Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 13, 1910, Page 4

Brant Rapids Weraias'Review Published Every Wednesday By E. C. KILEY. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE Entered at the Postoffice at Grand Rapids, Minnesota, as Second- Class Matter. THE HERALD-REVIEW ISTHE | | @ficial Paper of Irasca County, | 1 GUNN AND REAPPORTIONMENT. The Aitkin Independent objects to Senator Gunn because he did not work for reaportionment at the last ses- sion of the legislature. Senator Gunn and all friends of northern Minnesota were in favor of reapportionment and the Independent knows that had north ern Minnesota secured reapportion- ment at the 1909 session! of the legis- Jature it would have been on basis of the 1900 census. Senator Gunn is one of the really strong men in the wenate and live all others who are friends of morthern Minnesota, used his against the measure. This was done for ithe reason that tru would not have been influence representation secured as the population has great- ly increased since the 1900 census in Minnesota, while in south- ern portions it has either remained norma] or decreased. The Independ- ys that Senator Gunn is no frien torthern. ent to reapportionment amd in so stating either falsifies or does not know whe: of it speaks. All true friends of nor- thern Minnesota assisted in staving off reapportionment until after tak- ing of 1910 census and the wisdom ef the course be plainly seen by ail who have the best interests of this portion of the state at heart. GREAT DRAINAGE PROJECT Without any fanfare of trumpets the greatest drainage project ever ptv ander way in the northwest has beet segun in the northwestern section of By the drafning of the watersheds of ithe (Mud and Moose Minnesota. Rivers, no less than 415,000 acres of fartile will be reclaimed and made available to the settlers. It will land take four years to complete the com-| | ensive system of ditches, about | ‘the Philippine sugar industry velop. There.is a law covering the public lands of the islands, which prohibits a corporation or individual to acquire more than 2,500 acres. But the attorney general has con- veniently held that this limitation idoes not attach to the friar lands, bought by the United States from the church. Mhere are 400,000 acres of these lands, some of the choicest ! in the islands, and they cost the gov- ernment an average of $18 an acre. Under this exemption ruling, the sugar trust, it is charged, has recent- ly ‘bought 55,000 acres in Mindora at $6.50 an acre, about one third of their cost. This must have been done under the “favored corporation’ rule that is so) much a part of our financial diplomacy, regulating deal- ings with which once was known as ,| grocers. “predatory wealth.” It comes as contemporaneous with Philippine free trade, which assures the growth of the sugar industry ‘there and that it will become an important factor in this market. That. somebody besides the trust might pro fit by it, and might possibly, at some time, take a smash at this monopoly. It is the democrats in congress whc have dug up this scandal, and are uré ing an investigation. We wish them luck, It has the makings of fine cam- paign material, unless the republi- cans follow the New York example and ‘“‘clean house.” —News-Tribune. GIVES TALK ON DAIRY FARMING Superintendent McGuire Gives Prac- tical Talk to Superior Com- mercial Club. Superintendent A. J. McGuire, of the Northeast Experiment farm, went to Superior Friday afternoon where he gave a talk on dairy-farming in northeastern Minnesota and northern Wisconsin before the Superior Com- mercial club meeting. The follow- ing is the grist of Mr. McGuire's talk, as given by the News Tribune: “4ue proessor WHO Ws mW Cuarge OL the expe:meut tan at Grand) ap- ds, wunu., whder doe direction Of dae agiicuiturai scnooi cunaected with the university of Minnesota, told of tue work which is being done aU the experimentad farm unuer. cou- ditioas such as tue Ordinary larmer an tals secon was to contend wit, amd ON jbest to carry on tae work of damy farmming.and why itis tne ‘ovlsd (pgoliuable ia this part of the country). Vuxprailgs Chat money if “uat class Of raring ne there us more miles of which are to be dug. cost of the a million dollars, gues well for esota laws when so fast an unde an be brought under one en- 1g supervision. Most of the ge work of the Red River val- been done piecemeal. and no comprehensive plan has been followec The Fanning-Elliott survey which cov ered about jhalf each of Kittson, Mar- shall, Polk, Nonman, Clay and Wilkin counti dc 2. In their fight on the common ‘water, the people of Maud ally #een led to combine in a well and Moose river districts have natur- ordered plan of campaign. Good roads are to be built alongsid | the ditches the throwing up of the dirt taken from the ditches making this quite practicable. This will mak the marketing of produce easy esp- © ly when the railroads enter this | as the land lies directly on the path between Thief River Falls and Inter- | mational Falls. The Soo is strongly suspected of designs on this region. The soil studies that are to be con- ducted by both the federal and the state experts im mext two years will be very helpful in showing what crop can best be raised by the farmers of the new region. The local organiza- tion Avhich has brought this about will bring other good things to the section. Under the circumstances it is not to be wondered at that the land of- fice at Grookston is entering home- | steads..on these lands at the rate of ten a flay, especially in view of the fact. that the costs to the settlers -will be less than five dollars an acre The opportunity is one that ought to appeal strongly to those who want to develop fine farms.—Minneapolis Journal, SUGAR TRUSTS ABROAD. It would seem to the novice that 2,500 acres would majxe a very resp- ectable sugar plantation. But it woul be necessary for a good many individ uals, each with holdings no greater than’ that to combine in order to work will be three- | the efficacy of | paved the way for systemati | region. This cannot be long delayed | fated tuat tae cdws Wrousut an a prome o¢ over ivy wer cenit a year jon une mMvesument, Urdimary cows ‘are peimg used at the station and ile gave figures to ShOW ‘that tue aver- |age farmer can proauce an lcome or over fey pec year With a aerd ot iv cows; a flock of a 1vU chickens |and a coupie or oreed sows. ine cows produce fram butter tat an dn- | come of over #100 a year each, and [in making @ comparison in using | them gor dairy purposes he set forth ‘that it cosis as much per pound to raise them for beef as it does for daity twork., On the dairy side of | the ianposicion they bring in about 120 cents a pound for butter and pdokdkca an average af over 250 \ poudiia a year bringing in $75 to | $100 while they sell as dressed beet ‘at 7 cents a pound. The results | whem used for dairy purposes are | from three to Hive times as grea‘ as when turned into beef and the cost of care and maintainance is the same | inpeither| rase. “Professor McGuire also advocated | breeding «with blooded stock in or- {der to raise the standard of the | dairy stock. He also suggested that the better’) method for the ordinary | farmer with small capital to follow fin the matter of breeding is to do | the work on a community plan, a party of 10 or so putting their money maney together and getting one breed sire and all using the same, thereby cutting down the heavy ex- pense which but few farmers feel able to meet alone “There are ; 20,000,000 acres of land in northeastern Minnesota and northern Wisconsin, which at present are unused but which are suitable for rairy farming.” said Professor McGuire, ‘‘and 80 acres is plenty for one farmer to handle. If this land were cut up into 80-acre farms it would mean that 250,000 farnfers with their families would be located thereon, and if they were to clear | bout. #1,000 a year, and that is a low estimate on what can be done by in- telligent work, jit would mean the production of $250,000,000 a year which would mean that much more business for the people of the coun- try in which the farms were estab- perceptibly affect the market of any eountry. Such a combination, too, would tod widely distribute any in- crease of profit. lished. Every boost for dairy farm- ing means that you gentlemen are ‘not only helping surrounding coun- of course, had to be looked after, as |’ GRAND RAPIDS HERALD-REVIEW WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1910. POTATOES ARRIVE Sale of Big Shipment From Farm- ers’ Association Made Through the Duluth Market. From Tuesday’s News Tribune: Two carloards of potatoes were re ceived here yesterday by the Duluth Cooperative Market association,’ one being consigned to the Duluth Marine Supply company, foot of Fifth avenue and the other to the Barthe-Martin company, Michigan street wholesale The latter concern has purchased several carloads of pro- duce from the farmers of northern (Minnesota) through the market as- sokiation and fits branches, but this was the first to be secured by the Duluth Marine Supply company. Manager Simon Clark of the latter company said last night in speaking of the produce secured through the market association: “The stock of potatoes that we purchased to day through the Duluth Cooperative Market association was about the finest I have ever seen and|- we expect in the future to buy our supplies of produce through the as- sociation as lfar as possibel. The po- tatoes came from Grand Rapids, Minn and were raised by the farmers in that vicinity. These potatoes were put ‘through a screen and all of the small ones were taken out. Hach sack bears the name of the farmer ‘who put it up and the association stands back of both the shipper and ' the dealer. In this way we are taking wo chances. The potatoes we te- ceived today are excellent for seed such as are Rsually sold on the mar- ket for $1.25 to $1.50 per bushel. We expect to receive a quality of mixed produce through the association, and I have uo doubt put that it Will be just as satisfactory as were the po- jalfloes we received today. M. J. Fearer, manager of the association, has done a good work in educating the faymers in this section ‘in pre- paring their produce for the market, and I predict a great success for the future of the association and for the farming industry in. northern Minne- sot A. C. Barthe, president and man- ager of the Barthe-Martin company, said: “We have purchased a number of ears of produce through the Duluth Cooperative Market association, and have found them more than satisfac- tory. We received a rar of potatoes tion at Cromwell, Minn., and _ the stock is excellant. We are handling the produce through the association at present without charging the farmers any commission, because we are anxious (to see the market get a good start. There are many people in this city who are @keptical as to the ability of the farmers in northern Minnesota to raise good produce, but a trial of a sack of potatoes from this Sof! goon convinces them of their error. The association is doing an excellent work and is bound to be a success. ‘Old Timothy Sod Should Be Plowed In making a canvass of the farms of Herman township the writer was impressed with the large number of timothy meadows. Some of these were On farms where the owners were trying to do dairying. Last year the principal return from these old ‘timothy fields was a large crop of grasshoppers. The hay field was so small that it was scarcely worth cut- ting. Even when there is a good crop of timothy hay the farmer does not make any profit from it when he feeds it to his dairy cows. The experiment stations, as well as the experience of our older observant farmers, teaches us that timothy robs the soil of its fertility. It requires bout as much pant food to grow a crop of timothy hay as to grow a crop of wheat. Unlike clover, tim- othy does not add humnas nor nitro- gen to the soil, and if a field is kept in timothy year after year, it fails to produce a paying crop, and will leave the land impoverished so that other crops will not do well until the land is built up again by growing clover or some other legumes, such as peas and vetches. Where the acreage cleared is so smaill as it is in St. Louis county, no farmer can af- ford to devote any of his land per- manently to timothy meadows. The timothy fields, therefore, should be plowed ‘up. First because it is a crop that exhausts the fertility of the soil; second, because timothy hay is a poo feed for dairy cows; third, because grasshoppers may have deposited their eggs in its stubbles and they ca only be destroyed by turning over the sod; fourth, because the same land seeded to clover will yield more hay per acre and the hay will have a greater walue, while the clover if plowed under the second year will in- crease the frtility of the soil and make cultivated crops that follow That is not the way the sugar trust} try but are also helping yourselves more prolific in their yield. Yes, plo jas managed im Cuba nor in Hawaii.| by the business which the farmers/up the old timothy fields, plant po- It is mot the way it proposes to let ” . Prt ot ms tatoes, peas, fodder corn or seed with today from the local market asocia-|‘ de-} TWO CARLOADS OF [rade and pasture the rape this year and next year, seed to medium red and alsik clover and you will get better returns from your land and from your cows.—News Tribune. BEST METHODS IN POTATO CULTURE (Continued from first page) Rural New Yorker and while probably not so \well known on the market as these varities, it sells welland in the fiudgment of the writer is a better Potato in every way. The Carmen is a white potato, oval in shape and medium to late In ma- turing. It grows a very heavy vine that covers the ground between the rows, acting somewhat as a mulch. The large vines also tend, to keep down the weeds in the row.. There are two varieties of Carmen, the No. 1 and No. 3, but in appearance, yield and quality they are practically the same. The Carmen No. 1 is grown on} the Experiment farm as the field crop. There is a greater difference in the yield of different varieties of po- tatoes than generally supposed. The variety test on the Experiment farm shows a difference of from twenty five to one hundred bushels per acre. It pays to get a known variety. Potatoes, perhaps more than any other crop tend to vary and unless care is used in the selection of seed every year the best variety will run out. It is a common practice to plant small potatoes, believing that if the whole potato is planted or only cut in two, that as good results will be obtained as if larger seed were select | ed. This is positively fatal to the good qualities of any variety. Unless \z00d size and good shape seed is selected and the variety in a few years will be like sed usd. Small potatoes will produce small potatoes. Like will produce lie. Pick out the kind of seed you would like to get when you pay $1 per bushel for seed or better still find out the true type of the variety you are going to pick out Por ‘seed! Very large potatoes are nearly as objectionable on the market as very emall ones. A medium sized, smooth and uniform lot of potatoes are what sell best and for this reason the very large potatoes as well as the small and irregular shaped ones should not be used for seed. The Best Soil for Potato Growing. A sandy loam soil is best for po- tatoes. It should be well drained as potatoes Will drown out very eas- ily. Where it is necessary to plant on low land it is advisable to ridge the soil and plant on the ridges. The best prepared soil for potato crop is a clover sod plowed shallow | in the fall, manured during the winte1 (not to heavily—ten’ to fifteen loads | per acre) disked thoroughly in the spring and plowed a second time 2 or 3 inches deeper than the first plow ing. Frequent cultivation, from time the | crop is planted till mature, or as | long as the cultivator can be run | between the rows, will pay amply. After the vines are 10 inches high | the cultivation should be shallow Deep cultivation cuts off the roots that spread out in the soil to gather the) plant food. Potato Diseases. Potato scab and blight are the only diseases that may be commonly met with but few cases of blight have been reported in northeastern Minne- sota. Scab is not generally trouble- some when potatoes are groiwn in a three ior four year rotation and es- pecially when grown in a rotation } with clover. If scabby seeds are not | planted and the crop rotated, there will be no trouble as a rule from | this source. Scabs may be killed on the seed by what is known as_ formaldehyde treatment, Formaldehyde can be bought at any drug store. One pint of formadhyde in twenty-five gallons | of water makes the solution for the | treatment. Put the potato in sacks | before cutting for seed and submerge , in salution for two hours. ! Potato blight attacks the vines, caus- ing them to die, and is generally followed by rot in the tubers. The blight treatment is known ap bordeaux mixture. It consists of five pounds of blue vitrol, two pounds of quick lime and fifty gallons of wat er, the vitrol and lime to be dissolved separately before mixing with the | water and the agitation should be thoro to insure a complete solution. | This is sprayed on vines the same | as Paris green and may be done at the same time. The treatment for blight must be | begun in the early stages to be of an: effect. After the vines begin to die, | treatment is of no benefit. To be efective the treatmnt should be be- gun when the vines are about one- fourth developed. Two or three ap- plications from two. or three weeks apart are required. Potato Machinery. When potatoes are grown to the | extent of three or more acres, principle, exactyy. Don,t Pay $1.00 for a Broom Brooms Will Cost You $1.00 BY JUNE Ist So the Broom Manufacturers Say. THINK OF IT! You pay $1.00 for a broom, and then use it to tear the nap off the top of your carpet. Wouldn't it be just as sensible to take your hard-earned money and buy dynamite to blow up your house. Same Buy a So E-Z Vacuum Cleaner and save your Dollars, your Carpets and your Health A So E-Z Vacuum Cleaner in your home gives yov time and strength to think--to read--to enjoy your family and friends--TO LIVE. BROWN BLUE RIBBON SHOES Use a Broom and you get lots of Work and Very Little Dirt except in your Lungs and Hair Patent Finger-Tipped Silk Gloves—50c up m seeks the genuine have done so for 25 sya GRAND RAPIDS 4. .TE 4 %* STORE MINN. QUALITY the man who cares. Wid. & Hi it will pay to use machinery—the planter, sprayer and digger and also the po tato cutter for the seed. ; The total cost of an acre of pota- toes, including rent of land. seed, la- bor and cost of machinery, is from twenty- five to thirty dollars. The average yield of potatoes on th | Northeast Experiment farm for the past six years has been two hundred bushel per acre. The average price paid for potatoes or that received by the farmers im nrotheastern, Minneso- Let Us Give You a Pointer Now is the time to buy a Gasoline stove. making prices on the celebrated “Insurance” gasoline stove that are very attractive tothe average buyer-- Coal and wood stoves and ranges too. We can make you good prices on these too. Our stock includes the very highest grade of goods on the market, such as the Golden Rule stove and the Universal range. Inspect our stock before buying elsewhere. We're D. POWERS tal has been over forty cents per bu- shel for the same length of time. In ;Many sections of northeastern Minne- sota the average price has been over fifty cents per bushel. Estimating a yield of 160 bushels per acre and a price of forty cents per bushel there bwould ‘be a net profit of thirty four dollars per acre. Potato growing should be a per- Manent part of our agriculture in northeastern Mimnesota. Its impor- tance is second only to the dairy in- dustry.