The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-01-25

come here will have a policy to pre-.
sent in behalf Of his group. This
means probably that there will be
eight or ten we'll defined policy pro-
grams and Of course each one Of them
Will be given due consideration.
Congress May Act on Result. .
Out Of these conferences, with a
due regard for the compromising. OF
differences, there probably will come
something constructive. It is expect
ed that the President will take the
reports of the conference and after
consultation with the cabinet. officers
viii submit to congress certain recon.
mendations' for legislation. '' y <
Congress has an immense amount
'of work ahead Of it, but as agricui.
:ture enters into much Of the work,
1t is not likely that it; will take very
long for the majority party to dove;
tail into proposed legislation the de.
tails of new policies, or, if need be,
to put these: policies. into the form of
new and separate legislative acts. o.:
In many articles the trouble between
the so-called farmers bloc and the rep.
!resentatives Of other interests In con-
gress have been dwelt upon. There
are troubles and they are rather hard
ones, but no legislator can be found
in either senate or house to deny that
agriculture is the basis Of welfare and
prosperity. In fact this world.old and
:world-known truth is the strongest
base for belief that eventually agri-
culture will be given many Of the
things which it asks, but 1t is not to be
taken for granted that It will be given
those things which some leaders de-
iuand. O.. =: -.
So far as the coming conference Is
concerned, it certainly will give the
representatives of the various indus
tries assembled a chance to- get one
another's viewpoint. 1t also will have
Il tendency to remove some Of the fric-
:tlon which has developed recently be-
tween the various interests whose busi-
ness lives are dependent one upon the
oriler and yet which have been in some
matters ina state Of complete dis
agreement.
Bird sanetuaries Urged.
Uncle Sam wants the farmers of
ite country to make bird sanctu-
uries Of their. land. This Uncle OF
ours believes and says that the
birds which are attracted will pay
their host ten times over for his trou-
bic in providing welcome for them.
The Department Of Agriculture has
just issued i bulletin intended to en-
the establishment Of commu-
nifty bird refugees throughout the coun-
try on farms, bird preserves and in
other places. Some refugees Of this
kind, the department reports, already
have been established, und In some
cases there hal been great success in
inducing colonies Of game birds to be.
come residents.s;& .:}35., , =. -.
Concerning the value Of the birds to
the agricultural interests the govern
ment department in its most recent
says:'S<.
: Hardly an agricultural pest escapes
the attacks Of birds. TnR~>alfa1A
Weeyil has As different bird enelhfeu:
the army worm, 43; billbugs, 81; cot
ton boil weevil, 66; brown-tail moth,
81; chestnut weevil, g.; chinch bugs,
"a: clover-root borers, IS; clover
weevil, ;25: coddling moth, Sc: cotton
worm, Al; cutworms, SO; forest tent
80 gypsy moth, ,48; horse.
dies, 40; leafhoppers, 40; orchard
tent caterpillars, 43; potato beetles,
25; rice weevil, q seventeen-year To-
Gust, 3S; twelve-spotted cucumber
beetle, %; white grubs, 81, and wire
worms, 16S."
How to Attract Birds.
In order to bring the birds to the
and to the outlying acres, 1T
Is only necessary to give them protec-
tion, water, and In the case Of some
species of birds the housing facilities
which they like, It Is not necessary
10 provide nesting facilities. for most
American birds, provided there are
trees and bushes in fair abundance on
Inc acres to which they are to be
[uduG NelCOlucs l HcIc are UlIuS, NON-
ever, which come the more quickly if
houses are made ready for them.
Among these house-building birds are
the purple martin, the white-bellied
swallow, the house wren, the blue bird |
and on occasion some of the wood
peckers. /
It was not known until few years |
ago that woodpeckers would nest in
bird houses They will do 50 occasiol,.
ally. but the kind of a house they pre-
Ter is one which has close resemblance
10 the house which they would make
FOR themselves, White-bellied swal-
lows will nest in any kind of box
placed on the housetop or on top of
a pole. Unlike the purple martins,
hey do not like to build colonies, and
20 there should, be one box for each
pair. The house wrens will build in !
anything which offers them protection
from the weather and from their nat.
lral enemies. A pair Of house wrens
have been known to nest within the |
kind of a hat impertinently but some
what popularity known as a plug.
Birds like water to drink and water