r^iv",iai/%v"" WVl "Js .m w&Rzxr •.•*: 4 N^** *i~ t" MOWER COUNTY NEWS, AUSTIN MINN. Ir FageSix S Monday Oct. 2,1922. Ma CO. FARMERS. Raise More and Better C^ops, Marketing and *3? IK *& Pure Bred Livestock Farm Bureau Notes, »Jk' Ife Molten Fire Is Burbank's Latest Plant "JtUY POTATOES The writer closes with the remark, our climatic conditions in order to "If some of these timid individuals dissuade immigrants from passing *a& DRIVE STARTED would but come here now, they would beyond their own borders. It is certain, rather surprised, we think." at any rate, that little effort It was eommonly believed that was made by rival states to correct TO AID GROWER neighboring states—Wisconsin, Iowa, the false impressions existent about and Illinois were largely responsible Minnesota. for these mistaken notions concerning ssii Minnesota. The great need of State Interests Unite to The rush to the seashore resorts t" Minnesota and the West was-for settlers the past summer may be partly Absorb Part of Pertinent Printers for Practical Farmers to turn up the unploughed acres. caused by the desire to see something Supplies. Perhaps other states misrepresented that never goes dry. Pwnwd fcr of labor and capital. Without the daily A state-wide movement to create CONTEST BETWEEN COW AND products of the cow and the hen our active and immediate demand for ran I GET PRICES on YEAL and CHICKENS HEN FOR SUPREMACY children would not be properly nourished. jMmnesota potatoes promises to ma Without the daily cash return before selling elsewhere Serially help growers who find themselves N. E. Chapman Shows THat iHen is $ from cream and eggs, the farmers of with a large surplus on hand Good Second. I R.H. JOHNSON & SON MEAT MARKET the United States would be in financial ^and a market so low that it hardly Straits." That the poultry growing industry 226 East Mill St. $ pays for digging and hauling. Here's to the two best friends of men, is entitled to a natlbn-wide exposition Efforts to strengthen the buying The Dairy Cow and the, Laying Hen. as well as the dairy Industry, seems 3emand were started in Crow'Wing to be shown .conclusively in a study Railroad Worm Again at Work. ocoanty, where, in co-operation with of the. 1920 census returns. N. E. The apple maggot or railroad wdrin JS. G. Both, county agent, people of Chapman, poultryman with the agricultural 1 has-been playing liavoc with the apple JRrainerd and vicinity, are being urg«ed extension service of the university, crop on many farms In Minnesota, according TYLE has been studyingjthe figures to "buy ten bushels of potatoes." to A. G. Ruggles, of University and finds that both the cow and hen The idea behind the Brainerd effort Farm, state entomologist. In are in the billion dollar- class, with 3s to absorb the local surplus and at some cases apples which appeared to the hen not so far behind the cow as ERVICE -She same time give growers a cash be perfect when harvested from trees might be expected. It is fitting, therefore, Luther Burbank, the plant wizard, keeps right on devising new plants that had been sprayed soon developed ^market. that the little brown hen—or is and flowers. He is here seen in a bed of Jiis latest, "Molten Fire," an ornamental a form of rot in the barrel or box. Individual Buying Urged. it the little white hen—should have flower he has perfected. The' plant, when the sun shines on it, glows ATISFACTION Much of this loss, says the entomologist, 'If every family in the state with her national revue as well as the dairy £f beautiful crimson. The photograph was taken on Mr. Burbank's farm at can be traced directly to the door ^average facilities for .storage can be Santa Rosa, Cal. of the maggot. In cases where the induced to put in their winter's supply spraying lacked thoroughness the insect now, growers would be materially has become a serious menace. [Minnesota a Land of Ice and Snow? Aelped," says J. F. Reed, president of Professor Ruggles explains that the KOBES' CAFE Mistaken Idea of Climate Held in 50's the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation. mature.form of this pest is a little fly about the size and shape' of the "Residents of the larger cities, house fly. It may be seen during July, *4? *$+ should purchase their winder's fj* *4* •J* ,• ^especially, To Minnesotans accustomed to the frozen rigion, is wi'ong." "It is difficult," August and early September. The female supply at once and they should warm summer temperature of the wrote the editor, make flies make an opening in the "to .tffeinand Minnesota- potatoes. In the state, it may be a surprise to learn skin of the apple and lay their eggs. people believe that stoves are not -smaller.*towns, local markets will be that many people about severity The maggots soon emerge from the used here all the year round, and that Price Reduced to $12 Per Dozen strengthened, just as is being done eggs and by tunneling through the years ago held the mistaken idea that clothing heavy enough for comfort in Brainerd." pulp cause the breaking down of the! Minnesota was almost always snowbound. clothing heavy enough for an Esquimaux The State Department of Agriculture, fruit.. is not necessary for comfort." "Their nefarious work is done, I which has been especially active But during the fifties Minnesota therefore, after July when the ordi-1 *n ere^ing a better potato market, was almost an unknown windemess. Every corn grower nary spraying operations of the sea-' am* issued a statement in which The territory was eagerly inviting son are supposed to be over," says needs Martin •growers are told that potatoes grading' immigrants, and the press frequently Professor Ruggles. "Unless the I THOMAS A. CONLON Racks. Get yours well above U. S. No. 1 are com•anaading had to refute the notion, then prevalent fruit grower has sprayed with great a price that can return a care early in the season, leaving much in the East, that the intense at this new low I AUCTIONEER I profit. The statement, which is in of the poison on the £?uit and leaves, cold of Minnesota made agriculture price. the insects will take a good share of £he ftym of a warning, says there is impossible and that settlers were the crop. The spray poison cannot 3jo Inside dope" as to the potato called upon to endure untold hardships reach the eggs or maggots within the market, such as some advertisers The man who makes aucI all the year round due to the MARTIN'S fruit, but it will get the flies if applied plaim to have. inclemency of the weather. Governor tioneering his business. E. CHAPMAN early in July or just before they N An -example of the folly of ship"•ping ^Ramsey in 1852 scored "those Poultry specialist with the University lay their eggs. SEED RACKS CORN KING small potatoes was cited by J. DIAL 2156 FOR DATES and a leading spirit in promoting the "When the pest is well established abroad" who, "shivering, dream of B. Hay, deputy commissioner of agriculture, National Poultry Exposition to be three late sprayings are necessary— Minnesota as an artic region, and AUSTIN, MINN. held in conjunction with the National the first, early in July, the second last week when inspectors reported deem her climate inhospitable, and Dairy Show at Minnesota about July 20 and the third about August a car in Minneapolis that did her soil churlish." These racks will take better care of your seed corn Fair Grounds, Oct. 7 to 14. 10. When the spraying Just not sell, simply because it contained ^Minnesota newspapers pointed out than any other way you can find. Easily filled. Perfectly after blossoming time and later has .many small potatoes. that corn and wheat, beans, peas, spaced for complete circulation around each ear been thoroughly done, one spraying cow. Mr. Chapman is in charge of .Sound Stock for Market. and potatoes would thrive in this region. GUY BRADFORD for drying. in July is sufficient. A combination the educational department of the National '^Growers must realize," said Mr. According to, the Minnesota of arsenate of lead and. lime sulphur Poultry Exposition association Come in and let us show you these wonderfully practical "Say, ""that they may as well keep litrtle should be used in spraying. The first Pioneer of August 1,1855, now in the which is to hold its first show at the Auctioneer seed corn racks. will kill the fly, and the latter will potatoes at home and use them for Minnesota state fair grounds, Oct. 7 files of the Minnesota historical society, wipe out fungous diseases." to 14, in connection with the National H. L. Goss Seed Co. ±feed. If sound, large stock is stopjjed, the important thing for Minnesotans Dairy Exposition. Here are his findings the market will be materially was to experiment and thus Graduate of Jonea Auctioneering Preparation of Vinegar "Bee." from a study of the census returns: find out what products Minnesota ftelped." School of Chicago Successor to Hare & Goss. Vinegar bee and the honey bee are could raise. Facts of this kind, it declared, fa the twin cities, an organized efrfozt "Are you aware of the mighty contest not related. Let this fact sink in is being made by representatives would help the territory, make that is on between the cow and widely and deeply, otherwise the mail Office, Austin Feed Barn ,rf civic organizations, retail merchant comparisons .possible, and "show distinctly the hen-for supremacy in the U. S. A? of Professor Francis Jager, chief of to the people of the East that associations and jobbers to This friendly contest is to show which the division of bee culture at University Farm, may become overburdened Dial 7180 one can put the most cash in the jeans the prevalent impression that this is .arouse buying interest. WE MAKE UP BEAUTIFUL FURS of six million farmers. with requests for full information of Two things must be do$e," said during nine-tenths of the year a the vinegar bee, also with orders for "The census of 1920 puts them both "Hal Greer, retail secretary of the St. its early shipment if the man wise in in the billion dollar class with^the cow IPaul association. "Farmers must bee lqre can recommend It- leading by a few million. Dairy products ,, arealize that the public will not buy There are honey bees—millions of are put at one billion four hundred little Minnesota potatoes, when big 'em—at University Farm, while if million and 'eggs and chickens' Have you any furs that need repairing or remodeling—ship there is a single solitary vinegar bee «mes from other states are on the at one billion and forty millon. The A Lot on the state's 420-acre farmstead it is towering mass of figures given us by them on and we will gladly give you an estimate. market. With potatoes of equal privately held and is not on the market. the U. S. census may be used as vantage No obligation on your part. quality Available, it will be far easier Persons who just must have a ground to view the friendly contest From raw skins of your own catch. Our modern -Jto stimulate buying interest." vinegar- bee and cannot be happy in the various geographic divisions. factory makes for highest class work which means 'A potato exhibit at the Dairy Show without one must look elsewhere. of Battery long-wearing furs £Pt wonderful savings. this week is a part of the sta^e-wide Most persons, even those who have "In the New England states the Tell us what furs you have. We will make them movement to aid growers. never been stung, know the honey bee. dairy cow is leading by 98 million to into Coats, Scarfs, Muffs or what you wish, at rock The' other bee, on the other hand,, 32 million. The cow still leads in the seems to be a stranger to many people—even bottom prices. Write for our catalog immediately. Middle Atlantic states" with 298 million World's Best Butter for the Price to scholars and statesmen. put in the jeans of the farmers It is true both bees have stingers, For Show Visitors of New Ydrk, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, Albert Lea Hide & Fur Co. though of different degrees, but the while the hen added 108 million vinegar bee looks like a small section more to pay their store bills. of a head of cahlifiower and is used "Bread and butter sandwiches, containing "In the East North Central division Albert Lea, Minn. by the progressive housewife in making the contest becomes interesting. In the best product of the best vinegar. It may be dried and If you've ever bought a low-priced Ohio, the cow leads in Indiana, the «CTtperative creameries in the world kept tor an indefinite time. hen, but in Illinois, Michigan, and the -nrIB he given to visitors at the National battery, it's ten to one you've paid Circular No. 6, from the division of great dairy state of Wisconsin, the Dairy Show from a booth in home economics, University Farm, cow again leads and has a plurality MORE and got less for your money the Minnesota co-operative cream.eries says that the making of vinegar consists for the section of *448 million to 249 association's desplay. of the addition of vinegar yeasts million for the hen. than we give you in the CW Battery and vinegar bacteria to a sugary '-"We are going to make people re-aflize "As we turn our eyes to the West liquid. "Although little that is definite North Central division we see the cow (Wood Separator). Quality plates— what really good butter tastes is known about the vinegar bee," leading in befriending the farmers of Hfce," «ays A. J. McGuire, general says the circular, "a study of it seems selected cedar wood separators—best Minnesota, North and South Dakota, manager of the association. to indicate that it is a mixed culture but as we turn southward to Iowa, The association is extending or^ganization material and workmanship. Made in of vinegar yeasts and bacteria."* To Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas, the work intov Steele and make it absolutely clear and beyond hen gains enough millions to put her Here Are Some of Our Every Day Prices, sizes to fit all cars. l^reeboTn wunties—District No. 5^ all controversy the circular might have in the lead for the section-with 270 added that the vinegar bee was never, Creameries that were inclined to wait million to her credit and 263 for the no never, to be confused with the -when the association was organized, cow. Price: for 6-volt, 11-plate, $16.50 honey bee. "In the next three divisions, South are now joining unsolicited, afccordxng 14c Per Lb. Picnic Hams The preparation of vinegar from the Atlantic, East South Central and West Price: for 6-volt, 13-plate, to Mr. McGuire. $19.40 vinegar bee, or "mother," as it is sometimes South Central, an area comprising 12&c" Bacon Squares called, is described in the circular more than one-half of the U. S. A., Pooled Wool Sold. as follows: One cup-vinegar bee the hen wins with 'a majority of 62 20c Fancy Bacon Strips dne cup sorghum or molasses, best million or 292 to 230. For 38 Cfents Net quality two quarts warm water. Add "In the eight states of the Mountain Alnswortlt Battery Co. Thick Short Ribs off Beef 8c vinegar and a good quality of so.rghum division, the dairy cow again leads the to the water. Let stand five days. A large shipment of Minnesota hen 41 million to 30 million. 4c Boiling Beef The bee, alive tov the situation, will W's "On the Pacific coast there is battle -wool, placed in the Wabasha County Dial 2610 212 E. Bridge St double its bulk. At this time remove royal. The cow was in the lead in "wool pool last summer, when spficu Hamburger Steak Sc 11 the bulk of the bee for future use and 1919 with 100 million to 63, but ardent Istors were offering 23 to 26 cents, let the vinegar, stand for three to five friends of the biddy are telling that BeeffRoast 9c-15c Jbap been sold for -42 cents, according weeks so that the remnant of the busy Representing she will rank first by the close of bee may act upon the syrup, in other toF. French, secretary of the Minnesota 1.1.' Williard Batteries words, produce vinegar. From the Farm Bureau Federation. This Special Prices Given to Farmers Buying in Large "Let the contest go on! It is vastly time the bee is added, the mixture -price was obtained on three-eighths more important to thid country of ours -V Quantities for Threshing etc. should be kept in a fairly warm place. than the contest of political parties, Mood. Considerable quarter blood has (Threaded Rubber Insulation) sold for 39 cents. We Pay the Highest Cash Price for Poultry. The prompt application of cold water "Wl« 42-cent sale, according to Mr. and GW Batteries "Why do you feed every tramp hardens hot grease spilled on the j^T''W*€&ch, will net growers about 38 floor and keeps it from going into the who comes along? They never do any «sits, after receiving, shipping and wood, Then it's easy to scrape it off work for you." iling charges are reducted. (Wood Separators)**-? FARRELL MEAT COMPANY and remove the sta^' with a wet cloth "No," said his wife, "but it is quite sprinkled with washing soda. Ipllfi:. a satisfaction to see a man eat a meal 1 1 9 E as id S re In the old time's the popular board Mower County News Market without finding fault with the cookmg.n arbitration was the shingle exer£»ed Place fr the place to list anything r# in the jvoodshedC you may nave to dispose of.