Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 22, 1920, Page 3

’ WHEN TREES BEGIN BEARING | . ITime Reckoned ‘for Varlous Fruits— | Apples.and Pears Take Longest : Stretch of Time. (Prepared by the United States Depart- 2 ment of Agriculture.) . Reckoning the age of a tree from y ; the time when it is planted in its per- * ,manent place, apple trees should begin to bear, as a rule, when they have been | - planted six to eight years. Certain varieties, as the Yellow Transparent and Wagener, may bear conslderably younger, and others; such as the Northern Spy and Yellow New- . ton, not until they are sqmewhat older. - Jndividual trees of the same variety . .vary somewhat in this respect. . Pear trees bear, In general, at about i the'same age as apple. trees, though ; perhaps a little younger. : ; " Peach trees under favorable con- # pit!ons often bear at three years of L "8 E J 0 0L K 0 6 0 & 2 5 & otk deethetied et e part o™ Ao P ‘The phetograph” shows the scene ‘at the million-doliar fire which swept the Jacobs' brothers shilpyards =¢ City Island, N. Y. - The Shamrock IV and the Vanitie, America's cup challenger apd defender, were’ saved. after a hard fight, Many other high-priced pleasure yachts, power boats,.and launches were ruined by the flames.~ - \ to lay through the winter. Yearling hens seldom begin laying much before |: January 1 and older hen§ not until later. It is the November and Dece: ber eggs that bring the high prices. | The- laying breeds should begin lay- ing when about from five to six months old, general-purpose breeds at six to seven months, and the meat breeds at eight to nine months. |VARIETY OF FOOD FOR HENS Fowls Easily Obtain Different Things - INecessary to Make Eggs and Maintain Body. . WILL REVIVE PAST GLORIES!| Historic Port of Gloucester Likely to 4+ Come Back With the American “Merchant' Marine.* m PULLETS MAKE BEST LAYERS It Seldom Pays to Kupv Hens for Eggs After They Are 2; Years Old—Young Fcyvll ‘Favored, The historic port' of Gloucester, Mags.; 13 7likely: to be restored to its one-time maritime glory as the Ameri- can merchant marine expands. A bul- letin of the National Geographic so- clety calls Gloucester the mother of American fisheries. The: story of Glou- ceaster’s fishér folk Is ‘touched on by Kipling in his “Captains Courageous,” James B. Connolly, and Mrs. Ward, in “0ld Maid’s Paradise.” Norman's Woe, off Gloucester, i3 the scene of ‘numer- ous deep sea tragedies touched on by Longfellow, in his “Wreck of the Hes- perus.” 5 Schoopéh are said to have orig- inated in Gloucester and to have been 80 named by a Gloucester shipwright who, when he launched a vessel, heard S spectator explain: - “Oh, how _she { There. are people who, have the right varlety-of fowls, who house and feed them properly, and yet who can- not obtain eggs early in the winter)- Constantly feeding one or two grains because their fowls are too old. It/ pnly compels' the fowls to eat more seldom pays to keep hens for laying| than they ought to and make their dt- after they are two and one-half years | gestive systems work too hard trying: 10ld; not that they will not give a|to get'all the different food elqments! profit, but that.younger fowls will|n gufficient quantity out of this mate- | give a greater profit, says the United| rial. By feeding a variety of food the States department. of agriculture. A |fowls are not obliged to consume &0 great many poultrymen who -make a| great an amount and they can more’ specialty of winter egg production; easily obtain th¢ different things re- Kkeep nothing but pullets, disposing of | quired to maintain the body and make ‘the one-year-old hens before it is time | eggs. ‘ to (put’ them in the winter quarters. y i - - SIMPLE REMEDY FOR WORMS | Give Twenty Drops of Turpentine In. Milk or Water and Mix in Mash i For worms in poultry give 20 drops of turpentine for each 12 adult chick- ens;; less for smeller chicks. Put that amount in one quart of milk or water; .|mix in mash in morting. No other: feed ;' also put one teaspoonful of cop-| f. peras in each gallon of drinking water. T e / ‘| Subscrive for' The Dally Ploneer e e *iBour Cherry Trees Representing Di ;. ferent Grades of Nursery Stock, as ", Follows: 'A, Two-Year-Old Large ‘! Montmorency on Mazzard - Stocke, Three-Fourths Inch Grade, Five to Seven Feet; B, Same as A Except That the Trees Are on Mahaieb, Stocks; C, One-Year-Old. Montmo- rency on Mazzard Stocks, 6-8 to 11-16- Inch Grade, Three to Four Feet; ' D, One:Year-Old ‘Large Montmorency on:Mahaleb - Stocks.” . <> mge; and In any event they should bear ;f-;pt four, years unless injured by frost “lor othefwise. . S Plums’ vary ' ¢onslderably according the group #5 which they belong, but t, sorts- begin to bear In four or 'Sve.pears:aftér planting., ; 1" 7. ~ Sour cherries ordinatily, begin to i lbéar in abodt four years and sweet jcoons.” The expression was used to escribe the bounding of a pebble thrown sidewise Into the water. Gloucester ‘has a floral curiosity of great beauty 'afd fragrance, the mag- nolia - glaucus, which grows in the swamps' near the city. Among the natural wonders that Gloucester dis- closes are Rafe's chasm, where the | pounding waves chirn and rumble; the rocking stone, oscillated for an inch or so by the incoming tides; *O! Mother Ann” and “Whale's Jaw.” . " Painless Dentistry. “An Ametican at home, with or out:toothache, is not much affected: by the sign, ‘Painless Dentistry,’ but sight of it in' a' foreign Ilan he “thrills pleasurably,” a traveler said. - “Its *lure is not': profession-; Every tooth in_his_head may-ff be perfectly sound, yet If s ded and | hoxpefick\ ‘he 'welcomes ' that sign be- cause all over Europe: it is a sure -indication ' that: somewheve : in _the |'} neighborhood lives a citizen of the | "United States. From the northern-’ most town of Norway and Sweden to : the boundaries of Sahara the words ‘painless dentistry’ are likely to' hit you in the eye at'the most unexpected turning. 'Usually they are followed or- preceded by *American,’ but that qual 'fying < term’ ' is' entirely unnecessary. Dentists of other countries make no pretense “of performing painless den- tistry, or if they do they do not adver- tise their &kill. They leave that for their American rivals.” = J fq ;:qn(w !fito bearlt‘;g at abot $ age a8 peaches, or sometime P :h?nfie later. ' .® ; 1 ) Quinces are usually five or six; years d- before they bear much fruit, " : b Raspberries, blackberries and dew- - Ibetgles, if planted in the spring should * 'bear a-ight crop the next year. Sttaw- berries, planted in the spring or. early enough In the autumn to make a good wth before the advent of cold " |wedther, should produce a good crop ” |thé next season. ; Currants and gooseberries commonly . |bear a few fruita the third season aftex .7 iplanting. i * " Grapes may bear very lightly the * jtnird season where conditions are fa ! |vorable, but not much fruit should be lex'pected earlier than the fourth year. [ [Flock of White Leghorn Pullets. The champion of the - girls’ poultry. clubs of Mississippl keeps nothing but pullets. 2 & i - Harly hatched pullets, if properly grown, ought to begin laying in Oc- tober or_early November and continue French Views of .Indiana. Many French people have as vague 1deas of the United States, outside of New York and the Eastern coast, as Americans have of France outside of Paris, - : C. Michelon, permanent secretary of the Alliance Francaise, tells of re- celving a letter from a business firm fn Marseilles, one of the largest French ports, ‘asking for information in regard to the products of the In- dians of Indiana, ..l‘SPRAY FOR DORMANT SEASON > Bluestone Is Excellent Fungicide for | Grapevines to Be Applied Dur. i ¥ ing Coid Weather. E .1 .Get out the barrel spray pump and’ .'|dissolve one pound of bluestone in 25 gallons of water. Spray the grape- |vines with this. This material -can- ", inot be used when the plants are in lleaf; but it is an excellent fungicide ifor the dormant season and every |grépevine should have an upplication . * lguring ‘the. winter.. Where the scup- i ;pernong arbor Is thick give it a good i spraying and do not neglect to spray ithe posts and supports so as to get * jany, spores that may be lurking there * jduring the winter season. 'PRUNE TOP OF YOUNG TREES Work bhéuld Be Doné as Soon as Set X" _Best Growth Made When > - pruned In the Fall. A Cheap Triumph. ' “Don’t you believe me, dearest, when 1 tell you that yon are the only girl I ever loved?” . “Oh, yes. ' But that's mot nearly as nice as it would be to know that I'd stolen you from some other girl” - Q70U don't have to pay the present high - Y pricesforyour jams, jellies and preserves nor the high price for store candy. Use Karo—the Great American Sweet for .every purposé. Karo is another word for economy. : ' ,“Many . women have learned that Blue | Label Karo is not only a delicious spread |- ~for pancakes, but will sweeten their food at |’ Pieceworic.* Mrs, Housekeep—A dollar an hour is . | too much to pay for beating those rugs. | Pm afraid you'll loaf on:the job. . | The 0dd Job Man—TI can do it for 10 amount to { \The top of the young tree should ibe ‘pruned as soon as it is set. Ex- periments show that trees make bet- ‘ter: growth 1if pruned in the fall as cents a wallop, mg’am. It the same thing. The Big Audience. ; . .| “Haven’t you time to go home and ch I t th » e 800R 4§ thelr leaves are shed, regard ke a few eches?” £ ln‘u- 5% ess co8 i an -'-‘g" %d i s less of wheri they are tiansplanted.| mAfe 8 EORC L L o o most wholesomé Home-made Candy. Whiére trees ‘afe shipped from a nur- 7 sery this may not be practicable. _ e LIGHT. MULCH AIDS_BERRIES Tends to 'Keep Soil Moist and Pre- venty Frost- Loosening Roots— - ‘Don't Smother Plants. “What I'm in doubt about is whether 1Tl have time to listen” to ’all “‘the speeches they're getting ready to make to me.” - 8 still Hopeful. . “My boy,” said Mr. Grabeoin, *T'm | oing to pay your poker debts, but this 1s positively the last time.” MThank you, dad. ~Something tells me I won’t have. to trouble you that way any more.” “Good! Then you are going to quit gamb]fng?" . “Well, not exactly, dad. I have a hunch that my luck is going to -~ Stewed fruits, candied' sweet potatoes, - brown' bread, muffins, coffee cake, pudding —hundreds of foods are now- prepared by the best cooks with Karo. - NOTE: Your grocer is selling Blue Label Karo | - by the dozen cans—the best and cheapest way tobuy it. Ask him the price, Most of the berries are hardy with: out protection in winter so far as cold 1s concerned, but the light mulch will keep the soil moist and prevent frost ‘loosening . the TOOtS. When putting the mulch on strawberries we have to make it thim or it will smother the CORN PRODUCTS REFINING COMPANY 17 Battery Place New York i plants. ~ ! change.” * FIRST C. J. Winter, N. G., Tel. 362J R. A. Hannah, Rec. Sec., Tel 719W Subseribe for the Pioneer. Standard 9.“!_1.) Company 910 So. Michigan Ave., Chicagr $002 | '\\\ x et Bemidji Lodge No. 119, L 0. O, F., Beltrami Ave. “g‘r‘l‘g St., meets eve, even| at go'cloek.’ i!ll ‘THIS WEEK DEGREE MOOSE, NO. 1483, Meets first & thied Tues. - each menth ta Ave. and Third St 8 P.M. Visiting brother: C.. B. Hoyt, Secy. NEXT MEETIN \ REGULAR BUSINESS Cor. Minneso \ stick to Your itting HE production of crude oil ] is, in itself, a highly special- ized business. 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