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

PREPARE SEED " BED FOR OATS Disking and Harrowing in Spring Is Better for Good Yields Than Plowing. EARLY SEEDING DESIRABLE Care Should Be Taken to Secure New Stocn of Seed for Sowing Where Local Supply ls of Poor Quality —Use Clean Seed. ‘GPrepared by the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture.) When oats follow a cultivated crop, which is wsually the case, it is mot generally necessary te plow the land Defore sewing. Qats do well on fall- plowed land, but if the land has not Deen plowed in the fall, better ylelds are usually produced from sowing in 8 seed bed made by disking and har- . rewing than in ome made by sprin .plowing. Karly seeding for oats very ‘desirable. As a good seed bed ,n&mtkmuchnmqnlalywl the disk harrow than with the plow, land that was in ' cultivated crop yoar, the saving in time is an tage. Two diskings and ene harrowing put clean land {n' good shape for sow- ing with the drfll. Buying Seed. It local supply of seed eats is poer quality, care sh be getting a new stock for sowing. Detter to get this supply ] more likely to be those whi well locally. Varieties which' best two or three hundred miles to. merth or south may not be at all suit- sble. If new seed is wanted, ask the county agent or the state experiment station where to get it and what va- rieties to buy. If you have been growing a variety which does well in your locality it 1s better to sow well-cleaned seed of that variety grown on your own farm or in your county than to get seed from a distance. It takes oats a year or two to get used to the soil and climate in any locality, and they will not do their best until they become adapted to local conditions. If the oats grown locally were injured more or less last summer by rains after harvest, make a germination test and prove that they will not grow before you decide to send away for seed. If your oats are light and chaffy take out about two-thirds of the lightest of them with the fanning mill and use the other third for seed. The idea that oats run ‘out and that it is necessary to get new seed every few years is quite common, but it is Cutting a Crop of Oats and Vetch. not justified by the facts. There is no reason why a good variety of oats should not be just as good twenty years from now as it is now, if cure is taken to Keep it pure. Clean and Grade Seed. The seed should be cleaned and graded each year, taking out the weed seeds and the small kernels. It shouid also be treated for smut at least once in two or three years. If the seed is of good quality it will not pay to run it through the fanning mill more than once, to tuke out the small kernels and weed seeds. If the sced is poor or very weedy, running it through a second time and tafing out two-thirds er more of the grain is well worth while, The reason it is best to take out the small kernels is that they do not make asg strong plants as the large ones. The weak plants from these small Kkernels usually produce little grain. If the kernels that are sown are all about the same size the plants will be uniform, the crop will all ripen at the same time, and the yleld will be better. . Sowing With Drill Is Best. The best way to sow oats is with the grain drill. Drilling gives a more even stand thun broadcast seeding, for all the seed is covered to about the same depth., In sowing broadcast, some of the seed may not be covered at all and some may be covered too deeply. Germination i{s better from drilled seed and the growth is more uniform throughout the season. In -numerous tests at the experiment sta- tions drilled oats bave outylelded oats sown broadcast by several bushels to the acre. Better stands of grass .and’ clover can also be obtained in drilled than in broadrast oats. HAPPL N Mother Nature and Ohio State University Co-Eds OLUMBUS, O.—Five of the 1,200 co-eds at Ohio State university are physi- cally perfect, sound as a dollar in wind, limb, and every organ. It seems like a small percentage—five in 1,200. But we presume the examinations were very strict and a minor, merely technical, defect barred a girl from the honor list. Considering the co-ed as she ap- pears to the public, we are inclined to regard five physically perfect ones in 1,200 as not so bad after all. She bares her delicate chest to the boreal blasts, she wears almost nothing tangi- ble from knee to ankle, she is heavily boned, as the corset advertisements phrase it, at the waistline, she throws herself out of plumb with her high cream stack ple. extraordinary powers of resistance, Mother Nature 'is good they do to themselves. MILLERS LEAVE TODAY . FOR TRAINING CAMP (By United Press) Minneapolis, March 12.—The ad- | ¢ |vance guard of the Minneapolis Mill- ers leave today for their spring train- ing camp. At Oklahoma City they will pick up several members of the team there and practice will begin at once. ) Joe “Pongo” Cantillon, manager of the club, is going into the training season believing he has championship material. The Millers will play the first game of the American associa- tion at Kansas City, April 14. Could 8e2 Resemblance. In a downtown store the other day a woman stood near the cash desk very pardonably and proudly showing off a little baby girl, of whom the exhibitor quite obviously was an aunt. The child’s effectiveness consisted mainly of its head-dress and a cluster of rich ‘golden curls, An admiring group soon |’ gathered around, while the ‘woman pointéd out the baby’s finer points of_ beauty, concluding with the rather far- fetched statement that “Everybody says she locks just like me!” The woman, busy talking, did not notice that the child had become restive and was tugging with both hands at the ribbons. which fastened the dainty cap on her head, and suddenly the knot was untied, and off came the cgp. And off came the curls, too, which were fastened to the cap, leaving the baby as bald as the floorwalker who stood grinning nearby. There was a, moment of charitable silerce, and then soreone In the crowd turned away with the remark: “Well, she does look ¢ good deal like the old lady, at that."—Kansas City Star.- is Painful Topic. “I'm afraid Miss Sereleaf did not en- [ Joy the party.” “Indeed ?” l “An old friend of hers wos 2mong . the guests, a 1ady who has three grown | children. She kept referring to the | time when she and Miss Sereleat were | girls together.” i l Not Needed. The Salesman—Why not give the young lady this nice little morocco- bound engagement book to help her keep track of her engagements? The Customer—But she fisn't en- gaged to any one but me, and I in- ! tend to keep her reminded of it. Its Style. “Somebody says a bapy 1n the house s a weiispring of joy.” “Don't you believe it. From the amusement standpoint, a baby in the house is a screaming farce.” b " Wanted to Know. “Exce; ent floor this,” clumsy d ncer. “Then why dance on my feet?” asked his unlucky partner. sald the A VERY PRESENT HELP, “It's when a man is In trouble that he realizes the value of & wife.” “Sure! He can put all his prop- erty in her name.” Something Cheap. The price of everything’s so dear— It makes one almost weep; But one thing still remains the same— That’s talk—as usual—cheap! Playing to a Crowd. “Two is company, three is a crowd.” “] like that adage,” declared Yorick Ham. “It has frequently made me feel better when estimating the size of an audience out front.” “Thank you, dad. me I won't have to trouble you that way any more.” o “Good! Then you are gol gambling?”’ “Well, not exactly, dad. bhunch that my luck Is going to change.” i heels to the displacement; we should think, of everything within her abdomi- nal cavity, and she seems always ready and eager for chocolate luxurro and Perhaps the perfect five eschew all these frivolities, but we doubt it, for we suppose they are normal in their girlish mental processes. We presume, rather, that they owe their physical perfection to dear Old Mother Nature's exerted for some inscrutable reason with specigl determination and vigor in these five cases. to us and we have faith that she never will let the girls die off and leave us alone in a sad and dreary world, no matter what Boy Oniy Six Years Old Robbed by Playmates Detroit—Something -in the way of holdup records was. es- tablished in Windsor. The vic- tim was Lawrence Fraley, 118 Fifth street, West, who is just turned six years. Some of his playmates lured him to an old ice house, threw sand in his eyes, and took all his clothes and 138 cents—his entire fortune, Then they locked him inside, where, after half an hour, his walls attracted Edward Neal, who rescued him, got him some clothes, and took him home, and notified the police. Lawrence was rather cold from his adven- ture, but otherwise showed no 111 effects. Still Hopeful. ’ “My boy,” said Mr. Grabcoin, “I'm going to pay your poker debts, but this positively the last time.” Something tell: BALL and party gownsalways look new if each time, after being worn, they are sent to us for a careful cleaning and a skill- ful pressing. The Mode! Dry Gleaners 309 Third St. HREADED Rub- ber Insulation permits the Bone Dry shipment and storage of batteries, so that to matter how long the dealer keeps them in " stock they are brand new when they go out of the door on his cus- tomers’ cars. Ask us about it. BEMIDJI AUTO CO. Olaf Ongstad, Prop. Bemidji, Minnesota fng to quit I have & J. C."PENNEY CO. J. C. PENNEY CO. J. C. PENNEY CO. J. C. PENNEY CO. J. C. PENNEY CO. J. C. PENNEY CO. J. C. PENNEY CO. /“,\,% Y 3 «C]\) X SOANEN The New Spring and Summer Styles are just in, so - you should order yours at once. i : A tailored suit will not cost you any more now days than a ready-made one, because of the high wages paid the cutters and other employees in the ready-to- wear factories. e i . ® L6 FAILORED A% YOU WANT THEN T " Paul Brosvik, Tallor 119 Third Street Bemidji, Minn. J. C. PENNEY CO. J. C. PENNEY CO. - ‘ Spring" Sllowing' of | Silks & 'D"ress' Goods Spring fabrics are here! This means much to the ladies of Bemidji and vicinity. Many of you are planning on your new garments. The beautiful new weaves that Fashion has set her stamp of approval on are shown in wide assortment. Such a wonderful display! Materials for dresses, for skirts, blouses, and filmiest of lingerie, men’s shirts, and many other purposes. Fabrics of the highest grade at the usual J. C. Penney Company lowest prices. RADIUM SILK—The season’s newést creation. Beautiful designs, yard....$5.90 PRINTED GEORGETTE CREPE—New fancy printed—both in small and large patterns. The season’s most wanted silk. Per yard................ $3.69 and $2.69 CREPE DE CHINE—In all the new plain colors. Per yard........... $3.25 to $2.69 WASH SATINS—Dainty small patterns, in old rose, blue and lavendar. The very latest thing for camisoles. Just what one needs to wear under the sheer Per yard ......................................................................... $2.69 SHANTUNG SILK—Very much in demand by the motorist. ‘A’ good silk fabric for motor coats and sport suits. In tan, da\rk green and navy blue; yard..$1.98 blouse. SATIN STRIPE JAVA CREPE—Just i'eceived. A beautiful material for ladies’ *-ghirt waists or men’s shirts. Per yard ........ R — $2.79 WHITE TUB SILK—An excellent material when wash silk is needed ; yard $2.79 BLACK TAFFETA SILK—36 inches wide, always in demand. Per yard......$2.49 CHIFFON FAILLE—The most popular of the less expensive silks. .This material we have in all colors. Per yard...o e oo $1.69 / K44 BUSY STORES If I's New We Have It J. C. PENNEY CO. -J.C. Pm CO. ‘00 XINNEJ D °f ‘OD-XANNEL 0 ' ‘0D AENNEd D T ‘00 XHNNEd "D °f. ‘00 XENNEd D °r ‘00 -AENNEL D T "00 XANNEd O '