Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 17, 1920, Page 3

- mare coal saved. SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1920 . THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEEk THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS LOST EACH YEAR . TO DAIRYMEN THROUGH IMPROPER COOLING In Times of Cold Weather Prepare for Hot Weather—Harvesting Ice In a Northern State. (Prepared by the United States Depart- | ment of Agriculture.) Bach year dairymen lose thousands -of dollars from returned sour milk, ‘poor butter, and low-quality cheese. These losses are largely due to im- preper cooliny of milk and cream on the farm, according to dairy special- ist8. For good results milk and cream should be cooled to 50 degrees or lower -and held there; and as this usually can best be done by the use of ice, dairy- men should take advantage of any near-by lake or stream to obtain a sopply of ice for next year. lce Costs Little. The ice harvesting season fortunate- Iy comes at a time when there is the least work on the farm for men and teams, and consequently the actual -mopey cost is usually not very great. The quantity of ice needed depends upon the location of the farm—whether in the North or in the South, the num- Yer of cows milked, and the method of handling the product. In the northern states it has been found that, with a mederately good ice house, one-half of ‘& ton of ice per cow is sufficient to -eool cream and hold it at a low temper- atare for delivery two or three times a week. One and one-half or two tons per cow should be provided where milk is to be cooled. Capacity of Ice Houses. A cubic foot of ice weighs about 57 pounds, so in storing lce it is custom- ary to allow from 40 to 50 cubic feet per ton for the mass of ice. At least 12 inches must be left between the ice :and the wall of the building for in- :sulation, unless the ice house has per- aanently insulated walls and an un- ‘usually large space for insulation be- meath and above the ice. Where a lake, pond, or stream of «clear water is not available, some pre- liminary work in preparing the ice @eld will be required before freezing ‘weather sets in. It is therefore advis- able to make all plans for the work as ‘soon as possible. Water for the ice supply should be entirely free from <ontamination or pollution. Ponds and ‘sluggish streams usually lhave grass .and weeds growing in them, so that the fce harvested is likely to contain de- <ayed vegetable matter, which is al- ‘ways objectionable. They should, therefore, be thoroughly cleared of -such growths before the ice has formed. In some sections it {8 necessary to impound the water for producing ‘ice. “This may be done either by excavating, and diverting a stream into the ex- «<avation, or by constructing dams :across low areas. In localities where wvery low temperatures prevail for sev- eral weeks at a time, and the supply -of pure water is limited, blocks of ice may be frozen in metal cans or in special fiber containers. In harvesting fice it Is desirable to bave a field of sufficient size to fill the tce house at a single cutting, as the thickness and quality of the ice will l be more néarly uniform, and the neces- sary preparation for cutting and har- vesting need be made but once, In many instances, however, the size of the pond or stream is such that it is necessary to walit for a second crop In order to filll the ice house. The aver- age farmer requires only a compara- tively small quantity of ire, so that even a small harvesting surface will usually prove large enough, especially it ice is cut the second time. The square feet of surface required per ton when the ioe is of different thicknesses is shown in the following table. Size of cake, 22 by 22 inches. Square Feat of Ice Surface Required Per Ton of Ice. & Thickness Number of Cutting Space of Ice Cakes Required Required Inches Per Ton Per Ton 4 33 105.4 6 20.9 0.3 8 15.6 62.6 10 12.5 42.1 2 10.4 .1 M 5 89 80.1 16 18 2.3 18 6.9 2.4 20 [¥] 21 22 5.7 1.1 Few Tools Required. When a smaJ quantity of ice is to bs harvested, but few tools are required. The following list contains those actu- ally needed for harvesting ice on a small scale: Two ice saws, one hand marker, one pulley and rope, two pairs of ice tongs, two ice hooks, one pointed bar, and one straight edge. While toese tools are all that are necessary, additional ones, such as the horse plow and marker, horse scraper and marker, and a calking bar are convenient and will help to expedite the work of ice harvesting. U. S. BUTTER EXPORTS SMALL This Country Furnishes Less Than 1 Per Cent of Product That Fig- ures in Trade. (Prepared by the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture.) In spite of vast grazing lands in the United States this country furnishes less than 1 per cent of the butter that figures In world or International trade, according to statistics recently com- piled by the United States department of agriculture. However, the same fact, expressed in terms of the total number of pounds of butter exported, does pot look so insignificant, since the annual total for at least one year in each of the last six decades has approached 30,000,000 pounds. There has been marked fluctuation in this country’s exports of butter, the amount frequently dropping to less than one-third of the total for the big years. The relation between domes- tic and foreign prices has been the deternining factor in these chauges. During the last few years our exports, small as they are relatively, have been 'going to .70 different coyntries, col- onies, and dependencies. HACHINERY SAVES I.ABOR IN CUTTING WOOD Buzz Saw Operated IPrepared by the United States Depart-] ment of Agriculture.) by a Gasoline Engine. of power iittle extra outlay ls neces- sery. Most of the vutfits may be op- Machinery is valuable in cutting fire- l erated by a small numbcr of men. Re- wood and is especlally valuable now. ,pflln and upkeep usually are mod- Machinery speeds up wood cutting, | | erate. and means more wood and therefore i The cost of cutting a cord of wood | with a buzz saw I8 approximately 20 A buzz saw or a drag saw will cut { cents. All small trees and cordwood several tlmes as much wood in a day | can be cut readily with a buzz and as can be cut by hand and will do it | circular saw, but logs above 10 to 12 mach more easily. Wood-sawing ma- | chines are comparatively inexpepsive, i and when well cared for will last »., On farms which already inches in diameter can he cut bhest with a drag saw, although the latter <dll nct cat so rapidly. The sawing outfit may be owned co-operatively ar BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL DOCTORS DR. EINER JOHNSON Physician and Surgeon Bemidji, Minn. DR. H. A. NORTHROP PEYSIOIAN OSTEOPATHIO AND SURGEON Office phone 183 Ibertson Block DR. E. H. SMITH Physician and Surgeom Office Security Bank Bleck DRS. GILMORE & McCANN Physicians and Surgeons Oftice Miles Block DR. E. A. SHANNON, M. D. Physician and Surgeon Office in Mayo Block Phone 396 Res. Phone 397 DR. L. A. WARD Physician and Surgeon Bemidji, Minn. C. R. SANBORN, M. D. Physician and Surgeon Oftice: Miles Bloek House Phone ¢49——Office phone &8 e ——————eeee e DR. E. H. MARCUM Office hours, 11 a.m. to 2 m., 2 p.m. to 56 p.m. Schroeder Block. Office phone 18, Res. phone 211. LUNDE and DANNENBERG Chiropractors Hours 10 to 12a.m.;3 t0 6,7 to 8 pm. Phone ¢01-W Calls made 1st ‘National Bank Bldg. Bemiast S ——— R — e e R L Sy ' VETERINARIANS R — J. WARNINGER VETEAINARY SURGEON -.Office and Hoepital 3 doors west.. of Troppman's. Phone No. 808 $rd Street and Irvine ave. Dr. W. K. Denison—Dr. D. R. Burgess DENISON & BURGESS Veterinarians Phones: Office 3-R; Res. Bemidji, Minn. DENTISTS DR. J. W. DIEDRICH DEXTIST Offiee—O’ wael Phones—Office 376-W. Res. 376-R Ié DR. H. A. HASS DENTIST Office Over Boardman’s Drug Store. Phone 447 —_—— BUSINESS f I Nymore and Bemidji TRANSFER & DRAY LINE Phone 620-W D. H. FISK, Attorney at Law Office, Northern National Bank Bldg. Phone 181. Collections a specialty. TOM SMART Dray and Tramster Res. Phone 68 Office Phone 12 818 America H. C. NELSON Piano Tuning and Piano and Violin Repnrlng—Bovz Filling 216 Beltrami Ave.™™ Phone 573W | Jil T —— O NORTHERN MINN. AGENCY. Dwight D. Miller WE CAN Insure Anything Anywhere Offices, Northern Nntlml Bnnk Bldg., Phone 181 SISl et G BRI W. G. SCHROEDER GENERAL MERCHANDISE Sxoceries, Dry Good-. lhou. Flour Semidji, Minn Phone ¢5 FIRE INSURANCE REAL ESTATE REYNOLDS & WINTER 212 Beltrami Avenue Phone 144 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 614 Minnesota Ave., Bemidjl J. Bisiar, Mgr. Phone §78-W O Bemidji Lodge No. 119, 707 I 0. 0. F., Beltrami Ave. and 4th St., meets every Friday evening at 8 o’clock. THIS WEEK SECOND DEGREE C. J. Winter, N. G., Tel. 362F R. A. Hannah, Rec. Sec Tel 719W e —————— DRY CLEANING Clothes Cleaners for Men, Women and Ohildvean PHONE -77 For your Livery Gar Service and Courtesy Our Motto Ward Bros. Auto Livery HIS organiza- tion has been tested as to its qualifications. Our services are at all times fougd to be satisfactory and are replete with the proper appoint F. P. Sheldon, President R. H. Schumaker, Cashier Chartered as a NATIONAL BANK in 1900 e Flrst National Bank of Bemlcl Is the OLDEST and LARGEST bank in BELTRAMI COUNTY and sub- mits herewith its comparative statements at the close of business on December 31st, 1918, and December 31st, 1919: Resources December 31st, 1918 31st, 1939 Loans and Discounts . $562,592.42 Overdrafts None U. S. Bonds 78,600.00 107,400.00 Other Bonds and Securities. 84,330.08 117,673.20 Banking House and Fixtures........ 20, 000.00 25, 000 00 Cash on Hand, Due from Banks and U. S. Treasurer .................. 85,756.63 148,268.34 Stock in Federal Reserve Bank... 1,800.00 1,800.00 f Tolal coinvivnimniie $702,917.52 $962,633.96 Liabilities December Liabilities December 31st, 1918 31st, 1919 Capital Stock ..$ 50,000.00 $ 50,000.00 Surplus and Profits o 10 025.00 10 100.00 Circulation ... 25,000.00 50,000.00 Bills Payable with Federal Re- serve Bank ... 10,000.00 None Other Liabilities .. 2,798.86 2,653.80 DEPOSITS 605, 1098, 66 849,880 16 Total .. $702,917.52 $962,633.96 GAIN in DEPOSITS December 31st 1918, to December 31st, 1919: $244,781.50 GAIN in ASSETS December 31st, 1918, to December 31st, 1919: $259,726. We wish to take this opportunity to thank our many Loyal Friends and Depositors whose patronage has made possible this remarkable in- crease in our business, and to hope that 1920 may bring you a still larger degree of prosperlty Our aim is to treat all with courtesy, safely to administer your funds, and to provide a uniform service and all modern conveniences for the transaction of your business. We desire to call your attention to your income reports which must be filed not later than March 15th, 1920.- Our officers are ready to assist you in making out these reports and hope that you will call upon us for assistance when necessary. We also desire to call your attention to our modern up-to-date Safety Deposit System. We have boxes to rent at $2, $3 and $4 per year. OFFICERS Resources December A. A, Warfield and A. G. Wedge, Jr., Vice-Presidents G. H. French and H. R. Henderson, Assistant Cashiers THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BEMIDJI & A A R i Tt s:6¢ el il A o e e e e A e e A A R e I R B R ————— l iong time. have gasoline encines or nther sanrcea | mav ha nsed for cnstom warl