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1/f "w^ O- (ij.)% THET BEM1DJI DAILY PIONEER WINTERING CATTLE. Beef Animals Need Sufficient Feed and Care to Keep Them Growing. In the western put of our state there is little full feeding of cattle The stock being earned through the "Winter consists, almost entirely of calves, yearlings and the breeding cows, says the Kansas Farmer. Sel dom is it ad\ isable to winter two-year old steers The feed will be more economically used and result in great er profit when fed to younger cattle. It is common to speak of "roughing"' cattle through the winter, the thought being that they are simply maintained as cheaply as possible. While getting j*ock through cheaply is a good policy, there should be different degrees of roughing for the different cattle. It seldom pays to carry calves through the winter on mere maintenance ra tions. The calf that comes out in the spring no heavier than when it went Into the winter has lost money. Ma ture cows carrying calves cannot prof itably be allowed to run down during the winter season. They should make some gain during this period. They can stand a little more exposure than The cattle fever tick in the past has been a source of great loss in the southern parts of the country, where it flourishes. In recent years the ravages of the insect liave been much curtailed, but it is still a pest The Texas steer here shown was mostly skin and bones before being treated for ticks After two months tick tree it had gained over 200 pounds he call es, and in some instances where jt.*re are nutmal windbreaks or shel ter thej mav not even require sheds At the Hays experiment station young o\\ have been very success fully wintered out in a pasture. They had the shelter of a timbered creek and weie given alfalfa hay and kaflr stover Thev were wintered at an aveiage feed cost of 4% cents a day. It Is alwavs important to begin the feeding of rattle early in the season 1 Ti\ jy?-p- f^r{ffHPP"'^r?!^^'a Heavy a YOUR REFUND STORE Books Books Books Everyone Appreciates a Boo MAKE YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EASY AND BUY A BOOK. WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED THE LARGEST SHIPMENT OF EVER RECEIVED IN BEMIDJI. Books for the Wee Tots Books for the Young Miss Books for the Sweetheart and Grandparents The most popular book of the year: "WHEN A MAN'S A MAN." By Harold Bell Wright Cloth binding $1.35 Leather binding $2.00 SCRAP IRON THE FOLLOWING PRICES WILL BE PAID FOR IRON DELIVERED TO OUR FOUNDRY: Machinery Cast Iron, a Ton $ 9 Mixed Iron, a Ton $ 6 We manufacture everything in the line of Castings. Machine Work and Welding a Specialty. Bemidji IronWorksCo, SUCCESSORS TO Bemidji Welding & Machine Company Telephone 69 Bemidji, Minn. feeding dur'ng the last month of the winter penod cannot make up for meager feodum in Nov ember or December While it is economj to let the stock run on pasture as late as possible, the supplemental teedmg ot rough feeds should begin as soon as the pasture tails to supp'v enough to keep the stock giov\ ng In some sea sons wheat pas tine is a great source of feed tor winUung stock cattle In pasturing wheat piovision should al ways be made to feed the cattle in the yard when the wheat fields would be injuied by the tumping This is a simple matter heiv feed is stoied in a silo, for stock can be changed from green pasture to silage and back again to pasture with little difficulty The change to dry teed is less easily made The most important point in winter ing stock is to give them such care and feed as will bring them through to the pasture season worth more money than when they went into the winter. Unless this is done the feed and labor put into them have been largely wasted 500 Popular Copyrights to Sells for 50c Inexpensive and an agreeable gift. Among the many are Ne'er Do Well God's Country and the Woman Tarzar of the Alps Desert Gold Return of Larzari Harvester 25o Gift Books to Sell for 5oc All Neatly Bound and Boxed Book of Toasts Musical Friends 3* Good Fellowship Xmas Thoughts Friendship Patriotism Book of Good Cheer Glorious Sunshine Children Books from 5c to $2.50 PICTURE BOOKS, PAINT BOOKS, LINEN BOOKS, STORY BOOKS, BOOKS OF EE EVERY DESCRIPTION. AMUSING AND INSTRUCTIVE. 1 Cards and Christmas Greetings Make your selection early while the stock is complete. We were fortunate in placing our order early in the spring, and so have the best quality stock used in cards, greetings, etc., for the price you will pay for the inferior grades. Postal Cards lc to 5c Greeting Cards and Envelopes 5c to 25c Come early and inspect our stock which we will be glad to show you. Pennants of all descriptions from $1.50 to 75c, to close out at 50c Hot and Cold Drinks at the Fountain Tea, Coffee and Home Hade Goodies Served Make This Store Your Headquarters ABERCROMBIE & McCREADY 216 3rd STREET REFUND STORE lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll iiu u7it wwvwwwwwww^ww The pig that iarrowed and not raided is no profit to any one, writes A Legg in the Farm and Fireside I note in looking o\ 1 a number of lit tor recoids that quite a number of the \eiv huge litreis .anowed aie lobt down to irom seven to eight pigs. I i me oyi.c 1 a so th.it never farrowed moie t' MI ten p'gs at a time and an other th.it usii.uiv fauowed from elev 'i to t'n tc\ i it a 1 tfei These sows rtpic owii'd ai tuc sjnie time and a moid Kent A tio' pi.s An aveiage the pigs ui^od slinw that the sow f'l.it never faiTovved l.^ige litters on'v hut wi pig while 'be was kept, and the avoi oi pig-, tailed showed up as well as the other one Some SOWN com to be naturally careless with their pigs and '.ill manv of them 1 p-cior the sow that farrows me dium si/ed litteis and raises them to the one that fanows veiy large litters From seven to eight pigs are as manv as one sow can raise. She cannot eat and digest enough to provide milk foi more than that number without dangei of injuring her own constitution. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiire BOOKS Books for the Children Books for the Young Man Books for the flother, Father Most remarkable among execrable writers was John Bell, the barrister of whom Lord Eldon said to the prince regent that he was the ablest equity lawyer of his time, though he could "neither read, write, walk nor talk." Bell was a cripple, and his Westmore land accent combined with his stam mer to make his speech unintelligible. The character of his writings appears from his own statement that he had three styles, one of which he couid read, but his cleik could not. while th" YOUR CHRISTMAS SUIT Buy It At The Refund Store You want a good one and you want it to look right. It WILL be a good one and it WILL look right if you buy it at this store, for we guarantee both looks and quality in every suit that we sell. We Want To Sell You That Suit and if you Avill come to us BEFORE you buy you will NOT have to look anywhere else. Looks and quality will sell the suit without a word from us except to tell you the price. Shoes, Hats, Gaps, Mittens, Shirts, Etc. MAKE GOOD CHRISTMAS GIFTS. 0. J. LAQUA CLOTHIER Refund Store Third Street BEMIDJI, MINN. Mind on things worth smiling about and the Christmas spirit will get you if you don't watch out. This Store is Clad To Announce That we are now prepared to show 100 per cent, com- plete stock of Holiday Goods. We Bought Early We Bought Largely We Bought Wisely In a few days watch for our large announcements. You will profit as NEVER BEFORE if you make this store your CHRISTMAS STORE. No Advance in Holiday Goods Do not be misledyou will not need to pay any big price for outside of a few numbers in Kid body Dolls, Dressed Dolls and Mechanical Toys. We positively guarantee to sell all Holiday Goods at same prices as last year. That's this store's record. No advance in Holiday Goods. Carlson Variety Store EVERYTHING IN HOLIDAY &OODS. second was intelligible to his clerk, but not to himself, and the third baffled l)oth of them Nero's Fiddling. The expression, or story, of Nero fiddling while Rome burned had its origin in the old story that the empe ror forbade the flames of Rome to be put out and went to a high tower, where he watched his city burning and sang verses to his lute "upon the burn ing of old Troj."-New York Times. DO TOUR CHPISTMAS SHOPPING 20 Just Keep Your 1 CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS at the PIONEER Boston Pencil Pointers $1.00 and $1.50 Moore's Fountain Pen $2.50 and $3.50 Calling Cards Business Cards Engraved Plates Loose Leaf Memorandum Books Stationery Heart Song Book Subscription to the Daily Pio- neer$4.00 per year Subscription to the Weekly Pio- neer$1.50 per year WATCH THIS HST GROW i jHM