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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-01-25
The power that blows. an
SHALL Z PLOW OR DISK?

George Duncan Tilley. Alberta.
writes as follows Referring to your
sad.@. In Calgary Herald about giving
advice on crops etc. I should like
to. have your suggestions on some
points. On prairie soil broken for the
first time in the fall Of 1911. ! have
harvested forty-nine acres Of wheat
and forty acres of corn. The land was
plowed FIVE inches deep. In preparing
the land for next years crop. do you
think that disking the stubble woulc
be sufficient, or should the land be
plowed? What crops should follow
wheat and oats?" -,rr.zz II. ..t i. Il {. a
AS general practice, the land should
be plowed once year unless there are
unusual climatic conditions. If there
had been practically no rain and the
ground was very loose, you might get
satisfactory results by only disking.
However. 1t has been the mistake OF
great many in the northwestern
territory to think that they could
raise satisfactory crops without doing
the amount of work on the land that
they should do. The result has been
that in many places they have worn
the land out much more rapidly than
was necessary. 1t is advisable not to
begin the practice of only disking.
Better try blowing again. -, p:
You will perhaps not need to pillow
the ground any deeper than it was
plowed last year, but ordinarily the
result will warrant your doing this
by leaving part Of your ground and
only disking it, and If you do we would
be very pleased to know the result.
One Of the drawbacks to Canadian
farming is lack Of system of crop
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plowe. and naver flrea

ptoWe, ono never tires
rotation. BY all means plan on q 70.
tation of crops, which will include
wheat. oats. and barley, and some
leguminous, crop. This may be clover.
alfalfa. Canadian field peas. or some
other similar crop that will do we'll in
your specific locality. II you can grow
corn, it would be we'll to include this
in your rotation.
We have mailed to you under
separate cover copy Of our booklet,
For Better Crops and assure you
that you will not be able to spend your
evenings to better advantage than in
reading this book carefully. We would
call your. attention especially to the
first article by Professor Hopkins, who
is the most noted authority on soil
fertilization. ~, '$' S.' ''t
Yours very truly, ~.s' x.
-. H:1H C SERVICE BUREAU
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MANY COUNTRIES HAVE LAND
WHICH LIES BELOW SEA LEVEL
BY United Hress.

BY United Press.
Washington, Jan. 25.-Five Of the
six 'big-continents of the world, have
extensive areas of land that are be-
low sea level. The lowest point in
the United States, on the continent of
North America is in Death Valley,
California, 276 feet below sea level.
This is but slight depression, how
ever, compared to the basin of the
Dead Sea in Palestine, Asia, where
the lowest dry land point is 1890
feet below sea level. This is the
lowest point Of dry land in the
world.
Figures on points below sea level
have just been published by the
Geological Survey. South America
is practically the only continent that
Is without depression that is far be-
low the level of the sea.
The lowest point in Africa is in
the Sahara desert $50 feet below sea
level. Contrary to popular belief
the entire desert is not below the
level of the sea, it is asserted.
Europe has a depression of eighty
feet on the shore of the Caspian Sea,
and in Australia the lowest point is
at Lake Torens, about twenty-five
feet below sea level. .. ......
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COREY SAYS TENNESSEE co. T.
WAS NOT ON ITS LAST LEGS
BY United Press.

BY United Press. 90. ''-,
New York, Jan. 25.--In, deter
mined effort to show that the Ten
nessee Coal & Iron company was on
it's last legs financially and would
have failed but for the purchase by
the Steel corporation, c. A. Sever
ance, chief counsel for the Steel
trust in the governments suit for
dissolution yesterday, put William E..
Corey, through a rigid cross exami-
nation. However, when Severance
tried to force Corey to admit he
though the Tennessee company coulu
not have continued as competitor
in view of it's shaky financial condi-
ton, the former Steel magnate de-
clared otherwise.
He said the Tennessee company
was. planning economies in produc-
ton that would have strengthened it
as competitor had the Steel cor
poration been restrained from the
purchase permitted by Theodore
Roosevelt.
Corey said he knew that represen-
tations had been made in 1907, at a
meeting in J. P. Morgan's house, that
unless the stock held by Moore and
Schley was taken up they would fail
and precipitate general panic.
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Righteous Anger.

Now, anger is of vital Importance;
It is remarkable and necessary attri-
butte of human nature. It is not al.
ways an evil. There is great merit
In righteous anger. 1t is a normal re.
action; just as normal as the pro.
cesses of digestion. Without the
capacity for anger we become inert,
dabby-anybody's meat. Anger is
one Of the great human passions,
often useful, although more often
loaded with power to destroy. It is
also at times an enjoyable experience.
A real good fight is a delight, no mat
ter what the Old ladies may say.-At-
lantic Monthly.
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Desk conveniences.

Whether the desk set is of brush
brass, copper, nickle, mahogany, cry.
stal, silver or celluloid, it should be
accompanied by an upright case hold
inS pair of scissors and paper cut.
tel and fianked at either side by q
group Of colored pencils and crayons.
Also supplementary to the ordinary
desk outfit should be sealing wax
outfit including tray holding a small
case for six sticks of sealing wax and
, holder supporting candle of mod
crate size instead of the familiar alb.
surdly small and inadequate looking
wax stick.
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Snapped Loot for Pie.

His feast on good, old-fashioned
pumpkin pie came near being the un-
doing Of burglar who entered the
residence Of w. w. Martin in Bellevue.
When the burglar had ransacked the
lower floor and piled up . lot of plates
and jewelry, he decided to eat. Find,
Ing a pumpkin pie in the pantry he
sat down and devoured it. Not being
satisfied with the pie, a jar of peaches
was cleaned out. Mr.. Martin, how,
ever, awakened while the burglar was
regaling himself, and hearing a noise
In the dining room made his way down
without his booty.-Pittsburg Tele
gram to Philadelphia Record.
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CLOVER

We have often called attention to
the fact that every farmer should
whenever sowing grass Of any kind In
clude some one Of the varieties 81
clover. If you expect to use your
land for meadow purposes then one Of
the larger varieties, viz, the Nam
moth Red or Common Red clover
would pro ably serve your purpose
best. If you expect to use the land
both for pasture and for hay. the
Alsfke clos II will serve your purpose
best. While on the other hand, If you
expect to PASTURE the land, then we
would rece 7nmend combination of
Alsike and White clover.
There are several ways in which
one can obtain stand of clover. The
first under consideration is to COM
bine clover and timothy with winter
wheat, sowing them at the same time
along the last part Of September.
Clover should not be sown at this
time, however, provided you are par
ticularly anxious to obtain q stand.
Clover sown in the fall will winter
kill very badly under normal condi.
lions and for this reason it is not ad.
visable to SOW clover during the fall
of the year. With timothy 1t may be
sown with the wheat at the same
time, either scattering the seed in
front Of the drill or by sowing the
seed first and drilling the wheat later,
then covering it by the use of the peg
tooth harrow. The clover may be
sown just before it freezes up in the
winter, but we do not recommend
this practice, because Of the uncer-
tainty of the weather, but prefer wait
ing until spring. to SOW the clover
seed. During the latter part of Feb
ruary or the first of March, just be-
for the spring thaws begin and when
the land is in rough and frozen con.
dition is the best time to add the
clover seed. The heaving due to
freezing and thawing will cover the
seed sufficient under most .condi-
tons. However, if the land is sandy
this practice might not be successful
and we do not recommend it but on
the other hand if your soil contains a
large amount of clay you could expect
success by following this method.
Another way of sowing timothy and
clover but one which requires a little
more judgment on the part of the
farmer is to SOW the wheat in the fall
and add the clover and timothy in the
spring after the land has thawed out
and the surface become dry. The
plan is to SOW the clover and timothy
combined at this time by using a peg
tooth harrow, which not only covers
the seed but cultivates the wheat at
the same time. The timothy win not
show UP with the first season. but you
ought to get good crop Of clover and
the timothy will come on later.
Either of the latter two methods
ought to give you fairly good returns.
If you expect to leave this field seed
ed down for any length of time it
would be good plan to add two or
three. pounds of Bluegrass seed when
sowing the timothy.
Yours very truly.
III c SERVICE BUREAU
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HITCHCOCK VEL REST A FEW
MONTHS AFTER INAUGURATION
BY united Press.

BY United Press. #
Washington, Jan. 25.-Postmaster
General Hitchcock will take long
rest after leaving President Taft's
cabinet in March.
81 have been working pretty hard
at the postoffice department for eight
years, for the first four as first assis-
tant postmaster general and the last
four as postmaster general, and be-
lieve a rest of several months would
do me good. After I rest up then /
will consider my future plans. I am
very proud of the fact that the par
eel post began work under my admin
istration, as l believe it will prove a
Godsend to the American public, .,
said the postmaster general. "
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POLICEMAN IS KILLED.

Milwaukee, Jan. 25.-Alex Shuttle,
mail carrier of Mankato, Mimi,
Friday forenoon shot and killed JOS
eph Budde, a policeman Of the same
city, and then turned the weapon on
himself with fatal results, while on
board Chicago and Northwestern
railway train passing through West
Allis, en- route to Milwaukee from
the Northwest. Shuttle was on his
way to a sanitarium and was being
attended by Budde. 1t is believed
Shuttle was insane.
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= WAR SHIPS TO PANAMA.
BY United Press.

r. Panama, January 25.-The Allan
tic fleet of the United States. navy
will visit Panama next month prob
ably during carnival week, Feb. to
s. Fourteen battleships are expected
and as each will larry a crew of
about 1000 men, the crowds at the
carnival will be greatly increased. In
addition when President Taft was
here last week he told the Panaman-
ian government that twenty oil burn
ing torpedo destroyers would be sent
to Colon late this month or early
next month.
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X X X * X X X X Xxx Xxx X X \
x PUPOSKY. y
x X X k<+kk xxx X X X \

Mr.. and Mrs. John Matuschek
were at Bemidji Tuesday on business.
Wilhelm Wagner is now hauling
cedar to the track.
H. P. Betting, logger, was a Be-
midi caller Monday on business.
Mr.. Strowmeyer is hauling cord
wood for Mr.. Mercer.
Tommy Randall took trip to Be-
midi Monday to get medicine. He
is much better and probably won't
have to undergo an operation.
Mr.. s. Sorenson has been sick for
the last few days. He has been con-
fined to his home at Thomaswinde.
Frank Getchel, logger, went to Be-
midi Wednesday to get men for his
camp.
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KEEPING SHREDDED FODDER

Wv. Greiner, Orange, Virginia,
writes as follows: II am using q
Mccormick husker and shredder this
fall, but have no storage rooms for
slower. My plan is to stack It out.
side, but have been advised that there
is great danger Of losing it If stacked
outside, and I cannot afford to lose it.
Can you advise me how to stack Il 90
1t will keep? I can neither bale it nor
build storage rooms this fall.''
Shredded fodder may be kept either
outdoors or inside, depending on local
conditions. If you have a great deal
of wet weather, during the fall and
winter, much Of the shredded fodder
will spoil, as is the case with any
rough feed stacked outdoors. There
will be more waste to the shredded
fodder than with the hay because of
the fact that it is finer and not
as easily handled as hay In man
sections of the corn belt the shredded
fodder is stacked outdoors, but very
seldom is this done excepting where
it is impossible to put It under cover.
We would suggest that you use some
coarse hay to top the stack. ana thus
prevent some of the loss due to wet
weather ~ sts ~ i. III ~ .-l..
The only danger Of stacking shred.
ded fodder or putting in the barn re-
suits from the fact that it is shredded
when very damp or wet. In no case
should fodder be shredded during Z
damp rainy day because Il win absorb
the moisture very rapidly, and II stored
when In this condition Is very apt ia
spoil. We have known of instances
where shredded fodder has burned up
caused by instantaneous combustion,
due to the fact that it was shredded
when too wet, or during wet period
of weather
If you could stack your shredded
fodder against one side Of the barn,
and provide board roof for it, and ct
the same. time have 1t convenient to
where you expect to feed 1t, you would
not lose a great deal BY stacking 1t
outdoors sts4
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ARMY MEN WANT MONEY
FOR WAR FLYING MACHINES
BY United Press.

BY United Press.
Washington, Jan. 25.-Hopelessly
outclassed by France, Germany, Eng
land and Russia, and many small
nations of Europe in the number Of
aeroplanes in use for military pur-
poses, friends of the flying game in
the United States are busy planning
a tentative bill calling for a $3,00O,-
900 appropriation for the advance
ment of aviation by the army and
navy.
1t was learned here today that a
bill was being prepared, calling upon
congress to authorize this amount in
order to put the United States to the
front in his new arm of defense and
offense. 1t is understood the bill will
be introduced into the house of rep
resentatives, possibly by Representa-
tive William G.. Sharp, of Ohio, who
is known to the flying men in this
country as ''the champion of the
cause in the house.
1t will be pointed out that this
great appropriation would really give
this country the prestige enjoyed by
the larger nations of Europe in this
new field. Including the aeroplane
and hydro-aeroplanes of both the
army and the navy, the United States
today can muster but twenty-five
machines. France has almost 1000,
while England and Germany have
several hundred each.
The war department will be asked
to detail sufficient number of men
to operate the large number of ma
chimes that would be bought under
the appropriation.
The men who are interested in the
new bill represent the aeronautical
societies, manufacturers of American
made aeroplanes, army officers and
scientific men interested in the ad-
vancement of the science made pos
sible by the efforts of Prof. Samuel
Langley, Wilbur Wright, Glenn Cur
tiss and other pioneers in flying.
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5t@%5- 'lOtdl ssss.ss ssssss -. POossO
$es.75 minus $91.oo equals $7.75 or
cost of shredded slower. Since two
tons of stover are produced on an acre,
and twenty-five acres, are shredded,
fifty tons of shredded slower are Sc
cured. AS $7.75 was the cost Of the
shredded stover, the expense OF doing
the work with machine when dis
tributed amounts to approximately
is cents per ton more than the cost OF
husking by hand and Of stacking the.
corn stalks. Besides less space is re-
quired for storing the shredded slower.
There is practically no loss or waste
Of leaves or husks, and the stalks are
In an excellent condition for bedding.
They not only act as an absorbent, q
pound Of absorbent slower absorbing
2.5 pound Of liquid, but the vegetable
matter when returned TO the soil
forms humus. The fertilizing value.
Of the stalks harvested on an acre are
worth about 800, or about 1880
worth Of fertilizr can ~ returned 70
~ aeld
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II Is usually q good practice TO turn
the cattle and other stock into the
corn stalks for only short time each
day until they get accustomed TO the
change n the nature Of the feed. SEQ
that they are provided with plenty q
good water.
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Examine Strange Personality.

A Frenchman, named <Marguy, said
70 possess the hide Of an elephant,
instead Of tho ordinary human skin.
and therefore believed to be an alb
normally constituted person, not &C.
countable for his actions, Is to be
medically examined at the request of
the French attorney general to de.
termine his responsibility for theft
for which he has been imprisoned
some months. ......s.
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0iSn't Need to Learn There.

Disnt Need to Learn There.
/ Little black Melindy had ,quarreled
In. Sunday school and her mothers
mistress inquired If the child expected
to attend the next Sunday. yes
sum-" answered Melindy, Use gwine.
Use gotter show dem stuck-up kids
ma new wife dress an ma ruffled
petticoat. But I suttinly hopes more
Db dem won't insist on scrappin' lailk
dey did last time; cause eff want
ter fight, Mis- Angie, I doan' need ter
80 to Sunday school to learn how"
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Fodder left IN the shock will lose
from % to 40 per cent Of It's feeding
value, besides it is a bad practice to
say the least to haul It in as needed
during the cold winter days. Better
plan to stack It IL possible. To shred
the fodder. you will find more eco.
nomical than stacking. Il
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ARE ARRESTED IN EDMONTON
BY United Press,

Edmonton, Alta, Jan. 25.-Detec-
tive Bailey of Northwestern Mounted
Police, yesterday went to Stony
Plain and on request of the United
States authorities, arrested H. G. Nc
Null and his wife. McNull and his
wife recently came to Alberta from
ST.. Louis. He is agent for the Can
adam Pacific railway. No other in
formation was obtainable and the
couple are being held pending fur
ther instructions from the United
States consul at Winnipeg.
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Daily Thouaht.

Daily Thought.
HI a man should never be ashamed "a
sswn He has been In the wrong
which Il but saying. In other words,
that he = Wiser today than hs ~
1AstardayEopo.
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Ham and Eaao.

Calhoun Clay says: Oar am q non
breakable relationship betwixt de cul
lud race an turkey, the reason bein
dat de cullud race Is descended from
Ham, while turkey comes from eggs
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Had q Good, "Take. ;,

!! Had 0ood, lake"
! One Of the latest novels says: HE
stopped q little and printed q round
dozen Of swift kisses on her sur
prised lips" Evidently Job print
er.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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DOES IT PAY TO SHRED SLOWER
BY c. j. FilIweber, Of ID ~ c Service
=. >-..@. Bureau -.~ ia

Shredded slower increases ito feed
Ing value. Prof Henry of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin has conducted
experiments which show that shred
ded slower Is about "a per cent more
valuable when fed to mich COWS than
It Is in the uncut form. It is also
estimated that about Is per cent of
the feeding value of corn stalks is lost
by allowing the shocks to stand in the
field two months. Allowing corn to
stand in the field not only decreases
It's value, but it increases the difficult
ties of the cattle. -. =. II i - >Sx5' /. asE
Just remember that every time you
carry an armful of stalks into the barn
20, per cent of the digestible nutri-
ments contained in the feed go for the
production Of physical energy neoes-
sary for doing external work, 43 per
cent is used for keeping up the body.
and q per cent Is returned in the,
milk pail. w.. -. ~--.. =
IT you handle your corn crop prop
erly you will find 81 per cent of the
total nutriment in the stalks, and GO
the shocks to stand in the field to be
beaten by the winters storms, you can
expect to lose anywhere from Is per
cent to so per cent of the total feeding
value of the stalks. : On the average,
acre from two to three tons OF slower
are grown. In the stalks produced ON
an acre of average corn, there are ap-
proximately IS pounds of protein,
1900 pounds of carbohydrates, and %
pounds of ether extract. A steer
weighing 1000 pounds requires one
half of pound Of protein, 6 pounds
of carbohydrates, and about one-tenth
of pound of ether extract daily.
Figured to an exacthess, there are
carbohy drates enough IN an acre of
corn to last steer ten months, ether
extract enough to keep him in proper
condition for eight months, and pro-
tein in sufficient quantity to sustain
him for six months.
Probably the only argument against
shredding is the cost of preparation.
When figured in dollars and cents, the
cost of husking and shredding with
machine is practically the same as for
hand work. Figures compiled by men
who feed whole stalks, by users of
shredded slower, and by the owners of
machines give the following facts:
Cost Of husking Is acres of shocked
corn, and getting the fodder In stack
The quality of corn used for the basis
Of the following tables is slightly
above the. average, forty bushels to
the acre being taken as a standard.
The cost of labor is figured at current
rates. .
Cost of husking 1000 bushels
by hand at cents bushel. $40 90
Board for man during husking,
averaging 80 bushels per ~.
day, for 2l days at $3.50 per
week .............,.. IS 20
Cost of handling husked corn ..
and fodder from the field, -.
men and team, 5 days at
$500 per day each for the
men,and $3.50 for the team. q so
Board for 2 men for 5 days, at
IS cents per day. Z so
Board for team for. 8 days at
so cents per day. 2 so
Total cost of getting corn in
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Total cost of getting corn in
crib and fodder In stack. .$91


Cost of husking and shredding Is
acres Of corn, figuring the Yield at 40
bushels per acre, and an average days
work at 800 bushels. A ten-roll husker
and shedder working under ideal con-
ditions has husked 1000 bushels of
corn in a day, but to be conservative
we are reducing these figures consider
ably: We are also figuring the cost of
doing the husking and shredding
strictly on bushel basis. In many
localities owners Of huskers and shred
ders prefer to work by the day rather
than by the bushel. -.
For hire of husker and shred.
der, including the services !
of engine, 1000 bushels at
cents $4V W
Three men pitching in the
field, ~ days at $500 each
per- day oO
Six men to-. haul slower from
the field, LIZ days at $500 - e."
each per day. 80. ......... IL. 90
Six teams and wagons for s.
drawing slower to the ma
chine, IL days at $3.50 per 4
day per team. II IS
Fuel .................. s go
One man for shoveling corn
into crib, IN days at $500 4s *sers.
per day 80. . so.
Board for fourteen men, IN
Z days at rs cents per day.. IL IL
Feed required for six teams,
IN days at so cents per
team SIS.
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EXHIBIT COMPLETE LINES
CONTINUED from first page).

by several gatherings of agents, dis
tributors and factory men,
Band music, vocalists, the Gus
tomary Society Night and possibly
a hop to close the week, are planned
by the management. ,-t"s