The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-05-23
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Lively Village Demonstrate.
Hcw to Stage Field Day
and Stusnping Program
TEAMS CLEAR AN ACRE
IN LESS THAN AN HOUR
Uses of Modern Land Clearing
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Machinery and Explosives
Shown by Experts

1t remained for Tenstrike to show
the rest of the seven counties in the
state which booked the land clearing
demonstration, how to conduct a
livel " field day and stump blowing
program.
This lively village with it's hustlers
knew how to get out a crowd and
knew how to entertain a crowd, for
it broke all attendance records thus
Tar met by the demonstration train,
and its program Of brushing, stump
ing and blowing contests among the
farmers of the county provided spir-
tied events, which kept the crowd on
edge from start to finish
From 1000 to 1900 farmers and
townspeople were on hand to cheer
their favorite teams to victory and
with the saxaphone. section of Be-
midji's Juvenile band to lead in the
merry making. the. .. throngs were
kept in lively humor by the spirited
music furnished by these youngsters.
The brushing teams of Hagali and
Northern townships were tied. for
first place and divided first and Sec
ond money amounting to: SIS. Third
money amounting to $3.50 went to
the Tenstrike team, and fourth,
$3.50 to the Port Hope team. Each
team was composed of six men, and
the object was to clear of brush and
logs a quarter of an acre Of thick
brush and dead-and-down stuff.
The winning teams each cleared it's
quarter acre in IS minutes. The
other teams were only little behind
in time. The result was an acre of
land cleared in just a little more
than three-quarteAs' of an hour, or
in about q man-hours, representing
in labor at rs cent an hour, $6.75.
The Hagali , team :, consisted of
Homer Walters, captain, Sim Green,
Clyde Wild, George, Hofer, John
Quade and Con Meyers ~ g. ~ j
The Northern team: H. l.. Arnold,
captain, w. H.. Grover, A. s. Grover,
Lee Worth, Colin Campbell, and John
Hoel. ..s
The Tenstrike team; Dan Walters,
captain, Merton Betchum, ION whose
farm the contests were held), Har-
ry Cluff, Vernon Glyne, Charles Ho-
fer, and Howard McComb.
The Port Hope team; Theodore
Gerlinger, captain, G. L. Dodge,
, Lloyd Knott, Victor Jacobs, Wallace
Winch and William Souder.
The honors for the stump pulling
and piling went to Victor Jacobs
and Theodore Gerlinger. These two
men with one team and chain
in 80 minutes pulled and piled AZ
stumps and II logs, Ben Walters
and Homer Walters were the other
contestants. The first prize was a
SIS clock, the gift of E. A. Barker
of Bemidji. The second prize was
ten gallons of tractor oil given by
E. H. Jerrard, manager of the North
western Oil O., Bemidji.
Will Schulke of Tenstrike won the
prize for rapid breaking, using a
heavy breaking pillow attached to- a
small tractor. L. C. Worth of Nor
them township won the prize, for
having brought a tractor the longest
distance to the competition. The
tractors used were Fordsons, and the
prizes were given by the c. w. jew
EFT Co, of Bemidji. 49,.
The judges for: the brush clearing
contest were w. H. :Gemmel, presi-
dent of the Minnesota and Internal
ional railroad, NJ. N. Knoll, secre-
tary Of the Scenic Highway, resi-
dent of Gas Lake and c. B. Kinney
of International Falls. For the
stump pulling contest, the Judges
were John Richards Of Bemidji, A.,
A. Lund Of Clearbrook and "A. =;
Whiting of Blackjack. Mr.: Gemmel
and Mr.. Kinney served as judges in
the land breaking contest.
While the contestants were chop
ping, or pulling or blowing, being
cheered from the side lines by their
partisans the land clearing staff
from the University of Minnesota,
with their co-operators sent out by
manufacturers Of tractors and imple-
ments specially designed to speed up
land clearing and the cultivation Of
newly broken soil, were showing
how land is cleared with picric acid,
2 war explosive. used s like X other ex-
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