can not use ap- prentices. O’Leary-Bowser Co. 2d1217 Ask your dealer PIONEER STATIONERY HOUSE Bemidji Wholesalers Minn. titles and checking the ones he is in- terested fn. Then he can mail this fhecked list to the department of ag- ‘rlculrure, and the bulletins checked will be sent to hiin without charge. ere are a few bulletins the supply of which has become depleted and ‘coples are no longer given away, but they may be bought at a very low rice from the superintendent of doc- ments at Washington. The pro- ‘cedure is explained on the list that is [furnished by the department of agri- [culture. Chimney-Corner College Co-educational Every farmer owes It to himself and FOR SALE—Sixty ton wild hay in stack. Put up in good shape. Call 12-F-310, or see Chas. Trog. . MTtf121 FUR SALE— See the Bemidji Sta- tionary store for rubber stamps, fac simile signature stamps, no- tarial eeals and corporation seals HELP WANTED—FEMALE WANTED—Experienced waitress or waiter, at the Kelliher Cafe. 441219 Sugar! Sugar! Sugar! In order to introduce YUBAN COFFEE (which is Arbuckle’s ,best grade), a 60c per pound quality, I FOR SALE—CITY PROPERTY I FOR SALE—Model 35, four cylinder, !hls family to find a little time to go Buick F % to school every winter—to read half | FOR ANY kind of rea: estate deal, see Ml;; b :z‘;' o ai{slt{:tl::shf:nddlugfi will sell— A i|a dozen, or a dozen, or 20 bulletins or write E. J. Willits, 218 Beltrami | 4 ¢ {that will help him make better crops,| Ave. Phone 41. 1218tt li;‘fi;’:;g B:m}‘ldj}ei:t‘e’:"fllesfia:;f ONE POUND OF YUBAN jto keep his live stock in better con- ham. i i 641220 T‘”, {dition with less feed, to carry on his [FOR SALE OR RENT—Five room COF F EE AND O P OUNDS OF SUGARFOR . ...........x When I run out of either the coffee or sugar, the deal if off, so now get busy. CHARLES NANGLE Phone 81 joperations with less exhausting strain on himself. It should be mentioned, too, that this chimney-corner college of agriculture is co-educational. A very large propor- tion of the bulletins are devoted to (household subjects. They contain in- formation that will enable the farmer’s iwife better to carry her half of the load—to feed the family better with less work, to realize more for the por- tion of the farm output that comes under her direction, to have the mini- mum of inconvenience in the house and to get the maximum of comfort out of it—a thousand things that will help along in making farm life pleas- ant and profitable. 'MAKE PROPER STUDY OF RABBIT PROBLEM — IAttractive Possibilities Are Quite Often Misleading. FOR SALE—FARM PROPERTY EEPUU PPN S Sb oS-SS VOSSN FOR SALE—Owner wishes to sall at once, owing to the time of year, makes an exceptionally low price, 90 acres hard wood land, on Mis- sissippi river, 2 miles east of Lake Bemidji. Four cottages and boat house. Reynolds & Wirkter. 6d1217 house, furnished or unfurnished. 3 rooms furnished for housekeep- ing. Phone 161.J. 2d1218 LOST AND FOUND. LOST—Purse containing money and deposit certificate, at the armory. Finder please return to office for reward. 2d1217 FOR SALE—Dandy 117 acre farm, six miles south of Solway. 80 acres under yielding 100 tons yearly. 20 acres in field. Good house and 14,000 ft. of lumber for barn. Unlimited range for stock. See or write C. W. Krog, Bemidji. Phone. 1%-F-310. TsStt FOR SALE—70 acres on Cass Lake two miles from town, good road. Private telephone line, two good buildings, 80 rods lake shore. Must be sold at once. Reynolds & ‘Winter. 641217 LOST—BIlack fur scarf, about Nov. 3rd. Finder return to Pioneer of- fice, $5.00 reward. 129tf LOST—Keyring with 1 common key, one Yale. Leave at Pioneer office. Mrs. W. N. Weber. 1120t LOST—Package containing baby’s flannel petticoat. Lost out of baby’s cutter on Minnesota avenue between Fourth and Fifth streets. Leave at Pioneer, office. 3d1218 THE POPULAR HOSTESS Entertaining problems are greatly les- sened by the hostess who serves good Ice cream. The quality and uniform goodness ‘of our Ice Cream is responsible for its uni- versal popularity. It lends itself to an un- limited variety of dainty and attractive service. Tryityourself. You will be most agreeably surprised. Before Starting on Enterprise It [[] ' Advisable to Consider How Ani- mals Can Be Disposed of to Best Advantage. (Prepared by the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture.) The attractive, not to say startling, mathematical calculations which are sometimes made in estimating breeding possibilities of rabbits not infrequently have led persons to engage in rabbit raising without proper study of the problem. Before starting on this en- terprise, it is advisable also for one to consider well how such rabbits as can be raised may be disposed of. In the vicinity of towns where there are restaurnnts, hotels and boarding houses, arrangements can usually be made to furnish market men or land- lords a regular number of rabbits l\veekly. But one should not begin rais- ing rabbits on a large scale in a lo- cality where people are unaccustomed to eating them. No breeder can ex- pect to make a profit until he has de- veloped a market. He can demonstrate the desirability of the meat of young rabbits to his neighbors and sometimes to other agencies. If a breeder is not able to carry out an educational cam- paign singly, he should endeavor to or- _ganize with others in such an under- taking. 1iy combining they can save cost In adverti ‘ing and stabilize their loutput. Rabbits of recognized breeds con- forming in size, build and color to ac- fcepted standards are always in de- and for breeding stgck. Those born f registered parents are preferred and "\re spoken of as “pedigreed.” They can be registered If the owner so de- sires. The cost of keeping pedigreed ;hr registered stock is no more than that of ordinary stock and the returns are considerably greater. Such stock can usually be disposed of by adver- tising in poultry and pet journals, if there is not sufficient home demand. Rabbits for meat are sold at greater profit when from two to four months pf age. Ordinarily they are shipped Koors Ice Cream Supreme Ask Your Dealers | DENTAL CORNER___ | 00 NOT DELAY YOUR DENTAL WO AT THESE REASONABLE PRICES, NO ONE CAN AFFORD TO NEGLECT THEIR TEETH { $5.00 Nitrous Oxide | N making a selection for your busi- ness stationery be sure that the paper measures up to the standard of your success. The superior quality of BERKSHIRE TYPEWRITER PAPERS is immediately evident to all who see them. They will lend to your business correspondence that quiet dignity which goes with assured success. ASK YOUR DEALER If He Does Not Have It in Stock Bridge Work Gold Crowns . White Crowns .....ecemeee Pure Oxygen lIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIlIIIIIIIIIIIE We take impression in the morning and have your set of teeth ready the same day. Extracting 50c ALL WORK GUARANTEED UNION DENTISTS to market alive in crates, like pouls try. : Have Him Telephane 799-J ' OPPOSITE SCHROEDER B it i PIONEER STATIONERY HOUSE CITY HALL BEMIDJ BUILDING ™~ BEMIDJI, MINN. Wholesalers Heavy wife costs more now but less in the long run. . * » The lasting qualitjes of manure when applied to land are considerable. * = = A little land well tilled will produce more profit than more land neglected. _—— Open from 8;002. m. to 8 p. m. -- Sundays, 10to 1 i 1| e Read The Pioneer Wami Ad READ THE PIONEER WANT ADS Defective