River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-03-15


OF the state and find an average value
of 500 per acre. Sheboygan county
has an average value of $84 per acre.
Walworth and jefferson counties are
only little less. With SO million bs.
of cheese and SO million lbs. of butter
as the dairy productions of our state
the past year, Pierce and st. Croix
counties have fallen short of their
proportion of this large aggregate.
Dairy farming affords less time than
wheat farming for farming around the
streets and saloons. Shall we build a
silo! was the first question discussed.
Mr.. Guy gave an account of his exper-
iment with a silo of one hundred tons
capacity. lie put in about acres of
ensilage corn fodder, it yielded about
80 tons of green fodder; the cost of
filing it was aboute 80 cts. per ton.
He cut it and let it lie on the ground
] or 2 days till it was partially dried
before it went through the cutter.
He emphasized the necessity of thor
ough and compact treading when fill
ing the pit. The best ensilage stood
in the shock eight or ten days; the
five acres gave him more feed than he
could have got from thirty acres of
hay. Mr.. Powell built two silos, cut
his corn when 1t was nearly ripe
enough to save for seed, he advocates
shallow culture for corn, prefers the
drill for planting and when husking,
but it requires more work for cultivat-
ing; thinks he gets fifteen bushels
more per acre by drilling over check
row planting; fifteen acres in silo this
year gave him much better results in
feeding stock than thirty acres of good
corn the year before. With numer-
Gus questions and replies the session
closed for the forenoon.
The afternoon session convened at
1870, introduced with music by the
students of the Normal School, under
the leadership of Miss Schneider. r.
j. Wilcox was called to the chair.
How shall we utilize the corn crop to
secure the best results! Lyman Hea-
ley answered the question by giving
his experience in threshing -four hun.
dred bushels from the shock list Oc-
tober; the excellent condition of the
fodder, the convenience of caring for
the corn. the improvement to the fOd-
der by thrashing, the saving of husk-
ing and greater convenience in hand
ling he thought fully paid for the ex-
pense of thrashing at six cents per
bushel. In the absence of a siIo he
would thrash all he needed to use in
cold weather; did not think it would
do for warm weather if thrashed in
the fall. Mr.. Strahl was satisfied this
question would be best solved with
the siIo.
DR.. Parsons. who had recently re-
turned from brief sojourn in Ala.
bama, gave a very enjoyable talk, CIV
ing the results of his observations on
farming at the South. They feel the
need of Northern experience and
modes of farming and are ready to ex-
tend encouragement to any earnest,
efficient farmers who will locate
among them.
Mrs. s. Haycox read very interest
ing paper on the influence of well bred
stock on mankind She referred TO
choice farm stock as having an in
Auence, melting a desire for other
things looking towards improvement
on the farm, and this influence ex-
tending to desire for better things in
the home and thence extending to the
life.
The relative cost per 1000 lbs. of
Steer, Horse. Sheep, Swine, and But
ter: John Carruthers advocated the
horse as affording the most profit for
the time and cost of raising; Sher-
lock Wales saw more profit in mutton.
as the entire cost of raising was fully
returned by the fleece, leaving the car
case for profit; S. Baycox advocated
the production Of butter as costing
relatively less, though he could not
count its cost, including making, at
less than fourteen cents per pound.
Mr. Guy gave some items from his ex-
perience in raising beef. He could
make as many pounds Of beef from the
grade Jersey as from the grade short
horn at no more cost, ana the quality
OF the first was superior 70 the last.
Other remarks followed, showing that
the profit Of raising meat was in 50 Sc
leeting breeds. and feeding, that the
la rgest development could be obtain
ed in connection with the earliest ma
turity Of the animal.
This discussion was followed by a
very excellent paper by Mrs. G. 7.
Guy: .What can the farm DO for the
boysl' 1t was full Of profitable thought
and its counsel made practical in daily
life would give the stimulus Of happi,
ness to many homes. This closed the
afternoon exercises.
At $50 P. NJ the Institute was call
ed to order by Mr. Guy. President
Parker took the chair. Mr.. Arm
strong. assisted by Mrs. O. ;. Powell,
Miss sarah Powell and Geo. Pratt, with
Miss Armstrong at the organ, gave
song which was thoroughly appreciat-
ed, I'VE have to Mortgage the Farm.
Prof. F. II. King began very inter-
esting lecture upon the animal as q
machine. Considering the sun as the
source Of all terrestrial energy, be
traced its power and influence as APP
propriated by vegetable life and
thence transmitted into animal actiyi
~ and growth. We were very sorry
that the crowded hall and vitiated at