Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 5, 1920, Page 3

ATURDAY EVENING, Junta. 1920 q-————-—————-b—-fi-h-——-h- HOW TO FIGHT INSECT ENEMIES “Paper Collars, Trap Crops, Hand Plckmg, Crop Rota- non, Bran' Mash and Sand and Kerosene Mlx— < clency. Making loil conditiom favorable | worms.- It ‘is made as lollowu ‘One ‘:! vigorous *“plant’ zrowth ~—This | quart of - bran, one - tablespoonful EAT CAN OR SELL - { means:to thoroughly prepare the soil,| Paris;Green, or four. tablespoonfuls e the .crops carefully, and to[arsenate of lead, one cup of molasses, ,add sufficient commercial fertilizer to|and :enough waterto: make 'a mash eep ,the planits;continually growing | that will be rolled ‘into. balls. Mix ing. . Plants growing under such con-|the bran and polson, then air in the [advice . ditions ‘will 'resist 'a'limited amount|sweetened * water. . ' The mixture “of insect’injury. ‘| should be' moist' but not wet. K Rotation of Crops, . An ideal plan would be nét Yo plnnt -hnrmgly around base of plants. ' Send and Kerosene, - l It is* prejared, ‘Ilon ot "dry' sand. about ‘the base of plants. . Covering Plants; T protect cucumbers and melon | l d'b 3 T crop Cucumbers should be grown S b a8 an early spring crop. In both cases iy the plants ‘are” well ~ started before eir insect enemies appear. Preparation of Soil. beetle, the plants should be covered X " "June ¢abbage -plantscan be pro-|gin to Tun; ‘To protect June cabbage i B cted - from! maggots by- planting|plants from cabbage maggots cover gseeds in’'a aml,not rich - in Ifl.n“? the seed bed with cheeseclotn, ‘Make. the seeds’ bed sojl mellow by tting dding sand or coal ashes, and supply aa Out, whete cabbage' is to be planted with earth. /| farm,” Hand Picking. Trap Crops. Tomato worms, harlequin bugs, flnd Harlequin bugs, squash bugs, strip- “cucumber beetles are partially con-|ed cucumber beetles, and maggots are “trolled in this way. If the gardener|sometimes attracted from iue main . goes out early in the morning he will| crop by planting a trap crop between "be likely to find cut-worms within the|the rows. The trap crop is some oth- pper two_inches of soil around the|er plant that furnishes foor for the lants that have been cut. off. insect. The insect-is then destroyed Paper Collars. If ‘when cabbage; tomato, and -pep- per ‘plants are transplanted into.the f garden, paper collars are placed ound the stems so as to protect spray. too strong for the mrain crop. Fall Cleaning Up of *he Gardell: As soon as a crop™is harvested the remnants should be either burned or put in the compost pile. All weeds)Sugar. two inches of the stem in the soil and hould “he piled. two'inches of the stem above the soil, he plants will not ‘be cut off by the ‘cutworms. only'as ‘substitute food plants for gar- den . insects, but they also furnish hibernating quarters for such .in- ., ‘' Bran Mash. sects, as the cabbage butterfly, plant "' ‘Bran-mash -is also - used: for cut-|lice, harlequin bug. : ____________'—_.__—‘-—-——- til fall ‘if not pastured down to less BAPE mn BE%RAGE FOR PIGS than four or five leaves to the plant. The crop. is especially useful during ’ the hot, dry months. It will grow 4. .“The best annual.forage crop for|until heavy frosts come and may. be “swine'in the'northern United States,” pastured from early June to the mid~ ays. H.:W..Vaughan, in charge of|dle of November, or about six months. ‘wine husbandry at Univ‘erslty farm, “Leaves of rape are high in per- is Dwarf Essex rape. Many who|centage of protein to dry matter and have made use of rape pastures de-|pigs fed corn or barley on rape pas- «clare they are second to none among|ture do not need more than one-twen- s all pasture crops for hogs. Rape is|tieth tankage ir its equivalent ni oil- he best emergency crop of any. ‘It |meal, buttermilk or skimmilk to bal- “anay’ be seeded as early as the land |ance the grain. There is no loss of can be plowed in the spring, and|the land for one season in seeding to ugust’ at the rate.of four or five ;- pounds of seed to the acre. The seed quoted at about 12 cents a.pound his season. i ‘Rape seeded early” “will ’ with rape, -clipping 18 not required and overpasture is not so harmful as ' with alfalfa because rape is an: annual H crop, anyway. . “In two Iowa trials ‘rape produced Does Your Radiator 'Leak? TAKE IT FO' THE SMITH-LEWIS Auto Radiator Repair Shop Out of town work will be given special attention. Full line of new and used radiators on hand ‘at all times. We also do body and fender work. ‘Satisfac- tion guaranteed or money refunded. /Phone 417 507 Beltrum Avenue Bemidji, Minn. | M‘iiler’s Repjair. Shop 313 Second Street Phone 359-W SELLS A ‘PAle Guns, blcycles, locks cash fine work See Rube when you want a good Job -done or a bargain in What we have. more pork to the acre than Alfalfa. Avsummary of three Iowa and-three Kansas trials showed 'that the two Crops are prnet(cally equal in effi- “A good pnsture cheapens pork pro- duction. y mnkas thrifty, healthy pigs.” ‘Watch for the Slackers,” is ':hc1 € | poultry extentionist with the Minne- Pre-| spta college of agriculture. “The time pared at noon ‘and‘applied at'night,| ¢t vear jg appriachlng.' *he - says, || when broody hens and slackers. may _|reduce the percentage of egg pro- This is used .to .prevent ‘maggots. | duction- below. profitable figures. It as_ follows: ~Mix 2 should be the aim of every poultry|: tablespaonaful: of ‘kerosene in 1. gal-|keeper to maintain at least a 50. A Apply sp.flngly cent egg production. are hens too old or too:lazy to pay their way, those using their feed for :n‘:kénfht?t and those that have fin- she eir year’s production of eggs .plants from the -striped = cucumber xtmd are beginning to moll't The poul- ryman cannot -reasonably expect to -| with cheesectoth until the vines be- |, aintain a high production if he has many birds of this stamp. Cull them out at once. canned or sold. The oldest and fat- test are easy to pick out and hens be- Squash’ borer 'is practically con-|ginning to molt, with legs still yel- nt food by adding commercial fer-|, 1icq by locating the’ worm, in the|low and with small, yellow colored C. B. 1i Winter cabbage cap be Pro-fgiem and then making a longitudinal |vent, are through with this year's ected from maggots by mixing, fine-| ¢\t from which .the worm may be | production and will take a long and 1y ground tobacco stems into the 80il{ rawn out. lways cover the wound {unprofitable vacation it kept on the RECIPE FOR MAKING A recipe for sugarless jell is likely to become popular this season if pres- 3 b ent prices on sugar are maintained. Dy spraying the trap crop ' with. a|Members of the staff of the home eco-] Next nomics division of the Minnesota col- ‘lege of agriculture have evolved a re- cipe in which honey or sirup or a combination of hoth is substituted for. 4 If the fruit juice after strain- == Weeds serve mnot{ing is thin, it should be boiled down The best results have been obtained, until it is.of the consistency of thin|it.is said, from half corn sirup and oes best when sown’early, but may |rape, as'is the case with alfalfa. Win- e sown at “any:time up to about|ter killing is not a source of trouble P THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER Come in aml | = Get Acquamted ey A good portion of a man’s success in business depends upon his acquain- tance. He must be known and favor- ably known. One of the strongest recommendations you can have is that you have a ORTHERN ATIONAL BANKING AGCOUNT This bank invites your patronage and welcomes.you to all the advantages that it affords. . Vibnq;s Succulent feeu and exercise Boe—aa—antS o ———— : Bmidjl Log"- En. no, THE SLACKER \ v given by N, E. Chapman, The slacl SEMIDJI LOBRE ———— Loyal Order of! MOOSE, ‘NO. 1482, ) Mosts' first & thind 10" Tues. each . month C- uhlmh Ave, asd Third St. 8 P.M. thh. brothers u’uhll, ‘lflh‘. Hoyt, Secy. Phon NEXT HEE‘I'ING "REGULAR ausmfi.ss They should be eaten, BEMIDJI CAMP NO. 5012, meets 2nd and 4th Tues. each month at I. 0. O. F. hall.’ Visiting neighbors especially invited Meeting REGULAR : BUSINESS J. P. 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