The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-01-05

sHEEP ARE NECESSARY TO UT111zE vRaE-
TAT1ON.
which is fully equal to the productive
capacity of the land devoted to this
class of enterprise.
There has never been time in two
years when choice products failed to
find appreciative. buyers at profitable
rates. The outlook is favorable from
every standpoint, but more especially
so for tho gardener Who uses skill and
energy in producing a long line Of
choice edibles from early spring until
late fall. Skillful methods make the
season of production extend over as
many months as possible, and this is
the way to gain the highest results
from small tracts of land.
Owners Of small farms naturally con.
template fruit and poultry as we'll as
vegetables. and there has to be at
least one cow and one horse. Some
pork also can be produced on the
smallest of places. ....
. A, little, farm thus organized should
return gross income OF 500 an acre.
and, with an energetic family, the
amount paid out for the labor should
not amount to more than $500 a year.
A ten acre farm can maintain il
poultry plant that will pay $500 Il
year, two cows that earn $3.50 a year,
ten hogs returning $3.50, twelve sheep
paying; $500, tree and bush fruits
amounting to $500 and vegetables
worth $1,000, total Of $4,000. besides
more than one-half of the table sup
plies of the family. The deduction for
labor, millstuffs, repairs and other
items Of expense need not be more
than $500. This would leave $1,000
for family use and saving.
Land needs to be handled in q way
that will give good results Asparagus.
beets, lettuce, cabbage and small fruits
can be grown between the rows of
trees IN an orchard without detriment
to either trees or vegetables. This is
good way to make land profitable
while trees are coming to maturity.
Strawberries are also we'll adapted to
orchard growth. All these things re-
quire an amount of light cultivation,
mostly by hand. which is good for fruit
trees.
Where there is market convenient
it is considered more profitable to grow
strawberries in the young orchard than
any other crop, as they come into full
profit in about fourteen months after
planting, and the turning Of them un-
der every two or three years adds
much organic matter to the soil, which
Is In every way quite beneficial to the
young orchard: But whatever kind of
crop is grown in the orchard ample
space must be left on each side of the
rows Of trees to admit of unrestricted
cultivation, as young trees cannot
thrive in hard, sun baked soil, and
they must not be injured by the i'm
plements. :s.,.. -:
management has been studied a long
time the sheep is considered to be nee
essary In utilizing vegetation on such
waste lands as are not. wet or marshy.
The sheep can hold its place on high
priced land as a meat producer alone.
Compared with the larger animals it
has some important advantages The
lambs mature. rapidly, being marketa-
BILE at four months of age or later, &C.
cordingIE to breeding and feeding. This
is an economy because q larger proper
ton Of the total feed goes into increase
of weight than In slower growing ami
mails. 81.
Sheep: consume a greater variety Of
plants than do other animals. Many Of
these plants are detrimental to pas.
lures and would otherwise require
hand labor to hold them in check.
Grain wasted in harry esting can be en-.
.drely recovered by sheep.
Let's 60 to 4. real dance. Where?
City Hall. When? January H.
1915: What time? s:15. What
music Remfrey's orchestra. How
much? 75c. Who's giving It? Edwin
J. simons and Delbert Elletson.
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