The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-01-31
10 THE PEOPLE or sBEMIDH
AND BELTRAM COUNTY

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the ;hardships caused the past year
by the near crop failure. Is However,
such thing has never occurred
again. Those who keep up their
courage will be well rewarded for
nossdoubt after the war there will
be an unprecedented development.
War has so raised the price Of ex-
splosives that their use for clearing;
land is almost prohibitive. After
the war, is won, the great muniti0n
factories will, turn out dynamite for
the farmers at q very low price. This
will result in such "a rapid Develop
ment OF the farms that Bemidji will
not feel the loss OF the NJ .sawmills
when their work is completed. III
Beltrami county has splendid land
and agriculture is developing along
the right lines. More clover should
be raised and after more feed Is OBJ
tanned more cows should be kept
in order to turn this feed into a. cash
Income without selling much fertil-
,ity from the farm. ;, like the looks
Of 8 good beef animal but Iffeel sure
that the dairy cow is far better for
the poor man or the man OF moder-
ate means. aa1 : 5tgssl Z. Ss@ -s1ss y IA
- / hope the "a, communities . which
have been using pure bred dairy s1res
will continue the /, good work and
not, allow. the grade theifers, that are
growing up to be bred to scrubs.
Four or, FIVE good cows are much
better than a. dozen poorly fed and
poorly cared. for. The cooperative
creamery is essential to insure the
farmer a fair price for his butter
fat. Any farmer fortunate enough
to live in community where there
Is such a creamery, is g Stacker II he
does not give it. his best support.
The ,Rosby creamery Is an asset to
Remidji as we'll as the community
In which, 1t, is located. Glover hay
together. with corn, silage, orfi corn
fodder and crutabagas makes a1igood
milk production ration. It can be
improved by adding oats or barley.
- The big cash crop for Beltram1
county is, the potato crop. It has
been my, privilege, to examine pota-
toes on r hundreds Of farms in this
county. 80 Better potatoes are not
grown. We are growing too many
varieties to either have a good mar
ket, or to bring fame to our county.
No one. is to blame because 1t has
taken time to find out which ,var1-
cites are best suited to our soil. All
Of them will grow and any OF them
will be good to eat. We must base
our future on the early varieties for
two reasons-first, because they will
mature so that. an early frost does
not injure them and, secondly, they
always command good price for
the southern seed trade. II every
farmer in Beltrami county : would
grow either the Red Bliss Triumph
or the Irish Cobbler Potato many
buyers would be bidding for their
potatoes and in a few years t he coun-
ty would have reputation for po-
|ltatoes familiar to every school boy
in the United States. The Cobblers
are suited to lighter soils than the
Triumphs and keep CROWN until
thea vines are killed by frost. ALI
though the. sCobbler vines are+green
and growth continues the tubers
will cook up mealy after the middle
or August. - Triumphs command a
higher price than Cobblers. These
varieties are worth from $500 to
$3.50 per hundred lin ( Minneapolis
today, while there is little demand
for table stock at any price. OF the
late varieties the Green Mountains
OF Carmen No. / are best for the av-
erage. SOIL while the, ,Russet is best
for a muck soil or a soil in high
state of fertility. 4 b:
The corn situation is serious be-
cause much of the acclimated seed
was lost last year. The Bemidji
School Farm should, and undoubt-
eddy will, multiply the pure Mime
sofa No. 10 which has been iaccli-
mated there. The man on the heavy
soil should depend, for a time lat
least, on getting seed for his fod-
der or silage corn from the man who
has light soil.
Before closing, I wish to say a
word about the friendship between
town and country as it is developed
in this city. A city or farm does
not make people, nut the people
make the city or the farms. IT. is
tor the best interest of everybody
that the city and it's institutions
and the country and it's institutions
should all work together in har-
mony. The time is not far distant
when any man who does not feel
that he can best advance his own
Interests by cooperating with the
best there is in both town and coun-
try will be eliminated from public
life. ... ...-... .. -. ~
My address will be University
Farm, st. Paul. Minnesota, and !
shall be pleased to hear from my
Bemidji and Beltrami county, friends
at. any time.