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I BALSAM j
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Mrs. John Walberg was a Bovey
caller Thursday.
Alex Maki transacted business in
Nashwauk Thursday.
Mrs. Valley and Floyd were Grand
Rapids callers Monday.
Thomas Kannas transacted business
in Grand Rapids Monday.
Matt Schumacher attended the com
missioners’ meeting Monday.
Oscar Bay and friends of Hibbing,
spent Sunday at Crooked lake.
The Tuomi and Carlson families
spent Sunday at their summer homes
on Crooked lake.
Joe, Haley, Albert and Elmer
Brockway of Hibbing, were callers
at the Maki home Thursday.
Julius Kappila purchased lumber
from Matt Schumacher and will soon
do some biulding on his farm.
Oscar Malmberg of Keewatin, was
a vsitor at the farm on Crooked lake,
also visited with Alex Maki a few
days the latter part of the week.
Mrs. Edward Randa of Stevenson,
was a visitor at the Makinen home
over the Fourth. Mrs. Randa and
Mrs. Makinen being cousins.
Miss Esther Tanberg, who at at
tending summer school at Bemidji,
spent the Fourth in Grand Rapids,
later visiting her parents here before
returning to school.
Herman Lammi and wife from
Little Swan, autoed to the Cuyuna
range, returning by the way of Hill
City, Grand Rapids and Crooked lake,
where they visited their cousin, Alex
Maki from Thursday until Saturday.
DORA LAKE
Dick Robinson is hauling stone for
the D. E. Leigh home.
John Shanner returned Friday from
Grand Rapids and the range.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark stopped at the
C. H. Stumpf home Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cross went
to their place in Grattan Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stumpf have
moved to the Stratton place across
the lake.
Dinner was enjoyed on the wani
gan Sunday, by Mrs. Guy Mitchell
and children, Mr. and Mrs. C. H.
Stumpf, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Reiger
A WORD FOR MOTHERS
It is a grave mistake for mothers to neg
lect their aches and pains and suffer in
silence —this only leads to chronic sick
ness and often shortens life.
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excitable; if you feel languid, weary or
depressed, you should know that Scott’s
Emulsion overcomes just such conditions.
It possesses in concentrated form the
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strengthen the tissues, nourish the nerves
and build strength.
Scott’s is strengthening thousands of
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ST. JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC
Rev. L. Buechler, Pastor.
CHURCH SERVICES
Anyone wishing? to talk to the
pastor may find him either in the
church immediately after service or
in the priesthouse at 11:30 a. m.
or 4:30 p. m.
Sunday
o’clock a. m.; High mass at 10 o’clock
a. m.; Benediction at 7:30 p. m. Week
days—Mass at 7:45 a. m. (if the 7
a. m. bell does not ring there is no
mass); Christian instruction, Satur
days 10 o’clock a. m. Baptisms,
Sunday at 4:30 p. m.; Holidays of
obligation falling on week days
mass same hour as on week days,
7:45; Confessions, Saturdays 4 o’clock
p. m. and 7:00 p. m. and Thursdays
before the first Friday of each month
at the same hours, (no confessions
before masses); Sick calls, unless in
case of sudden sickness, always call
in forenoon. The church bell zings
twice before services; the first time
the bell starts ringing 38 minutes
before time set for the service and
the second time the bell starts ring
ing eight minutes before service and
stops ringing three minutes before
the starting of service. Hour for
funerals, 9 a. m.; set no date without
consulting pastor. Notify pastor as
GRAND RAPIDS HERALD-REVIEW, WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1916
Robinson and children.
Misses Christine Pearson and
Adeline Nelson and Seth Pearson and
August Setterberg visited at Dora
Lake Sunday.
Mrs. Guy Mitchell, the twins, and
Mrs. C. H. stumpf enjoyed a launch
ride Sunday with Victor Lofgren in
the “Flying Dutchman.”
Frank Leigh returned from a visit
at Hillman, Minn. He was accom
panied by his brother, George, who
will assist his father in building a new
home here.
The Fourth celebration at Stanley
was attended by Mr. and Mrs. O. E.
Leigh, Miss Jewell Leigh, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Leigh and children, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Cross, Charles Til
den, August Schmidt, Mr. and Mrs.
T. V. Robinson, Mr. rnd Mrs. C. H.
Stumpf, Gladys Congdon, Gladys
Pendleton, Delbert Congdon and Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Stumpf. All report
ed a good time.
I DIXON LAKE I
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Mrs. B. Simonson is on the sick
list.
Mrs. Louis Wickupski spent the
Fourth in Bemidji.
Albert Jamtaas autoed out from
Blackduck Saturday.
Edward and Albert Bondy called on
Albert Rudquist Sunday.
A. Gilbertson sold a cow to Mrs.
S. L. Tibbetts last week.
Thoroff Simonson called on Ole
Langie Sunday afternoon.
A. Jamtaas drove to Blackduck Fri
day, returning on Saturday.
C. D. Clark went to Blackduck Fri
day to purchase a yoke of oxen.
A. Gilbertson was busy driving a
well in his kitchen last Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Erickson dined
with Mr. and Mrs. A. Gilbertson Sun
day.
Mrs. C. E. Erickson visited with
Mrs. Henry Wayne and Mrs. Hanson
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Tibbetts
visited with Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Tib
betts Sunday.
Henry Wayne and Thoroff Simon
son have been ditching for A. Rud
quist this week.
A. Rudquist and John Tibbetts spent
Sunday afternoon with Oscar and
George Erickson.
J. P. Schuller and Carl Sandene
hauled a barge load of lumber across
Dixon lake for J. Shaw.
Mrs. S. L. Tibbetts and daughter
Miss Ella visited with Mrs. Henry
Wayne on Wednesday.
Marshall Tibbetts drove a well on
his homestead last Wednesday, getting
a supply of good clear water.
A young colt belonging to H. A.
Greene was quite badly cut on a
barbed wire fence last week.
Schullei’ and Sandene, hauled a load
of lumber across the lake Thursday in
their barge for A. Gilbertson and A.
Rudquist.
Miss Nancy Hansen, while removing
a kettle of boiling soup from the stove,
accidently dropped it, seriously scald
ing her feet.
Mrs. Henry Wayne served afternoon
coffee to Mrs. Erickson, Mrs. Shaw,
Mrs. Rudquist and Miss Nancy Han
sen on Monday.
On Wednesday afternoon Mrs. Gil
bertson entertained Mrs. Harry Wayne
and Mrs. J. Shaw and Miss Lulu
Wayne and Mr. Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Wayne, Miss Lulu
Wayne, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Shaw and
Mr. Miller, passed a pleasant Sunday
picnicing at Lake Sue.
B. Simonson called on friends at
Dunbar Thursday, and passing his old
place was pleased to note the fine
growth of timothy and clover.
Olaf Nordrum is staying at the
Christ Frog home, taking care of the
cattle during the absence of Mr. and
Mrs. C. Frog who are visiting friends
in Blackduck.
The Fourth of July celebration at
Pinecrest was well attended and all
report a good time. The weather was
ideal. Among those who came from
a distance were Mrs. Clampett, W. C.
Clampett, Mr. and Mrs. Barton, C.
Trottman, William Nobles and Will
and Raymond Hutchins.
DEHORNING CHUTE IS USEFUL
Illustration Shows Device Used With
Success by South Dakota Man—
It Is Easily Made.
We have a dehorning chute which
we use with good success, writes a
Stanley county, South Dakota, writer
tn Independent Farmer. Two-inch
stuff is used throughout, excepting two
upper pieces on each side, which are
Ix 6. A stanchion is provided at one
mass at S
end with loose pin which can be re
moved quickly and animal driven out
tn front if desired. After the animal
is fastened in the stanchion a rope run
around its neck and nose is fastened
to the windlass and drawn through
Dehoming Chute.
LIVE STOCK
HUSBANDRY
FEEDING FOR BEEF.
Results of an Experiment at the Kan-
sas State Agricultural College.
Announcement of results of calf feed
ing and blackleg serum experiments
that are expected to put the cattle in
dustry In Kansas on a paying basis
and incidentally place millions of dol
lars in the pockets of Kansas farmers
was the feature of the fourth annual
cattlemen’s meeting at the Kansas
State Agricultural college. The meet
ing was attended by several hundred
of the leading live stock men of the
state.
Corn and Kaffir for beef production
were compared in tests covering a pe
riod of six months and conducted un
der the direction of W. A. Cochel, pro-
Among the beef breeds of cattle
none stands higher than the Short
horn. As a producer of high grade
market beef it ranks with the
topnotchers, and the milking strain
of this breed is popular with farm
ers who prefer dual purpose cattle.
The illustration shows the head of
a pure bred Shorthorn bull of the
beef type.
lessor of animal husbandry. One hun
dred high grade Hereford calves were
used, being divided into six lots, each
of which was given a different feed
combination.
The greatest profits were made in
corn combinations. Shelled corn, cot
tonseed meal, alfalfa hay and silage
proved most remunerative. The aver
age profit per steer was $15.26 and the
total gain in weight 436.3 pounds. Ln
the lot fed ground corn, cottonseed
meal and alfalfa hay a gain in weight
of 441.9 pounds was recorded, but the
higher feed values reduced the profit
to $13.25 for each animal.
The Kaffir combination that brought
the best results consisted of ground
Kaffir, cottonseed meal, alfalfa hay
and silage. The gain in weight shown
was 424.1 pounds and the profit $13.14.
Announcement was made by Dr. F.
S. Schoenleber, professor of veterinary
medicine, that his department has per
fected a practical method of absolutely
preventing, stopping and controlling an
outbreak of blackleg among cattle.
“A hyperimmune serum has been per
fected.” said Dr. Schoenleber, “which
will immediately stop the progress of
the disease in a herd and which, when
used in connection with blackleg virus,
will immunize the animal against the
disease. This serum and virus has been
used successfully on more than 20,000
calves.”
SAVING THE FLEECE.
Car* In Shearing and Tying Saves
Money For the Sheep Farmer.
Now that the wool crop is sold or
ready for sale can you tell how much
you lost by improper methods in shear
ing and caring for the fleeces? Wool
men agree that the lack of proper care
in shearing and tying the fleece often
makes it necessary to cut the price of
wool 2to 3 cents a pound. Frequently
half a pound to a pound of “tags” have
to be thrown out of a seven or eight
pound fleece, and the slower grading
made necessary for the buyer reduces
the figure he is willing to pay.
It is quite an art to know how to
shear so that the fleece will fall away
from the shears in a loose blanket
which can be rolled up with the clean
white or flesh side out This brings
the belly and neck wool at the center.
If the fleece is rolled from the rump a
better looking finished roll will result
Wool dealers are now much more
particular than formerly about tying
the fleeces with a wool twine instead
of a binder or sisal twine of any kind.
If vegetable fibers break off and mix
with the wool they hurt the quality of
the yarn, since they do not take the
dye, but appear as off colored specks In
the finished cloth. From now on wool
is going to be worth too much to use
makeshift methods in shearing and
preparing it for market.—Farm and
Fireside.
Silage as a Horse Feed.
Horses cannot consume as large quan
tities of silage as cattle, and it is im
portant that only silage of good quality
be given them. At the Missouri exper
iment station silage has been experi
mentally fed to horses during the last
two winters with very favorable re
sults. There was one exception, that
being the case of a three-year-old mare
which refused to eat the silage at first
When her other feed was reduced she
began to eat it but soon after had to
be taken out of the test because of hav
ing distemper and Indigestion. With
this exception the horses that were fed
the silage were more thrifty, came
through the winter In better condition
and cost lees than those fed the usual
wintering rations.
MILLET FOR CATCH CROP.
Often Successfully Seeded as Late as
Aug. 1.
If one crop fails in Kansas there is
Usually time to plant a catch crop.
Millet is such a crop and is often suc
cessfully seeded as late as Aug. 1, al
though the best results are obtained
when planted three weeks later than
regular corn planting time, points out
G. E. Thompson, specialist in crops, di
vision of extension, Kansas State Agri
cultural college.
“Each year from 120,000 to 170,000
acres are planted to millet in Kansas,”
states Mr. Thompson. “Contrary to
general opinion, the heaviest millet
producing counties are in the eastern
half of the state.
“The rate of seeding varies from fif
teen pounds per acre in the western
part of the state to thirty pounds in the
eastern part. Because of the fact that
the crop matures quickly and produces
a medium amount of a fair quality of
hay millets have an important place in
Kansas agriculture.
“Millet has intensive root systems
and draws its food and water supply
almost entirely from the surface foor
of ground. This results in leaving th*
surface depleted in both plant and food
and moisture.
“The average feeder prefers many
other feeds to millet. As a rough esti
mate each hundred pounds of millet
hay contains about half as much pro
tein as the same amount of alfalfa
hay. Millet contains about the same,
sometimes slightly more protein than
common prairie hay.
“Hungarian millet is the variety gen
erally preferred in eastern Kansas, be
cause experience has shown it to be
better adapted to humid conditions
than the other varieties. The quality
of hay produced by it is first class.
“In the central and western part oi
the state either the common or German
millets are usually preferred. The Ger
man variety produces the most hay.
It takes approximately two weeks
longer to mature than common millet.
The latter makes a finer and better
quality of hay than the German.
Killing Colorado Beetles.
Sprayiug potato vines for the put
pose of killing Colorado beetles shouU
be done as soon as the work of the 11
sects is noticed, asserts George A
Dean, professor of entomology in the
Kansas State Agricultural college.
“This destructive insect is not hard
to control,” says Professor Dean. “On«
part paris green mixed with twenty to
thirty parts of air slaked lime or flout
and used as a dust spray affords the
best results on young plants. It should
be used when the dew is on by means
of powder guns or dust spray ma
chines.
“The paris green spray, prepared by
mixing one pound of paris green with
75 to 125 gallons of water and the ad
dition of a pound of quicklime to the
mixture, makes an effective spray.
This spray will burn vines if the quick
lime is omitted.
“For the proper mixing and applica
tion of this spray a bucket pump or
knapsack sprayer of good quality is
sufficient for use in small gardens, but
on a large scale a potato sprayer to be
drawn by horses through the rows of
plants is necessary.
“Arsenate of lead serves the same
purpose as the paris green, a pound
combined with fifteen or twenty gal
lons of water being more adhesive. It
sticks more firmly to the leafage and
is much less likely to produce scorch
ing than the paris green spray. Clean
ing up the vines and plowing potato
land in the fall, after the crop has
been harvested, will aid in reducing
the number of hibernating beetles.”
A Handy Garden Trellis.
For growing cucumbers, tomatoes,
pole beans or the taller varieties of
peas a trellis has many advantages
over poles or brush. Fewer cucumbers
remain hidden under the leaves and
go to seed, and it is easier to spray
them on both sides of the leaves to
prevent rust when they are growing
on a trellis. A trellis such as illus
trated is easily made, and if put un
der cover as soon as the growing sea
son is over it will last for many years.
If the two uprights are fastened to
gether with a bolt and the end strips
left off the trellis will fold up, which
makes it much easier to handle.—
Farm and Home.
A New Wheat Peet.
Another pest has been added to the
active enemies of the American wheat
grower. While Europe has been at
war one of its most dangerous grain
enemies, the stripe rust, found its way
to America and was noted in last year’s
crop in the northwest. It is markedly
like the well known stem rust that has
been cutting into wheat growers’ profits
with a great deal of regularity recent
ly. That it has been pretty widely
scattered may be guessed from the
fact that thousands of car lots of wheat
from Montana and the Pacific north
west were shipped to midwestern
points during the fall and early win
ter. Where such wheat has been
bought for seed the pest is pretty cer
tain to make its appearance this sea
son. There is no known method of
fighting it save to delay its appearance
in the great wheat districts as much as
possible by planting no wheat that was
grown west of a line passing through
eastern Montana.—Farm Progress.
Scientific
Farming
WIREWORMS DESTRUCTIVE
Control Measures Recommended For
Different Species.
[Prepared by United States department of
agriculture.]
True, wireworms are reckoned by
specialists in the United States depart
ment of agriculture as among the five
worst pests to corn and among the
twelve worst pests to wheat and outs.
They attack many other crops as well,
however, notably potatoes and sugar
beets, and are considered one of the
two most difficult groups of insects to
control. To combat them successfully
it is essential that the farmer should
be able to recognize the various species
and to distinguish them from other in
sects of somewhat similar appearance.
To assist him in doing so the depart-
CORN AND COTTON WIREWOBM—A. ADULT
beetle; b, larva enlarged.
ment of agriculture has just published
farmers’ bulletin 725, “Wireworms De
structive to Cereal and Forage Crops,”
by J. A. Hyslop.
The wheat wireworm of the north
east and middle west is pale yellow,
cylindrical and shiny. When full
grown it is about one inch in length
and about as thick as the lead Ln a
pencil. It can be readily recognized
by the two dark spots near the base
of the tail. Normally it feeds upon
grass roots and produces no disturb
ance in the meadows. When the sod Is
broken, however, the insects gather in
the drill rows or hills and destroy the
seed or eat off the roots of the plants
which sprout. In this way the crop
often Is absolutely destroyed.
To control the wheat wtreworm land
Intended for corn should be plowed
Immediately after the first cutting of
hay, usually early In July. Through
out the remainder of the summer this
land should be cultivated deeply. Bad
ly infested land in corn should also
be deeply cultivated even at the risk
of slightly root pruning the corn. As
soon as the crop Is removed the field
should be very thoroughly tilled be
fore sowing to wheat. Wheat fields
that are not seeded to other crops
should be plowed as soon as the wheat
is harvested. This kills the worms by
destroying their food supply and pre
venting proper hibernation. Where cir
cumstances permit. Interposing be
tween sod and corn such crops as
field peas and buckwheat, which are
not severely attacked by wireworms,
will materially reduce the number of
worms in the soil when corn Is
planted.
Corn wireworms damage cereal and
forage crops in the middle Atlantic
states, the New England states and
the Mississippi valley. They are red
dish brown in color, about one and
one-fourth inches long, cylindrical in
shape and have three slight lobes or
projections on the talk These Insects
spend a considerably longer time In
the soil than the wheat wireworm. In
some cases they have been known to
Uve In the ground as long as six years.
On the other hand, they are almost
exclusively confined to poorly drained
and heavy soils. For this reason
heavy liming and thorough tile drain
ing will undoubtedly prove beneficial
In their control. The thorough culti
vation of waste land, especially along
drainage ditches and creeks during
midsummer, and the deep cultivation
of crops and fallow land are also rec
ommended.
Meadow wireworms attack com, po
tatoes, onions, cabbage, radishes, tur
nips, horseradish, spinach, sugar beets
and alfalfa. In the northwest they are
most destructive on Irrigated lands and
in the east on poorly drained areas.
They look very much like the dry land
wireworm, but can be easily distin
guished from other varieties by their
forked tails. They do not usually at
tack beans or peas, and the planting
of these crops before seeding to corn
would therefore assist in controlling
the pest. The thorough tile draining
of Infested fields in eastern areas and
the heavy liming of the land at the
rate of about two tons to the acre, to
gether with deep cultivation during
July and August are other measures
that specialists recommend for their
control.
ELEVEN