Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 17, 1920, Page 26

GHOICE OF SOURCES OF POWER FOR FARM. .Should Farmer Substitute Trac- tor for His Horses? Rellable Information Is Necessary Bo- fore Questions Can Be Accurately Answered—Suggestions Made in Bulletin. With the Intrikluction of practical types of mechanical power on farms the farmer must‘face the question of | “whether he should substitute the trafi ‘tor for some of his horses. If he de- cides to introduce the tractor he must | idetermine what comblnation of horse jind mechanical power will be the most profitable on his particular farm. 7To answer these gquestions accurately re- ,quires reliable Jdnformation as to all the facts involved. The choice of sources of farm power | depends upon their relative profitable- ’TM. Farmer Has Solved tne Tractor- | Horse Problem. ' London Chronicle. .ness. To determine which i the more! |profitable it is necessary to consider {many facts, among which are the, ‘power requirements of the farm, the | .slze of the power units required, the! ‘quality of work to be accomplished, 'the displacement of one form of power ihy the application of another, the total | passible utilization of each form of/ power, the comparative cost of opera- tiongwith the different forms of power, the relatfon hetween the kind of power iand the effectiveness of farm labor, ‘and the effect upon the profits of the | farm as a whole. The United States Department of Agriculture has made a study of lmwer units on a number of represent- | 'ative farms with a view to s)nmlng how the various farm operations cre-’| ate demands for different-sized power | ‘units, and to what extent power re- ‘quirements are influenced by the type of farming. The results of this study, ispmmarized in a publication entitled - “The Horse Powep Problem ou the Farm,” will be found of value to the /farmer who Is contemplating a change ' in the form of power used on his farm., WAYS OF DISTRIBUTION “To teach thp farmer the best methods of increasing produc- tion i8 exceedingly important, but not more vitally so than th Jdmportance of teaching him the best and most econowleal meth- ods of distribution. It Is not enough to teach him how to grow bigger crops. He must be taught to get the true value for these biggep./crops, else congress “will be put In the' attitnde of regarding thic work of the tar- mer as @ Kingiof philanthropy.” —Ashhury Le\qr | ‘GROW SUNFLOWER FOR FEED iPractice Encouraged by North Dakuni i Agricultural College—Good Yields { Are Reported. i A demonstratien plot of sunflowers' jucar Carson, Grant county, North Da- | kota, vielded 13 tons of fodder to the ’xxu(‘, while an_adjoining field of corn ivielded only three tons, according to IR. C. Newcomer, nxrlc'nlmrnl agent In that county. (Qro\\lng of sunflowers | for fodder has been geperally encour- laged In the state by the extension di- ,\lslon at the agricultural college, and many good repagts of yields are com- 1ing in from vafious parts of the state. St 7 M iial ?PLENTY OF WORK FOR “HAND” Much Time Can Be Saved in Spring by Building Fences, Making Singletrees, Etc. If you have a good “hand.” fiud work about the farm for him this \winter. Build fences when possible, |roake panels for the hog lots, extra |singletrees, doubletrees and special | .eveners so that you can save time next lprlnx iNO EXCUSE FOR SCRUB CORN ‘Never Stationary in Quality, Either Improves or Retrogrades, Says Specialist. Corn i never stationary In quality. It either improves or retrogrades, says a Upited States Department of Agri- i |culture specialist. There is no more excl-l for farmers raising scrub cnrn 'ug. lu'nh cattle. | ! | | Nausicau played baull all. the better [ | the sandal is the compromise between }to make sandals than to make boats. | prise of the other’ show that thera | and the Cincinnatl Enquirer, who will ' Mrs. McLean, the publisher of the Washington Post Edward B. wife o he one of the most important women | has returned ! s where, witli her husbasd, wember 6f President-elect | M. and M Me- | an fmportant part in ements for l)m inauguration, Bare Feet Not . Injurious. 1 Eve was reputedly barefoot and | because she went unshod. Helen ot | Troy at the mest wore sandals, and | the shoeless.and the shod. It is casier In Ireland and Scotland the children kave run barefoot for mauny a day, and the' wit of one and the enter-{ Is nothing really demoralizing in go- "ing without shoes and stockings.— | Color and Precious Stones. Diamonds are not always crystal clear, but vary greatly as to color and few of the precious stones are true to color. The famous Hope diamond Is a real and most beautiful blue. Green dinmouds are found; and others of a Jovely crimson, but these are very rare. Black dlamonds are com- mon enough. Black pearls are rarer, but are found. Pink pearls are great- ly prized. Did It Seem 1nat Longt Santa Cruz News—"“She was sixty- nine years of age and she had been married for .more than a century,"— Bogton Transeript. | “salaam” whenevéi’ | to make a bow. THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER | TRICK HORSES POOR MOUNTS | Trained Animals Remember and Re. spond to Signals They Have Been b Taught to Obey. wise to teach a as Is proved by nglish army of- It Is not alw horse to play tri a story told by an- | ficer. Jobn Leéech’s inimitable circus horse | that insisted-onditting down with his |- rider whenéver he heard a band play was the prototype-of a horse belong- ing to, the, pfficer who, ip g weak mo- ment ha earied forward | It was nll very prettv \‘nen the | officer was ‘out riding and ‘inet any lady of his “dcquaintance, but it be- came a nuishnce when he was out pig | sticking in India. He would Tean for- | | ward to meet the rush of a charging | | boar with his spear—up would go the beast on end just at the moment wher the man’s safety depended.on his tak- | ing o« true and deadly aim with his spear point. The consequence was ! that the ainmal’s legs showed many scars from boars’ tusks, and he was lucky t with his body ripped open. The officer had, too, at one time a fine but somewhat nervous charger. One day on a parade the mount sud- denly gave way with the officer and quidtly lay down. The rider thought | for a moment he was {ll, but on rous- ing him he immediately sprang to his feet again, quite fit “and well. wéek or so later when riding with a friend they stopped for a moment to ddmire the view, when down the horse went. It was evident to the officer that he had been trained to lie down ‘at n-given signal, but the man never could-discover for the life of him what that signal was. HAD NEWS OF IMPORTANCE But Tompkins, Habitually Polite, Hesi- tated to Address Anyone but the Head of the Firm. Tomkins was of a nervous disposi- tion; he was somewhat slow and hesi- tating in time of emergency. When he enfered an office one day and found a stranger there, instead of the man he wanted, he somewhat lost himself. “Oh, I beg your pardon!” he begar “but—but are you Mr. Brown, the head of'this firm?” “No; I regret to say I'm not.” “I'm sorry, very sorry indeed,” went on Tomkins. “I had something I rath- er wanted to tell him, ' Do you think he'll be in soon?” “I'm afraid not. I can do for you?” Is there dnything “Er—yes, perhaps-—er — perhaps you'll do as well as Mr. Brown, May I ask your name?”_ at he did not end his career | ‘Uertainly.” And tne stranger gave it. “Delighted to meet you,” sald Tom- kins, “And now, what can I do for you, sir?” asked the new-found friend. “Oh, it's a very small matter—not of the slightest consequence—er, that | is, I came to tell the head of the firm | that the -building is on fire!”—Los Angeles Times, Blood Infusion. In cases: where new blood Is re- | Quired to fill the depleted veins of a | human being, it is not practicable to use for the purpose the vital fluid of a dog or any other animal, because it would act as a poison, destroying lite | Instead of saving it. + This is for the reason that the blood of & lower animal is. not chemically the same as that of a man. The fact | | does not seem very surprising, but the | recent discovery that the various races | of mankind differ in respect to the | chemical make-up of their blood is undeniably curious. Experience has proved that it will not do to introduce the blood of a ne- | | gro into the veins of a wihte man or | vice versa. And the same remark ap- | plies to the Mongol, the Malay and | . the American ‘Indian. In any such | | cases a chemical reaction follows 1 & i | which is injurious. | Facts About Violins. Some people are possessed of the | idea that the more s cracks and distignrements they . are an old vio- | lin the more valuable it The con- trary is true. In the c of genu- ine old ¢ ona violins, preservation enters largely into their valne. The | more perfectly preserved they are, the | greater pri they ¢ommand. Vio- | lins with the beautiful 'Cremona var- | nish in a fine state of preservation are especially sought by connoisseurs. Vio- { linists who wish to preserve the value of their violins should take pains to keep them «n perfect repair, and to wipe all dust and resin off the violin after using.—Exchange. | A i Judging a Poet. There are two ways of measuring a poet, either by an absolute aesthetie standard, or relatively to his position | in the literary history of his country and the conditions.of his generation. Both should be horne in mind as co- efficients in a perfectly fair judgment. If his positive megit is to be settied | frrevocably by the” formef, yet'an in- | telligent criticism Will find its advan- tage net only in considering what he was, but what, under the given cir- cymstances, it was possible for him to | be.—James Russell Lowell. ° Accounted For. “These pampered animals are gen- ! eraly fll-temperedd” “Don’t blame | them; it ig pnly,nuum) for pets to bg t pettish” n taste—everythiz minor ccn=id=rnt:'o'7. ’ A Foods should be 2ourisning. 48 That's what they are for—to build B up strong, sturdy bedies. pure in the can. It i3 made in the : Wl larcest, cleonect, most modern [ 3 N s on earth o §) DBaking Powder Fantori . B —onlyof such ingredients as have . been ofi mally cndo~;ed by United I | States Food Authorities. ‘I ' Il fl . Hj%l ’ ‘ ‘ u h‘ ’hh Calumet Boking: Powder is HE first thing you want in fooc’s—and the . 2l impor:ant thing 35 purity. Cost s: else is of 1 umet rever faiis to produce the / sweetest and most palatable of nourishing foods. v It hasmorethantheordinary BN comoee warne: l g B leavening strength. You use less " Recipe N of it. “That's one reason it is the 214 cupasified past: most. economical of all leaveners. Another reason is—it is sold . at a moderate Pnce—you save when you buy it 16 o0z. Some baking powders come in 12 0z. cans mstead of 16 oz. cans. Be suremggta@when ouwant it. It’s pure.in'the baking. Cal- ¥ spoons Calumet Baking Powder, 14 teaspoon sait, 113 cups milk, 1 tahle- ‘spoon sugar, 2 table- spoons melted but- | ter, 2 ¢ggs beaten ! separately. Then mix in the regular way. PHONE | 927 MONARCH COFFEE 3 1b. pke., per Ib. 5 lb. pkg., per lb. 10 1b. pkg., peg 1b. 98 Ib. sack . , - XMAS NUTS FANCY WALNUTS, PER LB. 34c, 3 LBS. WALNUTS, SMALL SIZE, LB. 29c,3LBS FANCY WASHED BRAZILS LB. 39c¢, 2 LBS. FILBERTS, LB. 24¢, 3 LBS. TARRAGONA ALMONDS, LB.-33¢, 3 LBS. 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