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if **V Chances are that -even H. N. Mc Kee wouldn't Tr50girtJ*^tM pfttore 'if his name wasn't used in connec tion with it: Even tbfo he may not admit it. But it's hY and there's no getting around that. Like all un dertakers, he leads quite life es pecially in this live community where the only dead ones *& ih no position to interfere with the progress of the cimmunity. **N w Since this fellow "buries his dead" he might he induced! to take the part of Indian Brave'doring the showing of the pageant at the North ern Minnesota fair., i MAKING TEST WITH PEANUTS Government Farm, at Baltivlllo Ex- psriimHiting With ttfrobftrf Feed for Hg* 1 I Is a {Toft, oily fat n?**Bogi produced by feeding peanuts, a characteristic that can be Inherited and that will persist regardless of the nature of the ration fedsthe-offspring? That Is one of the Interesting questions to be in vestigated *y the. Doited States De partment of Agriculture at the experi ment farm at Beltsvitle, Md. Both the bacon and lard types will, be used, the former to be represented at the start by A Tamwnrtb'gilts and the latter by 4 Poland-Ghwa* gilts. Prom weanlqg time |p}ttt their fttst Utters are weaned these eight gilts will be-fr^jx^^m peanut ration. Prom tty* Wn of weaning their pigs will be fedrnn jeonte harden-, ing ration, such sjl i&rn and tankage, and will be fiwtiptiHt with a check lot of pigs whole: djuoa iHrer* fed OK hardening feed! ifjsj&ftd iV peanuts during (heir o^v^omttsnfr *nd gesta tion periods. \^^tplgbAbtfeb grown out and finished, gome of 'each lot will be sUtaghtelrad to determine whether there Vi ttht difference In the carcasses that Is, It the^ieahti ration fed to the mothers has made it more difficult to put a hard^esh on the off spring wlthcor^ WOOL AND MEAT FROM SHEEP Ajnlmals Require Very tattle Grain ahd Are Valuable in DtryW Noxious MwflsV--'-- An aVerage high 'gfajde sheep *xa pro\ce a fleece welALng from five to eight pounds ahdfTaise a lamb weighing 80 pounds in a year. If nec essary it can lWe without a slngle mouthful of grain, since forage crops and permanent pastures will carry the sheep the year round. 'Sheep have two important advantages' ver other classes of live stock, 'they require practically no grain andihey destroy brush and bushes* ."C V' -"J S \*Enjoyment In Chasing Knowledge. Oar remote" Tofeefttbef* chased knowledge, so to. speak, through the liet^-ens snd over, the' earth tm a htp pogrifl, end they dopbtlWs wasted good deal of time but'they enjoyea a fine exhilaration, beyond any they could hare got In .ceasing it down a rathole like a weaael.-tobert M. Oay. First Plant Life Probably Aquatiot I As all' animal lfte IS dependent di rectly or indUrectlJr*Ufwta..plant life. It follows that the Earliest life on the earth must have b|fen plant life. As at that time tbere^wKS little or no land, the earliest plant life was probably STRAWBERRIES ALL.SUMMER Popular Varieties Are Progressive and SupefbReslSUht to Leaf-Spot bAsMe*. v.rf hHM^ Strawberry |ilairt wil will con tinue to prodttCfe strawberries untit hard frosts occur may be grown in ,all of the northern United States and in the mld-Westefh states. .The twoJnotUmtionsBiay 'leading varieties^ ^tbistyp of straw berry, the progressive asjdthfe stt^erb, are notable becttuib^ thlsy are excep tionally resistant to, leaf-Spot diseases. Another remarkable characteristic of these varieties is tqat.lf their blooms are killed by ftost- 'Miey soon flower again. Therefor^ In sections subject to late spring frosts, wit* bttetl destroy the crop, tbeW* varieties are particularly valuable.United Stat** Department of Agriculture. r* !**jt-J .Vw 1 IMPROVING SOIL AT LITTLE COST Sweet Clover I? Admifibly Adapt ed Where Deferefced Corn Acreaflels Advisable. 'r**k CRO IUY BE SEEDED ALONE tA Fair- yield of Excellent Hay May Be IJHl It Conditions, WarrantFarmer Mt Judge for Himself What ^rop'to QreWk (Prepsrjil r, UM Vn\VH MkXm Dp*tinat *-qt jMrrtoulturt.) Where a reduction of corn acreage' seems advisable and the land has lime enougti, sw lend itself admirably tb soil'improvement at low cost. While the usual tray of seeding is .on^winter grain or with spring gHlnT the" United States Department of Agriculture advises that It may well pi seeded alone on laod^that is npw without a crop. Such land should be harrowed as early as pos sible eu the seed harrowed in, or where the land, dries slowly the seed njay be cat*ea directly on the groiiud as the frost Is coming out. There-Is b need to plow, and so prac tically the whble expense will consist of the cost of the seed which at pres ent.Is low. Scarified seed should be used.!A'*''^1 i The price of white Sweet clover Seed is today considerably less than half th*t-ofed-clover If the seed is on the ground early the plants will keep ahead- ofty}weeds and, by September or Otjtober, a fate crop of excellent hay cah be cut if conditions warrant thb expense of cutting. The bay will have" practically the same value as alfalfa ef^^,4oye bay. in the sprjbg oCiftext yfett^he new growth can be'turned under for corn If that crop Jp desired, or the field can be used for pasture, Sweet ^clover is ene of the best pas ture plants known. If pastured heav ily enough it wilt* keep-, green and growing ^through the summer,when, most grass, pasture'-dries up. .^t must 'Curl*! yest Clover Hiy in CockV be kept closely pastured, however snMee otherwise It quickly growi ta% blooms ad becomes woolly. If tJi field ls.Hft in street cloVej- during X823 it can b^.ploy tttat falW^ftor frafn or go into corn la, 1BSS4. _'? -]Ml improve Soil. ibarlog ipaUt ie# years large crop's of annA grain-and of corn have been grofO, but these nave not always f*ered4^*61table, and, of course,, have not HWped to iraprovfe ajeinnd. *fi .question of what to do under these 'drctirtdtfttoces is important. If cash' jr^urn's are necessary the lagd not put lujp corn maybe planted to soy beads. 'This albp'wttl renotre as mu^i^abor! as corn, ^however. Where the great est pbssU^e ecoriemy ih operatiob^fs be.cepbined with soil Improvement the farmer wttl'h|ve to turn to grass of. clot*. ,Bvery farmer'ipffust judge for himself whether to grow corn, whether to sub- stitute^sos-^beaASboc some other crop, or ^ip ^r W rest ttre fkfad afld de rive little or no haeOBle fjrbm It for one season. The above suggestion is of ferfecf i theDeptrtment of Agricbr tn a one way to improve the land while resting it, and to da this with the. minimum of expense and labor, ifc&*> -bu^L'SL.. ***-T _j^_-fr" \HWUUW OF SOY WANS WMn Sown en Uwi *o Prevleuely ^llantatt to Crop Is Advisable '1 to Use Culture. Natural Inoculation now occurs quftbigeftarally faxyUgbeuf mucfr -of which has not been previously planted] to this crop, however, it is advisable to inoculate with the proper culture. be obtained, either thPOngh |W us* of s? pur* culture, a ilavlted quantity of which can be^ro fur*d Jrom the United Statejs Vxfyitt- JnuHe o^-AgrtcultUre free ot charge, -of" by the use of inoculated soil front a field *feri toy* tea* plants^ve^p^B- viwisiy. tttfeloped' ftodiUefc The fa-1 octiUted sotf limy b4 *6*nTB in at theGuernjef^tdd tbse of seediagi nstu* the fertiliser box, by tJiarouglily Mg a gal lon of the a bushel of seed. VfSSSf^SStS^ s* ft a A J%&&k&\*i> ao WR CREST FARM TO SHOW GUERNSEYS HERE National frairy ShoW Wixfner Inctad*il Among 8 Prise Anfauds to Be Shown afe{ jmong the exhibitors In' the row St the'Northern MfimbsoteV Pair wiH be Clover Crest Farm of ^GHearbrook^ Minnesota. Eight registered guernseys of high breeding ,^rill comprise the exhibit President,1 ifyrffi*'k rf *W^W BEMIDJI, MfNN., FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST it 1912 AD IT THIS EDITION The/tim and extra labor necessary to get out a special large edition, such as the one you hold in your hand is well spent .When one considers the hearty response that has been made/by the merchants to onr appeal for them to take adver- tising space. You will find many, announcements here that will -i pay you to read very carefully. It puis you in touch with profitable opportunities that can be,presented in no other way. It informs you of store policies that you will do well to keep in! mind when,you have things to buyit is the written word of reliable merchants who are anxious to please you, and they will be well pleased if you let them know that their efforts are appreciated. ..*u.- After all, we are all one big community trying to help each other. The farmer wants a good central market, and the mer- chant wants him to have it. There is mutual benefit. The city merchant pays* big taxes not only direct tout indirect to keep, up a town or city so that the farmer may have a, good place in which to trade, and to take and dispose of his waresand for that reason they rather expect that the farmers will be only too- willing to favor them with -business whenever^they stock up with the necessities that are,in demand and ask fair prices. Every dollar that is sent away from our community works in building up, some other place, and'none of it reverts to help keep up the roads or schools. Tliat money helps to build cities like Chicago ahd New York. Many folks who patronize cata logue houses in far-away places, no doubt, feel that they are saving money by dping so, which is not always the case when we count the money that goes away and never returns. But, as we started in to s$y, we hope that every reader will take the time to read every advertisement in this issueand, when you come to the fair, go through the stores and see what can be had here irf Bemidji. There is a world of competition here which is an assurance of low prices. You will find the stores heaped with the season's newest things, and if you just want to look around you will find plenty of obliging salespeople to answer your questions. And, if you have time, we would like to have you call and see outr modern printing plant, one of the best in Northern Minnesotaand if you feel that you would like to get the news regularly we will be glad to enter your name on our suhscrip-. tion list, if it is not already there. i The Daily Pioneer will be distributed every day about 4:30 o'clock at the Fair Grounds, so that if you come to the Fair, you wiU not need to miss your'paper. L. JENSEN-: io be1 1KAILY PIONEER Minnesota. Dairymen's Association. brought to Beinaidjiby the en terprising proprietors of- the farn| L. Jensen arid tofs son, 16arl. From the time when the movement to diversified farming and dairying! first started in Minnesota, Mr.\Je'-: sen has been a student of dairy cat tle breeding arid an enthusfest fof blooded stock. His work at Gleye* Crest farm has attracted attention of the breeders of the State and for the ^st year has setv&i), as pres^ ident of the Minnesota Dairymen's association. The Guernsey herd at Clover-crest Farm Clearbrook is while not a large herd, a profitable one, andwill COmposed IMaMrtsiakxiMfcissftf-aaaijai f. 4IWA ..JK'i.' ...y ,.i W'Jv 3*. but high producers as well.) The present herd was founded about fifteen years ago, by the purchase of a pure bred sire, and the first purbredj female was. bought three years later and is still in the herd. Only high quality sires have been used, and the present herd Sire, Cherub's King Leader No. 69206 is a National Dairy show prize winner as well. At the Dairy cattle congress held at Waterloo, Iowa he won first as sen.or calf and took the same honors at the National Dairy: held in. St. Paul. show i/ He is a mighty fine animal arid be shown at the Northern Min- of hot only fine, animalsnesota Fair for the first tims since ft r^^ HASTY CONCLUSIONS SHOULD BE AVOIDED All Angle* of Farm Enterprise Should Be Considered. If Cows Were Sold there Would Bs No Way of Uslt floyahager-La bor Also Would Lost, Ad ding Another Burden. Pr*pr by tfc* Unites StttM Ofcpwtkunt ASrJoulture.) Hasty conclusions should be avoided In making use of the results of the year's cost accounts for improving the organization of the farm, warns the United States Department of Agricul ture. All good farmers know that sometimes a positive decrease in profits may ensue if an enterprise be dropped because, taken alone, it has failed to pay. Cows, for instance, may not show a net profit, but If all the cows were sold there might be no other way of using the roughage, which would become a dead loss. La bor devoted night and morning to Kewplng of Cows May Be Responsible for MakMg Hogs Bo Profitable. milking and feeding cows, and charged to them, would be entirely lost If the cows were sold and noth ing supplied to fiil in the time. Thus ah added burden for the maintenance of labor would have to be borne by the other enterprises. The fact that the bogs or the corn crop bring the most net money during the season Is no reason for assuming that all the activities of the farm in the future should be devoted solely to hogs or corn. It may be that the keen ing of cows is partly responsible for making hogs so profitable, or that the growing of wheat, clover, or other crops in rotation with corn makes the latter crop, much more profitable titan it would have been if grown alone. Similar conditions will be met with on all farms and, therefore, no sudden changes should be made on the basis of what a single year's accounts may Indicate. All angles of the enterprise should be taken Into consideration. Pine Medieval Building* There are many remains of Roman buildings in different parts of Europe. Their bricks are much smaller than ours, more like the modern tiles In shape. The workers in England called tiiers (we have all heard of Wat Ty ler) were probably brickmakers. Two fine examples of brick architecture in the England of medieval days are Hampton court end Lambeth palace, London. Fait Travelers In Air. The swallows are very graceful birds and are exceedingly swift fliers. They feed on Insects which they catch on the wing. There are five native swallows which are commonthe eave or cliff, the barn, the bank, the tree Swallow and the purple martin. Seed Sown in Peculiar Manner. Steppe grates, which grows in Rus sia, has a curious way of sowing its seed. It forms a coil of fiber which twists on wet days, thus working its way Into the ground. When, the weath er is dry the coll untwists, but re mains fixed in position owing to a barb at the end unler the soil. he was purchased by Mr. Jensen at the National Dairy Show. The Guernsey herd at Clover-Crest Farm are being kept under, good farm conditions, no different from what they may be kept at any North ern Minnesota Farm, Their health is being well guarded and regular annual tests made for Tuberculosis. There has never been a case of con tagious Abortion in the herd. There is a good Silo on the place and an abundance of home-grown feeds are produced on the farm. For a number of years, every milking has been regularly weighed and this year several cows are doing advanced registery work, which will gradually be extended to the whole herd. Some of the cows have produced as high as 47 lbs. of milk per day, testing 5 per cent fat, on two milk ing daily, aftd which is equal to near ly 3 lb. of butter per day. Mr, Jensen believes in the Guern sey cow. He has given her a good trial and she has made good with him, an dhe feels that she has done well for him, yet he is aiming for still greater results in the future and in this he is ably seconded by his youngest son Earl, a Guernsey en thusiast of the strongest type, and it is safe to predict that Clover Crest Farm will be heard from even stronger in the Guernsey world, in time to come. I A. CARLSON A. f. of course is an old tint** Bemidji but not the oldest byi Injr means, altho he claims the dWetti Variety Store here, which is on**W 5, Behiidji's (popular .eublisjb^#jm./,/, He has been away oh hit auto'Wot i,, for nearly a month but is exow^i to return in-time tp get Ws |m|^'( of the work necessary to, the |M cess of the Fair, which, hev PROVIDr PLENTY tfr Cows Must Have Abundant Swpfty bt Summsr and Winter for Pront-/, able Milk Pt-odtittlen.. fififs Successful dairy farmers find that It pays to provide plenty of good, clean, cool water for milk cows Eighty-seven per cent of milk IS H tor, as is nearly three-fourths of I cow's body. Experimental da*a shof that the amount of water required by cows Is In' direct proportion to the amount of milk produced. In^ tw summer, the average obw will require nearly three pounds of water foe e* ery pound of milk she produces.i|a one experiment a cow gltUig 27 BouujtyP of milk drank 77 pounds ^.-wattf- dally. The same cow drank lass halt as much when giving no toil In all cases, it is decldwUy good pra ttce to provide an abundance of clsao, fresh water, cool in tb* summer and worm In the winter. '.'.^.v'-'.-' CLEAN WATER 15 fiKESSARY .u':. Nothing DIsoouraoM *M*wtft Im pulse" Qulcksr Than Hog Hank** Ing for'a brJfiljL .-.K*, Pure clean water at all timesf*t nil times, rememberIs one of the ne cessities for all kinds of swine. Noth ing so discourages the "growth im pulse" in a hog as wandering around looking for a drink of water wbeb it Is thirsty. Oats Are Recommended Where tered on Clean FloorBarley Also Is Favored. |j |J Oats is a common crop on-:.tttyst farms, and oats Is a mighty goofl fjjed for hogs. It Is better not to f*ed it'. In a self-feeder for brood sows, $uito scatter on a clean floor all thei sows will eat up quickly. Barley Is also gbod for swine and may be soaked ahd fed whole. 1 One of the favorite roosting of the ringdove or wood pigeon'JSjin the grounds of Buckingham Pblsce. Soon after three o'clock in the pier noon now they may be observed^gith erlng In the upper branches tit m tallest trees. On one of the ^Upr days, such as we bad recently, wien the western sky is aflame, the debate outline of the boughs and 'Jfcw|g: against the setting sun is Mite] with the forms of scores of roei birds, huddling withfluftedupfeathers upon their windy perch. BEST MACHINE FOR BLA I ii haf^ ways helped to promote,., i^|^^\v- i W MIGHTY GOOD FEED F0ai(fl|$ 7 )i -ff The Palacs Plgeona. Where There Are but Few Stumps to Remove Dsvics Firing Ten Cap^ Is Satisfactory. i Electric blasting machine* .jsrel small portable dynamos, so arranged A that an electric current is generated,] by pushing down a rack bar.'Iwflleh1 extends through the top of tb ffo chine. They are made In several SjEjMt some firing up to 3 electric bhastlnf caps, other sizes firing up to 10,'$0, 60. and even more.- Fw the farther with but a few stumps to blaJjV^bs United States Department o^yAfH culture has found the size tbajf 10 caps will be. large enough to all needs, but the size that firei caps is more generally used than iby other in agricultural work. v^:'- Blasting machines, as wefl'as all other necessary blasting equipia^jit, can generally be obtained fjrpiJ^iwCal dealers in explosives, uSuaHy Jprd ware stores, or they may be tijM|,Bjr writing directly to any man]UfiS|flir of explosives. These machines s$Mm get out of order, but'they shotdti fee ki in a dry place and should not be thrown about or handled rougnljr* I