Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 13, 1920, Page 2

BUCKWHEAT FINE FOR POOR SOILS | Profitable Yield May Be Secured Where Wheat, or Even Rye, Cannot Be Grown. EXCELLENT AS COVER CROP Can Be Grown on Land Where Spring- Sown Crops, Such as Corn, Have Failed to Make a Stand— Many Other Uses. (Prepared by the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture.) Buckwheat is in general the best grain crop for poor, thin land. Its nat- ural and favorite environment is “back fn the hills.” On land where wheat or even rye cannot be grown with profit buckwheat 18 often able to produce & profitable yleld. The climatic condi- tions, however, must be favorable. On acid soils, which are quite com- mon in the northern states, buckwheat does well. It does not require large supplies of lime In the soil, although lime is taken up largely by the plant. Good S8ummer Cover Crop. Low-grade fertilizers may be used to advantage in the growing of buck- wheat, as it can make use of relatively insoluble materials to better advan- tage than the other grain crops. It may be used to render avallable in- soluble phosphates, like rock phos- phate, as these are taken up by the plant In larger quantities than by other small grains. To obtain the greatest benefit from such applications to follow crops, the buckwheat should be grown as a summer cover crop to be plowed under as green manure in preparation for fall seeding. Buckwheat serves to make even very hard land mellow and friable. Conse- quently it is a good crop to use in preparation for such crops as potatoes. As it has a short growing period, buckwheat can be grown on land where spring-sown crops, such as corn, have failed to make a stand. It can also be used where the land cannot be worked until late, or where other crops have been drowned out by late spring floods. Enlarge Farm Activities. Buckwheat can be used to enlarge farm activities. After other crops that must be sown early are all in there is often time to prepare land and sow Dbuckwheat. On account of the short growing season It may be sown later than any other grain crop. Where 1t 18 so used it often may be advisable to sow it even on rich land which other- wise could be used more profitably for other crops. { Buckwheat Is a sultable erop for gfowing on new ground. Land just cleared of timber or drained marsh land containing much decaying vege- table matter will produce good yields . of this grain. Farmers’ Bulletin No. 1062 contains full information on this crop. Copies may be had free on application to the department of agriculture, Washing- ton, D. C. SCRAPER FOR LOADING SOIL Platform Arranged as Shown in lllus- tration Obviates Much Tire- some Labor, THE WINDOW GARDEN By EBEN E. REXFORD. It may not seem reasonable to the reader to treat of winter window gar- dens in midsummer, but a caretul con- sideration of the subject from my point of view will convince the flower- loving person, I feel quite sure, that this article is “timely.” Look over the window gardens of your meighbors, in winter, when they ought to be at their best to give the fullest degree of satisfaction, and I think you will! find the majority of them far from satisfactory. The plants will be small, much too small to be ornamental; and if you keep an eye on them throughout the season you will find that few of them reach the flowering stage before March, which is to say that most specimens in the ordinary house col- lection of plants give few or no flow- ‘ers at the period when a window gar- den should afford us the greatest amount of pleasure. What we aim at is flowers in winter —not in the spring, when the blossoms of the outdoor garden are at hand. Said a woman to me, not long since: “I don’t see why it is that I can’t have flowers in the winter. Some of my friends have, and they don’t take half a8 gbod care of their plants as I.do. ‘Why, some of them don't repot their plants at all, still I notice they have flowers from them; and I go over all my plants just before winter sets .in, and repot them and cut them back or start new ones and take pains to give them the best soil and am so careful about watering, and fertilizing, and airing, but most of them will not blos- som for me. They look healthy and | they grow well, but one doesn’t care for just leaves. Now, this woman's failure to obtain flowers from her plants was explained by three words she made use of—"just before winter.” The attention she gave the plants at that period came several months too late. The fact is, as anyone will readily see when they come to think the mat- ter over, a plant cannot be satisfac- torily developed in two or three months. Not much can be expected from a plant that is not made ready for winter until that season is about upon us. In order to secure a good collection ot good-sized plants for the winter, »ne must begin to get ready during the summer. By the term “good-sized,” I do not mean large plants in the usual sense of the word, but rather plants of sufficient development to justify one in expecting flowers from them for the nolidays. Age is often a more important factor in plant culture than mere size. Young plants seldom bloom while develop- ment is taking place most rapidly. They must “get their growth” so to speak, before we can expect them to bend their energies to the production of flowers® Therefore, I advise the owner of a Where dirt is to be taken out of an excavation and hauled away some dis- tance, getting this dirt into a wagon hed is alwavs a hard job. l\_’_luxrv a Loading Soil Made Easy. seraper is used it Is usually necessary to drag the dirt out of the hole and then shovel it into a farm wagon. By building a platform like the one shown here it is easy to load a wagon with a seraper and save a lot of hard work. The platform must he strong enough to stand up under the load of dirt and the extra pull that comes when the team drags the scraper up the in- | collection of house plants from which cline. The check Dblock stops the [she wishes to secure flowers all scraper and helps in dumping it into the wagon box. PURE AIR QUITE NECESSARY Drafts Should Be Carefully Avoided and Poultry House Kept at Even Temperature. Filthy air is practically breathing poison. Pure air furnishes the oxygen which keeps the life processes going and when the air becomes stale or foul, the birds become weak and sickly. The problem for the poultryman, there- fore, is to let in plenty of air without drafts and without making the hen house so cold as to be uncomfortable. On almost all sunny days the windows can be opened when the flock is exer- cising, scratching in litter for its food, and that gives a chance to air the house thoroughly. Even in the coldest night the windows may be lowered a little at the top (very little when it is very cold) and the birds will obtain fresh air. If the wind blows in, a plece of burlap can be hung over the open space through which the air can get in wnd by which the wind can be kept out, | ‘THE BEMIDJ1 ‘Specimen Polypodium Mandaianum. through the winter season to get the plants under way now. If some of them are large, cut them back and al- low them to renew themselves wholly, as to branches, during the months be- tween now and winter. Report now, if necessary, and shift such as seem to need larger pots. If young plants are to be used, procure’ them at once and keep them going ahead steadily. Do not be so anxious to secure rapid development that you fall into the error of overfeeding. Simply aim to' bring about a strong, healthy growth, and as long as a plant seems to be making such growth do not make use of the fertilizers. It is one of the hardest things 1 know of to make an enthusiastic ama- teur plant grower satisfied to “let well | enough alone.” She is constantly wanting to urge her pets on a little faster, and in her efforts to do this she gives them more food than they can digest, and the consequence is a breakdown from overstimulation: nine times out of ten. . A plant that does not get as much’ food as il can make good use of, will| give vastly greater satisfaction in the: long run, than the plant that gets so much food that it doesn’t lnox what. to do with it. » . Some persons are under the hnm-eu-1 sion that all plants for winter use must' be young ones. Such is not the case, however. Year-old plants, as a gen-: eral thing, are much preferable to the young ones. There are exceptions as in the case of Chinese primroses, Primula obconi- ca and others of a habit similar, in some respects to our annuals; but for the majority of plants adapted to house culture like geraniums, helio- tropes, begonias, abutilons, asparagus in variety and carnations, older plants should always be chosen. This summer I start the geraniums which I intend to depend upon for win- ter flowers a year from the coming winter. These will bloom some this winter if 1 let them, but I shall hold. them in check to a great extent (orl future service. The person who preaches ‘“young plants for winter flowering” to you does not take into consideration the fact that a plant started this season from a cutting will have but few, branches by winter, and a plant that has but few branches cannot give, many flowers because ample flowering* surface means many branches. DAILY PIONEER . |SECRETARY GETS $3000 SALARY | Mr. F. W. Zehm laid a solid foundation for his life work when he took a secretarial course at Dakota Business Col- lege, Fargo, N. D., several years ago. He now is secretary for a theatrical company in Montana at 3250 a month. The better firms throughout the Northwest employ D. B. C. graduates in increasing num- bers. Misses M. McKallor and V. Sullivan, recently sent to In- ternational Harvester Co., made 18 D. B. C. pupils hired by that firm. i “Follow the $ucce55ful.” Write F. L. Watkins, Pres., 806 Front St., Fargo, N. D., for in- formation. LADIES! DARKEN " YOUR GRAY HAIR Use Grandma’s Sage Tea and|. Sulphur Recipe and No- body Will Know The use of Sage and Sulphur for restoring faded, gray hair to its nat- ural color dates back to grandmoth- er’s time. She used it to keep her hair beautifully dark, glossy and at- tractive. Whenever her hair took on that dull, faded or streaked appear- ance, this simple' mixture was applied with wonderful effect. But brewing at home is mussy and out-of-date. Nowadays, by asking at any drug - store for a bottle of “Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Com- pound,” you wil get this famous old preparation, improved by the addi- tion of other ingredients, which can be depended upon to restore natural color and beauty to the hair. A well-known downtown druggist says it darkens the hair so naturally and evenly that nobody can tell it has been applied. You simply dampen a sponge or soft brush with it and draw this through your hair, taking one strand at a time. By morning the gray hair disappears, and after another application or two, il be- comes beautifully dark and glossy. Yellow Mustar(i for _§9re Throat, Tonsilitisi Old fashioned remedies are often the best. Yellow Mustard, in the, form of plaster or poultice, has been used for gener-. ations for sore- | ness, inflamma- tions, conges- tions and swell-' ings with most excellent results but — it blis- tered. 4 Heat eases pain and Begy’s Mustarine made of pure yellow mustard, together with other pain re- lieving ingredients is just as hot, but quicker, cleaner, and more effective ; and cannot blister. H When your throat is sore, when you have pleurisy, bronchitis or a pain-shooting chest cold you can get speedy and lasting relief with this most effective preparation because heat eases pain. Every druggist has it—30 and 60 cents. BE GY' S ° USsTARIN i THE YELLOW Box Therefore, instead of letting the ge-! SAVED HER LIFE | raniums you start this summer blos-| som in the winter, keep pinching them | and the professional back to produce a sufficient number; of branches to give the desiredj amount of flowering surface. The more branches there are the more flowers you may expect. Cut your ferns apart now and use each division of the roots that has a piece of crown attached as the basis of a new plant. Use leaf mold or ' i I turfy loam for this class of plants, if, obtainable. i Hanging baskets should receive at-! tention at once. i H | i Nephrolepls Tuberosa Plumosa. 2 - Morrison, Iowa:—"Dr. Pierce’s remedies advice received from the specialists at Dr. Pierce’s Invalids’ Hotel in Buffalo, N, Y., (which I followed to the letter) saved my life when I was a girl and I have had cause to feel grateful . for more than forty ", years. When I was % about sixteen years 4 of aze I fell from my f : horee and was ter- P ribly injured inter- nally. . A short time bunch formed on my after this &n immense right hip which doctors neglected to lance and consequently my entire system was poisoned. I not only became terribly ema- ciated but my body was a mass of running sores and my right limb drew up under me and became helpless. I was in bed for more than six months and all Lope for my recovery had been given up when some one told my father about Dr. Pierce’s Invalids’ Hotel in Buffalo where they not manu- factured some wonderful remedies but also ve advice free, 80 he wrote for advice, and in a very short time we were ve: ful that he did, because the first bottle of ‘Golden Medical Discovery’ helped me so much that I was able to raise my from the pillow, my appetite returned and I was able to de\e;lp Then the sores commenced to heal and I knew that I had started on the right track. “It took fiveyears to bring me back to my original good health but I took no remedies but Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical ‘Favorite Prescription’ and ‘Pleasant Pel- th the approval of my doctor all This was for ars ago and I am still in the best of health. 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