The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-05-16
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Began Operations at Brainerd
Monday; to Reach Tenstrike
on Second Weeks Tour
USE OF PICRIC ACID
INTERESTS VISITORS
University Plans Short Course
in Land Clearing at Duluth
Station June 1923

The land clearing train which is
to be at Tenstrike, Beltrami coun-
ty, next Monday is on it's way. 1t
began operations at Brainerd Mon
day, where a large crowd witnessed
the demonstrations put on by the
University of Minnesota land clear
ing specialists and their cooperators
from the Ford Motor Coz, the Deere
Weber Co., the Cleveland Tractor
Co., the Martinson Manufacturing
Co., the Crookston Manufacturing
Co., the Pennsylvania Gasoline Drill
Co., the Atlas Powder, Co., and the
Roller Harrow and Manufacturing
Co., each group with it's up-to-date
machinery for conquering the cut
over lapds and making them yield
prosperity for the Northern Mime
sofa farmers. From Brainerd the
train went to Aitkin today, to- Re-
mer on Thursday, and it will be at
Walker Saturday. 1t will begin it's
second week at Tenstrike next
Monday. Thence it will go to Little
Fork for Wednesday, to Duluth
Jackson Community on Thursday
to Cohasset on Friday and to Hill
City on Saturday.
The principal interest of the Wis
itors in the work Of the land clear
ers is in the use Of picric acid as
an explosive. The government has
placed at the disposal of the Uni
versity Of Minnesota for distribu-
tion among the farmers of Minne-
sofa rs car loads of the explosive,
1,48S,OOO Of this left over war am
munition, to be used for construc-
tive PURPOSES in improving farms
rather than for destructive purposes
in destroying men and property. The
University distributes it, by permit
ting banks to take orders, which are
turned over to the county agents
who send them to the University.
Already II carloads have been dis
tributed, and it is expected that the
operations of the land clearing train
will create a heavy demand for the
rest.
Interest, however, was scarcely
less in the operations of modern
stump-pullers, brush-mowers, stump
hole filters, gasoline drills for bor-
ing holes in which to place picric
acid under stumps or in rocks, break
ing plows, all Of which are shown
at work. -.
. All of these will be shown in this
county next week.
The University Of Minnesota is
cooperating with the county land
clearing association in putting on
the demonstration, and the various
companies named are only too glad
to show the devices they have in
tended and improved for modern
work in cutApver regions. The
Northern Pacific, the Great North
ern, and the 500 railroads, are aid :
ing by transporting the equipment
which couples five cars, free.
To increase the interest and to
give a still better opportunity to
study land clearing the University
is going to: put on a ten day short
course in land clearing at the North
east Experiment Station at Duluth
June 1928. Farmers who have their
own land to clear and men who
wish to study the business in, order
to clear land for others are invited
to attend this course. The expense
will be about $14 in addition to rail,
road fare. This will cover board and
room while at the. station. Those
wishing to attend should send word
to the station at Duluth as soon as
possible, or to A. V, Storm, UNI
versity Farm, st. Paul, Minnesota.