Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 16, 1922, Page 9

| AIM TO PORTRAY CLUB PRAGT.IBES Indlvidual Exhibits -of Boys and Girls Eliminaited at Eastern States Exposition. T0 EXHIBIT MODEL PADDOCK Teams From Thirteen States WIill Give Dally Demonstrations of . ethods Used in Work—Medals and Ribbons Awarded. (Prepared by the Unllad States Department f Agricultare.) Unlike previuuu yenrs. there will-be no individual or competing club - group exhibits of ‘members of boys’ and- girls’ agricultural ‘and home eco- nomics clubs this year at the Eastern States exposition; instead the exhibits will portray practices .used by club members directed co-operatively by Poultry at Eastern States Exposition. the United States Department of Agri- culture, and state agricultural col- 1éges. 3 .In the space allotted the clubs. will be ‘shown exhibits from the farm of Elizabeth Farley, near Amherst, Mass. Miss Farley is a former club mem- ber, now connected with club work as a local leader. The exhibit will in- cluide ‘“dairy ‘cows, 'sheep, ~pigs ‘and poultry. ‘The swine will be in a’'model paddock, with colony house, shade, concrete “wallow; self-waterer, “self- feeder and creep. " 'Miss Farley Won Prizes. Miss. 'Farley began her work as a club member in 1913 at the age of ten, when she' raised some asters, exhib- 1fed them at-the fair, but recetved no prize. Undaunted she trled for -two. more yedrs when she won the second prize of $250. After that 'she ‘en- larged her activities t. include hens; after the hens she added pigs in 1918. Since winning the second- prize on as- ters, some of her products’ have taken prizes each year. In“1919:-she contin- ued her work raising hens, Pigs und a cow; but she withdrew from competl- tion havinghad six years of "club ‘ex- perience. At pnsent she Ims. as a result of hér”club work, 23 head of stock, - about 80, laying hens, . 500 chickens, -three” horses—ona o’ saddle horse—and - three wagons. “She clothed .herself for three years and-is helping pay-for-the farm whe:e she now has her stock. Demonstrate Club Work. Besides this ‘exhibit; 40 “dentonstra- tlon teams from 13 “states- will giye dally demonistrations of ‘methods: used in their club wotk. ' The ‘demonstra- tors are chosen by their . respective states ‘on account ‘of : their "abflity in this work. - There will be, also;. 40 Judging * teams from the same 13 states, and exhibits of ten lines of club work ‘will: be' judged. This will give the teams and other club“mem- bers present the opportunity to see high standard animals, products, and | other materials. ~Experts will give reasons for placing the exhibits judged, which' will increase: the ‘edu- cational value of this feature, ‘Medals and ribboéns " will teams showing proficiency in judging. If club members wish to exhibit their products they may enter the general contests open to all exhibitors.. -, A radio outfit installed on' the ex- pos!'uon grounds at Camp “Vail will make it possible for club members to receive messages. i MORE LIME TO HELP CLOVER Crop lIs. Often Hindered by Lack of Material—Other Causes of Poor -Stand. Clover which doesn’t come well is in most cases hindered by lack of "lime, according to”the State ‘Agricul- tural college at mmca‘ ‘T¢ cites; ‘also, several other causes; among which are winter killing of southern-grown seeg. inadequate drainage, and too heavy seeding of the nurse crop. TOOLS REQU_IREB 1IN GARDEN With Proper Equipment, Work Among Plants Becomes Pleasure Instead “of ‘Drudgery. Most people regard the garden as a place to hoe and pull weeds during spare hours; a sort of necessary evil. This attitude can usually be traced “to inadequate equipment. With ‘proper tools and timely atténtion, care of the garden becomes a pleasure. | piece of chalk. “be awarded all” -One of Mofi Useful Discoveries ~ Recently Made. *Ilaan: Provldod in_ Selecting Seed That May Do Away With Neces- sity of Testing Each Ear— How to Distinguish, (Prepared.by:tho United States Department of Agrleulture.) . In the study of root, stalk, nnd ear rots of corn, one of the most nse!ul 80 discoveries that has been made is a .very - noticeable difference befwéen ‘starchy ears and horny ears in the fre- \quency of infection and in the vlgor ‘of plants produced. These dmerences B ‘are 'diseussed In Department Buqatm 1062, Relation of the Character of the Endosperm - to - the ' Susceptiblity, of. -Dent- Corn ‘toRoot Retting, :by. John F. Trost, assistant pathologist. The ‘invesflgatlons were carried ;/6n Jomuy 'by'the’ United States Department of ‘Agri¢ilture’ and ~Purdue university ‘agricultural experiment statjon. Ears of ‘the dent varleties thaf have ‘starchy Kkernels l{ave been’ found to bé infected 'with root-rot organisms umore frequently than, ears in the same iseed lots - that ~have horny. kernels, 'J.‘th provides a ‘means of selection ‘that may hélp to' do away'With the ‘necessity of testing every, enJ to deter- ‘mine whether from ' the, jndpolnt of root-rot infection 1t-/1s-“désirable -to plant. “Starchy kernels are -easily dis- ‘tinguished om . those wlth horny endosperms. = “tra) }hcent, ‘that is, it*lets the light ‘phss through in the saiié way that’“olled "paper does. Starchy ‘kernels are opaque—like a 1 :Stakchy ‘ears’ of “dént varleties pro- duce.larger numbers of weaker. grow- ing "plants, more susceptible’ to root rots in"/thie ‘field; that ‘do-ears»f more horny composition. . There is an impression among corn .growers that.the depth_of the dents 18 an’ indication 'of the starchiness of the kernels, but this has.‘not been shown to be trie. Chaffy kernels are -usually - very-starchy, but starchln L] is not necessarily associateéd ~Wwith normally-matured ears that'are fough. The bulletin may be obtained by:ad- dressing thedepartment at. Washing- ton, D. €. - ‘DEVICE AIDS BERRY GROWER ‘Rolling Cutter "Makés' 1t “Easy to Keep Strawberry Plants Con-, .- flned u Alloted Spau Thls device will be: found -handy keeping the strawberry bed In ordet ‘through the summer season. It is a rollfng.- clitter _used to cut the run- ‘ners *which otliérwise ~ would gpregd dut between the rows and -set.plants: where they are not wanted;*writes- _ Rolling Cutter for Bérries, 'D. R. Van Horn in the. Nebraska Farm Journal. By runhing this-cut- iter up and down the rows one can very easily keep the' plnnu confined ‘to the space ‘desiréd. ‘Such & device i8' made of two cutters .from an old Jdisk mounted on - homemflde frame, nn “shown. 2 3P.0|SOH SPRAY: NOT HARMFUL IHeavy Coatings of Residue on Fruits and Vegetables' Removed by Good Wuhln‘n. Poison’ sprays_on frults and vege- itables wiit not beé found by consumers xm harmful quantities if growers who iuse them ' against pests and diseases ifollow the spraying .schedule: recom- merided by the United States Depart- ‘ment of. . Agriculture. In some in- Istances, because of heavy spraying or ispraying “late in the .8e: , investl- |gators for the departmen eSfound Kcomparad&ely large qunn(meq of ispray residue on fruits:and vegetables iat harvest time, especialiy “on prod- ucts zra‘wn in .dry climates. ‘When heavy coatings of residue ‘were.found washing and wiping Temoved mu it, and peeling all of it. Experiments along this line were undertaken by the - department be- cause of the possibility that spraying of' fruits and vegetables might leave ‘enough arseni¢, lead, or copper on: the surface t6 be injurious “to the con- sumer. The remlts, obtatned by “an- alyzing sprayed fruits-and: vegetnbles ‘trom various parts of the country nud ‘presented ‘mostly in_the form “of in- bles, are. given in' Departmeént Bulle- tin 1027, Polsonous. Metals-on Sprayed Fruits and Vegetables. Coples may be obtained by addressing the depazts ‘ment at Washington, D. O. '3FIX9NG' GRADES FOR MOHAIR Fedar.fl Wool Specnllm- Are Mak- ing Careful-Study of Output In Texas. i Investigations looking toward the ‘establishment of grades. for moliair re now being made by" the Unttéd iStates Department of Agriculture. {Feileral. wool specialisits are making s ‘careful survey-of the various klnds of b A 4 e e e e ey 8§ § B e Wb o e T e ey e i B e s o o St L 2 Farmers Ar Umd to Walt for Local Fly-Free Date:Before HEAW INFESTIIIDH III PIST oo . Great Deal of Crop Needlessly Lost Last *Spring” by "Those ‘Unwilling /to. Walt Uhtil, Danger Line Had_Been- Passed, pared by ‘the United" m&- Department of Agriculture.) }Wheal growers” are urged by the Unilted States Deépartment -of. Agricul- fure £0.pbserve their local fiy-free date or sowing. In every state where ithere has been heavy infestation by the. Hesslan fly in the past .the state | experiment station. and the. "county agents have taken steps to work out &:safe date,”after which sowing might be started. It was found last spring that a great deal"of wheat was need- lessly lost by those who were unwil- - Harvesting Grain With Self-Binder. ling to wait until fly .emergence was over, or who were not converted to the 1dea of late sowing. "o combat "the Hessian fly pest where it was prevalent last year the dounty agents used every possible channel for advertising . the fly-free dafe and for urging that it be strictly observed. "In no state was the date .| earlfér ithan Septenber 24, ‘and In many counties planting was not con- sldered ‘safe till after October 1. The dengment suggests that similar nethods for informing farmers of the safe time to plant'may be followed this month. g 3 Active Fly Campaign. ‘Ohio had an active Hesslan fly cam- pn!gn Ta3t fall in 33 counties. were made with emergence cages at tbe state experimental farm and re- ports from these were compared with results in local migration boxes. Coun- ty committees of farmers determined the safe dates for each particular sec- tion. Circulars and letters on the sub- || .| Ject were distributed as widely @is pos- | sible. Many county falr exhibits were arrauged In Auglaize county one box represented the wheat ap, and was la- beled “Sown too early,” and’ the other showed no wheat because it was -“sown after safe date.” An accom- panying label ran, “Hessian fly will leave for .new ‘fields in September; which field will it choose?” Hatched Hesslan flles were fre- quently shown as exhibits, also post- ers. giving the life history of the fly. School teachers received copies of Hessian fly literature to use for the agricultural lesson in September. Advertised “Wild Bjnox.” The Hancock county agent had a display that drew the attention of hundreds of persons to the fly menace. 'He advertised the “Wild Bjnox, the most_expensive animal in the state of Ohio,” and led the ‘crowds to see a Hesslan fly* under a watch crystal. Nearby signs described its control. Pald advertising was frequently re- gorted to. Individual cards were malled to every farmer in' Auglaize county whose name ‘gppeared on the tax Ust. In Marion :ounty a ‘rubber stamp waB made for .the -eounty agent's office giving the fly-free date. It ‘was used on every piece of mail that went out. .As a'result of these various methods of campalgning in Ohio a very- small percentage, from two to ten farmers in a county, ignored the fly-free date last fall, so that the outlook this season is improved. Similar - activitfes Were carried on in Kansas, Missouri, Indiana, Illinols, New York and Pennlylvunln In La- bétte . county, - Kansas, all infested wheat was plowed under in the spring and “farmers ‘were> particalarly urged to ‘destroy: volutiteer wheat that had cropped up during the summer. By far “the most satisfactory control of the Hesslan- fly. pest, however, . has been achieved by complete co-opera- tion of all farmers in each section, in observing the local fly-free date for sowing wheat. EVERY, WEED IS BIG ROBBER Take Up Moisture. and Plant Food Needed by Different Vegetables in the Garden, Every weed |n_tim garden robs the | plants of molsture and of plant food, as well a8 crowds the vegetables. Any- thing said of garden weeds is just as applicable to those which grow In crops; so sharpen the hoe and go after mohair produced in Texas. "NOW READ THE WANT AD COLUMNS OF THIS PAPER them. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE PIONEER R R r | i e i ke e R T ;money ; for Columbus had said that -and ‘perhdips ‘seeds-of 'tie apple that Studles |4 NAMED. BY EARLY VOYAGERS VenezuelaSo Catled Because Spaniards Saw Certain Degrece of Re- i -eemblance to Venice. + Columbus while cruising in the Gult of - Parla, on. the coast of Venezuela, durlng his third voyage, caught a glimpse for the first time of the west- ern hemisphere. Since he was ill with the. gout,. and his. eyes troubled him, i tured,. The latest description of the he did not .go ashore; but as he lay bear tnmes ncg:umteLv with previous in his cabin his mind was full of grent | Feports. ' The animal Is betwcen five imaginings.” He was convinced that he | and six feet high, walks on his hind legs something after the manner of @ chimpanzee,-4nd- has.a long fringe of white hair. completely encircling-its ace.—Mlilwaukee Sentinel. had: discovered the Garden of Eden. At the first opportunity, says an Eng lish writer, he sent a messenger to | Spain, @nriouneing thé great news. One | f: effect of the:dispatch was to cause an old_ comrade, Alonzo de Ofeda, to set out at once for the new land. He did not. go with'a hallowed Wwish to gaze || upon the: tree: of:life, but to make pearls were to be found in the region, Eve had eaten. . With Ojeda sailed Amerigo Vespuc- ¢l. Skirting the coast of the mainland upon their arrival in the gulf, they reached a placid bay where the natives had bullt their huts on piling in the water. Thelr little village reminded Vespuccl of Venice; so they called the place Venezuela or little Venice, and the name gradually came to be applied not merely: to_the village but to the whole: region, and became the name of the country.’ Pecutlar Well, The attention of the geological sur- vey has been called to a pecullar well in Ohlo, and has caused an investiga- tion to be made of it. It appears that |1 the well produces both fresh and -salt water through two separate pumps. The explanation proves to be very simple... Two water-bearing beds, con- flued between layers of limestone, oc- cur-at-this point, one above the other. The pipe of the fresh-water pump taps the upper veln at a dépth of 18 feet. The "plpe -of 'the salt-water pump touches the lower vein at a depth of 35 feet; and the brine, being heavler | than the fresh water, does mot mix with it, but remafns at the bottom. Meatless Diet in a Hospital. The experiment of a meatless. diet is being tried In the Beth Israel hos- pital of New York by Superintendent J. Louis Frank. Until recently it was contended by some that meat was the source of ‘vitamines, but this has been recently disproved by Dr. E. V. Me- | Cullom, professor of chemistry and | hygiene of the Johns Hopkins univer- sity. From a medical standpoint it is now “asserted ‘thiat thére Is nothing inherent in meat that cannot be .sup- plled by fish,.milk,-eggs and milk od- The Chemosit, or Nand! bear, a myy terious animal -thas Is sald to haunt the deep.forests In the more {nacces- sible parts of the East African high- lands, has ‘again been seen, this time by a party of reliable Buropean aud native witnesses. 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