The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-08-15
SCHROEDER ASKS HELP. /
Writes Letter To Farmers Asking
Assistance In Selecting Fair
Exhibits
FOR BOTH STATE AND COUNTY

! NIT. raTmeT:-1 WISH again 10 ask
your aid in selecting farm product
specimens for the Beltrami County
Exhibit at the State Fair, September
/ to 9Th, 1913, your cooperation and
assistance Is earnestly solicited.
In order that our exhibit may be
complete it is necessary that we
make collections of all products
grown in this county. Every product
shown will be exhibited in the grow
er's name, that there may be uni
formity in our exhibits we make the
following suggestions. Clovers and
grasses have mentioned before.
GRA1NS-This class includes all
varieties of wheat, oats, barley, rye,
speltz, etc. On account of the fair be-
ing held before threshing time in our
locality, the greater part of the
samples for this class will have to
be gathered and threshed by hand.
The grain after harvesting should be
taken inside building with good
ventilation and hung up to cure away
from direct light of sun. Treating the
grain in this manner will insure bet
ter color and quality, when grain is
threshed send the samples from 3 or 4
quarts so that it will make two quarts
grain after being hand picked, we
will do the hand picking, try and get
these samples to us as soon as pos
sible so as to give us time to clean
them, place label with name of var
iety in each sample growers name,
and post office address,
GRAINS in sheaf-Take samples
from field before harvesting if you
can select good long heads we'll filled,
good straw, sample to measure about
inches in diameter suspend by band
near the butts hanging heads down
away from direct light of the sun,
until time to ship.
CORN in CARVE need six varie-
ties 20 ears each. We would like to
show. No %, No Is Northwestern
Dent, Golden Dent, Yellow Dent or
any other pure variety of Dent. yell
low and white flint, sweet corn and
pop corn. In selecting corn. 1t will
not be necessary for you to bring in
20 ears of any Of these varieties but
bring in as many as you can. Select
ears with straight rows with tips and
hutts we'll filled out, leave ears on
stalks and bring in.
FORAGE-This class includes Mil
lets, Rape, Sorgums, Field Peas and
Vetches in straw all varieties of fod-
der corn, Kaffir corn etc., tie in
small bundles with all leaves on.
POTATOEs-We need seven varie-
ties, one half bushel each both early
and late varieties. In selecting po-
! tatoes, the aim should be to have
them uniform, true to type, free from
scab, and of medium size, and wrap
each potato in piece of newspaper
to keep skin from peeling. Do not
wash them.
STOCK vegetables-We need 10
varieties specimens each, such as
mangles of all kinds. turnips, stock
carrots, sugar beets, stock squash,
pumpkins, rutabagas, etc. They
should not be washed. Bring them as
largo az vO,1 can havo than Iook oc
nearly alike as possible nice smooth
uniform ones.
CULINARY . VEGETABLES In
this class are included all kinds of
garden vegetables. OF the larger var
ieties such as watermelon, musk
melons cabbage and squash, speci-
mems each should be shown. Of the
smaller, such as onions, tomatoes,
etc., one dozen each. Fresh vegeta-
bles should be gathered as late as
possible before shipment. If slightly
green they will stand up much bet
ter for exhibition purposes. ~
FRESH FRUITS-All kinds of
apples, plums, grapes, cherries and
crabs are included in this class. OF
apples four specimens each. Crabs
eight specimens each variety. Grapes
four punches, plums one pint. Wild
fruits as well as cultivated are in
cluded, after picking fruit should be
wrapped in soft paper. Plums should
not be too ripe when picked, fruits
in glass that cannot be shown fresh:
Parties having small fruits or
berries. Kindly notify Prof. B. M.
Gle or H. E. Reynolds Bemidji.
MISCELLANEOU class in
cludes odd vegetables, mineral speci-
mems, cereal products, seeds, ETC.. We
also want one or more of any product
that is unusually large. Kindly let us
hear from you stating what you will
bring or send, that we may arrange
accordingly.
All products intended for the state
fair will he returned and nlacod IN