Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 4, 1920, Page 8

i PAGE EIGHT 'PLANT LIFE 1S RULED BY LIGHT V. S. Experts, After Experiments, Advance Principle That Is { Revolutionary. TEMPERATURE 1S NEGLIGIBLE Plowering and Fruiting Period of Prac. tically Any Plant Can Be Contrelled by Lengthening Day by Arti- ficlal Light. ‘Washington, D. C.—Government ag- rieultural experts have discovered that plant life seems to dapead on light, rather than temperature, for nourish- ment and may be controlled by regu- Jating the hours of light and darkness. ‘The principle is revolutionary; but 1t rests on actual experiments, in which it was demonstrated that plants sub- Jocted to alternate periods of light and llrll_:eus in carefully determined pro- portions could be brought to maturity 8t any time of the year. “Greenhouse experiments,” says an announcement by the department of \ @griculture, “prove that the flowering and fruiting period of practically any plant can be made to take place at any time of year by darkening the green- house in the morning and evening, If | the day is too long, or by lengthening the day by artificial light if the day is too short. Flowers That Bloom in Spring. “8pring flowers and spring crops Rappen to be spring flowers and spring erops because the days at the season ot their flowering and fruiting have the proper number of hours of day- Hght.” The discovery may be of the highest ftmportance In the future planning of eropping systems for different regions. Eventually it may be found, accord- g to W. W. Garner and H. A. Allard, sclentists in the bureau of plant indus- try, who conducted exhaustive expert- _ments, that the animal organism also_ is capable of responding to the stimu- Tus of certain day lengths. They be- Meve that the migration of birds may -be an illustration, on the ground that direct response to such a stimulus would be more In line with modern Blological teachings than theorles which assume that birds “go south” ag 8 matter of instinct. + Experiments were conducted with a large variety of plants. It was shown ¢onclusively that too little “sleep,” or, 4a'other words too many hours of day- t, would prevent many plants from feaching the flowering and fruit- + Tt was found also that plants would not reproduce except when exposed to a favorable length of day, although too much daylight for flowering and fruit- fsg might stimulate profuse vegetative growth. A lepgth of day favorable Soth te reproduction and growth re- sults In the “ever-hearing” type of fruits. By emplaying dark chambers the sci- entists shortened or lengthened the Mfe cycle of plants and forced some of ‘“them to complete two cycles in one sea- gon. Violets, which naturally bloom oeunly during the comparatively short days of spring, when covered with __Mght-proof boxes for a time were made ““to bloom ~again durlng the summer. Bllox! soy beans exposed to the light for only five hours a day flowered near- 1y three mouths earlier than plants left M the light all day, but attained only sbout one-elghth of the helght. Temperature’s Effect Slight. © Temperature appeared to exert no fnfluence in the tests. A striking 1l- nlnstmflon of the relative unimportance of temperature was given in the feet that plants kept in the dark for a part of the day underwent in midsummer the changes that in nature come in the fall and that, heretofore, have been at- tributed to lower temperatures. This was true even when the dark houses registered a higher temperature than the outside atmosphere. “The length of the day.” the depart- ment’s announcement said, “is proved to be the most potent factor in deter- wmining the relative proportions be- tween the vegetative and fruiting parts of many crop plants. Indeed, fruiting may be completely suppressed by a day too long or too short. This new principle undoubtedly explains the er- ratic behavior which has been observed with many crops when they are shifted %o different latitudes.” WOMAN’S STOMACH JUNK PILE Qperating Surgsons Find 1,200 Pieces of Metal Inside of Insane ’ Patient. Baltimore.—An inmate of the Spring- fleld State Hospital for Insane, at Bal- ttmore, swallowed 1,200 metallic artl- «les and is still alive, according to Dr. J. Clement Clark, superintendent. ‘When the woman refused to eat, fol- lewing her admission to the hospital, & hard mass was felt in her stomach. She was operated upon at a hospital and surgeons found 1,200 pins, 45 safety pins, 138 hairpins, 38 pleces of wire, 8 buttons, an iron hook, & nail, & paper clamp and a garter buckle. ; Killing Three Birds With One Stone. Falmouth, Ky.—A novel birthday cel: ebration was held at the home of Mil- ton Flelds, aged eighty. Fields, his sen, Ernest, aged twenty, and a grand daughter of three summers, were al’ born on'the same day of the mont’ and each had a cake with candles. MARKETS—LOCAL AND FOREIGN ' THE BEMIDJ1 DAILY PIONEER —_*_—_-—:W Chicago, May 4.—Potato receipts today, 14 cars,’ Market firm. Northern Whites, cwt. New, dull, Florida No. 1 Spauldings, per $21; No. 2, $17 to $18 per barrel. sacked and bulk, $6.90 to $7.10 per b_‘arrgl,t‘}f?o to , Bemidji Potato Market—All varieties, bulk, small lots $3 to $3.25 per bushel. to $6 per cwt. Carload lots, sacked and loaded, $5.50 BEMIDJI CASH MARKET QUOTATIONS. GRAIN AND HAY .$1. 0-31-26 $1.60 Oats, bushel . Barley, bushel .... Red Clover, medium Popcorn, pound .. Wheat, No 1 VEGETABL#S. Cabbage, cWt. «........3$5.00-36.00 Onions, dry, cwt. .$6.00-35.00 Beans, cwt. e $6.00-38.00 Dairy butter, 56¢ Butterfat ...... 12¢ Eggs, fresh, dozen ..... 38¢ MEATS MUttOn . ..icoecescossssceswm 130 HOZE, 1De.soeocommsosses. 190-20¢ The following Dressed beef, pound........12c-14¢ Turkeys, live, pound. e .400-46¢ 0ld Toms, live, pound.......36¢c-80¢ Geese, live, pound ..... 235¢30¢ Ducks, live, Ib. .......:..16¢c-18¢ Heuns, 4 1bs. and over..........26c HIDES Cow hides, No, 1, 1b... 20c-22¢ Bull hides, No. 1 ..........14c-16¢c Kip hides, No. 1, pound....22¢-26¢ Calf skins, No. 1, pound ....30c-32¢ Deacons, each ...... .75-$2.00 Horse hides, large, eac prices were being paid at Stillwater, Minn., at time of going to press of today’s Pioneer: GRAIN AND HAY :enl d teescseomse..s18¢ Wheat, No. 1 ...... ve. . 92.85-32.90 eef, dressed cemae .'.'Zc-llc Wheat, No. 2 . ... .$2.75-82.80 Lambs .. . eoma12%-16C Wheat, No. 3 . . 1$2.60-32.65[GaFHC, W ..ot iiii i e s - 850 Oats . . .. .96¢c-97c | Parsnips, per ewt.. ... .$3.00 Barley . . .$1.20-$1.48 [Squash, cwt........ -eoe.$1.00 Rys, No. $2.00-$2.03 Packing butter ... eeeees.a82€ No. 1 Clover m ... .$27.00 Rye straw .... cee..$9.50] LIVE POULTRY COTR ... & eiesis .$1.25-$1.60 | Turkeys, 9 1bs. up .... No. 2 Timothy hay ..........$29.00 |Turkeys, emall and tkin. VEGETABLES » Beans, hand pickea, navy, cwt. $56.00 Potatoes, per cwt. .$6.00 Beans, brown, cwt Beets, per cwt ... Carrots, per cwt. . ... Onions, dry, per cwt . Eges, per dozen . ... Cabbage, ton ... Rutabagas, per Butterfat . MBATS Mutton, 1D ..cecom.osmm....20e-160 Pork, dressed SPORT NEWS MONDAY’S ULTS AMERICAN A CIATION Milwaukee 1, at St. Paul 4. Kansas City 7, at Minenapolis 10. Louisville 4, at Columbus 1. Indianapolis 3, at Toledo 7. AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia 6, at Washington 11. Boston 2, at New York 1. Cleveland -1 at Detroit 5. Chicago 7, at St. Louis 1. NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn 1, at Boston, 2, (19 in- nings. % Chicago 2, at Cincinnati 1. New York 6, at Philadelphia 9. WOMEN TENNIS STARS .. WILL PLAY ABROAD New York, May 4.—Miss Marion Zinderstein of Biston, runner up in the nationai women tennis champ- our sale. ment Shop. garments, compare prices. Geese, 12 lbs. up, and fat. Ducks, fat ..ccoeeecennn Hens, heavy, 4 Ibs and ove Springers, live ... .. Hens, 6 1bs up, fat.. Seeh s Dressed poultry 3¢ per pound over live stock. HIDBES Cowhides, No. 1...00cvenn. Bull hides, No. 1 Kipps, No. 1 .. Calk skins, No. Deacons .... Tallow .... Horse hides . ....18¢ A lot of high grade dresses, special only $27.50 at Troppman’s. * . 1t6-4 Judge C. W. Stanton - left this morning for Brainerd where he will lpmide at a term of district court. s 10 SALESLADIES WANTED for Apply at once to the Gar- . 16-4 zee Labaw expects to leave Thurs- day morning for Brainerd where he will serve as court reporter for Judge C.7 . Stanton. Before buying your ready t6 ‘wear call at Troppman’s and 1t5-4 7 Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hauglaum of jonship tournament, last year, has|Buck Lake were visitors in this city decided to enter the English cham- pionship event at Wimbleton, and will sail on May 29 with Mrs. Frank- lin 1. (Molla Bjurstedt) former American titleholder, United States Lawn Tennis associa- tion announces. Mrs. Mallory will enter the doubles with Miss Zinder- stein, who holds the American double title with Mrs. G. W. Wight- man. Mrs. Mallory plans to compete in other English tournaments preceding the English utular event, and it is probable that Miss Zinderstein also will play in them. = Males and Females That Have Out- grown Their Usefulness Pro- vide Additional Income. Most farmers find the profit in the commercial 'part of the poultry busi- |~ ness in market eggs, but the surplus males and the females that have out- grown thelr usefulness provide an ad- ditional income which Is worth while. Fowls Pick Up Large Portion of Thelr Ratlon If Allowed Free Range on Farm. All geese are good foragers and even when young will pick up a large part of their ratlon:if aliowed free range on the farm. They eat grass and fresh vegetable growths of all kinds, as well as bugs and worms. folks in the vicinity. on Monday. Special dress sale at Troppman’s— Mallory, i1k, serge and Georgette dresses; val- the | yes'to $35, special only $18.50. See window. 1t5-4 Mrs. J. J. Holt of Fargo spent the day in Bemidji making arrangements for a summer home here. She ex- pects to spend the summer near Be- midji with her parents from Fari- bault. Spot cash paid for Liberty Bonds. See G. B. Hooley at Northern Grocery Co., during the day, or at Markham SURPLUS FOWLS PROFITABLE |hotel evenings. 1117t . NOTICE All members of the Park Board, and any one having suggestions to make, meet at the Countcil rooms to- night at 8 o’clock. George T. Baker. 1d6-4 LICENSE T0 WED License to marry was granted on Monday by Clerk of Court F. W. Rhoda to John William Goodspeed of Kinney and Mary Reatta May Rip- GEESE MAKE GOOD FORAGERS |ple of this city . BUCK LAKE SCHOOL NOTES Following the Sunday school ser- vices on April 26 a picnic dinner was gserved in honor of the erection of the new belfry on the school house. The bell was purchased from the pro- ceeds of a play given by the young The material for the belfry was donated by resi- dents, while other residents helped erect the belfry. Those who assisted in the erection either-by donation or | rather than initiative, but in the ein- Conscience Only 8afe Guide. by aiding in the work are Oscar Rog- Our only ‘talisman-Hes in that cog-|holt, Oscar Hauglaum, Joe Johnson, centration of moral force which we |Mrs. E. M. Chase, Thomas Philips, call conscience, that small inextin- |Ed. Larson, Edwin Rogholt and Al- guishable flame of which the light is |fred Rogholt. duty and the warmth love. This little | Mrs. Flossie Hauglaum, teacher at flame should be the star of our life3 |the Buck Lake school was pleasantly It alone can guide our trembling ark |surprised by a number of the ladies grea ters. | Of the district on Thursday, April 29. ‘_?;l’ethe tamult of the . After the school was dismissed for the afternoon a dainty lunch was served. Thoo; p‘r!esan: wu-c;I Mrs. % M.nnel- ferich, Mrs. Jos Johnson, Mrs. M. ¥ Rldlutnl;u: '"t‘m Itke Chase, Misses Dorothy Hancock,| ou cannot hope for anything |Alma and Myrtle Rogholt. On ac-| contentment so long as you continwe | ;;nt of the illness of several of the to attach that ridiculous & of | children in the community some of importance to the events of the ladies wers unable to attend as .which so many people are inclined to | was planned. Remembrances of the do~Arthur Helps. day were very much appreciated by ‘| Mrs, Hauglaum. i . GIVE GROWING CHICKS MILK Where Supply Can Be Obtained It Should Be Kept Before Them In Open Dish or Pan. Nothing is better for growing chicks than a liberal supply of sour milk. If it can be obtained it always should be kept before them In an open dish or pan where they can eat and drink it freely. Where sour milk is fed, the .amount of beef scrap in the dry mash may be reduced one-half. Plenty of fresh, clean water is abso- lutely necessary for all growing chicks. In hot weather it should be given twice daily and put into fountains or dishes and placed In the shade so as to keep as cool as possible. Clean the water :lllh thoroughly each day before fill- ng. STRAW VOTE Put an X in the square you most favor ¥ [] A Separate Building for High School. . / [] An Addition to the Present High School Building. : Ever Notice It? A headline .runs: “Why Don't Bachelors Marry?” That's so. Why don’t they? Come to think, we have never yet seen a bachelor who was married. It's remarkable!—Boston Transcript. Unclvilized People Led. The Indian mind is called imitative ployment of designs it is stated om authority that every known weave has been first _used by uncivilized people. Youthful Solomon. Hearing his father grumbling about the high price of coal, a small boy re- marked quite solemnly: “I wouldn't buy any more of it if I were you, dad- dy—we only burn it.” BICYCLES A Change in the Weather DO not be troubled any longer with your wooden office eqmp- ment, especially when changing weather causes drawers to stidk and warp. ; The equipment preferred by progressive concerns is GF ALLSTEEL GF Alistees resists fire, it repels rats and vermin. It is net affected by bu- w.idity, climatic conditions, or heating systems. ¢ 1t is alwa¥s easy to operate, space-saving, wear-proof, and spic-and-span in ap.: pearance—in full harmony with the dignity of your business. P ‘et us give'you other facts soon. Step in today. 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