The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-25

como 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 aud 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. 1t is expect.
ed that the President will take the
reports Of the conference and after
consultation with the cabinet officers
will submit to congress certain recon-.
mendations for legislation.
Congress has an immense amount
of work ahead Of it, but as agricul.
ture enters into much Of the work,
1t is not likely that 1t will take very
long for the majority parry i" DOVE.
TAIL into proposed Legislation the dc
tails OF new policies, or, If ncr, he.
to put these policies toto The fnrfu ~,
new aud separate legislative AVS. a.
In many articles the trouble between
the so-called farmers bloc and the rep
jrcseutatives of other interests In con.
;gress have been dwelr upon. There
ARE troubles and they are rather hard
ones, but no legislator can be found
lin 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 tho strongest
base for belief that eventually agr
culture will be given many Of the
things which 1t asks. but it is not to be
taken for granted that it will DO given
those things which some leaders de-
'mand
SO far as the coming conference Is
concerned, It certainly Will give the
representatives Of tho various indus
tries assembled chance to get one
tnothcrs viewpoint. 1t also will have
II tendency to remove some OF tho frlc.
ton which has developed recently be.
tween the various interests whose bust.
ness lives nro dependent one upon tho
other and yet which have been in some
matters in u state OF complete dis
agreement.
Bird Sanctuaries Urged.
Uncle Sam wants the farmers Of
The country to make bird sanctu-
nries 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 bulletin intended to en-
courage the establishment Of conmu-
nifty bird refugees throughout tina coun-
try on farms, bird preserves and in
other places. Some refugees OF this
kind, the department reports. already
have been established, and in some
cases there has been great success IN
Inducing colonies Of game birds to be.
cou,e residents.
Concerning tho value Of the birds to
the agricultural interests the govern.
ment department in Us lmest recent
bulletin says: o e..:s
Hardly an agricultural p4st escapes
kha attacks Of 'bEd4 .-T&t alfalfa.
weevil has 46 different bird enemies &
the army worm, -: billbuk4 Oh cots'
ton boil weevll, 06; broWR19ail motfFF
81; chestnut weevil e. chfhch bugs:
"a; clover-root borers, So; clover:
,,weevil, %; coddling moth. &c; cotton
worm, Al; cutworms, %: forest tent
caterpillar, 81; gypsy moth. 40: horse
flies, 40: leafhoppers. 12O; orchard
tent caterplllars. 43; potato beetles.
%; rice weevll. II; seventeen.year 10.
Gust, 80: twelve,spotted cucumber
beetle, %: white grubs, CT. and wire.
worms 16S."
How to Attract Birds.
/; In order to bring the birds to the
doorstep, and to the outlying acres. 1t
IS only necessary to give them protec-
ton, water. and In the case of some
species of birds the housing facilities
which they like. 1t Is not necessary
to provide nesting facilities Tor most
american birds. provided there are
trees and bushes In fair abundance on
he acres to which they are to he
made welcome. There are birds. how
ever, which come tho more quickly II
houses are made ready for them.
Among these housebuIlding birds are
the purple martin, the white.bellied
swallow, the house wren. the blue bird.
and on occasion some Of the wood
pcckers.
1t was not known until few years
ago that woodpeckers would nest III
bird houses. They will do 80 OCCASION
aliy, but the kind Of house they pro.
fer IS one which has close resemblance
to tho 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
pole. Unlike the purple martins.
they do not like to build colonies, and
50 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.
ural enemies. 4 pair Of house wrens
have been known to nest within the
kind Of a hat impcrtincntIy but some.
what popularity known as a plug.
Birds like water to drink and water
40 battle IN. Shallow tin pnns sunk