The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-10-23
First Was Held in Grant Valley and
Forty-six Were Present, Max
ing Over 100 In One Week.
STICK TO YOUR STRAIN"
Nelson Advises Dairy Men Not to
Change Breeds But Build Up
By Selection. "

Sixty people were packed into the
Bauer school house in the town of
Eckles last night to hear the pro-
gram offered by the Bemidji high
school extension faculty. Their ages
ranged all the way from babes in
arms TO men in their flfties and the
young people appeared as enthusiast
tic as the older ones. Last Thurs
! day in the District 10 school there
| were forty-six present so that over
1Oe- have been reached during the
past week.
The extension work is new to the
high school and the trip last night
was the second of the year. Profess
sor Dyer, Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson and
Harold Dane were taken out by r. L.
Given and w. L. Brooks followed
with the Misses Eddy, Knappen and
Murray. The school was reached
about $3.50 and the program was not
finished until after 10. ., Stanley
Knott, teacher of the school, had ar
ranged with several of the ladies to
serve lunch and it was enjoyed by
the home people As much as by the
visitors. .-- --.-sf
Professor Dyer told OF the purpose
of the high school in reaching out
to the rural communities with the ,
extension work and made plain the
fact that the high school was not only
a Bemidji institution but belonged
to the surrounding country as well
because the state aided it to the ex-
tent Of some $1,000 year. He urged
the young men and girls to come to
Bemidji in January and take the
short course in agriculture, domes-
tic science, manual training. book
keeping and arithmetic which would
be offered for two months.
A. E. Nelson took the Dairy Cow
for his subject and pointed out GER
tain characteristics which will al
| ways be found in good dairy ami e
NAL Mr.. Nelson urged the farmers to
stick to the breed they had but to
make their herd the best possible
through proper selection.
There is nothing so bad as switch
ing around and the successful dairy
man is the one who has one strain
and then makes it pay. Dairy COWS
are divided into three classes; the
first is making you money, the second
| is merely paying for herself but max
| ing you nothing, and the third is
1 losing you money. You don't want
and can't afford to have cows of the
second and third classes. Who wants
| to get up seven mornings in the
/ week, milk a COW and again at night,
and work during the day to make
feed for her and at the end OF the
year find out that he has paid from
81 to SIS for the privilege? 49,.
Miss Knappen and Miss Murray
sang Loves Old Sweet Song and
Sweet and Low and then Miss
Knappen gave two reading which
pleased the YOUNGSTERS and also caused
the older people much merriment.
Her impersonation of the boy in
"Piece of Cake made the boys and
girls shake their seat with laughter.
Miss Eddy spoke particularly to the
women taking The Farm Kitchen"
for her subject She pointed out that
the farm kitchen is the workshop of
! the woman and one of the most i'm
portant parts on the farm yet it is
often neglected and more poorly ar
ranged than the COW barn
''One of the most important things
to the woman is to have the pump in
the house, she said, In the sum-
mer time, every trip to the well
means that flies and Mosquitoes come
in. During the winter it means wade
throueh snow. With the pump should
go drain for water thrown out doors
soon saturates the surface, breeding
place for flies and other insects.
"a bright airy kitchen is the best.
Watch the cupboard corners for that
is where the germs live. Many WON.
en- find that by putting small shelf
over the kitchen table for salt, pepper
and other spices, they can save many
lsteps. The kitchen is the bread box
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