frWIa' r» f*$i 'lU1 'ffi. ~V PAGE NINE MOWER COUNTY NEWS, AUSTIN, MINNESOTA THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1921 J^is 750 People At Austin. Sale starts at 10 o'clock LIST OF LETTERS any good farmer will be glad to tell AUCTION DATES KNOW THAT YOUR SEED Todd Sale Near sharp. his neighbor how to test seed corn. CORN WILL GROW WELL Remaining uncalled for in this office ti 1 Brownsdale Monday After the corn has been tested, onday, March 7—Horses, Cattle, Thursday, March 17—Horses, Cattle, for the week ending PLANSFOR1921 By P. G. Hold** Hogs, Furniture, etc. W. F. Newberry. Machinery, etc. Andrew S. Todalen sorted, shelled and graded for the Feb. 26, 1921 1 mile- north of Austin. mile north of Corning, Sale Over 750 people attended the sale The long growing season for corn Ranter and the bad kernels removed, starts at 10:30 a. m. Sale starts at 10 o'clock sharp. Gentlemen Ashbaugh, Marion. held by George Todd & Sons near in 1920 caused the most of us to believe it should be placed in half-bushel Wednesday, March 9—Horses, Cattle, Chrislock, Carl Henry. Esselman, L. .4 Brownsdale Monday morning. The that the corn, when harvested, sacks and hung up in a dry place. We Hogs, Chickens, feed, Machinery, Life isn't in holding a good hand, Harding, A. Hoff, Henry. Husby, sale lasted three hours and was cried was fully matured, well dried out and should put in a sack separate from etc. Handke A Heimer, ft hot in playing a poor hand welL— By Andrew Boss, Brent. Shafer, Burr. Snyder, Carl. by Auctioneer Lovell. in good condition for seed. the rest, the seed from the best 100 north of mile west and mile Anonymous. Ladies—Anderson, Alvina. Glall, Vice director of the Minnesota Experiment This is one of the most successful But recent tests show that the ears. When planting, we should use Rose.- Meyer, Julia. Page, Isabeile. Station, University Farm. sales Mr. Lovell has had this season. corn did not dry thoroly and it should the seed from these "best 100 ears" Randolph, Mary. Smith, Virginia. be tested before it is planted next on one side of the field and pick our What will the world want from the These letters will be sent to the Associated Insurance Agency Mothers—Important spring. seed corn from these rows next year. "Dead Letter Branch" March 14, farmers this ytear? Is it wheat, Mothers should see that the whole Poor seed is one of the chief causes If we have no good seed corn we corn, barley, flax or oats? Or, will family takes a thoro, purifying system if not delivered before. In calling for of a poor stand and a poor stand should buy from our neighbors or ALL KINDS OF INSURANCE cleaning laxative this Spring. it be pork, beef and dairy products? the above, please say "Advertised", means a small yield. some one in the community. We NOW IS THE TIME. The family a Nieheis J. W. DeBnhr These are the questions which are stating date of list. There is nothing else that will do should not import seed corn from outside will be healthier, happier, and get pressing uron the minds of the farmers C. F. Cook, Postmaster. M. H. KENASTON along better if the blood is given so much to increase the yield of corn our immediate vicinity. Thousands these spring days when cropping a thoro purifying, the stomach and on every farm as the making of a Ofice Austin Nat. Bank Bldg. Pkans Bridge MS of individual ear tests prove that When you market hogs, you might bowels cleaned out, and the germs plans must be made. No one can answer germination test of six or eight kernels home grown seed will yield on an as well market bi$ ones. International of winter accumulated in the system, with (certainty, but that does Hog Tonic aids digestion and assimilation from each ear to be used as seed average from eight to twenty bushels driven away. HOLLISTER'S GOLDEN not mean that it is not^well to plan so hogs get full nourishment and discard those ears which show NUGGET TABLETS—is one of of corn more to the acre than will imported A GREAT from their food. Aids growth. Sold by the very best and surest spring medicines ahead. weak or sickly roots or stem sprouts. seed. The best plan is to W. H. Martin, 600 W. College St. Adv to take. Get them and see the According to the best statistical The most common mistake is to conclude grow our own seed and test every ear difference in the whole family. Their data available the world is shorter of that we can judge the germinating ADVERTISE IN THE NEWS intended for planting. color will be better, they'll eat better, wheat and rye than of corn and the power of seed corn by looking Investigations conducted over a sleep better, and be well and happy. AND GET RESULTS BIG SAVING coarse grains. Just how greaj this K. O. Wold Drug Co. Adv. at it and that it does not need testing. period of several years by various shortage is no one seems to be able to agricultural colleges and by the U. S. say with authority. It is quite evident A few days spent during March in Department of Agriculture have however, that oats and barley TIME TABLE Put selecting and^ testing our seed corn proven beyond doubt that rot diseases Sun in a will continue comparatively low in may be worth more to us at harvest of the corn root, the stalk and the price and must be sold for feed purposes time than a whole year's hard work. CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN tyoiKCE ear have been one of the chief causes or fed to livestock on the St. Paul and Minneapolis It is nothing more nor less than of thin stands, of large numbers of Leave for—4:00 a. m. 4:45 p. m. farms. The present range of prices ON good business for us to know that the weak and stunted plants^ of stalks Ft. Dodge, Mason City, Lyle, Council fTVRACC seems to favor wheat as compared seed we put into the ground is that are down, or leaning, or broken Bluffs, Dubuque, Des Moines, Caroll, •ATTERY with other grains. Pork has a* advantage A N E S S healthy seed and that it will grow. Leave for—12:55 p. m. 10:59 p. m. of barrenness and nubbins of chaffy, over other meat products for And the only way we can tell good immature ears of reduced yields. the farmers of the northwest at the CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST seed is by testing it. It is possible that rot diseases carry present time. Dairy products still St. Paul and Minneapolis Drop in— One man in two days can test AND over from one year to another in the Lfeave for—6:40 a. m.—3:10 p. m. command fairly good prices also. enough corn to plant 40 acres of soil it is certain they carry over in Arrive from—11:40 a.m.—7:25 p.m. Let Us Show You Under these circumstances it is O A S ground. Testing will not cost to exceed the seed, and one of the best methods La Crosse wise for those on farms where the soil 10 cents an acre. Yet, because for the control of these rots is the selection The Battery Leave for—11:20 a. m. 7:20 p. m. and climate are favorable to wheat it is "too much bother" to test corn, of disease-free seed ears. Arrive from—3:35 p. m. 11:45 p. m. production to put in the usual or a With Two we pick out 600 ears, look at them, The germination test will help us in Calmar slightly more than the usual acreage guess that they will grow, and plant picking out these diseased ears. Kernels Leave for 7:20 a. m. 11:59 a. m. Year Guarantee Call And See Us First of that crop. If farmers are to grow them. As a consequence, more than 7:50 p. m. that are diseased may show good anything profitable this year wheat Arrive from—6:50 a. m. 2:55 p. m. 12 acres out of every 40 planted to germination but the stem sprouts will 7:10 p. m. promises as well as or better than Pierce Battery Co. corn in the average Corn Belt state be discolored—pink or brown or some Mason City anything else at the present time. Jenson & Phiffer produce nothing. other shade that will readily show the Leave for 11:59 a. m. —7:52 p. m. The acreage of spring wheat thruout By testing we get rid of the dead experienced corn grower that something Arrive from 7:00 a. m.—3:00 p. m. the northwest should not be reduced. weak, disease-infested and mouldy is the matter with them. Jackson 112 E. Maple Street. Austin, Corn should come next in preference ears. Testing does not hurt the corn. In some instances a diseased seedling Leave for—6:55 a. m. 3:45 p. m. under prevailing conditions. It requires but little time and that at looks apparently healthy, except Arrive from—10:50 a. m. 6:50 p. m. Phone Bridge 301. Minn. While corn is cheap at the present Advertising is the father of good a season of the year when we have that it has a small numb-::: of roots. time and while the crop demands considerable will and confidence. little to do. By testing we have Such kernels should be cut open with labor in its production, the VILLAGE FARM HAMPSH1RES everything to gain, and nothing to a knife to see if they are rotted or price of hogs, if it can be maintained, lose. moldy on the inside. is sufficient to warrant the growth of There are several methods of testing The safest rule is: Discard every at the normal acreage for hog 1 least corn but the limitations of this ear that looks suspicious. Spring Gilts by Minnesota Giant, by Merkleys purposes. With hogs selling feeding REDUCE THE HIGH article will not permit of a description Giant. Bred to R. J's. Lad and He by at I1,2 to 9 cents per pound corn can Today is the tomorrow you worried of any of them. Any county COST OF GASOLINE Laddie. Prize winning Boar of 1919. #V0UKi be marketed thru them at 70 to 90 about, yesterday.—Anonymous. agent, any agricultural college, or BY USING Some tried Sows by Lookout Leader by cents bushel. Acorn and hog combination a Esterville Boy Bred to Minnesota Giant by for the coming year promises COMPANY CHICAGO Berkley's Giant. Sire of show Winner of at least a fair reward for labor. oat and barley acreage should Good Tractor Lubrication 1917. The probably not be increased. TfPese REG. 1873 3 Registered, Anxiety Hereford Bulls, ranging ESSENTIAL grains can always be used to advantage in age from 6 to 22 months. m°oh£JJ for feed but they do not, under WILL COCHRAN present conditions, promise as large JalvOIINJ Pyramid Tractor 03 ESSENTIALLyGood profits as the above named crops. Now that clover seed is again reasonable VILLAGE FARM. LANSING, MINN. in price much land should be seeded to that crop for feed and fertilizing purposes. Land that is not THE For Gears (if Enclosed:) For Engines: well adapted to large production of best Pennsylvania petroleum oil is used in Pyramid Transmission Oil Pyramid Tractor Oil grains can well be seeded to grass for its production and is refined by a process Pyramid Transmission Special Tractor Oil grazing or hay-making purposes. which eliminates all non-lubricating factors. Grease. Universal Tractor Oil While such land in grass may not offer For Open Gears and for For Cups and Wheel Bear- What you buy is 100% lubrication—and the very Gravity Feed Lubrication. ings: large cash returns it does afford best lubrication at that. Of course your car will Pyramid Harvester Oil. Pyramid Cup Grease. some cash return and at the minimum travel farther on a gallon of gasoline when using expenditure for labor. If reasonably Valvoline than any other lubricant. good prices for dairy products Buy Now—your supply Pyramid Oil and be prepared for an CARLSON'S GARAGE can be maintained cows can profitably early Spring. Write for prices and information as to o«r plan— convert the grass into cash. we save you mony. Austin, Minn. Flax and fall rye are limited acreage 111-113 No. Main St. crops. Both offer somfc opportunities Daily Trips to the Country—Phone Bridge 37. for profit where the soil and -climate are adapted to the crops. The 'flax acreage probably should not be Gasoline and Use Pyramid increased and it is too late to increase Closing Out Sale Auto Oils the fall rye for this years' crop. Use Pyramid» The perishable crops should not be Rm£eetor workm i^y^PANYAnd Grease? Eke a Kerosene acreased materially over last year's wrrAft'|ML Projoctm boat up roduction. The potato crop was or down, aidewiam or Having rented the farm for cash and in order to dissolve partnership, we irge enough for all needs last year, Austin Minnesota. t~ will offer all our personal property to the highest bidder at the farm 1% whara you want ML j'he acreage should, if anything, be miles west and mile north of Austin on s: Erdman's Garage The Motor Inn. tf# slightly reduced, tho failure of the Wednesday, /larch 9th A?i ,-W-- -potato crop in other places might occur Closing Out Sale and the potato crop prove unusually profitable. It is one of the Sale Starts at 10 o'clock Sharp Never Before A BIG ROAST VEAL LUNCH WILL BE SERVED AT 12 O'CLOCK A Gas uncertain crops, however, and the 6 HORSES—1 team of Gray Geldings, 10 years old, weight 2800. 1 team acreage should be enlarged with caution. Bay Mares, 6 and 10 years old, weight 1150 and 1450. l'Bay Mare, 5 years Heater Like This I On account of quitting farming I will sell to the high bidder at auction, on old, weight 1200. 1 Black Mare, 7 years old, weight 1300. the farm known as the Cook Place, 1 mile north of Austin, on State Road, CATTLE-*-32'Milch Cows, 14 fresh, balance will soon be of this 45 the following described Personal Property. number 24 are high-grade, high producing Holsteins, rest are well bred DEAN & WILDERS MONDAY, MARCH 7th Shorthorns and 1 Guernsey. 1 three-year-old Heifer. 4 Yearlings. 5 HAVE GOOD SALE Calves and a few Sucking Calves. 1 registered Holstein Bull, 3 years old. a* As portable as a reading lamp—and as ornamental! 21 HOGS-—These are very good Duroc Registered Brood Sows. 2 Tried Dean, Wilders and Siekman sold a Sows, in pig. 3 Gilts in Pig. 1 Sow, with pigs by side. 15 Fall Pigs these Sale Starts at 10:00 o'clock Sharp, with out Fail. Be there at the opening. Attachable to any gas jet! Weighs splendid offering of Poland China are not registered. Free Lunch at Noon only six pounds! Can be carried from room 51 SHEEP—50 Ewes, some with lamb by side. 1 Buck. Jred Sows at the big Dean farm 24 HEAD OF HORSES, 24—1 Bay Gelding, 6 years old, weight 1700. 1 CHICKENS—400 Good Plymouth Rock Chickens. 4 Turkeys. 2 White to room, giving instant heat, intense heat February 24, 1921, at an average of Bay Mare, 8 years old, weight 1700. 1 Bay Mare, 4 years old, weight 1500. 1 Brown Mare, 7 years old, weight 1500. 1 Bay Mare, 8 years old, weight p£rn' wherever and whenever you want it. And it $115.00. Over 300 people were in 15 tons Hay. 15 bushel Seed Rav FEED—200 bushel OatsJ 600 bushel Corn. A 1300. 1 Brown Gelding, 4 years old, weight 1300. !®ay„,5elf'"^4 1 1 Bay Gelding, yearr attendance, all interested in better ?S?.Corn, Picked before frost. costs leaa than a cent an hour to operate! 4 old, weight 1250. 1 Span of Brown MACHINERY—2 wide-tired Wagons. 1 Grain Box. 2 Combination Hay Palonds as is shown by the way they -a? ionnani 3 years old, weight 1200. 1 Brown Mare, 8 ^ars old, weight Hog Racks. 1 Milk Wagon. 1 Bob Sled. 1 Set of Buggy Runners. bid for the offering. Col. W. R. 1200. 1 Registered Black Percheron 7 weight 1||i Set Light Bobs. 1 Corn King Manure Spreader. 1 Walking Plow. 1 Station, years old, Ritchie ably assisted by A. O. Austinson Bay Mare, 3 years old, weight I20®- 1 six-year^ld Mule^, weight 1300.1 Sulky piow, 16 inch, breaker attachment for same. 1 Defiance ^Emerson two-year-old Mule. 6 two-year-old Colts. 1 Yearling Colt. 1 Sucking Qang piow 1 Monmouth Disc, 6 foot. 1 Smith & Johnson Drag, 5 section. and J. M. Heimer sold the offering ?!tti rye« i, ., 1 Drag, 2 section. 1 Hayes Corn Planter. 1 Avery Corn Planter. 1 Tower in a most capable manner. re 70 HEAD OF CATTLE, 70 54 Milch Cows, all fresh, with calf by side. corn Cultivator. 2 Cultivators, 6 shovel. 1 Deering Corn Binder. 1 Dean Brothers, Wilder Brothers 16 two-year-old Heifers heavy with calf. All the above Cows are mostly sheller. 1 McCormick Binder, 6 foot. 1 Emerson Hocking Vallejr Corn and Henry Siekman are fast coming Full Blood Holsteins, but not registered, and have had the Tuberculin Test, standard Mower. 1 Minnesota Hay Rake. 1 Massey Harris Tedder and to the front in the hog business and ^SZlZm 4. ,, jy Side Delivery. 1 Sanwich Hay Loader. 1 Pole Stacker. 1 Barrel Sprayer. Do 69 FULL BLOOD POLAND CfJINA^ HOGS, 69 1 DeLaval Cream Separator. 10 Milk Cans. 2 Sets Heavy Harness, l_Set are building up some of the best herds Sows, due to farrow in April. 20 Spring Gilts, due to farrow in April. 40 Practically new. 1 Set of Medium Harness. 1 Buggy Harness. 1 Pair of Big Type Poland Chinas in the Fall Pigs. 1 two-year-old Registered Boar. Horse Blankets. 1 Oat Sprouter. 2 Water Fountains. 1 Queen 550-Egg, GAS HEATER Northwest. The above Hogs are as good as you can get, but are not registered. Incubator. 2 Buckeye,. 240-Egg Incubators.. 1 Trusty, 120-Egg Incubator. "f 40 SHEEP, 40—40 Extra good Ewes with Lambs by side. 2 Standard Colony Brooders, 1,000 chick capacity. 1 Swill Cart. 1 Wheel POULTRY—200 Chickens. 15 Toulouse Geese. 20 Ducks. 10 Turkeys. Barrow. 1 Tank Heater. 1 Milk Tank. 7 Hay Slings. 150 feet -inch The' reflector is solid coppeif— shaped like an DELCO-LIGHT FEED—20 tons good Tijnothy Hay. 2500 Bushels Succotash. 1000 Bushels Rope. 1 Grindstone. 1 Olson Sling Pulley. 1 Shoveling Board. 1 Corn. Scraper. Grain Bags. A bunch of Small Tools and other articles too numerous automobile headlight. -The reflection of the^ MACHINERY—1 International Manure Spreader. 4 new International The complete Electric light and to mention. glotring burner gives a beautiful "sunburst" 'Power Plant Cultivators. 1 Smith & Johnson Drag, 4 section. 1 Hay Tedder. 1 Hay THREE SPECIAL PRIZES FREE Rake. 2 Good iron Truck" Wagons. 1 Truck Wagon. 1 Rock Island Disc. Ask us for a demonstration in Three $5.00 Gold pieces will be given away at the close of the sale. The effej Pedestal, base and frame are handsonl 1 Sulky Plow. 1 End Gate Seeder. 1 Democrat Wagon. 1 three-top Box. your own home. See for yourself. only condition is that you must be at the sale at its close and have your name 'ly finished in antique green lacquer. iT&SaS 1 New Incubator. No obligation. plainly written on a ticket. It" will entitle everyone present to an equal FURNITURE—1 Majestic Range. 1 Good Hard Coal Stove. Bedsteads,! chance at one of the three prizes. We respectfully invite everyone to be rVriV* Chairs, Rockers, Tables, Rugs, Carpets, etc., Other articles too numerous ith us sale day whether you want to buy or not. iVice—only $12.00, complete with 6H feet 4 to mention. TERMS:—All sums of ten dollars and under cash On sums over that amount 1- |u tubing. Come in and -see they TERMS:—One years time will be given on approved notes at 8 j»er cent a credit of nine months time will be given on approved'notes bearing 8 per i^xible interest. All sums under $10.00'* cash. Nothing removed until terms are cent interest from date 0/ sale. No property to be removed until terms are Sunburst, or 'phone your order today. ate complied with. complied with. Handke & Heimer, Owners W. NEWBERRY,1 Owner ISH GAS COMPANY Austin Electric "Supply Co. 121 N. Main St. Phone Main 39 Auctioneer LOVELL. L. BANFIELD' Auctioneers. W. W. Walker. CWrfc. Clerk H. Cols. Hopfe St Heimer, .1, "f£ sas •& t' 4 ft