The Ironwood Times from Ironwood, Michigan • Page 2

TWO THE IRONWOOD TIMES Friday, May 20, 1938 Times Suffolk and Vaughn Sts C. E. and Publisher M. P. Dianich Assistant SUBSCRIPTION RATES Per Year (In Advance) Per Year (If Not In Advance) $2.00 Entered at the postofflce at Ironwood, for transmission through the mails as second class mail matter.

FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1938 C. E. Gunderson, County Agricultural Agent Rainy days this week will be used by most farmers in treating seed potatoes with corrosive sublimate against scab, black leg, and other fungous diseases. This treatment is a simple ounces corrosive sublimate are used in 30 gallons of water and the potatoes are permitted to soak for 30 minutes. After that they are spread out to green- sprout.

Ten days to two weeks should be allowed for green-sprouting. This gives the potatoes a two weeks' start after they are in the ground. The best time for planting potatoes in Gogebic county Is the last week in May. Deep planting and shallow covering has been found to be the best practice. Corn Corn growing demonstrations in which five to seven 'varieties are used will be started on several farms in Gogebic county on May 24th or the following days that week.

Corn has done so well on many Gogebic farms during the past several years that there were many new growers started in 1938. Among the varieties to be used are Wis. No. 2B, Minnesota No. 13, Northwestern Dent, Minnesota Hybrid No.

402, and Golden Glow Cold Resistant. These demonstrations will be placed on farms where corn planters with fertilizer attachments are available. Farmers wishing a small sample of one or two varieties of corn for planting in a demonstrationa plot where the seed is placed three feet apart each way, should make their wishes known at the agricultural office. Rutabagas The Canadian Perfect Model has been found to be the best dual-pur pose rutabaga. It yields more tons of well-shaped and solid roots than any other variety.

The more evenly shaped rutabagas are used for table- stoek purposes while the others are used for livestock feed. About tons of rutabagas are required for one cow. Farmers who do not have silos and therefore do not grow corn or sunflowers for ensilage ought to grow a fairly large acreage of rutabagas. They should be planted in rows 3 feet apart. Yields of 16 to 25 tons per acre may be expected.

The ground on which bagas are planted should be well worked before planting time. There is no hurry in planting rutabagas. Many farmers have obtained an ex- cellant crop when they are planted as late as June 20th. Pasture Improvement Poor pastures in July and August are Costly. If dairy herds cannot make money for their owners during the summer months, there is little hope for any profit.

Most Gogebic pastures are unimproved lands. This wet season is an excellent time for farmers to improve their pastures by broadcasting a pasture mixture of three pounds Kentucky Blue grass, and 3 pounds Alsike per acre. If a farmer does not wish to plant that much seed per acre, he may still earn a "unit" valued at $1.50 under the Soil Conservation Program, by using 10 pounds of a pasture mixture, not on one acre, but on as many acres as he wishes. The use of Reed's Canary Grass on low lands, swamps and marshes cannot be too highly recommended. Six to eight pounds per acre is a good seeding.

The seed is cheap and will make a start even where such land cannot be plowed, harrowed and disked. Breaking and Blowing Demonstration A breaking and plowing demonstration will be conducted on the farm of John Kangas in Section 29, Ironwood township, on or about June 2nd. Several farm machinery companies have been invited to participate in this demonstration. Tractors equipped with rubber tires and steel tires will be used to draw breaking plows, quack grass eradicators and heavy disks. The purpose of the demonstration is to show the value of this type of equipment on lands that have been cleared by the bulldozer.

All fanners are invited to attend demonstration. Alfalfa Becoming More Popular Few farmers now sow any mixture of grass without including alfalfa. Three to five pounds of a good Northern Grown Grimm alfalfa may well be mixed with every seeding of either medium red clover, alsike clover and timothy and Brome grass. All alfalfa seed should be inoculated with alfalfa bacteria culture. Brome grass is a new grass in the upper peninsula.

It has been used extensively in demonstrations and Is known to do well. Cattle like Brome grass and it provides hay in addition to remaining good over a period of years. Oats Compared With Potatoes Too many acres of well prepared seed beds are used for growing oats that might well be for growing potatoes. The high average yield of oats would be 40 bushels per acre valued at about 36 cents per bushel or a total of $14.00 for the acre. Just a fair yield of potatoes would be 200 bushels per acre which at the low value of $50 per bushel would be $100.00.

Potatoes are a cash crop, Local farm lands have proved that potatoes can be profitably produced. It is true that there is more labor with potatoes than with oats, but most of the labor is employed on the farm. Farm Woodlot Improvement Farmers who wish to earn Soil Building payments by improving their woodlots should make application to J. Arthur Nikula, Wakefield, Michigan, for inspection and examination of the woodlot. The improvement of one acre of farm wood- -ot will be paid for at the rate of two units or $3.00, Few if any farmers should make application for more than three or four acres of farm woodlot improvement.

Semmerling Brothers Purchase Improved Certified Seed Potatoes To improve the high quality of certified Rural Russet seed po- the Semmerling Brothers of Bessemer have purchased 100 bush- ils of certified seed from Alphonse Verschure of Manistique, Michigan. VIr. Verschure is the champion pota- grower of the state of Michigan. These potatoes will be planted in a separate seed-plot. From this, it may seen that even a grower of certified potatoes sees the need of improving his seed stock.

Quality certified Seed potatoes vould assure the grower of at least 40 bushels per acre. Dairymen's Meeting, Saturday Evening, May 21 Professor Robert Geiger, field man of the American Holstein Breeders' association, together with Extension Dairyman A. R. Schubert, will be the speakers at a dairymen's meet- ng in the Ironwood Township Hall on Saturday evening of this week, Way 21st. All dairymen, whether breeders of Holstein cattle, Guern- seys, Ayreshires, or Brown Swiss, are invited to attend this meeting.

Many Gogebic farmers and 4-H dairy club members will see them selves in colored moving pictures taken at the Gogebic County Fair 1937. Mr. Geiger carries with him two reels of moving pictures of Holstein cattle taken at various fairs and livestock shows. Mr. Gelg er gives a highly interesting and instructive talk on the improvemeri of the Holstein breed.

All farmers and their families are invited to at tend this meeting, Cutworms Vegetable growers should not be disappointed by setting out a patch of cabbage or tomatoes and on the following day finding many plants cut off at the ground level by cutworms, The ravages of this pest are simple to avoid if precaution rneas are taken, according to Carl P. Dietz, the gardner at the Upper Peninsula Experiment Station. Use should be made of poisoned bran )ate such as is advised for grasshoppers except that salt is omitted. To prepare this bait, mix thorough Bran, 5 pounds; white arsenic (not lead arsenate) 4 ounces; mo asses, 1 pint; water sufficient to moisten. The bait works best when broadcast in the evening at the rato of 20 40 pounds per acre.

This would be ess than one pound on a garden spot 10 by 10 feet. The mixture should be scattered over the garden several imes before planting the crops, Metz says, in order to prevent in- uries when the crops are planted. 3ait should also be scattered on the borders of grass surrounding the gar den plot. Two or three treatments are usually sufficient to do away with the cutworms. Cutworms chew off corn, beets, beans, peas, cucumbers, lettuce, On- ons, fact almost every- hing that grows in the garden.

They are likely to appear early in the eason and should be guarded against as soon as the first cabbage planted or set out. A paper collar made of stiff paper, encircling the plant and projecting nto the soil about one and one-half nches, will protect plants such as oinatoes, cucumbers and pickles. These are effective because the cutworms cannot climb over such bar- iers. For further information consult Vlichigan State College Extension Bulletin No. 180.

THE BUTTERFLY CHASER A woman rare indeed is one who doesn't think her husband got a better wife than he deserved. What a wonderful world this would be if we all did as well today as we expect to do tomorrow. To think that, just a few years ago, that fellow Ghaudi could make the front pages by swishing nothing more alarming than a nightshirt. If the present Administration at Lansing spent half as much time on their jobs as they do figurin" out how they can get their names in the papers, we would have the most efficient administration down there the state ever had. To the list of children's heroes will be added that doctor who has declared himslef in favor at lollipops for cold cures.

Al Capone, we learn, is suffering from "intermittent mental disturbances with Intervening lucid Intervals." Gosh, that just about makes him a brain-truster! The famous American film, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" has been banned to most English children on the ground that the picture might frighten them. So the youngsters will have to stay at homo and play with their gas masks. We need a congressional investigation of TVA If for no other purpose than to discover whether this gigantic project is expected to develop electricity or politics. By Norma Streeter, Co. Club Agent The second ami.ual Home Extension Day will be held in Gogebic county on Tuesday, May 4th at the Ramsay Town Hall.

Mem- ers of the eight organized groups will exhibit many of the projects which they completed this year Re-upholstered chairs and davenports, slip covers, curtains, refinished furniture, and pictures, will make up the exhibit. An afternoon program has been planned by the program committee. At 1:30 p. m. all members will participate in a business meeting conducted by Mrs.

Ed Liimakka, Go- County chairman. At this time county officers for next year will be selected. Also the members will choose the project which will be carried. After the business meeting several people will discuss various phases of the Home 'Extension program. Miss Helen Strow, assistant state tome extension leader will present a summary of the year's activities.

VIr. C. E. Gunderson, county agricultural agent, will discuss some phases of the new Farm Act. Mrs.

Carl Mattson will tell the group of her visit to the Farm Women's Week at Mich- gan State College last summer. Tho principle speaker will be Miss Edna V. Smith. Miss Smith is in charge of all home demonstration work in Michigan and this will be her first visit to Gogebic county for a home extension achievement. Miss Florence DuFresne will present a toe dance.

She will be accompanied by Mrs. Arthur Koskl. A novelty tap dance will be given by Miss Carol Koskie. Miss Evelyn Erickson will present a violin solo. She will be accompanied by Miss Yvonne Jacquart.

The group singing will be led by Mrs. E. C. Carlson. A social hour will follow the program.

George E. Bishpo Addresses Ironwood Commercial Club George E. Bishop, secretary-manager of the Upper Peninsula Development Bureau addressed the Monday noon luncheon meeting of the Ironwood Association of Commerce at the St. James hotel, Mr. Bishop touched upon the plans being made to hold a successful annual meeting of the Bureau and the Michigan Press Association.

He discussed the possibilities of securing better roads in the Upper Peninsula And the improvement of U. from Watersmeet south to the state line and the Gateway Inn' at Land O' Lakes. Members of the club believe the improvement of U. will do much to bring tourists to the Gogebic range, where now after driving over hard surfaced roads and dust- ess highways in Wisconsin, they strike a crooked and dusty gravel road from the Wisconsin line to Watersmeet, A meeting was also held at 8:00 o'clock the same evening at the St. James hotel at which time the board of directors of the Association met with Mr.

Bishop to further formulate plans for the June 10-11 meeting of the bureau and MPA. Sabotage At Connorville The main driving belt and two smaller belts used in operating the sawmill of the Connor Lumber Land Co. at Connorville, ten miles north of Wakefield were cut and damaged by parties unknown last Sunday night. The damage Is estimated at $2,000. The main driving belt which is four feet wide and about half an inch thick is made of the best leather obtainable and was severed by a sharp implement.

A few weeks ago the Connor Company had trouble at its mill at Laona, Wisconsin with the CIO union. It is believed parties responsible for this damage may be affiliated with that organization. Nearly five hundred workmen will be thrown out of employment as a result of this action. Plans were complete to resume operations, but now the mill and woods operations will be curtailed for an indefinite period. It Is Mayor R.

E. Garvey Now A special meeting of the city commission was held in the council rooms Thursday morning, at which time Commissioner Raymond E. Garvey was appointed mayor of this city. Mayor Garvey succeeds H. Wick who resigned recently.

Commissioner Ewald Johnson was named mayor pro tern to succeed the ate Joseph P. Meigher. Action to fill the two vacant seats on the commission has been deferred until a later date. THE telephone service that is at your command 24 hours a day is unexcelled anywhere in the world. That service is a product of the Bell System.

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