The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-06-10
BEL TRAM TO nA YE
Big GRASS EXHIBIT
Varieties Grown in this Country Will
Give Fine Collection for State Fair
Gile Will Identity Kinds.
EXPLAINS DANDELloN CURI
Killing Of Weeds and Care Of Soil
and Moisture Necessary for Bum
per Crops Praises Students.

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Bueford M Gile, agriculturist in
the Bemidji schools, In bulletin
issued, today, says: 4,
The State Fair offers a premium
to the county having the best ex-
hibit of grasses, both tame and wild
There are SO many varieties in Bel
trami that it will take some time to
get them all Identified. The best
time to identify them is when they
are in bloom If you will send sam
pies to me, I will identify those that
I can and get the others identified
SO that we may have a goodly col
lection for the county exhibit at the
State Fair.
Killing of Dandelions.
"A great many inquiries come to
me in regard to controlling dande-
lions. The plant is perennial and
|perpetuates itself by means of long
narrow tap root as we'll as by seeds.
Iron sulphate will kill them, espec-
tally where the plants are .thickly
spread. The drug comes in granular
form and dissolves easily Dissolve
two pounds in one gallon of water.
One gallon will be sufficien to cover
$50 square feet of lawn. The solu-:
ton may be applied with a common
sprinkling can, but hand pump fit
ted with a. fine spray nozzle is best.
The finer the spray and the more
completely the plant is covered, the
better the results. Spray after the
dew is off in the forenoon and fair
weather, promises for the next 48
hours. Do not apply on freshly
moved lawns or NOW for three days
after spraying. 1t may be neces-
sary to use the iron sulphate treat
ment three or more times during the
season if the dandelions are thick
and have been allowed to go to seed.
Do 1t Right Way.
by sowing three grounds Of rape
seed per acre on. your grain fields
that have not been seeded to grass,
will make a fine lot of fall feed at
very small COST Do it right away.
Sow small quantity of alfalfa seed
with your grass seed so that the few
plants which grow will inoculate
your fields.
"By narrowing your corn before
it is high enough to pull out you
will save an enormous amount of
moisture and kill thousands of weeds
the easiest way possible. The kill
ing of weeds is only one of the OBJ
jects of cultivation. We have mois-
ture enough in the ground to ensure
a bumper crop if we only keep the
crust broken on top of the ground,
and thus prevent the escaping of the
generous rains which we have had
recently. If you do not believe. in
fall blowing, just examine the corn
crop on a piece of ground plowed
last fall and compare it with one
on spring blowing. "
; Asked to Visit Farm.
"All farmers and the people of Be-
midi are cordially invited to visit
the high school farm just north of
the Fair, grounds, and see what this
jack pine soil will do if properly
handled. Notice the stand of clover.
This stand was obtained by cutting
rye off for hay July !, discing light
ly, applying a thin coat of manure
and narrowing in the seed sown
BROADCAST. Note the children's gar
dens. Remember that many of
these young people never handled a
hoe before, and that some of them
are only ten years old"
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